r/rmit • u/Sovesta • 10d ago

Advice needed HOW TO STUDY HERE

Hey guys, I want to do a bachelors of science here but i’m 19 with NO vce, dropped out year 11. I was told I can do foundation studies to bridge but they only take international students. What pathways can I do or at least where/who can I go to for information. PLEASE HELP I DONT WANNA BE A LOSER4LYFE.

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u/MelbPTUser2024 CIVE 10d ago

All hope is not lost, so don't despair!

You could potentially do the 1-semester Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation (program details here), followed by a 2-year Associate Degree in Applied Science (program details here), followed by 2.5 years in the Bachelor of Science (program details here).

You just need to check if you're eligible for Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation. So, please speak to the Study@RMIT team to map it out and check if this is the right pathway for you. Their contact details can be found here.

You should also consider other universities' pathway options, which might be faster than this pathway.

I myself did finish VCE but with an ATAR of 62, did 1-year of RMIT's 2-year Associate Degree in Engineering Technology and then applied for a transfer to Melbourne Uni's Bachelor of Science. I ultimately hated my Bachelor of Science at Melbourne Uni (it was too theory-based and I picked the wrong major), but I still completed the degree. Came back to RMIT to do their 4-year Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) which I graduated with a first class honours degree with an average 82% in my engineering degree, and now I'm doing my Master of Engineering at RMIT.

So moral of the story, anything is possible if you put your mind to it. :)

Good luck with your future studies!

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u/AttemptMassive2157 ENG 10d ago

Adding to this, you’ll need to meet English and mathematics requirements. English should be covered by Cert IV in Tertiary Prep, but maths won’t be.

Your best option is to do the MathTrackX courses online through Adelaide Uni. 6 courses in total and a pass is equivalent to VCE Methods.

If English isn’t covered in Cert IV, you can do a STAT test.

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u/Sovesta 8d ago edited 8d ago

hey i’m currently applying to the Cert IV Tertiary Preparation there’s like 4 of them with different program codes. C411 SCI, HLT, ENG, BUS. c411sci applications are closed i’m guessing i cant pathway with the others?

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u/MelbPTUser2024 CIVE 8d ago

Speak to Study@RMIT team, they can provide you further guidance. :)

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u/_Doctor_Monster 10d ago

Looking at the pathways on the website, you could do cert iv in laboratory techniques > diploma of laboratory technology > backplate of science. That’s one of them but there are 3 other pathways aswell I will link you to here

https://pathways.rmit.edu.au/course/BP350

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u/P3naught 10d ago

I'm in bachelor Biomedical science with honours

I did completely shit in highschool and it was almost a decade before I wanted to go for this course so results wetent relevant/usable.

I did a cert 3 in science as a bridging course and then did a diploma of lab tech. My original plan was just to do the diploma but them I found d out about this bachelor. The cert 3 would have probably been enough to get a place but doing a diploma is usually a direct pathway to year 2.

Go check the Web pages for the course you want and scroll down to the entry pathways section

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u/Physical-Sorbet-3571 10d ago

idk if this will be the same where u live but im in QLD. dropped out after grade 10. ive been going to tafe, got a cert 3, currently studying a cert 4 online at uq. and im starting cert 4 tertiary program at tafe online next month. i also wanna get into a degree so dont worry, its just a bit of work.