The biggest pain is regretting the fact that you didn't try. How many times have you been upset when you aimed for 90 but got 87 or so? The answer for most people would be that they were in fact happy with the result.
Don't be negative. Try your hardest no matter what or you'll regret it when you end up with only a few points lower than what you would have needed and then say to yourself "dam if only I continued trying."
Many people disagree with me but I think uni is similar to high school if you exclude the explicit details such as attending class for the subject once or twice a week as opposed to everyday. In the end, there will still be the good old studying for assessments, exams and completing assignments.
If you have decided on a career in accounting already, then apply for the cadetships at the big 4 firms. This will eliminate the time lag between graduation and a full time job but more importantly, the experience u get would be invaluable.
Re: is commerce better at Usyd or UNSW ??? plz end this once and for all....
Go to both unis on open day/uni preference day, get all confused cause you'll realise they are both the same. And then the decision whether to put one a higher preference over the other depends on how well they market...
Do what I did and still do, which mostly improves your vocabulary but it can improve spelling as well. Every time you see a word that you don't understand or hear it and aren't sure of the spelling; look it up in the dictionary. Sometimes it takes you looking up the same word twice for it to...