HUNTER students are one step closer to their dream careers, after securing places in their chosen undergraduate degrees.
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Universities made 44,190 offers in the main round at 6pm on Wednesday, delighting students including former St Francis Xavier’s College student Emma Zenini and former Cardiff High student Harry Keating who both received their first preferences to study at the University of Newcastle.
Emma, 18, received a place in the Bachelor of Nursing, fulfilling her long term goal.
“I’m so, so happy, it’s something I’ve been working towards for the past six years,” she said, after checking her offer while on a break at her bar job.
“I’m really looking forward to starting uni and getting to know new people. I’m not scared at all, just happy for it – I’m ready for a new start.”
Emma had considered becoming a vet nurse until she realised she was allergic to cats. “I did work experience when I was in year 11 at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital and got to visit the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,” she said. “Whenever I go into a hospital I think it would be really rewarding to care for the patients. A lot of nurses have tried to convince me not to do it, saying it’s horrible shift work, but that doesn’t bother me. It made me want to do it even more.”
Harry, 18, received a place in the Bachelor of Communication and hopes to follow in the footsteps of his filmmaker heroes including David Fincher, Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino.
“It’s such a relief to see it all confirmed,” he said, after checking his offer following a shift at his supermarket job.
Harry, who made an eight minute film for his Higher School Certificate major work for Extension English 2, changed his first preference from business to communication just three weeks ago.
“It’s always been a hobby and my ideal dream is to be a filmmaker,” he said. “In the creative industries jobs are often limited, but I’m not too discouraged by that. I might as well give it a crack and see what comes out of it. Even if I just do it on the side, I want it to be part of my life in some way.”
UON said it made 3290 offers in the main round, bringing its total offers to date to 9395. About three quarters were made to students from the Hunter, Central Coast and Mid North Coast.
The top five degrees based on number of applications were medical science, nursing, combined law, primary teaching and physiotherapy. The top five based on number of offers made were nursing, arts, business, primary teaching (honours) and combined laws (honours).
UON will host information sessions from 3pm today at its Callaghan, Ourimbah and Port Macquarie campuses. There are three more rounds of offers for study in semester one. The next is February 1.
Helen Gregory
Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
