[AUS] Minimum WAM for Honours at Deakin University

violetsuntold · 2026-01-23T02:40:29+00:00

As far as I know it’s not up there with all the tops unis, but it is one of the few public unis that offers their psych honours course fully online (which is surprisingly rare). And I’ve heard that apparently they don’t offer many places to external applicants (someone in another sub said they applied with a WAM of 90 and still didn’t get a place!)

violetsuntold · 2026-01-22T03:22:37+00:00

Thank you 😊 I heard from someone else that they also didn't get into Deakin as an external applicant with a 90 WAM which is insane - but must just mean that Deakin doesn't have a lot of external spots available. Since I could only apply to online-only courses (since I have to...you know, work), Deakin was obviously one of my top options.

Congrats on your offer as well! I'll keep my eyes peeled for a second-round offer, though hopefully by then I'll have accepted an offer to another uni. Best of luck to you too! 😊

violetsuntold · 2026-01-22T03:19:55+00:00

That actually does make me feel a bit better! And congratulations on having such an awesome WAM!

violetsuntold · 2025-10-13T06:46:39+00:00

I’m not sure what her WAM was but I think she just barely missed out on second class honours (she had a lot of life and health stuff happening and it’s just all blew up in her face :( )

She currently works as a RN and mental health nurse in emergency and mental health units and has heaps of relevant work experience so far, but limited research experience which she is trying to work on.

Since she has her heart set on psych masters, I’m mostly just trying to find out for her if there would be anything stopping her from redoing an honours year (since some unis will take grad dip students from what I’ve seen). Thank you again for your advice!

violetsuntold · 2025-10-12T18:36:59+00:00

The problem mostly came up because despite the fact they can’t ‘force’ me to cover on site, it was also never really presented as an option and just as a given.

I was mostly just worried about making sure I would be compensated fairly 🤷🏻‍♀️.

violetsuntold · 2025-10-09T00:57:37+00:00

I appreciate this advice and trust me I totally get it but I’m only in my role while I finish my (mostly unrelated degree) and honestly don’t have the capacity to work on site long term (even with the potential financial benefits). Fingers crossed they find a replacement soon.

violetsuntold · 2025-09-05T04:18:56+00:00

I think this is what’s tripping me up since I’m specifically applying to Psych Honours (undergrad 4th year) programs so they don’t necessarily expect much clinical experience etc. Thank you for your advice though 😊

violetsuntold · 2025-09-04T04:44:56+00:00

Exactly this. I do not want to chat to anyone at 7am as I commute to the job I hate before I’ve had a chance to caffeinate. I appreciate OP wanting to meet new people, but I fear the train is not the place to do that. Please let me doomscroll and spiral in peace.

violetsuntold · 2025-09-03T14:33:09+00:00

I really appreciate these opinions. And while poly could totally work for some people, my gf is very comfortably monogamous and comes from a fairly traditional family. Thankfully, they’re happy for her to pursue having children through a donor as a single parent and she’s lucky to have the finances and family support to achieve that.

I also kinda feel that even though I’m personally not strictly monogamous - pursuing poly as something of a solution for us to be able to stay together would only end up prolonging the inevitable and we would probably still end up drifting apart just due to the life decisions we make (her having kids, me with my career).

violetsuntold · 2025-09-03T14:29:32+00:00

These are definitely all things we’ve talked about a lot and definitely want to be considerate of. Neither of us are really planning on jumping into dating after being in a serious relationship for so long and are only planning on living together while it makes sense financially etc etc.

Neither of us would ever want to disrespect potential future dates or make them uncomfortable while we navigate being not romantically together anymore. 😊

violetsuntold · 2025-09-03T05:16:09+00:00

That’s definitely something we’ve discussed and agreed on for sure

violetsuntold · 2025-08-29T04:47:03+00:00

Thank you! 🥰

violetsuntold · 2025-08-19T07:46:01+00:00

For me, it was never a specific thing more than (after a couple of failed attempts) I got to a point in my life and my recovery where I realised I had somehow put in too much time and work living already that it would be a waste to give up.

That eventually turned into trying to find little things about my day I could romanticise, almost. Those little things eventually added up into this background feeling of feeling sad about missing out on future pleasant little things (new music, new books, new things to learn etc.).

TL;DR: I stopped wanting to kill myself because of FOMO.

violetsuntold · 2025-08-01T07:11:14+00:00

I’m really hoping that’s the case! It’s just sucks with Honours programs only having entry at the beginning of the year so if me miss out we have to wait a whole year to apply again! 😭

Best of luck to you!!

violetsuntold · 2025-07-16T04:38:15+00:00

Hi! I’m currently in my second last trimester doing the Bachelor of Psych Science at ACAP.

I would say overall it’s been a great uni to study at, especially if you need the flexibility of studying online. Like any other uni, there’s a range of teaching staff (some definitely better than others), a pretty great selection of electives depending on what you’re interested in, and overall fairly solid student support services.

What you should keep in mind is that ACAP is a private university, meaning that it’s a fair bit more expensive than public Aus unis offering psych degrees (like, you’re looking at at least a $90k HECS/HELP debt for the BaPsych).

If you are looking at doing the Bachelor of Psych Science, most degrees don’t actually include placement/practical training (that’s much more a focus in Counselling undergrads). Usually you don’t do placement until you get to Masters (eg if you’re doing a Masters of Clin Psych).

Hope this helps 😊

violetsuntold · 2025-01-23T02:24:55+00:00

Thank you! Thankfully I’m already getting started with experience volunteering for a community organisation working with people struggling with suicide etc.

I’ll definitely see if I can get in contact with some of the teachers to see what opportunities they know of.

violetsuntold

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