Not trying to be a bitch here but sometimes transfers into something so similar to what you're doing right now, or at least the path you're on, just aren't worth it. And often, people think they want to transfer and then go ahead with it and regret it. So I'll just play devil's advocate for a bit...but also out of curiosity.
But in terms of engineering... I've heard too much regarding "RMIT is better for engineering."
From whom exactly?
Plus I thought Masters would give me a super advantage when finding a job (in Australia), but after reading, talking to people, I don't think that's actually the case. Plus I'd rather enter the workforce sooner than later to be honest.
People that say that are still preparing for the future. Bachelors degrees in almost every field will eventually (and in the near future) be far less favoured to Masters degrees because so many people go to university these days. Engineering is a highly oversaturated field. Especially civil and infrastructure engineering - that's the most highly saturated field there is! That a masters is more favoured may not be true for somebody in our parents generation, but it is still true for our generation. Also, if you have to make up subjects and you do an Engineering (Honours) degree you're going to end up graduating around the same time...like, 6 month difference maybe? Especially if the classes you're required to take aren't available to you so early. For instance, if you initiate this transfer for the next enrolment, you can't take classes this summer - you won't accept an offer until late January. You would be starting Semester 1 as a first year with perhaps a sprinkling of second year classes thrown in.
To shed two seconds of light on this issue - two friends of mine that finished the exact degree you mentioned first, both female, both completed compulsory internships during their time at RMIT over the summer. The first worked for the local council for around 6 months planning carparks and other assorted bullshit, and then decided she actually wants to become a personal trainer, because she didn't realise how hard it was for her to get the kind of civil/infrastructure jobs she really wanted. The second has plenty of experience but still, the only grad job she could find for her was one that isn't related to engineering at all - that's what she wanted, she's ending up in marketing. Both graduated with First Class Honours from RMIT. Both graduated four or five years before you will. What will your options be when you're standing at the end of the road like they are? Will they be better? They'll probably be worse.
So far I feel like I've done nothing while my friends at RMIT yesterday got to visit a site and actually do something hands on (mate had to borrow my steel cap work boots/"tradie boots").
That's totally fair enough - Melb model doesn't work for everyone, but you need to remember it's because you don't study Engineering (yet) - you study Science. At a university with a thousand times the enrolment than RMIT in their courses. Taking students to a site in their first year wouldn't be feasible at all. The classes are simply too big. First year isn't a good read of anything you'll be doing in the future, even within a Bachelor of Science. The classes become much more tailored in the second and third years. Once you get to the Masters leg I'm sure you would be doing similar things to your friends.
But if you don't want to wait for that, by all means, go ahead and transfer. The choice is yours! You've just always appeared so into UoM, I wonder why you're changing your mind now exactly?
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