Should I overload? (1 Viewer)

[jannny]

Hi, I am doing eng/commerce right now and was thinking of overloading one extra subject per semester to possibly reduce my degree to 4 or 4.5 years.

I just want experiences from people who overloaded before to see how it really affected you in terms of workload etc.

Is it hard to over load on 2nd, 3rd, 4th years?

Do employers care about marks at uni? Like is a Pass or credit average enough to get a good job in Civil engineering or economics industry?

What engineering subjects or commerce subjects did you find easy?

Thanks, will appreciate any input

 

[withoutaface]

Hi, I am doing eng/commerce right now and was thinking of overloading one extra subject per semester to possibly reduce my degree to 4 or 4.5 years.

I just want experiences from people who overloaded before to see how it really affected you in terms of workload etc.

Is it hard to over load on 2nd, 3rd, 4th years?

Do employers care about marks at uni? Like is a Pass or credit average enough to get a good job in Civil engineering or economics industry?

What engineering subjects or commerce subjects did you find easy?

Thanks, will appreciate any input

You could try, but it's likely you'd get fucked by prereqs, and engo subjects get fucking hard after first year.

 

[wikiwiki]

The biggest difficulty with overloading is actually getting timetables without massive clashes. In terms of workload, if you have an IQ over 150 you should be comfortably able to score credits and above in every one of your subjects.

I've overloaded for a number of semesters successfully. To be frank, though, university is the only time you have in your life to enjoy yourself with engaging in wage slavery. Enjoy yourself and take the full five years.

 

[jannny]

good point, I should enjoy my last years before I become a work slave hey?

 

[velox]

Just remember there are no prerequisites in the school of civil engineering. I wouldn't overload, as one hard subject can majorly screw you up.

 

[kokodamonkey]

yes, do 8units a semester!!!

 

[Templar]

I don't know your ability, but I would recommend not to overload if possible. The prospect of finishing early simply isn't worth it.

And doing eight subjects in a single semester is not fun.

 

[kokodamonkey]

I don't know your ability, but I would recommend not to overload if possible. The prospect of finishing early simply isn't worth it.

And doing eight subjects in a single semester is not fun.

don't spoil it..


i think if your extremely extremely good at something, then doing an extra subject in that area would be manageable, because you would have some sort of a "headstart"

 

[Wooz]

You could do some of your electives in Summer or Winter School, make sure u get Fee-Help or something though since they are currently DFEE only, however that may change soon aswell.

Also some of the options are extremely limited though.

 

[lala2]

Depends what subjects you're taking I suppose. I know someone who's now overloaded for the fourth time but she's doing Engo/Arts and did stuff in Summer School as well. But she has to because her parents want her to finish in less than 5 years. She's all good though.

 

[RogueAcademic]

If you are a high-achieving student who can handle the overload, then by all means do it if you want to. It could be an advantage when job hunting, you'd be able to show that you have the academic aptitude and time management skills to handle the workload.

But if you're only going to barely pass and perform badly, then I wouldn't advise you to do it.

 

[Trebla]

If you did Talented Students Program (from the science faculty), then overloading is no problem because it is actually "encouraged" in this program! lol I know someone who is doing a whopping 48 credit points this semester from both conventional means of overloading as well as TSP at the moment...FKN CRAZY!!!

Since you're also doing Commerce, the attendance hours won't be significantly increased, so there is a low chance of having a timetable clash. If you're doing really well right now, then go for it but obviously if you're struggling, then don't. You won't be accelerating by much though; a whole semester at most; assuming flexibility of courses being offered in both semesters (some courses are only offered in a particular semester). The only benefit is you do less credit points (hence less hours) in future semesters which may free up time to be allocated for work etc.

 

[engineering]

There is one student in civil who is just in his last semester and has managed to squeeze the 5 yr combined degree into 4.

His progression was

1: 54
2: 12 summer + 60
3: 12 summer + 60
4: 6 summer + 48

This is incredibly overloaded each semester, and spending each summer at uni, A very big ask. This student is incredibly bright and has a specific reason for this.

I would never recommend this to anyone.

If you are concerned what employers want, yes they want marks, but they also want well rounded people. My view is that 5 years with a variety of ork experience is better (eg first two year get a part time job at Coles and experience working with people, customer service), then work experience as an engineer.

Tim (first year student advisor, civil engineering, usyd)

 

[lala2]

Haha omg that's insane! 5 subjects a semester (engo too) plus summer school where they cram 13 weeks of stuff into a month or less for two subjects taken concurrently!

And 48 credit points in one semester?! How much is TSP worth? I thought it was built into the subjects you're taking that semester, so if you were taking microbiology for example, you'd take the normal microbio subject and just have additional projects built in within that subject. I didn't know it was a separate unit of its own. Far out, 24 cp is enough for me!

 

[Templar]

TSP units are worth as much as you can convince them it's worth. You can get away with doing projects requiring little work. There has been SSP classes which require only an hour or so of work for 3cp for the whole semester.

I wouldn't recommend 60cp in a year. If you think you are incredibly bright and can handle the academic load, do some extracurricular instead. Run for exec in a society, represent your uni in sport. They stand as much as good results to employees.

 

[velox]

TSP units are worth as much as you can convince them it's worth. You can get away with doing projects requiring little work. There has been SSP classes which require only an hour or so of work for 3cp for the whole semester.

I wouldn't recommend 60cp in a year. If you think you are incredibly bright and can handle the academic load, do some extracurricular instead. Run for exec in a society, represent your uni in sport. They stand as much as good results to employees.

I agree, but you should be doing those things for yourself, not just to impress an employer.