The concept of extracurricular a is being mooted more and more for inclusion criteria as selection to NSW universities which I think is unfortunate but I am sure many in America might disagree. In NSW there are additional ways to get into Uni including points for rural and regional disadvantage or if you are an elite sportsman.
Increasingly Unis are moving away from the entry score calculated from your HSC marks at the end of year 12 either by offering early entry or other means of calculating entry You can actually use SATs or the Uni given STAT exam.
We had free education for a while but there was an article this morning positing that a medical degree will cost $250 000. I don't know if that was calculated on the undergraduate 5 or 6 year degree or the four year post graduate degree that requires at least an Initial three year degree for entry, so 7 years in total.
