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Title: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on November 13, 2016, 04:02:58 pm
UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
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Welcome to the University of New South Wales general chat thread. ;D This thread is for anything UNSW-related. If you have general questions, ask them here. If you don't know where to ask something, ask it here. If you want to vent about your day at uni, do it here. If you want to chat about your subjects, do it here. Basically, whatever you want - this is the place for it. 👌

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Original post
Thought I'd start this thread as a place for anyone heading into UNSW, at UNSW, or whatever, to ask questions or just have a bit of a rant (when the bus lines get long, we all want to yell at someone, somewhere) :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: tum0001 on November 16, 2016, 08:52:12 pm
Hi, I've applied for UNSW Co-op commerce and I got accepted for an interview but I have no idea how I should prepare! Any suggestions? Also, is it better to do a normal commerce degree or a co-op degree?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 16, 2016, 09:00:49 pm
Hi, I've applied for UNSW Co-op commerce and I got accepted for an interview but I have no idea how I should prepare! Any suggestions? Also, is it better to do a normal commerce degree or a co-op degree?
Jamon talks about his experience with the co-op interview preparation process here.

Some people end up not liking co-op and drop out for their own individual reasons. But otherwise I don't see any reason for you not to take up your co-op offer if you receive one. Co-op gives you actual industry training and not only do you get some extra money but you get the experience which puts you ahead. It's much harder to get in than it is to get out and if you're offered the position you should definitely accept it first.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on November 16, 2016, 09:04:18 pm
Hi, I've applied for UNSW Co-op commerce and I got accepted for an interview but I have no idea how I should prepare! Any suggestions? Also, is it better to do a normal commerce degree or a co-op degree?

Do also keep in mind though that if you accept the Coop scholarship, then later want to drop it, you have to pay back money you've received. How much depends on when you drop; if you have queries about it PM me! But the Coop Program is awesome, a big commitment but it is worth it, highly recommend :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: tum0001 on November 16, 2016, 10:20:14 pm

Jamon talks about his experience with the co-op interview preparation process here.

Some people end up not liking co-op and drop out for their own individual reasons. But otherwise I don't see any reason for you not to take up your co-op offer if you receive one. Co-op gives you actual industry training and not only do you get some extra money but you get the experience which puts you ahead. It's much harder to get in than it is to get out and if you're offered the position you should definitely accept it first.

This was really helpful, many thanks :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 24, 2016, 07:55:07 pm
Looks like my WAM updated :P
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on November 24, 2016, 08:06:32 pm
Looks like my WAM updated :P

Don't know my old one, so not even going to check mine ahaha! Knew it at the end of last year but don't anymore...
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 24, 2016, 08:10:29 pm
Don't know my old one, so not even going to check mine ahaha! Knew it at the end of last year but don't anymore...
Woahh not even last semester :P
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on November 24, 2016, 08:53:07 pm
Woahh not even last semester :P

I remembered mine from the end of last year because it was just shy of a HD WAM; seriously annoying ;) but don't think I checked at the end of last semester! Happy with yours?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 24, 2016, 09:54:04 pm
I remembered mine from the end of last year because it was just shy of a HD WAM; seriously annoying ;) but don't think I checked at the end of last semester! Happy with yours?
Oh gees gotta hate that! Hahaha

Ehh yeah 'happy' :P I'll be happier after my math marks go in I reckon
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on November 24, 2016, 11:15:28 pm
Oh gees gotta hate that! Hahaha

Ehh yeah 'happy' :P I'll be happier after my math marks go in I reckon

Bet you will be! Don't worry, the curse continues, I just got provisional marks for Software Construction; 84. Like I'm really happy with that mark, but come on... EIGHTY FOUR? SO FRIGGIN CLOSE!  :o
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 25, 2016, 06:20:28 am
Bet you will be! Don't worry, the curse continues, I just got provisional marks for Software Construction; 84. Like I'm really happy with that mark, but come on... EIGHTY FOUR? SO FRIGGIN CLOSE!  :o
Omg that 84 from SCIF still torments me day by day! Still a really good mark but far out WHYYY!!

I just want my math mark because I'm shedding a bit of salt right now... with 2 courses not submitted my WAM is sitting on 89.833 right now (yep, 1 mark off 90 ahahaha)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jakesilove on November 25, 2016, 03:09:21 pm
my WAM is sitting on 89.833 right now (yep, 1 mark off 90 ahahaha)

For those of you not at uni yet, please note that this is basically an impossible WAM, and Rui is a genius. 
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Musa on December 03, 2016, 02:22:59 am
For those of you not at uni yet, please note that this is basically an impossible WAM, and Rui is a genius.

What makes it so insanely difficult to get HD's? How are tasks typically marked compared to the hsc?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 03, 2016, 10:10:25 am
What makes it so insanely difficult to get HD's? How are tasks typically marked compared to the hsc?
You usually get what you get raw. Scaling up marks is only a thing for a very few number of faculties, and usually its cause they were hard to begin with. There's also a number of subjects that get scaled down.

Jake over-glorifies me, but HDs are indeed that rare. For starters, you're doing 2 HSCs per year literally. Your study time is also cut down, and cause you have more commitments now cramming is generally necessary (as opposed to proper studying). And generally speaking you don't really get to cover every cornerstone of the course that well.

Getting HDs is also harder in some faculties than in others, again simply because of difficulty. Note that whilst scaling sometimes saves you with difficulty, this is not always the case.

Oh, and also extending on the 2 HSCs per year analogy, it also means that you get smacked with an endless stream of assignments. First three weeks are okay, and then you'd be lucky to have a week without assignments/exams. If you do, you probably have 2 or 3 tasks in another week. Basically, you're bombarded.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 03, 2016, 11:14:31 am
Basically, you're bombarded.

(http://data.whicdn.com/images/133590218/large.jpg)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on February 22, 2017, 01:06:33 am
Anyone doing O-Week festivities?  ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on February 22, 2017, 01:09:50 am
Hopefully by tomorrow I'll be recovered enough, because I'm scheduled to volunteer for the ASOC stand in the afternoon :P

Though, would love to hear some first-year stories
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: strawberriesarekewl on February 22, 2017, 10:06:11 am
Hey

So I remember Jake saying something like if you dont get your required ATAR for your desired course you do another degree for 6 months and then if you get a high WAM or something you change to your desired course however you are 6 months behind. Isn't this bad in terms of the draw backs on how you are not up to speed?

I guess ATAR's do determine your uni degree to some extent...
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on February 22, 2017, 10:33:48 am
Hey

So I remember Jake saying something like if you dont get your required ATAR for your desired course you do another degree for 6 months and then if you get a high WAM or something you change to your desired course however you are 6 months behind. Isn't this bad in terms of the draw backs on how you are not up to speed?

I guess ATAR's do determine your uni degree to some extent...

Hey! So I guess that is true to an extent, but 6 months out of your 50 years in the workforce (for us it could even be higher) is really not much in terms of being behind where you could have been. Remember you won't transfer into your course having missed content unless the course you had done for the 6 months covered it adequately. It is a little more common to do 1 year of a course, then transfer in to your preferred degree the year after - Starting the content with everyone else. It depends a little on how different the degrees are, but don't consider it negatively! At the end of the day, it's just about doing whatever you want to do at university - Any paths that lead there are good paths :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on June 07, 2017, 02:51:39 pm
I still remember that day that the bus stop at upper campus closed, leaving behind the only one.

