Applicants will be selected for the YESS on the basis of their academic promise and their personal initiative and outlook, as expressed on the application form. YESS is an initiative of the University of Sydney . Industry will be supplying assistance through site visits . The YESS participants will be entering their year 10. It is in this year that you have to select subjects for HSC study.
Some subjects are important for university study of engineering.
These are mathematics, physics and chemistry . Engineering Science is also a valuable preparation. The YESS will help you make up your mind about future careers, and help you in making HSC subject choice. There will be a program of talks, site visits to industry, hands-on project work, combined with competitions. Students will meet academic and professional engineers.