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Quoll · 22-02-2008, 08:08 AM

It all depends on what you want to do with your life and when you meant summer 2008 - whose summer?

If you come to Perth in July (your summer) you will be required to go to school at least until the end of this year (the end of the year that you turn 17). You would be in Year 11. If you want to go on to university you will need to get to the end of year 12 and this may be a bit tricky - the last two years of school have a program which will eventually lead to a university entrance score (if you take a tertiary package). I am not yet sure what happens if you drop in half way through although I do know that students are encouraged to enrol in year 11 here even if they are older so that they can complete the whole 2 year course which is a sort of continuous assessment rather than a big exam at the end.

You dont actually have to go back to a "school" with uniforms etc if you dont want to, there is an alternative with the TAFE system which would do just as well and would be more useful if you werent intending on going to university.

22-02-2008, 08:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Quoll PomsInOz Chatter Box Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canberra Posts: 1,457	It all depends on what you want to do with your life and when you meant summer 2008 - whose summer? If you come to Perth in July (your summer) you will be required to go to school at least until the end of this year (the end of the year that you turn 17). You would be in Year 11. If you want to go on to university you will need to get to the end of year 12 and this may be a bit tricky - the last two years of school have a program which will eventually lead to a university entrance score (if you take a tertiary package). I am not yet sure what happens if you drop in half way through although I do know that students are encouraged to enrol in year 11 here even if they are older so that they can complete the whole 2 year course which is a sort of continuous assessment rather than a big exam at the end. You dont actually have to go back to a "school" with uniforms etc if you dont want to, there is an alternative with the TAFE system which would do just as well and would be more useful if you werent intending on going to university.