Apparently the bus line went all the way onto the main walkway that day? Either way, felt good to just go for a different bus 8)

UNSW Sydney - Never ALWAYS stand still
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 21, 2017, 03:26:44 pm
I still remember that day that the bus stop at upper campus closed, leaving behind the only one.

Apparently the bus line went all the way onto the main walkway that day? Either way, felt good to just go for a different bus 8)

UNSW Sydney - Never ALWAYS stand still
Glad I usually don't need to catch buses anymore
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: zofromuxo on December 04, 2017, 06:22:30 pm
Has anyone taken a class by Andrew Hingston?
If so, how does you feel that some of his courses' lectures have all been uploaded on Youtube:Here it is.

I'm very intrigued if any students that have had him know about him doing this and if the university is fine with him doing this. I remember him setting up a Dropbox with all the pdf of the lecture slides, worksheets and solutions to the lectures' questions for the personal finance course(This link no longer works though :()
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 04, 2017, 07:36:44 pm
Has anyone taken a class by Andrew Hingston?
If so, how does you feel that some of his courses' lectures have all been uploaded on Youtube:Here it is.

I'm very intrigued if any students that have had him know about him doing this and if the university is fine with him doing this. I remember him setting up a Dropbox with all the pdf of the lecture slides, worksheets and solutions to the lectures' questions for the personal finance course(This link no longer works though :()
I don't see any problem with the lectures being uploaded to YouTube. I've had three lecturers so far that have done this, one of which has been doing so for years.
Title: UNSW General Chat
Post by: rodero on December 21, 2017, 11:47:17 am
Hey guys,

I'm just sorting through enrolment now. I was wondering how exactly the courses work for my Commerce degree. It's saying that I need to put in the courses that I want to study, but have they already included the cores or do I need to put them in myself?

Also, am I supposed to choose the four flexible courses that I want to study now? And are these flexible courses going to be learnt throughout the degree or just my first year?

One more thing. I've accepted the offer but obviously haven't enrolled into my classes yet. Does this mean I'm still eligible to receive an offer from another university, like USYD?

Sorry for the bombardment of questions. I figured I might ask some students about the process before calling the actual uni.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 21, 2017, 11:50:57 am
Hey guys,

I'm just sorting through enrolment now. I was wondering how exactly the courses work for my Commerce degree. It's saying that I need to put in the courses that I want to study, but have they already included the cores or do I need to put them in myself?

Also, am I supposed to choose the four flexible courses that I want to study now? And are these flexible courses going to be learnt throughout the degree or just my first year?

One more thing. I've accepted the offer but obviously haven't enrolled into my classes yet. Does this mean I'm still eligible to receive an offer from another university, like USYD?

Sorry for the bombardment of questions. I figured I might ask some students about the process before calling the actual uni.

Hey! Find your course in the handbook and it should have a recommended structure there! ;D

Edit: Your course doesn't have one. Lovely. Basically, uni is much more flexible than you may expect (especially in something like Commerce) and your structure can vary based on your preference. If you are unsure, a good start would be to get those core courses done, assuming they are offered in Semester 1. For you I think these are:

ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics (6 UOC)
MGMT1001 Managing Organisations&People (6 UOC)

Edit #2: Are you straight commerce? If so, this will help, otherwise pick the one you need ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: rodero on December 21, 2017, 08:10:19 pm
Hey! Find your course in the handbook and it should have a recommended structure there! ;D

Edit: Your course doesn't have one. Lovely. Basically, uni is much more flexible than you may expect (especially in something like Commerce) and your structure can vary based on your preference. If you are unsure, a good start would be to get those core courses done, assuming they are offered in Semester 1. For you I think these are:

ACCT1501 Accounting & Financial Mgt 1A (6 UOC)
ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 (6 UOC)
ECON1203 Business & Economic Statistics (6 UOC)
MGMT1001 Managing Organisations&People (6 UOC)

Edit #2: Are you straight commerce? If so, this will help, otherwise pick the one you need ;D

Cheers Jamon,

UNSW has sent me an e-mail regarding my enrolment, and it seems as though they've sent a personal recommended structure as well. It was basically just the 4 core units. For my flexible units, I've decided to pick these as my 4:

MARK1012 Marketing Fundamentals
MGMT1101 Global Business Environment
TABL1710 Business and the Law
COMM1000 Creating Social Change

I'm actually dreading the compulsory economics and accounting courses though. I have a feeling that my lack of HSC maths could potentially make me struggle next year. I've decided not to do a bridging course for Mathematics though, as a lot of people have told me that it's unnecessary.

And yeah, straight Commerce at the moment. I would have loved to be able to do Com / Law, but there's a very long story about my delayed ID, which stopped me from being able to sit the LAT despite paying the fee for it.

I think I'll leave the enrolment for now. I want to wait for the January round to see whether or not USYD would take me for Com / Law. I'm not gonna complain about UNSW (I kind of prefer the campus and atmosphere better anyway), but it would be pretty cool to see USYD accept me.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: rodero on December 22, 2017, 08:22:34 am
Hey guys,

My timetable looks like this at the moment. I was wondering if this is a normal setup for a full-time student? I honestly thought that I'd only be going to uni like 2-3 times a week.. I'm doing 8 courses at the moment as well, but I'm not sure if that's too many or not. It said that I need to have the 4 core courses, and 4 flexible ones so that's what I chose.

How many courses are you guys doing atm?

(https://i.imgur.com/cllt9ti.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on December 22, 2017, 08:54:07 am
Hey guys,

My timetable looks like this at the moment. I was wondering if this is a normal setup for a full-time student? I honestly thought that I'd only be going to uni like 2-3 times a week.. I'm doing 8 courses at the moment as well, but I'm not sure if that's too many or not. It said that I need to have the 4 core courses, and 4 flexible ones so that's what I chose.

How many courses are you guys doing atm?

(https://i.imgur.com/cllt9ti.png)
Hey,
I'm going 4 days a week (tried to get three but one of the tutes filled up). I'm only doing 4 different units (three music and one education). 8 seems like a lot but I don't really know your course.

This is mine:
(https://i.imgur.com/MH3OdOQ.png)
Title: UNSW General Chat
Post by: rodero on December 22, 2017, 09:01:47 am
Hey,
I'm going 4 days a week (tried to get three but one of the tutes filled up). I'm only doing 4 different units (three music and one education). 8 seems like a lot but I don't really know your course.

This is mine:
(https://i.imgur.com/MH3OdOQ.png)

Thanks for the insight Katie. I definitely think that I'm doing too many courses. I'm doing a straight up Commerce degree, and I've already got more classes than your Education/Music degree. I'll have to call the uni after work tomorrow to sort things out. I have a slight feeling that the four compulsory courses that I included are supposed to be completed throughout the degree, rather than in a single year.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 22, 2017, 09:08:18 am
Thanks for the insight Katie. I definitely think that I'm doing too many courses. I'm doing a straight up Commerce degree, and I've already got more classes than your Education/Music degree. I'll have to call the uni after work tomorrow to sort things out. I have a slight feeling that the four compulsory courses that I included are supposed to be completed throughout the degree, rather than in a single year.

