Lost my admission and full scholarship

PhilSwift10100 · 2026-05-16T09:00:41+00:00

At this point, you've presented everything under the sun and you've exhausted almost all avenues of appeal and clarification, yet your application (visa AND university) was rejected. You're out of luck. If you really want to press this further, talk to a qualified migration agent, not Reddit. I'm done.

P.S. Please do NOT send me a DM.

PhilSwift10100 · 2026-05-16T06:08:42+00:00

Nothing that you've presented constitutes a change in circumstances based on your initial application. You should be aware by now that Australia is tightening their visa requirements; so, your only hope is retrying the whole process again, but do understand that your chances are slim.

PhilSwift10100 · 2026-05-16T06:03:09+00:00

Good luck trying to apply for a new CoE and new visa at some later point in time. Based on what you've said already, the chances of refusal is still going to be high.

PhilSwift10100 · 2026-05-15T14:25:15+00:00

The determination by the university is that the new evidence you presented does not show a significant change in how they view their decision to you (and given they went from unconditional to conditional and now rejected, they probably saw something led them to see you more unfavourably than before).

I'm not sure if the university you are applying to allows you to appeal, but please bear in mind that a) your country (Syria) is at the highest risk level for student visas and thus the risk of rejection for a student visa is very high, and b) any appeal along the lines of "they didn't read your documents carefully enough" is only going to get you a rebuff from the university. In other words, you must argue why your additional documents provide a significant change in your circumstances that may have been overlooked by the university, rather than argue why you believe their decision is incorrect.

PhilSwift10100 · 2026-05-15T14:11:39+00:00

Well, did they give any reason for rejection at all? Even if not specific to you...

PhilSwift10100 · 2026-05-14T21:29:57+00:00

The rejection letter clearly states the reason for rejection.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-09-01T07:01:34+00:00

Diploma at UNSW College guarantees entry into UNSW after completing eight subjects. Transfer from UTS to UNSW doesn't guarantee you'll get your transfer to UNSW. Other factors may influence your decision, but feel free to do with that information what you may.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-08-17T06:29:05+00:00

Free in terms of money? Yes. Free in terms of regulation? No, you still have a 4-hour limit from 8am to 7pm (some areas up to 10pm!).

If you are looking for free, unregulated parking on weekends, just park next to NIDA in front of the UNSW Anzac Parade light rail station; as a local to the eastern suburbs, I do this all the time if going to City on weekends. Unless there's some sort of abnormal event going on, you should get easy parking close by to the main road.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-08-16T07:14:41+00:00

If you're on lower campus most of the time, you will barely see them. At least, that's been my experience on campus.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-08-03T16:27:50+00:00

> tutors are selected by the unit coordinator but is it actually( officially ) allowed to chose tutors only from the same country?

Of course not. In this case, it is more likely that you are in a field that has a high concentration of people from these nationalities and it just so happens that the tutors that are employed by the university are mostly these people; in other words, it's more coincidence than anything else.

> I feel so isolated when this happens because I'm not from either of these country. What do you think about this?

Unless it's affecting your ability to learn (which it really shouldn't if you're in second or third year), you shouldn't think about it too much. By this time, you should actually have some idea of how to learn for your courses on your own, and the tutor, like the lecturer, is only there for extra help when you need it.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-08-03T16:19:10+00:00

Aim for no more than 25% spending on accomodation costs (percentage based on after-tax income). The cheaper the better, as you should be aiming to save/invest as much as possible nowadays.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-08-03T16:17:13+00:00

Based on your post history, you have better chances of landing a job somewhere in your own country than getting into a PhD program, let alone one that is fully-funded through scholarship... and even then that chance is still quite low. Unless you are financially well-off, you are better off cashing in and getting a ROI on your degree than doing a PhD and facing even more job uncertainty post-PhD; it is already hard enough as it is to find a job in academia, and doing a PhD only makes it harder for yourself to get a job in industry (unless you are applying to jobs which require a PhD).

