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hey guys, im in yr 12 and im planning on studying at engineering.

Now, the uni is decided to be either unsw, usyd or uts. although,

i seem to have changed my mind coz i dont want to waste hours a day travelling to uni and back.

So, ive come to a descision of going to UWS, as it is way way closer and requires less than 1 hour to travel back and forth, maybe even half an hour.

yeh, what id like to know is, is there that much of a difference between the 1st 3 uni's i stated and UWS...

like, is it all the same? finish ur course, and go get a job in engineering? or are there advantages for going to UNSW...

ive heard heaps that 99% of ppl get employed in engineering within thier 1st year, as the demand is high...

thanks ! :D
 

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syriangabsta said:
hey guys, im in yr 12 and im planning on studying at engineering.

Now, the uni is decided to be either unsw, usyd or uts. although,

i seem to have changed my mind coz i dont want to waste hours a day travelling to uni and back.

So, ive come to a descision of going to UWS, as it is way way closer and requires less than 1 hour to travel back and forth, maybe even half an hour.

yeh, what id like to know is, is there that much of a difference between the 1st 3 uni's i stated and UWS...

like, is it all the same? finish ur course, and go get a job in engineering? or are there advantages for going to UNSW...

ive heard heaps that 99% of ppl get employed in engineering within thier 1st year, as the demand is high...

thanks ! :D
maybe
 

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i heard uws is really really shit for engineering just wat i heard
 

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in terms of employment, from what ive heard it doesnt really matter which uni because of the high demand. so i doubt you'll have trouble finding a job because you 'only' graduated from UWS with an accredited engineering degree. although i dont have any stats to support that. perhaps email the UWS engineering faculty for more (bias?) information on graduates if you're concerned, but if it saves time and money i personally wouldnt even bother asking. i couldnt imagine doing anything more than 30 min of travel, it makes the day all the more longer and tiring

for what its worth, i know my daddy's company had to get engineers from overseas, and he said they dont care which uni you're from as long as you have an accredited engineering degree.
 
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Musk said:
depends on what major you wanna do
im leaning towards civil...

/hmm

3unitz post really appealed to me, its exactly what i had in thought..
 

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oh and besides, say if everything does screw up, and uws is like totally crap and no one gets employed from there....

i can just transfer to unsw or something can't i? lol
 

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yeah u can. i know quite a hand full of students who did tranfer from UWS to UNSW after first year. i think most have an average GPA of 5.5. i think.
 

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well then, there's nothing to worry about! i guess ishould just do my best for the hsc and hope to get into uws at the very least :)
 

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uws is fine it gives you the same skills some1 from any other uni would have.
 

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bigboyjames said:
i think most have an average GPA of 5.5. i think.
Isn't that really hard to get? (esp. in engineering)
 

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syriangabsta said:
well then, there's nothing to worry about! i guess ishould just do my best for the hsc and hope to get into uws at the very least :)
To get into uws civil engineering you need 68 uai, so its quite low.
 

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Musk said:
awesome first yr monkey
USYD is clearly better than UTS when it comes to civil. you just dont like to think about how you wasted 3 years at UTS so you resort to calling people monkeys. well i got news for you mate: you're the monkey, and a bias one at that. :lol:
 

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3unitz said:
USYD is clearly better than UTS when it comes to civil. you just dont like to think about how you wasted 3 years at UTS so you resort to calling people monkeys. well i got news for you mate: you're the monkey, and a bias one at that. :lol:
hahaha
 
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