Hey! Full time load is 4 courses, 24 units of credit - Definitely too many! When it says that you don't need to study all of those in the first semester! Spread them out over the two semesters - Or as you say over the course of the program ;D

Four courses at any given time (at least until trimesters come in), will be 99.99% of students ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 22, 2017, 10:04:38 am
Hey guys,

My timetable looks like this at the moment. I was wondering if this is a normal setup for a full-time student? I honestly thought that I'd only be going to uni like 2-3 times a week.. I'm doing 8 courses at the moment as well, but I'm not sure if that's too many or not. It said that I need to have the 4 core courses, and 4 flexible ones so that's what I chose.

How many courses are you guys doing atm?

(https://i.imgur.com/cllt9ti.png)
Don't forget to click to actually enrol them, seeing as though everything on your's is green and not blue (implying that's what you're thinking of doing but haven't decided on).

Also, lol, good luck with MGMT. TABL would be really good for you given your HSC background but the HSC background has no say at all in MGMT
Hey,
I'm going 4 days a week (tried to get three but one of the tutes filled up). I'm only doing 4 different units (three music and one education). 8 seems like a lot but I don't really know your course.

This is mine:
(https://i.imgur.com/MH3OdOQ.png)
Given where you live I feel like you're gonna skip that 9AM lecture after a few weeks Katie (good luck :P )
Hey! Full time load is 4 courses, 24 units of credit - Definitely too many! When it says that you don't need to study all of those in the first semester! Spread them out over the two semesters - Or as you say over the course of the program ;D

Four courses at any given time (at least until trimesters come in), will be 99.99% of students ;D
Totally gonna convince people to overload now just to bump that down to 99.00% ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 22, 2017, 10:28:27 am
Missed this-
I'm actually dreading the compulsory economics and accounting courses though. I have a feeling that my lack of HSC maths could potentially make me struggle next year. I've decided not to do a bridging course for Mathematics though, as a lot of people have told me that it's unnecessary.
So, you weren't misinformed. A bridging course for 2U maths really won't help too much, especially since the compulsory ones are all non-calculus. Whilst the abilities of a 2U students do help for ECON1203, for ACCT1501 and ECON1101 they really just assume the knowledge of a general math student. (I only really recommend that stuff for finance major students.)

And of course, they won't assume the entire general knowledge course. But to say the least, you're going to need to know how to do algebra (and maybe some work with fractions). You're gonna need to know how to manipulate equations and substitute in values that they give you.

ACCT has really limited math - most of it is just number work on the calculator (but some math stuff appears in the ratios section). The above basically summarises ECON1101. ECON1203 would be more of a challenge though, and unless it's a prerequisite for anything you want to do later you may want to consider delaying it till your final year.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 22, 2017, 12:34:49 pm
And Jamon claims he doesn't get HD's ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: rodero on December 22, 2017, 03:36:10 pm
Thanks for the help guys :D

Just to confirm, if I enrol into these classes now, will I still be eligible to receive further offers from UAC? I'd like to secure my spot into the classes so that I can have a good timetable, but I'm also interested to see whether USYD would take me for Com/Law!

EDIT: I just got off the phone from UNSW to ask about my enrolment. The support centre for Business is actually closed until the 2nd of Jan, so I had to call the 'future students' line instead, which doesn't actually specialise in what I needed. Luckily, the person on the phone was actually a Commerce student himself, so he was able to help me out regardless. Anyway, the main thing that put all the pieces together was that I realised that a timetable is only for one semester. I was originally planning for my timetable to cover me for the whole first year, which is why I started off with 8 courses.

Now that that's over, I think I'll start off doing a mixture of my core and flexible courses, so I'll leave the mathematics related courses for my second semester. I'd like to start off with content that I'm familiar with, rather than facing the uni transition AND the anxiety of mathematics.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 22, 2017, 03:45:39 pm
Thanks for the help guys :D

Just to confirm, if I enrol into these classes now, will I still be eligible to receive further offers from UAC? I'd like to secure my spot into the classes so that I can have a good timetable, but I'm also interested to see whether USYD would take me for Com/Law!

EDIT: I just got off the phone from UNSW to ask about my enrolment. The support centre for Business is actually closed until the 2nd of Jan, so I had to call the 'future students' line instead, which doesn't actually specialise in what I needed. Luckily, the person on the phone was actually a Commerce student himself, so he was able to help me out regardless. Anyway, the main thing that put all the pieces together was that I realised that a timetable is only for one semester. I was originally planning for my timetable to cover me for the whole first year, which is why I started off with 8 courses.

Now that that's over, I think I'll start off doing a mixture of my core and flexible courses, so I'll leave the mathematics related courses for my second semester. I'd like to start off with content that I'm familiar with, rather than facing the uni transition AND the anxiety of mathematics.
Ah yeah. That's why university students always talk about first or second sem (or for some universities, trimesters). Splits it up.

And yes, you're still eligible for any further offer

(Gonna delete the double post - seems like you misclicked something)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: rodero on December 22, 2017, 03:59:39 pm
Ah yeah. That's why university students always talk about first or second sem (or for some universities, trimesters). Splits it up.

And yes, you're still eligible for any further offer

(Gonna delete the double post - seems like you misclicked something)

Thanks for the confirmation Rui :)

Here's my new, updated timetable. Timetable looks SO much cleaner. I enrolled just after taking this snip!

(https://i.imgur.com/BO60EQ7.png)

EDIT
Scratch that... I went to click enrol and it told me that I actually have 5 courses there, and I didn't even realise. This is so exhausting but I'll need to rejig everything a few more times. At the moment the auto timetable system is making me go to uni just for one lecture on Wednesday  :'(

EDIT2
Finally done!!!! It's looking very nice now, I tried to group courses together so that I can do them on the same days. Marketing slipped out and I had to separate them, but other than that I'm very happy.
(https://i.imgur.com/6KyErKA.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: pikachu975 on December 22, 2017, 07:25:02 pm
@rui decided to go with SCIF1131 rather than MGMT1001 because I dont wanna kill my wam already :D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 22, 2017, 07:34:51 pm
@rui decided to go with SCIF1131 rather than MGMT1001 because I dont wanna kill my wam already :D
Good decision :D

SCIF doesn't really help the WAM much but it's way less cancerous than MGMT1001...
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: pikachu975 on December 22, 2017, 10:25:15 pm
Good decision :D

SCIF doesn't really help the WAM much but it's way less cancerous than MGMT1001...

I heard SCIF is just a bludge but we'll see... I wanna get rid of bad subjects ASAP so I'll probs do MGMT sem 2 or so
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 23, 2017, 12:41:07 am
I heard SCIF is just a bludge but we'll see... I wanna get rid of bad subjects ASAP so I'll probs do MGMT sem 2 or so
It is a bludge, just the assessment tasks are weird
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: blasonduo on December 30, 2017, 12:15:34 pm
am.... am I part of the cool club now...? :P

honestly though, picking individual courses are so complex for me, so I'm probably spending the whole day figuring this out :/
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 30, 2017, 12:26:22 pm
am.... am I part of the cool club now...? :P

honestly though, picking individual courses are so complex for me, so I'm probably spending the whole day figuring this out :/
It's complex for all of us.

