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    1st yr enrolment help. What are free electives? How many lvl 1 courses should I do?

    For background I’m doing B sci (adv) at Unsw What are “free electives”? Are free electives level 1 courses? How are they different from normal science electives and do I have to do them? Should I do them? What are the benefits of doing free electives? To my knowledge I can do up to 72...
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    How many courses per term?

    I’ve read that 8 is the required amount of courses for each year which is three per term with one term having only two courses. I’ve also heard that you can do up to three courses per term. So would you recommend doing nine instead of eight courses in my first year of uni? What are the pros...
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    Enrolment?? Confused!

    Although this is a late reply.. your small bit of information actually helped a lot so thanks! :)
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    Enrolment?? Confused!

    Hi, I’ve left it a bit long to enrol into my course because The whole process is so confusing.. What the actual heck am I suppose to do?? I’m at the point where I’m looking up the courses and picking timetables.. but like, how do I know what to pick? The handbook doesn’t really explain...
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    Advanced science or B science? Advice greatly appreciated!

    Hey guys, I just found out that I received an early offer into MQ. My initial goal was to do a bachelor of Science at UNSW because I’m interested in science and expect an atar of ~85. That said, after receiving an early offer into MQ I’ve put in my preference as Advanced Science at MQ because...
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    Amount of Work/study

    On average 3 hrs a day of intense focus.. any longer and it feels like I’m wasting time. My goal is 88
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    Are BOWs scaled the same way as exams?

    Im wondering if the external marks for my BOD are scaled according to the people in my cohort. When we had our major works marked the requirement was 70% completed and I scored very highly with got me the number one rank. The problem is I completed it quite hastily during the time of my trials...
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    has anyone gotten into courses with atar a below the cutoff?

    Today it dawned on me that I might not get into the course at the uni I want. I was quite relaxed all year because I thought I’d get an atar if 88 to get into my course with ease but after I botched my trials my estimated atar has fallen to around 85.55 (using matrix) ... now I’m pretty scared...
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