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  1. Joel8945

    Would u still do English

    Even though I wasn't an HSC student (VCE), this question really appeals to me! Hypothetically if english wasn't compulsory I would still do the subject because the BARE minimum for a university in english is some competence in english. I don't think that is the right road for english (making...
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    should i buy a laptop for uni ?

    What is that supposed to mean? Do you want me to get on my soap box because I will! How dare you tell me that I shouldn't be at uni! When I said I learn't the hard way I was meaning in my first semester I found that what I was doing was not helping me with learning the content so I...
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    Mac or PC for engineering?

    My engineering professor said that pc is better than a mac because pc is a lot more flexible with a lot of your engineering programs.
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    Is Civil engineering the easiest engineering

    My view is that the hardest engineering area is mechatronic engineering! This field of engineering is where the brainiacs come in and design all the smart products. This field takes mechanical, electrical and software and fuses them all together to make mechatronic! Then I would say that...
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    should i buy a laptop for uni ?

    It depends! If you are very fast at writing (I mean scribe fast) then pen and paper should suffice, but, in lectures diagrams are used very extensively and they are quite complex. The net can give you a replica of the lecture notes and even audio recordings of the lecture! Now this is great but...
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    I'd hate to think that it was me that made my parents break up.

    You do have HSC in 3 years so you may just need to take this year a bit more slowly, don't put too much pressure on yourself with school work and it may be best to talk to your co-ordinator about this and see if the school can offer help! In year 7 I was suffering from anxiety (and still do...
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    Current Students

    Name: Joel Year: First Year, commenced Semester 1, 2009 Course: Bachelor of Science Campus: University of Melbourne
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    iPhone or not?

    Pros: Apple product, memory range (8GB, 16GB or 32GB (3GS)), easy to use, touch screen and is not a clone that other phone companies have tried to have done (this is the real iphone) Cons: Price tag and phone companies ready to exploit the phone (You can get this plan for $x oh and you also...
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    Uni V Uni

    Lol this sounds exactly like Deakin university! I have an ok idea of what I want to do as I want it to be something that involves: maths, physics and possibly chemistry (although I can't fit it in). With Victoria I know that RMIT (RMIT, lol - Take away the 'R' and you get MIT, which apparently...
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    An elegant proof of Euler's identity!

    ok I should have stated that my assumption is that -π ≤ x ≤ π, because you need that to prove the proof. I have used these and understand the theory so my intuition knew what to expect but really the flaw to this proof is not giving x a restriction of values, but, you don't need to as e^-ix...
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    An elegant proof of Euler's identity!

    a) f'(x) = [((-sin(x)+icos(x)) x e^-ix) + ((-ie^-ix)x(cos(x)+sin(x))] f'(x) = e^-ix[-sin(x)+icos(x)+sin(x)-icos(x)] f'(x) = e^-ix x 0 f'(x) = 0 therefore f(x) = c, where c is a constant but if |cos(x) + isin(x)| = 1 and -π ≤ x ≤ π => |e^-ix| = 1 => f(x) = c = 1 therefore cos(x)...
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    Uni V Uni

    Mechanical engineering investigates the mechanics of machines (a lot of physics - one of the reasons it appeals to me). Mechatronics involves mechanical, electrical and software engineering so I personally would say it is the HARDEST engineering you can do! Electrical engineering is hard and it...
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    a challenge to all you maths nerds out there :)

    say you have: x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, x_5 ... x_1 = sqrt (x_2 - x_1) x_2 = sqrt (x_3 - x_2) so x_(n+1) = x_n(x_n + 1) even try this rule! x_2 = x_1(x_1+1) = 1*(2) = 2 x_3 = x_2(x_2+1) = 2*(3) = 6 x_4 = x_3(x_3+1) = 6*(7) = 42 ok so I have proved my rule works! So the next numbers (I'll...
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    What degree?

    I sort of was in your place. I in year 11 and 12 wanted to consider engineering or physics or maths as an area of study! I personally love physics and I love maths and I had heard that engineering gave both (not that physics doesn't - It probably looks at maths in more detail than...
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    extension 2 math

    From my states education system (VCE) you do the hardest maths if you want to go into engineering, physics, maths, acturial studies or medicine (purely to boost you UAI, ATAR, ENTER, etc). In uni the maths involved for the first 4 is pretty much starting at assumed knowledge at fairly high...
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    Should I consider medicine or just forget it?

    May I add something? To do medicine you should be studying Biology and Chemistry (The two principle subjects for medicine) and maybe add in physics aswell. If you can do maths really well strive to do specialist maths and methods in year 11 and 12. English if you are getting those marks you...
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    Engineering Grad Salaries

    When they say mining is that like an area that incorporates mechanical, chemical, electrical, structural engineers, etc? Like say if I were interested in the mechanics of the machinery used, technically a mechanical engineer could be employed to work out the mechanical requirements of the...
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    Linear algerbra

    There isn't really any formal requirement that you do calc 2 then linear algebra (apart from atleast a 27 in specialist maths or having done calc 1) as both are really mutually exclusive from eachother! If you have seen people do accelerated maths 1 this semester, linear algebra takes a bit out...
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    Simple harmonic motion question

    E = 0.5(m*v^2 + kx^2) E = 0.5(0.0064m + 0.0009k) E = 0.5(0.0036m + 0.0016k) 0.0064m + 0.0009k = 0.0036m + 0.0016k 0.0007k = 0.0028m k = 4m ω = 2π/T (T = period) ω = sqrt(k/m) = sqrt(4m/m) = 2 2 = 2π/T => T = π The period is π seconds. When its at its...
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    Which is better? Finance or Economics?

    Hey guys, I'm most likely going to major in engineering and as part of my degree I have decided to do a commerce subject as my breadth subject. Is was wanting to ask which of these are better suited for someone studying engineering? Economics or finance? cheers,
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