Welcome to the club :P
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on January 11, 2018, 11:44:20 am
Perhaps, the thing I respect most about UNSW.

We don't have any 8AM starts. 8)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: K888 on January 11, 2018, 12:10:42 pm
Perhaps, the thing I respect most about UNSW.

We don't have any 8AM starts. 8)
You have no idea how jealous I am.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Springyboy on January 11, 2018, 04:56:37 pm
Perhaps, the thing I respect most about UNSW.

We don't have any 8AM starts. 8)

You guys are lucky. I think im probably gonna have my second Wednesday 8am start in a row this semester :(. Although last semester I had 7.5hrs of classes in 8hrs from 8am-4pm on a Wednesday which was hectic. This sem is much lighter than that - probably only 2 lectures on Wednesday's
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on January 12, 2018, 01:13:46 am
You guys are lucky. I think im probably gonna have my second Wednesday 8am start in a row this semester :(. Although last semester I had 7.5hrs of classes in 8hrs from 8am-4pm on a Wednesday which was hectic. This sem is much lighter than that - probably only 2 lectures on Wednesday's
Yeah, I would've just skipped.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Springyboy on January 12, 2018, 03:33:33 pm
Yeah, I would've just skipped.

Couldn't 4 out of 5 of the classes were compulsory - and the one that wasn't compulsory I had to attend a couple of weeks to do tests in - so there was no bailout there
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on January 12, 2018, 03:41:45 pm
Couldn't 4 out of 5 of the classes were compulsory - and the one that wasn't compulsory I had to attend a couple of weeks to do tests in - so there was no bailout there
That's disgusting. Assuming you share insanipi's situation of being unable to pick class times, those unis really just make life hard.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: BigAl on March 26, 2018, 10:49:13 pm
Just a monash student passing by, is there any engineering student here? I have a few questions about engineering at UNSW.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on March 26, 2018, 10:51:36 pm
Just a monash student passing by, is there any engineering student here? I have a few questions about engineering at UNSW.
Yeah - Jamon does co-op electrical engineering and my computer science degree is offered under the engineering faculty
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Said You Look Like Trudeau on March 27, 2018, 08:11:59 pm
Hi!
Just wondering about the difference between MATH1131 and MATH1141? I received...mediocre maths and maths extension 1 results of just over 125/150 and I've started doing MATH1141 which recommends a combined score of 145/150. Initially I thought I was in way over my head but have heard the content of MATH1131 is quite similar to the course I'm already in so postponed switching into 1131. So would it be better to go worse in the higher course or better in the lower course? Rumours floating around are that near perfect 1131 scores scale DOWN to a 90 whilst 1141 scores scale up A LOT? At this point I'm looking for a WAM booster. Any advice would be much appreciated as deadlines to switch are on Thursday
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on March 27, 2018, 08:23:48 pm
Hi!
Just wondering about the difference between MATH1131 and MATH1141? I received...mediocre maths and maths extension 1 results of just over 125/150 and I've started doing MATH1141 which recommends a combined score of 145/150. Initially I thought I was in way over my head but have heard the content of MATH1131 is quite similar to the course I'm already in so postponed switching into 1131. So would it be better to go worse in the higher course or better in the lower course? Rumours floating around are that near perfect 1131 scores scale DOWN to a 90 whilst 1141 scores scale up A LOT? At this point I'm looking for a WAM booster. Any advice would be much appreciated as deadlines to switch are on Thursday
It's not really 'scaling' per se - the thing is, UNSW maths wants to reward people who do 1141 in comparison to 1131 (and other ordinary vs higher courses). So they put a 'cap' on the ordinary version, at around 89 or 90.  But this doesn't really affect anyone else. As far as I know of, people who deserve to get 87 will actually get 87. In this way, they reward the people that really should be doing 1141 (they can push beyond marks of 90) and don't detriment the people doing 1131 either.

That's how they encourage the people that really should be doing 1141 to do it. High school marks may OR may not influence whether or not you should be doing 1141, because in general a student's work ethic changes between Year 12 and first year uni. Your suitability to 1141 is best determined by your ability to cope with what actually makes 1141 and 1131 different.

1131 and 1141 teach the exact same topics, AND sit the exact same assessments UNTIL the final exam. Then, 1/2 of the 1141 exam will be different to 1/2 of the 1131 exam, and the other half is common to both. 1141 is designed to be a lot more theoretical than the more simply computational 1131 counterpart. 1141 focuses on bringing out what makes someone a mathematician, instead of just the ability to do number crunching and battle with algebra. It begins to test you on whether you know why and how mathematics actually works, instead of just follow some routine procedure. As such, whilst the computational stuff might be similar over both courses, you should expect a lot more proving in 1141.

That should be the basis of your decision making process.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 12, 2018, 12:22:35 pm
Hey fam:

Your enrolment appointments should be up for next semester. Please sign into myUNSW, go into your Student Profile and check your enrolment appoint for the next semester - you will have to adjust this in the drop-down list. I heavily advise that you keep the date and time bookmarked - last time round, very few people knew how to do enrolments and you could still get a good time slot 5 hours after you got your offer. This time round, good spots have the potential of being gone in under 10 minutes (or in the worst case 30 seconds), so you will want to be prepared for that.


Note that not everyone will be allowed to enrol on Apr 20. The whole purpose of the enrolment appointment is for UNSW's own sake; otherwise everyone will go on all at once and the website will crash too easily.

Remember that you may use bojangles to prepare a timetable in advance.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on April 12, 2018, 04:52:41 pm
Remember that you may use bojangles to prepare a timetable in advance.
Thanks Rui!!
Looks like I'll be at uni all 5 days  :'(
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 12, 2018, 05:39:53 pm
Thanks Rui!!
Looks like I'll be at uni all 5 days  :'(
It's very painful. I've been there for four semesters in a row now. :'(

#pray4katie
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FallonXay on April 15, 2018, 10:24:05 am
It's very painful. I've been there for four semesters in a row now. :'(

#pray4katie
Long time no see

I see you're doing Computer Science now!!! :o How are you finding it? ^_^
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 15, 2018, 10:33:48 am
Long time no see

I see you're doing Computer Science now!!! :o How are you finding it? ^_^
Oh hey man! :P

Yeah, a lot more fun than actuarial for me. Only doing COMP2521 this sem though :P
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FallonXay on April 15, 2018, 10:37:51 am
Oh hey man! :P

Yeah, a lot more fun than actuarial for me. Only doing COMP2521 this sem though :P

Haha, that's good to hear. Taking the Richard Buckland route from Actuarial to Comp Sci? :p

and nice, assuming you did 1917 for the Math part of your degree already? Also watcha thinking of majoring in?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 15, 2018, 11:00:10 am
Haha, that's good to hear. Taking the Richard Buckland route from Actuarial to Comp Sci? :p

and nice, assuming you did 1917 for the Math part of your degree already? Also watcha thinking of majoring in?
Wait Richard Buckland did that as well??

I took 1511 last sem - I didn't do 1917 when I was in first year :P
Still unsure right now, but originally planned on AI
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FallonXay on April 15, 2018, 11:09:45 am
Wait Richard Buckland did that as wel??

