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Thanks, great idea :) I've asked them about a couple of subjects so far and it seems to be working out.

Hey everyone, I was just wondering what people think the best law electives to take would be. I'm studying a Law/International Studies degree at UOW. As far as I know, I can choose 2 of the Autumn subjects and 3 of the Spring subjects. I'm looking to do subjects that will be useful practically...

This is probably one of the truest things I've ever read on this site, especially considering my experience at a school that half the time doesn't even rank inside the top 500. Basically all bar one (maybe two) of my teachers focused on teaching the content at the most basic level, without...

Yeah no one should be thinking about that- emotional reactions and feeling upset is common, but to such an extent is an issue. I don't think it's okay- like I think if you've thought about all your options properly it should not be an issue unless there are mental concerns.

Hi, I'm a current law student and member of the UOWLSS (UOW Law Student Society), so I'll do my best to answer your law-related questions: a) What are the teachers like? The majority of teachers I've had are well-qualified and excellent. Some particuarly good ones to look out for are John...

Also yeah I know of stories like people getting 80s for assessment marks and getting horrible ATAR scores. Like my ancient teacher would give kids like 80-85% sometimes and they got a Band 2 for hsc. So yeah that does happen. I had heaps of friends that were consistently doing decently...

Technically if you come first in everything for your assessments and get a high HSC mark it will be fine. However, people saying school rank doesn't have an impact on atar is utter BS. At higher ranked schools you have a 'safety net'- this means that if you rank first at a higher school but then...

I think it mostly depends on what course you do and what sort of marks you are aiming to achieve. Most of my uni friends in arts courses and stuff like that have found hsc harder in general. At least in law, which I study, it is at least on par with the hsc and I would think the same of things...

Haha someone from my mum's old high school topped Standard English (and it's not a good school from what she was telling me). Also someone from my suburb topped Hospitality at a low-ranked school too!

In CAFS last year I heard 97 was about 9th or 10th in state- 1st was 99 (I got 96 and was fuming a bit haha). But last year was considered a 'hard' CAFS paper because usually the state ranking cut off is higher.

Karina Murray was good for both LLB100 and LLB197- you actually have to listen as she does really well on expanding the dot points in her lecture slides.

Seminars or lectures can start as early as 8:30am or as late as 6:30pm so the latest you can potentially be coming home is 8:30pm but that's unlikely. The latest I ever scheduled my seminars for was 3:30 because then I'd be finished by 5:30. And yes there are heaps of people that take the train...

Ok I just finished first law year and I'll give you as much as I know: 1) In the seminars there are around 20-25 people per class. 2) There are only seminars and lectures. 3) They were all 2 hours long in my first year. 4) For work placement most people go during their 3rd year but I heard from...

The cut off will definitely not be anything near 92- I got 95 raw last year and it was scaled to a 96 so I reckon it would be like high 80's- maybe 88-89 or something.

Yeah much easier than last year- would have done the building progs for sure cause I knew heaps about that