The preparatory course is equivalent to giving international students a chance to take the college entrance examination. After graduating from high school, China wants to go to Australia to study at a university. There are two choices. One is studying for the preparatory course, and the other is studying for the diploma. The entrance requirements for a diploma will be higher than those for the preparatory course, but you can go straight to the sophomore year after reading it. Among the G-8 members, only Monash University and Adelaide University have diplomas.
There is no concept of direct application. Don't be cheated by the intermediary.
The preparatory course is 1 year, during which several courses will be taken, and volunteers will be required before the final exam. You can fill in other universities, and finally you will decide whether you can enter this major according to your score. However, relatively speaking, the score of entering the University of Sydney can be slightly lower. For example, if you study Taylor, the score required to enter the University of New South Wales will be higher than that required to enter the University of Sydney.
If your final score can't reach the three volunteers you filled in, you can only find an intermediary to help you apply for a worse school, or just reread the preparatory course.
The so-called monash Direct is monash's diploma, which is equivalent to the level of freshman. After reading, I have to take an exam. If the exam meets the requirements, you can go directly to Monash to study as a sophomore. However, there are not as many majors to choose from in the diploma as in the preparatory course, which will save 1 year compared with the preparatory course.
Monash's prep school is also Taylor.
The content of the preparatory course is equivalent to the content of senior three in Australia, but it is more difficult than the local "college entrance examination" in Australia. Australian high schools can also get extra points according to their elective courses and schools after taking the exam. The preparatory course is to be hard, and if you don't get the test results, you will be finished.