I took 1511 last sem - I didn't do 1917 when I was in first year :P
Still unsure right now, but originally planned on AI

Yeah, worked as an actuarial consultant for a bit before he was like, what the hell am I doing. Decided actuarial wasn't for him and went into computing. He always likes to make jokes about his time in actuarial/ management.

And ah, very nice :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 15, 2018, 11:20:55 am
Yeah, worked as an actuarial consultant for a bit before he was like, what the hell am I doing. Decided actuarial wasn't for him and went into computing. He always likes to make jokes about his time in actuarial/ management.

And ah, very nice :)
Now that you mention it I think I've heard that somewhere before...

I mean, if triple degrees were a realistic thing I might've kept actuarial anyway. Why wouldn't I claim a bunch of business skills right? Only question is whether or not I would've done that or went to finance instead
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FallonXay on April 15, 2018, 11:24:58 am
Now that you mention it I think I've heard that somewhere before...

I mean, if triple degrees were a realistic thing I might've kept actuarial anyway. Why wouldn't I claim a bunch of business skills right? Only question is whether or not I would've done that or went to finance instead

Yeah haha, but you'd be studying at Uni for like infinity and beyond :p

Out of curiosity what was the deal-breaker that made you choose to opt out of actuarial?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 15, 2018, 11:35:01 am
Yeah haha, but you'd be studying at Uni for like infinity and beyond :p

Out of curiosity what was the deal-breaker that made you choose to opt out of actuarial?
It gets me out of dealing with life at least

Basically ACTL2111. Killed a lot of it for me
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FallonXay on April 15, 2018, 11:40:20 am
It gets me out of dealing with life at least

Basically ACTL2111. Killed a lot of it for me

"Shout out to ACTL2111, the most cancerous course ever created." - https://www.facebook.com/UnswRants/posts/931462273616202

Ah I see hahahaha.  :'(
Well, I bid you the best for the rest of your courses  :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 15, 2018, 11:47:11 am
"Shout out to ACTL2111, the most cancerous course ever created." - https://www.facebook.com/UnswRants/posts/931462273616202

Ah I see hahahaha.  :'(
Well, I bid you the best for the rest of your courses  :)
Lol; You too :)
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Hey fam. Further to the enrolment appointment post I made a few days ago, I advise you to now go on myUNSW again and into your Student Profile. Here, click "Update Your Enrolment" and confirm all of your personal details. Doing this now will save you an extra minute (or three if there's lag) when the time comes for your enrolment appointment to begin.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on July 25, 2018, 12:00:58 pm
Mini meet-up on open day again?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on July 25, 2018, 02:27:22 pm
Mini meet-up on open day again?
Yes, we should!!  :D Are any year 12's keen to come?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on October 12, 2018, 09:16:58 am
I hope that by underloading every trimester my sanity will be kept in tact

(https://i.imgur.com/46ie21R.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on October 15, 2018, 11:13:09 am
Ready for a year of tears..? Next year sounds good, except for Research Methods lol I'm not excited
(https://i.imgur.com/Er57pLJ.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: MLov on December 07, 2018, 08:14:25 pm
Oooohhhh, are you going to teach me machine learning later this year Rui? Keen for your lectures! From your devoted fan!
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 07, 2018, 09:14:30 pm
Oooohhhh, are you going to teach me machine learning later this year Rui? Keen for your lectures! From your devoted fan!
Can you be any more snakish pls
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FutureLawStudent on December 21, 2018, 05:01:29 pm
Actually so salty at UNSW. Got my offer yesterday, tried to accept and enrol, but MyUNSW crashed, and I got an internal server error. 3 hours on the phone later, I find out I have to wait til the 2nd of Jan at the earliest to be able to accept and enrol. Really annoyed as there were some specific seminars/tutorials I wanted to enrol in based of recommendations, but its look like I'll be unable to.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 21, 2018, 06:01:34 pm
Actually so salty at UNSW. Got my offer yesterday, tried to accept and enrol, but MyUNSW crashed, and I got an internal server error. 3 hours on the phone later, I find out I have to wait til the 2nd of Jan at the earliest to be able to accept and enrol. Really annoyed as there were some specific seminars/tutorials I wanted to enrol in based of recommendations, but its look like I'll be unable to.

What exactly are you missing to be able to enrol and timetable right now? Or is it that your access has been somehow blocked? :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on December 21, 2018, 06:09:22 pm
I'm a bit lost with all this enrolment for classes. Do you just register classes for only Term 1 and do Term 2 and 3 later or do you register all your classes in one go?

Also, I've registered for 3 classes in Term 1 but when I checked my timetable again there's suddenly a clash between ENGG1000 and MATH1131 so I'm a bit confused -_-
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jasn9776 on December 21, 2018, 06:50:53 pm
are we meant to enrol? i'm a bit hesitant to put in my tfn just yet, esp since i might consider going to usyd
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 21, 2018, 07:12:54 pm
I'm a bit lost with all this enrolment for classes. Do you just register classes for only Term 1 and do Term 2 and 3 later or do you register all your classes in one go?

Also, I've registered for 3 classes in Term 1 but when I checked my timetable again there's suddenly a clash between ENGG1000 and MATH1131 so I'm a bit confused -_-

Don't worry! We were all in the same boat -- enrolment is a huuuuge hassle and is so hard at first (trust me, I haven't gotten used to it). You have the choice to register your classes for all terms or you can do one at a time. It's up to you!

As for the timetable clash, try using CrossAngles. It's a timetable generator (ignore all the Bible study slots) so you just pop your subjects in and it'll create a timetable for you! It'll allow you to explore options that don't clash.

I hope this helps! :-)

are we meant to enrol? i'm a bit hesitant to put in my tfn just yet, esp since i might consider going to usyd

You don't have to if you don't want to! You can always enrol then withdraw -- the process differs across different unis but it's not too hard :-)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on December 21, 2018, 07:31:29 pm
Don't worry! We were all in the same boat -- enrolment is a huuuuge hassle and is so hard at first (trust me, I haven't gotten used to it). You have the choice to register your classes for all terms or you can do one at a time. It's up to you!
I'm confusing myself once again ;-; I was asking someone else and he said to register for all the classes for next year because it's new for this semester??

As for the timetable clash, try using CrossAngles. It's a timetable generator (ignore all the Bible study slots) so you just pop your subjects in and it'll create a timetable for you! It'll allow you to explore options that don't clash.
Should the timetable on CrossAngles appear the same on the myUNSW timetable? On CrossAngles, it says there are no clashes but there are few differences (I attached the two timetables).
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 21, 2018, 07:33:39 pm
I'm confusing myself once again ;-; I was asking someone else and he said to register for all the classes for next year because it's new for this semester??
Should the timetable on CrossAngles appear the same on the myUNSW timetable? On CrossAngles, it says there are no clashes but there are few differences (I attached the two timetables).
I'm not too sure what's going on here, but can you just try moving your ENGG and/or MATH classes around more? It's a bit hard to say without actually having your myUNSW in front of me to play around with (and I wouldn't advocate that either).

However, as for the whole trimesters debuckle, basically you register for the 8 courses you're doing across the year now, but you only do the timetabling for the courses in term 1.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 21, 2018, 07:42:04 pm
I'm confusing myself once again ;-; I was asking someone else and he said to register for all the classes for next year because it's new for this semester??
Should the timetable on CrossAngles appear the same on the myUNSW timetable? On CrossAngles, it says there are no clashes but there are few differences (I attached the two timetables).