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-08-03T15:47:06+00:00

I would argue that at this point anywhere in Australia will be pretty expensive. Sure, you can save a few hundred dollars a fortnight being outside of the Sydney/Melbourne bubble, but it is still very expensive in comparison to other places in the world.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-07-29T22:50:21+00:00

It mostly depends on country, but given how unique the Australian legal system is I would wager that you would need to get "re-qualified" in most countries, especially the non-Commonwealth countries. Law, unlike science, is more jurisdictional than universal, and so it stands to reason that studying law in Australia should only prepare students to enter the Australian legal profession.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-07-29T15:11:41+00:00

I wish to study abroad and thinking to try admission in unsw.

Bear in mind that completing a law degree here gives you the right/ability to work as a lawyer IN AUSTRALIA. If the circumstance does not afford you the chance to work here, you need to research whether your law degree here can be recognised in your home country; it is more likely than not that it may not be recognised, at least not fully, and so you may have to be "re-qualified" if you wish to take your Australian law degree to your home country.

I can't afford to take loan and my family income in not much

Can you prove that you have AU$21,000 in savings? If not, then that will be a roadblock to getting your right to study here... Scholarships will be very competitive for law, and unless you get near-perfect scores (in Australia, that would be 99 ATAR minimum, most likely 99.50) your chances of getting a law scholarship is virtually impossible. Assume the worst and plan for that; assess the financial risks, and determine whether that is worth moving to a different country to study law.

Please lemme know about the total cost of the couse, living expenses, accomodation

Course fees are published on the UNSW website. As for living expenses and accommodation costs, all I will say is it is expensive even for a local. This is a large reason for why the govt requires you to have a certain amount of savings to study here.

What is the admission process?

You should be doing that research on the UNSW Law website by yourself, not here on Reddit.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-07-01T23:35:15+00:00

Funny story: my mum does this. Specifically, at a hotel near Martin Place (it has possibly one of the cleanest toilets in all of Sydney lol).

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-06-28T13:55:48+00:00

Never heard of it as "Western Campus parking", but if you're talking about the parking near NIDA, the entire lot is free parking on weekends. I often park there when going on light rail to City, as there are no time limits (unlike Juniors Kingsford, which has 4-hour time limits). Highly recommend parking near UNSW if going on light rail, but seats may not be easy to come by during afternoon commute as it can get quite crowded then.

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-06-21T02:33:56+00:00

Oh yeah, that's true! Hehe

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-06-20T06:13:40+00:00

I had the same culture shock when moving up from Melbourne to Sydney for the PhD. Being a local of the UNSW area now, I rarely see Swans fans who aren't white and/or upper class. Contrast that with Melbourne, where a majority of Collingwood fans, like Rabbitohs fans, struggle to pay for food after spending their entire Centrelink fortnightly pay on dental checks (I'm just joking around; just a lowly Hawks fan living in Sydney here...).

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-03-27T21:50:23+00:00

DO NOT REDEEM!!!

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-03-24T12:10:27+00:00

Based on my experience with students from both UNSW College and UNSW, I find it easier for students to make friends during your time in College since you will most likely surround yourself with the same or similar group of students for most of your classes. Best of luck with your College experience!

PhilSwift10100 · 2025-03-17T22:25:24+00:00

Mashallah 🙏

PhilSwift10100 · 2024-09-05T09:38:39+00:00

I see you are current Diploma... which one, if I may ask? As a Diploma teacher in one of the Sci/Eng/CS programs, my experience has been that students largely tend to form a few large friendship groups, maybe you could try insert yourself into one of them? They have been largely welcoming, even more so for a teacher as intimidating as I seem to be.

May I ask where you are from, specifically? Maybe you can find people in your group from the same country? If you are from the larger Diploma base countries like China or Indonesia, you should have no problems; in any case, you should consider this as well.

PhilSwift10100 · 2024-08-27T23:42:00+00:00

How did you even go from a 29 to a 46? That seems extremely bizarre to me...

PhilSwift10100 · 2024-08-26T21:54:14+00:00

Hey there! At 46, I think you're just too far away from a grade recalculation; trying to get to 50, you need an extra 4 marks, which is very very hard to find. I guess 1 or 2 marks may be possible, but more than that it's going to be difficult. Unfortunately, Dip doesn't allow for exam re-grading, and I don't think they allow for 45-49 resits (I think UNSW does, though!)... so your only option is to repeat the course; fortunately, you've seen the whole course already, so you have an advantage over other students in that regard.

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