70 WAM. Easy or difficult? (1 Viewer)

[mitchy_boy]

fuck that i got 92, i think i'll stick with plain old commerce

 

[davidbarnes]

70 is not easy at all, it is still a ton of work to have a wam of 70.

 

[kaz1]

70 is not easy at all, it is still a ton of work to have a wam of 70.

I just went to most of my lectures and before the exams I tried to memorise my textbooks.

 

[sinophile]

Its stupidly difficult if you fuck up and barely pass several subjects. Then your WAM will be forever fucked up, you will have to struggle to get high 90 in all your other subjects in order to raise your average WAM to something decent. This is hat-on-head retarded, but I got 4/100 for one of my courses, and that drags down my average so much it'll be near impossible to get a credit (read: if I get HDs from now on i'll only ever get a cumlative WAM of credit). Haha laugh it up.

That said, don't fuck up. Dont:
-Not attend your lectures (unless you can GUARANTEE 100% you'll self study), even if it bores the shit out of you at least you absorb a little info and you wont be fucked for the test
-Not attempt quizes, tests and assignments, even if you get like 50% it beats the shit out of 0% (if your next result is 100% the average will be 75% instead of 50%).
-Fall behind, the faster pace of uni will make it super difficult to catch up (read: near impossible)

 

[sinophile]

At UNSW - the minimum to get into comm/law 2nd year is a 95 atar; combined with a 75 wam
or
if you were lucky enough to get above 97 atar, a 70 wam is required.

If you meet the above you're in.

At usyd's it's a different story though, and if you get those marks it's only competitive and not guaranteed entry

Applying through UAC, if you transfer at the end of first year they only consider either your ATAR or WAM, whichever is higher. This doesnt apply for any subsequent years, they consider your WAM only.

 

[cutemouse]

Physics is insanely hard and you need all easy marks you can get.

It depends on the person. All my friends got a CR or D and found it really hard. I got a HD and found it fun/interesting... But I barely passed a subject that was apparently very easy (friends got D's and HDs). So go figure.

 

[sinophile]

It depends on the person. All my friends got a CR or D and found it really hard. I got a HD and found it fun/interesting... But I barely passed a subject that was apparently very easy (friends got D's and HDs). So go figure.

Most people that attempt it find it really really difficult. There was a quote from the engineering welcome booklet: "Fear PHYS1121!". I think thats true.

 

[cutemouse]

Most people that attempt it find it really really difficult. There was a quote from the engineering welcome booklet: "Fear PHYS1121!". I think thats true.

In my humble opinion the difficulty is similiar to that of 4U maths. The thing is that in PHYS1121/31 at UNSW one of the lecturers (Joe Wolfe) makes you think and he does encourage it too in his lectures and sets exams accordingly. But the problem is that people are trained to be 'formula monkeys' (as he terms it) at high school. So that's why people find it hard.

Maybe that's why people also find probability hard... cos they need to actually think.

 

[dotslikeme]

getting 70 WAM for psychology, is it difficult too? apparently, I also need 70 WAM to progress..

 

[b00m]

Maybe that's why people also find probability hard... cos they need to actually think.

unfortunately that's me lol- all memory
luckily i don't do anything resembling physics

 

[mitchy_boy]

unfortunately that's me lol- all memory
luckily i don't do anything resembling physics

are you doing math1151?

 

[Studentleader]

But the problem is that people are trained to be 'formula monkeys' (as he terms it) at high school. So that's why people find it hard.

That is the case with every mathematics related course in every uni

 

[b00m]

are you doing math1151?

nope, im doing some econs, acct and mgmt

i posted my timetable up in the main forum

 

[TheTutorBot]

Physics is insanely hard and you need all easy marks you can get.

Disagree...I only just missed out on an HD in phys 142 at UOW on a grand total of half hour per week study and actually fronting to lectures...

I've been told 2nd year stuff is much harder though

 

[Shadowdude]

So general impressions... if we don't mind the deviation to transferring (which I don't mind as it keeps the thread afloat) - is 70 WAM is of moderate to easy difficulty.

 

[cutemouse]

Disagree...I only just missed out on an HD in phys 142 at UOW on a grand total of half hour per week study and actually fronting to lectures...

I've been told 2nd year stuff is much harder though

UNSW (Joe Wolfe) =/= UOW.

I've seen physics papers from other universities (Murdoch in WA) and their papers are quite easy. They even got a question wrong. JW knows his stuff really well unlike the typical Physics teacher today ==;

 

[zehurricane]

just need to suck the lecturer dick for easy 70+ wam

 

[b00m]

just need to suck the lecturer dick for easy 70+ wam

but we're talking like 4 lecturers here

 

[kaz1]

gang bang

 

[zehurricane]

4 time the "fun"