It's a lot easier to explain in person lol but if you register term by term just make sure you do it before the enrolment end date :-) and yea it should be the same so that's really strange huh

I reckon just shift everything around until you don't have any more clashes :-) basically what Rui said ahaha
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: emilyygeorgexx on December 21, 2018, 07:50:39 pm
How many courses should I be enrolling in per term?

My personalised website says 9, so I enrolled in 3 a term.

Is that too many?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FutureLawStudent on December 21, 2018, 07:54:25 pm
How many courses should I be enrolling in per term?

My personalised website says 9, so I enrolled in 3 a term.

Is that too many?
You only need to enrol in 8 per year, but you are allowed to enrol in 9. Enrolling in 9 could potentially make your degree a fair bit quicker (especially for doubles), but it may just result in you being stuck waiting for a subject to come around in 5th year.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 21, 2018, 07:58:15 pm
How many courses should I be enrolling in per term?

My personalised website says 9, so I enrolled in 3 a term.

Is that too many?

Basically what FutureLawStudent said, but 9 courses should be fine :-) You can always drop them (make sure it's before the census date!) but 3 is pretty standard so don't worry too much :-)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 21, 2018, 08:00:04 pm
How many courses should I be enrolling in per term?

My personalised website says 9, so I enrolled in 3 a term.

Is that too many?
It counts as overloading technically speaking (basically relates to the above post). However the standard load is to do 3-3-2 (or alternatively 3-2-3 or 2-3-3.)

It's entirely up to you if you wish to fast track your degree.
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Hey everyone! Following some behind the scenes discussion due to Olivia's concerns I felt like this is a point worth mentioning. At UNSW, some classes do not run every week. This could be due to a variety of reasons, ranging from public holidays, to "because your course authority felt there was no need to run it every week".

This might result in weird "clashes" appearing that aren't actually there. Basically, provided you've successfully enrolled into your classes, what you can then do next is go back to the main menu (i.e. back to My Student Profile). Go into "Class Timetable" (down the left).

Then, if you uncheck all but one of the boxes outlining the weeks, and then view, you will get your timetable for that week only. When you do this week by week, you should end up with no "clashes" appearing.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: cthulu on December 28, 2018, 06:03:12 pm
snip

IIRC a friend had a similar problem, and the clashes are supposed to be there for the course you are doing. Someone on UNSW Discussion group on Facebook said:

"Engg1000 is meant to have clashes. Iirc its like a tute class once you split off into your chosen streams."
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jasnkapadia on March 24, 2019, 08:51:42 pm
Hey everyone! :) Just wanted to check in, how are you doing so far this term??

Starting to get a bit full with assignments and midterms myself lol  :P

Trimesters have been an interesting change compared to semesters, personally I've had more contact hours so I feel like I'm going to uni a lot more (also timetable is really crap) -- but in saying that, the term seems to be progressing a lot more "quickly" and I don't feel completely overwhelmed with the "covering 13 weeks of content in 10 weeks" idea.

Also, any thoughts for 19T2 now that the class timetable has been released?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on March 24, 2019, 09:12:04 pm
Hey everyone! :) Just wanted to check in, how are you doing so far this term??

Starting to get a bit full with assignments and midterms myself lol  :P

Trimesters have been an interesting change compared to semesters, personally I've had more contact hours so I feel like I'm going to uni a lot more (also timetable is really crap) -- but in saying that, the term seems to be progressing a lot more "quickly" and I don't feel completely overwhelmed with the "covering 13 weeks of content in 10 weeks" idea.

Also, any thoughts for 19T2 now that the class timetable has been released?

Not too bad actually! I feel like the workload has increased for me which is so strange because we're going from 4 subjects down to 3? The assignments are piling up for me as well, but after next week the rest of the term is pretty chill :-) I definitely feel the increased contact hours thing though, like I'm going to uni a lot more than I did semester 2 last year.

Really loving my Term 2 timetable!! I should only be going 3 days a week (if I get my preferred time slots!) compared to 4 this term and my earliest start is 11am which is awesome.

my timetable
(https://i.imgur.com/BN99oyN.png)

How is everyone else going?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on March 24, 2019, 09:19:12 pm
Hey everyone! :) Just wanted to check in, how are you doing so far this term??

Starting to get a bit full with assignments and midterms myself lol  :P

Trimesters have been an interesting change compared to semesters, personally I've had more contact hours so I feel like I'm going to uni a lot more (also timetable is really crap) -- but in saying that, the term seems to be progressing a lot more "quickly" and I don't feel completely overwhelmed with the "covering 13 weeks of content in 10 weeks" idea.

Also, any thoughts for 19T2 now that the class timetable has been released?
I feel like the workloads actually decreased a bit for me. Most of my assessments are towards the end of the term-so far I've only done 3. I definitely have a few more contact hours as well though.

I'm really annoyed with my term 2 timetable. I'm at uni for 4 (sometimes 5) days each week. I have a 5 1/2 hour break on Mondays (and a 6-8pm lecture), and then Wednesdays and Thursdays I only have classes for 1 1/2 hours.

My term 2 timetable
(https://i.imgur.com/95MA5V2.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on March 24, 2019, 09:45:36 pm
Oh uni? Not much. Just thinking about how a course I thought was ok ended up having some ridiculously f***ed midterms and making me question my life.

T2 though - the absence of 9AMs is a complete blessing for me. I'll probably just go in 5 days a week. I wanna try to pick up 9 tutoring hours in total next term on top of this underload.

(https://i.imgur.com/2F7zD6p.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on March 24, 2019, 09:46:46 pm
I didn't realise T2 timetables were out!! Thanks for the heads up, mine is either great or crap depending on the classes I get ;D

I'm finding trimesters much, much more difficult personally ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on March 24, 2019, 11:49:44 pm
I'm glad that I have Thursday off but I love how I have to walk from Burrows to Matthews (if only all my classes were in the lower campus ;-;).

I guess I just need to figure out where these theatres/rooms are lol

As for uni itself, I love it when I have nothing due in one week and then the next week I have like 5 things due 🙄
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on March 25, 2019, 12:04:13 am
As for uni itself, I love it when I have nothing due in one week and then the next week I have like 5 things due 🙄
Oh you innocent first year.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: emilyygeorgexx on March 25, 2019, 10:24:21 am
Never got to experience semesters but really hating these trimesters.

T2 is looking alright I've gone from 4 days to basically 2 full days (lets just not look at the lec on Wednesday's)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: sweetiepi on March 25, 2019, 02:38:11 pm
Just popping in here to say that looking at these T2 timetables are making me slightly jealous, given I've always had (effectively) 5 day weeks in all my uni timetables 😂
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FutureLawStudent on March 30, 2019, 10:48:12 pm
As a first year, trimesters suckkkkkkkk. Even my law lecturer (who has been teaching the same course for 30+ years) said it was ridiculous.

We'll see how a 2 subject term is before I jump to any conclusions (or another university). My T2 timetable looks a bit dense, but I'll probably if skip the Macro lecturers if its as easy as I hear it is.

Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: emilyygeorgexx on March 31, 2019, 09:31:19 pm
As a first year, trimesters suckkkkkkkk. Even my law lecturer (who has been teaching the same course for 30+ years) said it was ridiculous.

We'll see how a 2 subject term is before I jump to any conclusions (or another university). My T2 timetable looks a bit dense, but I'll probably if skip the Macro lecturers if its as easy as I hear it is.

Are you doing Arts/Law and taking macro as a free elective? or Commerce/Law and taking Arts as a free elective?

Also, curious on who your law lecturer is? My guy has been some High Court judge
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: FutureLawStudent on April 02, 2019, 07:32:39 pm
Are you doing Arts/Law and taking macro as a free elective? or Commerce/Law and taking Arts as a free elective?

Also, curious on who your law lecturer is? My guy has been some High Court judge
Arts/Law and taking macro as a required level 1 course for my minor in econ.

I have Vines (who I very much like). Selwyn is an interesting character from what I've heard, but I've also heard he has a tendency to just recite slides and give everyone 15 for class participation.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: raghav_singh on April 09, 2019, 06:36:57 pm
Hi, so for my desired course at UNSW the ATAR is 94 for Commerce/Media (takes into account HSC Plus Bonus Points). What happens if I get an ATAR of 93.90 or 93.95? Would that mean that I could still be offered a place in the course if there are spare vacancies. How does it work, I am pretty confused
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: raghav_singh on April 09, 2019, 06:37:46 pm
Hi, so for my desired course at UNSW the ATAR is 94 for Commerce/Media (takes into account HSC Plus Bonus Points). What happens if I get an ATAR of 93.90 or 93.95? Would that mean that I could still be offered a place in the course if there are spare vacancies. How does it work, I am pretty confused
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on April 09, 2019, 06:43:25 pm
Hi, so for my desired course at UNSW the ATAR is 94 for Commerce/Media (takes into account HSC Plus Bonus Points). What happens if I get an ATAR of 93.90 or 93.95? Would that mean that I could still be offered a place in the course if there are spare vacancies. How does it work, I am pretty confused
If (having taken into account the HSC Plus) the guaranteed entry requirement is 94, what you said is correct.

(It's fairly common for the actual cut-off to be a bit below the guaranteed level. This is due to vacancies, like you predicted.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: raghav_singh on April 09, 2019, 06:46:38 pm
Sorry RuiAce. I meant to say that the required ATAR is 96. If I get 93.95 and an additional two bonus points, lets say for getting a band 5 in Advanced English. Would that mean I can still have a chance of a spot in the course. Or is there no way, because I missed the cut off by 0.05
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: jamonwindeyer on April 09, 2019, 07:07:33 pm
Sorry RuiAce. I meant to say that the required ATAR is 96. If I get 93.95 and an additional two bonus points, lets say for getting a band 5 in Advanced English. Would that mean I can still have a chance of a spot in the course. Or is there no way, because I missed the cut off by 0.05

I'd say you've got a really good chance. Cut-offs are indicative, it is very common to get in below them ;D
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: justwannawish on May 23, 2019, 10:29:14 pm
Hey guys! I'm feeling a bit conflicted over my situation at the moment.

The maths provisional marks have been released yesterday and I was kinda surprised about my mark for MATH1151.  Basically, the only way I got that particular mark is if I failed the final and I have to admit that I didn't expect to do that badly and did think I passed at the very least. Now, I'm not 100% confident about passing, I might have been overconfident or misread something. So I'm wondering what to do from here. Is there a way to check that this exam was scaled down or something? Is there a way to get the final exam back?

For MATH1151, you need to pass this course to go into MATH1251 and I passed so I'm good with that :) but I just feel so conflicted and a bit upset about the entire situation. I also looked at the maths remarking page, and have to admit I'm somewhat reluctant to go into remarking or review of the exam since according to UNSW, "there currently may be a fee attached to applying for a remark". I did apply for a remark of a class test and it went from 6/10 to 10/10 but I feel the tutor was just kinda absent minded and it felt more like a one-off time. But I feel like I owe it to my peace of mind to check it?

Any advice :)?

Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on May 24, 2019, 08:25:39 am
Hey guys! I'm feeling a bit conflicted over my situation at the moment.

The maths provisional marks have been released yesterday and I was kinda surprised about my mark for MATH1151.  Basically, the only way I got that particular mark is if I failed the final and I have to admit that I didn't expect to do that badly and did think I passed at the very least. Now, I'm not 100% confident about passing, I might have been overconfident or misread something. So I'm wondering what to do from here. Is there a way to check that this exam was scaled down or something? Is there a way to get the final exam back?

For MATH1151, you need to pass this course to go into MATH1251 and I passed so I'm good with that :) but I just feel so conflicted and a bit upset about the entire situation. I also looked at the maths remarking page, and have to admit I'm somewhat reluctant to go into remarking or review of the exam since according to UNSW, "there currently may be a fee attached to applying for a remark". I did apply for a remark of a class test and it went from 6/10 to 10/10 but I feel the tutor was just kinda absent minded and it felt more like a one-off time. But I feel like I owe it to my peace of mind to check it?

Any advice :)?


Before anything, you can email the director of first year mathematics studies (Jonathan Kress) to see if you can look at your paper first. Or ask him about what options there are.

Try to keep things within the UNSW school of maths and stats before going through official UNSW procedures.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: justwannawish on May 24, 2019, 09:59:35 am
Before anything, you can email the director of first year mathematics studies (Jonathan Kress) to see if you can look at your paper first. Or ask him about what options there are.

Try to keep things within the UNSW school of maths and stats before going through official UNSW procedures.

Yep, I'll do that as soon as the final marks are out. Even though there's a very small chance that the final marks have changed, I'm still hoping for something to have happened! Would you happen to know whether the university is open to letting student see their final paper? Thanks for all your help :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on May 24, 2019, 10:02:14 am
Yep, I'll do that as soon as the final marks are out. Even though there's a very small chance that the final marks have changed, I'm still hoping for something to have happened! Would you happen to know whether the university is open to letting student see their final paper? Thanks for all your help :)
Each school has their own policy regarding this sort of stuff. It's not UNSW's management that is responsible for this. Generally the staff at UNSW maths are pretty nice and people have been permitted to see their paper on request.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Caleb Campion on June 07, 2019, 12:15:52 pm
Hey, I’m a first year at UNSW doing Law and International Studies.

I got a HD for Law in term 1. Is this good? / how good is this? Like do lots of people get this? Or is this really good? Idk where I am on the curve.

Thanks :))
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Joseph41 on June 07, 2019, 12:29:57 pm
Hey, I’m a first year at UNSW doing Law and International Studies.

I got a HD for Law in term 1. Is this good? / how good is this? Like do lots of people get this? Or is this really good? Idk where I am on the curve.

Thanks :))

Any HD is really good! That's a great mark - nice job.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on June 07, 2019, 06:31:21 pm
Hey, I’m a first year at UNSW doing Law and International Studies.

I got a HD for Law in term 1. Is this good? / how good is this? Like do lots of people get this? Or is this really good? Idk where I am on the curve.

Thanks :))
Basically, from here onwards, treat a High Distinction as a band 6, except usually <10% of the cohort get that high. There is no grade higher than HD.

