As for this nominated skilled occupation http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-ski...-occupation.htm .. does it mean that I have to get the job first or my major is related to the occupation?

Are you serious? Chem, Bio and physics?!?

You can take 4 electives but they won't allow you to take chem, bio and physics together, there won't enough time.

You have 4 periods a day, lasting 1.5 hours each.

Literature, HOI, Maths 1 takes up 3 hours( 1 lecture and 1 tute) each
Drama takes up 1.5 hours
EAP takes up 3 hours a week
Chem takes 4.5 hours(2 lectures and 1 tute) and 3 hour practical every alternate week
Bio and physics takes up 3 hours(1 lec, 1 tute) and 3 hour practicals every alternate week

That makes up 24 hours of lectures and tutorials every week and 9 hours of practical every alternate week. That is called suicide.

This is still possible, but you'll end up with only 2 free periods every alternate week. And, practicals ARE very stressful. In terms 2+3, the HOI essays come in and you are required to research on the topics in the libraries.

Below is the list of assignments throughout the year:
Term 1-nothing
Term 2-HOI essay(1200 words, 20%, due in week 6), Drama monologue presentation(10% of English mark, due in week 7), EAP essay(5%, due in week 5)
Term 3-HOI essay(1500 words, 30%, due in week 6), Drama group performance(10% of English, due in week 7), EAP essay(5%, week 5), Chemistry presentation(10%, week 7)+winter
Term 4-Drama group performance(10% of English, week 7), EAP presentation(25%, due in week 2)

As you can see, term 3 is hell term.

If you want 4 electives, take 2 sciences, maths 1 and one other.

This post has been edited by zltan: Sep 9 2007, 10:12 PM

IIRC it is with regards to your major. i'll get RBR to shed light on this

edit: RBR thinks its the latter as well

This post has been edited by QuackSilver: Sep 9 2007, 10:43 PM

Cool, thanks for that!

no worries. are you applying for PR soon?

Not so soon. Are you?

in 10 months time hopefully when i graduate from uni

So, by that time you'll have the 120 points? Congratulations.

hopefully yea. my major is not in the SOL though despite me doing mechatronic engineering

Then, where are you going to squeeze those points from?

i suppose there are loopholes lol. but i'll see how things goes when i prepare my application next year. i'm pretty sure my degree is somewhere in the list, but i'll let the experts decide lol

Alright..

All the best.

The rules states 'closely related' or something like that. I'm sure you can find something in the SOL thats 'closely related' to your course. Shouldn't be a problem

What's SOL ....
Nevermind me

Where do you squeeze another 60 points besides the SOL points ?

This post has been edited by SeeD: Sep 10 2007, 10:40 AM

other things like your age at the time of application, where you live, English proficiency etc

It's really hard to squeeze that much anyway. But like what RBR stated, I think you can find something that related to your major which will give you the 60 points if not, 50 or 40.

This post has been edited by jdreamer: Sep 10 2007, 11:53 AM

I too thought i could work 20 hours per week, but after looking at my schedule and the projects i'm undertaking now for my last year, i find that impossible

Of course $10 is better than $7.50, but rest assured, working 8 hours per day is much tiring than working the whole week. My legs all sored up, my hands all sored up. Some dude can't even properly wash their own car consistently. Try doing that for 35 cars all in a day.

I dieded

oh thanks... then i might drop off physics then =( but i love science subjs xD oh well, what to do. I only have 24 hours a day.

Cant even do a 10 10 in the weekends ?

Nah man, almost impossible. I've got 25 hours of lectures/tutes/labs. Every week i've got projects/assignments. Sunday's solely a church day, coming back at 7-8 p.m. Yea, times gone