Make sure you go to academic orientation! It's a great way to make new friends and to start learning your way around campus so on the first week you aren't so lost. Also there is a free BBQ!!!
First thing you want to do is work out what units you are going to do first sem and 2nd sem. To work that out you need various info such as what your majoring in, what core units are required etc etc.
Once you know that go to:
Timetables @ Macquarie
Use the 2010 Timetable Maker (not the grid...
For the accounting part, most of it is number crunching/memorising formulae etc so you will be fine having done just general maths for most of it. For app fin however you might use more complicated stuff (calculus etc) so a bridging course would be fine. Don't listen to what anyone tells you...
Do you think you could get one going for summer internships?
I'll be happy to add to it as much as possible.
Firm Website Application Date (opening date unless stated) Macquarie Bank Graduates and students April 2010 Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank - Analyst...
lol don't get me started about this unit. this is a terrible indication of what an applied finance or an actuarial degree will be like. it's pretty much just mindlessly subbing numbers into formulaes/drawing timelines/remembering facts. wait until the 2nd year/3rd year of app fin then you will...
Okay let me address a few things before i give me opinion on what double degree you should do.
Firstly, MEXT1 and MEXT2 aren't that much of a reliable indicator of whether you will succeed in actuarial studies. UAI/ATAR doesn't mean that much in uni because uni and actuarial is more about...
It worked for me once, but that's because the ticket machine was legitly broken. I guess they wouldnt know though, so i just got lucky with a nice ticket guard.
Most people learn …
• 10% of what they read
• 20% of what they hear
• 30% of what they see
• 50% of what they see and hear
• 70% of what they talk over with others
• 80% of what they use and do in real life
• 95% of what they teach someone else
That's what my uni lecturer told me first day...
If i can remember correctly, you should get a usb in the mail explaining all the steps. Pretty much you go to enrolment day, and you have to fill all these forms in, get academic advice etc etc. It's pretty daunting first time especially if your doing a degree with lots of flexibility but you...