February fourth

I’m pretty down about the whole uni thing today.  I mean, inside of me, I still have hope, but everyone else seems to have pretty much given up on me.  I guess they should know – they know more about how university works than I do.  Maybe other states use a system that isn’t as fucked up as Queensland’s.  It doesn’t help that a lot of my friends are skiting on facebook about how excited they are about getting into uni.  I keep finding myself looking for hope there’s a chance I can still get in.  The fact that there’s still two more offer dates (I thought there was only one, but apparently there’s two).  I read an article in yesterday’s paper about how 33,000 people are excited to get their uni results, but that last year they had a third round offer of 5000 places, followed by a fourth round offer of a further 2500 places.  The article warned that because applications were up 18% on previous years, that applicants still waiting for an offer shouldn’t give up hope, but may want to reconsider their preferences before the next offer.  I know my preferences are what I want.  I swear to God I’ve looked in every bloody course book at every university on Queensland, and even the odd couple of uni’s from other states whom had stands at the Tertiary’s expo.  I know they are the preferences I want, and the idea of downgrading them kinda hurts me a bit.

Today I even found myself interested in an adult tertiary’s certificate IV course being offered at Southbank, which was helped by the fact that two of it’s modules included Psych, but once again, that was shut down when I saw the closing application date was last week.  See, once again, waiting has cost me, but it’s what QTAC forces one to do.  And by the time the fourth round goes past, if I’m told "Nope go to hell you’re not good enough for us", I can be near SURE that I don’t have a hope in hell of applying anywhere else at least for another 6 months.  And I’ve been so vigilant, I’ve been so patient (even though I moan in here about how long I’ve had to wait lol) just hoping for a result – ANY result!  I don’t even give a shit if it’s a NO, because at least I’d KNOW!  I keep logging into my QTAC applicant page where it says the only words on the summary page

In the 14 January offer round it has not been possible to offer you a tertiary place.

That’s all it says.  Then on my preferences page, this is what it says.  Just so you can see what I’m seeing.

Pref
Course
Minimum Entry Requirements
Offer Dates

 

Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) – full-time or part-time
*******************************
Start Month: February 2010

Based on the information currently held by QTAC you have satisfied the Minimum Entry Requirements in order to be considered for a place in this course.
16 December 2009
13 January 2010*
4 February 2010

The asterix indicates the major offer date, which has just passed.  All 5 of my preferences list that last offer date – and that’s what gets me – February 4th.  This is just one of my preferences.  I blanked out which uni it was just for privacy but I don’t think it really matters, people can probably tell by the name haha.  But how can it be a start date in February if the 3rd offer is February 4th?  Must be a late February start!  And apparently there’s one more AFTER that, according to the uni proessional from the newspaper.

I guess I’m holding onto hope.  I have looked into other courses, so SO many courses, but literally nothing else interests me like this does.  If I get rejected for these last few dates, I am seriously considering studying in another state.

I should appreciate everyones help and all my friends giving up on me saying ‘oh that’s too bad’, but I just can’t.  I’m not happy until I know for sure from the only source I can rely on.  Fucking QTAC.  What are the chances of me being one of the 7000 or so places remaining?  Pretty slim I spose. 

Haha, it reminds me of Jahovah’s witness’s how they say only a certain amount of people are allowed into Heaven.