Help Me Choose!

[pip1704]

Which uni should I go to for Engineering?
Please write anything about the uni that you are attending the the pluses and the minuses of the course and the facilities.
Currently am looking at;

• Swinburne
• Monash
• RMIT

Any thoughts or comments will be appreaciated
Thanks

[Yertle the Turtle]

Hey there, welcome to the forums!

I don't have any prior experience, but I'm looking at the same kind of things as you. First up, I'll say that I put Monash Engineering down as my first preference. One of the perks of Monash engineering is that if you don't know which specialisation you want to do, you have a common first year, and you don't decide on specialisation until after trying out different types of engineering.

RMIT is a very good university for engineering, but you have to choose your area straight up, which was a problem for me. Also, I think the first year is in the City, but subsequent years are at the Bundoora campus, so that could be something to watch. Travel is always going to be something big to consider, make sure that you can easily get to the different unis or live on campus.

I don't know much about Swinbourne, but I don't believe that it is as well respected, having used to be just a Tech school, rather than a Uni. I guess that of the 3 it will be the easiest to get to from most places, being right close to PTV.

Hope this helped, feel free to message me any more questions.

[pip1704]

Hey there, welcome to the forums!

I don't have any prior experience, but I'm looking at the same kind of things as you. First up, I'll say that I put Monash Engineering down as my first preference. One of the perks of Monash engineering is that if you don't know which specialisation you want to do, you have a common first year, and you don't decide on specialisation until after trying out different types of engineering.

RMIT is a very good university for engineering, but you have to choose your area straight up, which was a problem for me. Also, I think the first year is in the City, but subsequent years are at the Bundoora campus, so that could be something to watch. Travel is always going to be something big to consider, make sure that you can easily get to the different unis or live on campus.

I don't know much about Swinbourne, but I don't believe that it is as well respected, having used to be just a Tech school, rather than a Uni. I guess that of the 3 it will be the easiest to get to from most places, being right close to PTV.

Hope this helped, feel free to message me any more questions.

Thanks Yertle the Turtle, that is a very helpful comment.

I believe Swinbure has a commmon first year as well. I have the same problem as you. I don't know what area to go into. I thought it was Civil until to talked to other class mates and when to the open days. Now I don't quite know which area to go into. So I think it might be either Swinbure or Monash. I guess it all depends on my ATAR as well with a 91.05 to get into Monash Vs. 75 to get into Swinburne.Swinburne is closer to where I will be living with only a 20 minute walk or 10 minute ride. Compared to 40 minutes plus on to road one way to get to Monash.There are pluses and minuses to each uni.

I will take your suggestions into consideration. Thanks again and good luck with the rest of your year 12, and the best for the future.