Recent content by __moonriver

How about just sucking it up and paying your damn taxes?

I did music ext. with only 3 years experience on my instrument and having taken no AMEB exams before (except on piano, which I dropped a few years ago). I did the essay though, but nevertheless did very well. So go for it, AMEB exams is a silly way to define your worth as a musician. What...

The distance between the two campuses is really not a problem for me. My main concern is the quality of education. Anyone else doing the diploma of music at UMelb?

Hi, I was just wondering if there was really any point in studying Media & Communications as an undergrad in Uni for a potential career in journalism. Do employers even care about communications degrees or do they focus more on specialisation (e.g. music degree for a music journalist or a...

Hi all, I'm tossing up between going to UMelb with a bachelor of arts and diploma of music, or USyd with a combined Bachelor of Music studies/Arts degree. So what's the quality of arts like at Melbourne compared to Sydney, especially with English? And what's the diploma of music like? Can it...

Hi all, I guess the title pretty much speaks for itself. While I understand I may not get many non-bias comments posting this on a USyd thread, there was no alternative. Does anyone know much about arts at UMelb and how does it compare to Sydney, especially English?

Hi all, I'm currently agonising over whether to go to Syd or Melb Uni. I want to do arts and music, and while I know it's possible to do music within an arts degree, I would like study a more intensive music course. So what are your opinions of the BMusic Studies(/Arts) course at the Con...

I've searched the Melbourne Uni website through and through about information on the new Melbourne Model. But I'd really like to hear more from students. I'm interested in the BArts.

I've just finished high school in Sydney and I'm thinking of moving to Melbourne in a year (after deferring) to study at Melbourne University. The main concern I have is that Melbourne abolished all its combined undergraduate degrees while USyd still offers them. Is Melbourne's method of...

Hi, I wasn't sure where to post this but I've only just graduated from high school and I'd like to start tutoring yr 11 maths. Please PM me if you're interested, my math marks were 94 in adv. and 86 in ext. I'm willing to tutor in both advanced and extension maths, but preferably advanced. I...

Damn, I thought using babynames.com to find significant meanings behind my characters' names was relatively original.

Seriously? The possibility of you or your loved ones catching a fatal illness leads you to think of only one thing... the HSC exams?

Ok. So redundant was definitely the wrong word to use -- a better one, perhaps, would be irrelevant. All Western governments are secularised. Religion is becoming increasingly irrelevant to the law, and with the affects of globalization, more people, especially the young, are being exposed to a...

I would firstly advise you to get lessons! Also, I know this is difficult, but practically you will have a better outcome if you pick either one or the other (singing or guitar) to present for your HSC. If you play the guitar just to accompany yourself, consider getting accompaniment instead...

Ouch, be careful what you say about the guitar... I play the classical guitar and am in love with it. We get blisters on our fingers, have to buff the nails on our right hand every day and do wild stretches that put us at risk of tendonitis. Please don't undermine our pain! Also, I'd advise...