Didn't get in?

What to do if you did not get in to a Speech Pathology course but still want to do it!

• Repeat the HSC – but this is not usually a good option if you worked hard the first time

• Successfully complete a year of university study and apply through UAC as a tertiary record holder / non-recent school leaver

• Successful transfer into Speech Pathology is not automatic. It will depend on your grades at University (ie. 70% tertiary record : 30% secondary school record)

• Enrol in another course that you would enjoy doing, if your transfer application were not successful, and that you would expect to do well in. For example - Health Sciences, Nursing, Arts, Occupational Therapy, where there is less competition for high grades than in for example - Science - where all the potential Medical students might be.
• Enrolling in other degree programs - eg. B. Arts, B. Health Sciences, and taking some Units of Study such as Introductory General Psychology, Statistical Design and Research Methods, Human Biology and/or Linguistics and Phonetics (especially if they are offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences) might then earn you Advanced Standing (Credit Transfer) in those subjects in the undergraduate Speech Pathology course, if your transfer application is ultimately successful.

• if you have Linguistics and Phonetics and some background in Psychology, you should have the prerequisite subjects for the 2 year Master of Speech Language Pathology (MSLP) course without having to do Challenge exams or Summer School as students from other undergraduate programs might have to do before gaining admission to the MSLP

• you enrol in the new Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hearing and Speech specialist stream) please note that whilst you will get credit for the units of study in common with those in the Speech Pathology degree, unfortunately there is no longer the option of transferring directly into Year 2 or 3 of Speech Pathology as used to be the case prior to 2007.
  The positive side though, is that you can select elective subjects in your more general Bachelor of Health Sciences degree to extend your general learning and particular interests, before deciding on your preferred post-graduate professional direction. This extends your future professional options.