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    A few questions...

    Thanks, ive shot an email off to that address. So hopefully ill get a reply soon...
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    A few questions...

    Thanks for that advice... I hope I can get 2 years, but if not, Ill just study part time next year. Who can I contact regarding this? I tried to call the uni on Thursday, but I didnt get an answer... who can I talk to while everyones on holidays?
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    A few questions...

    Yeah its not a real great UAI, but I still got in, which is great :D . Well if its looking like there is a low chance of getting in if I reapply ofr next year, I might have to take the option of part time study... Whats the distance education like? Would it be really hard to do at home? (I...
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    A few questions...

    Hey all, Last night I got the great news that I was accepted into electrical engineering at Newcastle. Now I have a few questions: Im currently doing a traineeship at the local computer shop, and im going to be here for this year and next year (its a 2 year traineeship). Im wondering, is...
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    Post Your UAI's Here

    SAM predicted that i would get 69.80, and i got 69.50... Im happy though, I got what I was hoping to get...
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    Multiple choice???

    Hmm according to flowergirls answers, I got 10/15. Im really annoyed because I got everything right except for the last 5 questions,and I relise now that theyre all stupid mistakes that wouldnt have happened if I read the question more carefully... Ah well
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    raw marks for a band 6?

    Eh, that wasnt too hard... I got right up the very last part and wondered why my answer was slightly wrong, and I relised that I forgot to get rid of the r that got timesd by 0. If that even makes sense... To be honest that seems more like a question 7 or 8 to me...
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    Hardest Topic in 3unit?

    Any 3 unit probability and binomials is the hardest imo... but circle geometry bites ass too... Induction isnt too bad, at least i can usually get 2/3 for induction questions (I can prove it for n=K+1 sometimes lol, but its just practise...)
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    Did somone say no more english??

    Well im soooo damn happy that Ill never, ever have to do shitty english ever again... Coming out of that exam yesterday was the best feeling ive had in a long time EDIT: Just thort id add this: I soaked the damn thing in petrol and burnt it. I wonder how it liked that journey!!
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    Frantically panicking or well prepared?

    Yeah im cramming quotes aswell and reading over notes.... and after this exam I never have to do engish again!!! (I wont be able to say that same after I finish maths tho, but thats ok lol)
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    Sleepless night

    I went to sleep at 9:30, went to sleep like 5 mins after i went to bed, and woke up at 6:30 this morning lol i slept really good...
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    Quick question about getting into engineering

    Hey again everyone, OK soIve applied through UAC to go do engineering (either mehatronics or electrical) and im just wondering about the requirements to get in. On the Newcastle uni website it says: Yet in the UAC book it says: Now what im wondering is, the newcastle uni website...
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    Have I disadvantaged myself with late UAC entry?

    Phew! lol Yeah, since mum said she'd pay the fees, she was pretty pissed when she found out there was an extra $97 late fee lol... Thanks for that. Damn, only 3days to go and it begins! (I do tech drawing so my exams start thursday lol)
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    Have I disadvantaged myself with late UAC entry?

    Hey all, I put in my UAC preferences last night (I missed the last deadline cause I somehow got in my head the deadline was the 15th of this month...stupid me) Have I disadvantaged myself by putting in my UAC entry late? Im looking at doing engineering at newcastle uni...
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    Wondering about 5 bonus UAI points

    Brilliant. I was looking on the newcastle uni website and came across this: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/futurestudents/regionalandruralpreferencescheme.html As it turns out I will get 4 points below the UAI cutoff. Thanks
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    Wondering about 5 bonus UAI points

    Hey all, I was wondering about how this whole bonus 5 UAI points for being a rural HSC student... How does it work? Im looking at doing engineering (electrical or mechatronics) next year or the year after(defer). Do I automatically get 5 extra UAI points? Or is there some condition? Or does...
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    Advice on maximising marks in english paper 1

    Yeh, Im also starting serious study on english today. Lol so far Ive spent this morning on english study. Dont forget, quotes quote quotes! lol I went shithouse in the trial cause of that...
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    Study breaks

    Ill go on the computer, go for a motorbike ride, drive somewhere... Or daydream about life after the HSC, or reminisce the good days of school... Or if im hungry, ill go eat some noodles, cook an egg or sometihng like that lol... I find I just study all morning (about 8 oclock till 12) and...
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    worked harder for trials than hsc?

    If it wasnt for my major work for tech drawing being due right in the middle of the trials (Arg!!), I probably woulve studied pretty hard for the trials... Ive worked reasonably hard the past 2 weeks or so... But only on physics and 3U maths... Damn english... I might watch bladerunner...
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