absolutely agree that you don't **need** to do them for a high ATAR, so to speak, but if one feels capable of doing the 'difficult' subjects it will usually be worth it to go for high scaling and will almost invariably result in higher ATAR - to an extent though this outlook is somewhat...
absolutely support your overall message but subjects definitely do matter, while you should definitely not choose subjects based on scaling, it is an unfortunate reality that the highest scaled marks (aside from the obvious near-100 in the lower courses) will be awarded to the better scaling...
my original degree was BSc(Physics) & BAS(Chemistry), not law as you mightve figured from the chronology of my response above-- I did transfer into law yes, but i was already pretty interested in it so it wasn't like a big spontaneous decision.
i'm not entirely sure about transfer reqs since i...
i do research with usyd school of physics and doing literature review its so clear that innovation in society is stopped primarily by policy and funding rather than actual research limitations, so i got interested in the legal/policy side of things and got very interested in law from there...
NO the best thing abt welcome week (apart from freebies ofc) is asking the political clubs to argue and then walk away there is nothing more satisfying
LOL it was actually evil of usu to put labor and liberal across from each other tho so good
all the religious clubs were like at the very end on the grass outside the quad like facing the stage
yeah it’s so good u also gotta do decent amount of maths for phys prerequisites
does feel like a bit of a fever dream walking from an optics tutorial to a contracts seminar to a vector calc tutorial tho lmfao
prettt much the opposite from my experience but as i said usyd/unsw for undergrad practically the same, i think usyd graduate salary is marginally higher but not by enough to bother about it
unsw trimesters 3x 10 week terms per year
usyd semesters 2x 13 week terms per year
usyd 1.5months holidays in between
unsw 2wks holiday each trim break
unsw has stuvac 1 wk before exams
usyd has stuvac + midsem break (both 1wk)
usyd better for everything RAHHHHHH
this is the wrong thread to ask that lmao but honestly go to the one closer to u / the one u like the campus better cuz for undergrad they’re barely different except usyd has the historical “prestige” which not extremely relevant these days
oh and trimesters...
tuesday evenings getting 2x chip and feta wraps is my ritual and i will never back down
this semester my tuesday has 2x maths lectures, 1x phys tute, 1x law seminar, 1x maths tute on tuesdays as well so the wraps r my lifeline at this point