The exact percentage varies depending on your degree/courses, but it always means at the upper end. For many degrees (law would be included in this I imagine) HDs are definitely not common.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: HelpICantThinkOfAName on July 05, 2019, 03:22:40 pm
The exact percentage varies depending on your degree/courses, but it always means at the upper end. For many degrees (law would be included in this I imagine) HDs are definitely not common.

IIRC Law faculty scales all of their courses to have a roughly consistent distribution
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on July 05, 2019, 04:44:10 pm
IIRC Law faculty scales all of their courses to have a roughly consistent distribution
Does not seem to surprise me, but your evidence?
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Whilst I'm here, CrossAngles has T3 updated now.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on July 05, 2019, 04:52:06 pm
No more 9am tutes!

But omg MMAN is gonna be the death of me ;-;
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on July 05, 2019, 04:57:40 pm
Mine's not too bad (Tuesdays are going to be annoying though). Will probably have placement Thursday and Fridays so that should be interesting!  :)

(https://i.imgur.com/qFPfaMr.png)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: emilyygeorgexx on July 05, 2019, 08:00:58 pm
My timetable seems to get better every term! I'm liking this one
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: beatroot on July 06, 2019, 05:45:10 pm
Hey guys just wanted to know roughly how many mature aged students there are at UNSW? My mum might potentially study there soon and just wanted to know if she can find some fellow mature aged students there like her! (to add context: my mum’s in her mid 40’s and will potentially do double degree in law and international studies- most likely part time?)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on July 09, 2019, 08:14:31 pm
Hey guys just wanted to know roughly how many mature aged students there are at UNSW? My mum might potentially study there soon and just wanted to know if she can find some fellow mature aged students there like her! (to add context: my mum’s in her mid 40’s and will potentially do double degree in law and international studies- most likely part time?)
Varies from faculty to faculty. (Personally only know like 1 in math but have seen heaps in comp.)

I can't make any prediction with international studies but there would be a fair few for law I imagine? Maybe double check with Emily and others to be sure.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on September 07, 2019, 12:36:35 am
Well I can't say I'm overly thrilled about my marks. But I achieved my main objective.

Have not seen a 90+ overall WAM at all since first year. (Been such a struggle trying to pull it up after the disaster of second year.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: hahahahaTAT on September 07, 2019, 02:36:31 am
Hi, does anyone know the WAM needed to get the Dean's Award?I'm a first year and my WAM is now 90, I'm wondering if there's any possibility I can get it. Thanks!
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on September 07, 2019, 09:23:06 am
Hi, does anyone know the WAM needed to get the Dean's Award?I'm a first year and my WAM is now 90, I'm wondering if there's any possibility I can get it. Thanks!
Varies from faculty to faculty. (Most generally do for 90's though.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on October 22, 2019, 11:00:51 am
Just got a progression check back and if I want to finish my degree on time, I need to overload term 3 next year. Watch how stressed out I'm going to be :(

Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on October 22, 2019, 11:27:42 am
Just got a progression check back and if I want to finish my degree on time, I need to overload term 3 next year. Watch how stressed out I'm going to be :(


I mean, you do you and I pray for you fam. Trimesters suck.

Meanwhile never doing standard load again even if it means delaying my degree.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: blasonduo on November 19, 2019, 03:08:18 pm
Recently looked into my potential assessment tasks for T1 2020, and it seems like I'll have to write 16750 words worth of assessment.... help me I have not enjoyed a single essay assessment to this day. Can't wait

Also, Trimesters have forced me to completely do education courses next year, meaning I miss out on doing my physics courses with my current physics cohort and will be forced to join the cohort behind me...  :-\
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Joseph41 on November 19, 2019, 03:14:04 pm
Recently looked into my potential assessment tasks for T1 2020, and it seems like I'll have to write 16750 words worth of assessment.... help me I have not enjoyed a single essay assessment to this day. Can't wait

Also, Trimesters have forced me to completely do education courses next year, meaning I miss out on doing my physics courses with my current physics cohort and will be forced to join the cohort behind me...  :-\

That's a bit of a bummer. How close is your cohort?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: blasonduo on November 19, 2019, 07:47:32 pm
That's a bit of a bummer. How close is your cohort?

Surprisingly very close! Although my main concern is losing the 5 or so people I study with/go to lectures with. You know, the thing that makes university actually enjoyable, and far easier to do well in. I feel like all the other students when I do end up doing the courses will already have those groups. I guess I'll have to wait and see :/
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: katie,rinos on November 19, 2019, 09:50:56 pm
Also, Trimesters have forced me to completely do education courses next year, meaning I miss out on doing my physics courses with my current physics cohort and will be forced to join the cohort behind me...  :-\
That must be an education thing because it's the same for me. 4ths years entirely education courses and 5ths years just music. I think it's mainly music electives in 5th year but I'll still not be able to see my music friends as much (who'll graduate when I'm in 4th year :( )
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: DrDusk on November 19, 2019, 10:07:15 pm
Also, Trimesters have forced me to completely do education courses next year, meaning I miss out on doing my physics courses with my current physics cohort and will be forced to join the cohort behind me...  :-\
That's my cohort :o
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on November 20, 2019, 10:23:48 am
Recently looked into my potential assessment tasks for T1 2020, and it seems like I'll have to write 16750 words worth of assessment.... help me I have not enjoyed a single essay assessment to this day. Can't wait

Also, Trimesters have forced me to completely do education courses next year, meaning I miss out on doing my physics courses with my current physics cohort and will be forced to join the cohort behind me...  :-\
That must be an education thing because it's the same for me. 4ths years entirely education courses and 5ths years just music. I think it's mainly music electives in 5th year but I'll still not be able to see my music friends as much (who'll graduate when I'm in 4th year :( )
Why do I hear the most complaints from education faculty students these days. Yikes.

(By that I mean not just you two, yes.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 15, 2019, 06:58:12 pm
Boarded tram from Central: 5:57 PM.
Tram arrived at UNSW: 6:20 PM.

Boarded tram from UNSW: 6:21 PM.
Tram arrived at Central: 6:42 PM.

And common consensus is that it’s averaging 20 mins. I got a bit above it.

And UNSW Express buses (89x series) average 15 mins.

Moral of the story?
- If you’re in a rush, or if all you care about is saving time, stick with the buses.
- If you don’t care, an extra 6-8 mins for far less motion sickness sounds pretty gold to me.

(But it’s nice to know that the light rail still runs on weekends.) 🚈 
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: HelpWEnglishPlease on December 17, 2019, 05:54:31 pm
Hey guys so my atar is 0.2 points off commerce at unsw (w bonus) , is there a chance I still get in??
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 17, 2019, 05:59:44 pm
Hey guys so my atar is 0.2 points off commerce at unsw (w bonus) , is there a chance I still get in??
Yes.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: HelpWEnglishPlease on December 17, 2019, 06:15:51 pm
Do you think I should apply for accomodation at UNSW then? also any idea when theyd tell me I got in?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 17, 2019, 06:34:37 pm
If accommodation is what you're worried about, obviously check when you're going to be charged first. If you're not charged until you've moved in, then I can't see why you shouldn't apply.

I'm not exactly sure how living on campus works. But if you have to pay a small application fee, it may be a small sacrifice. The larger the initial expense required, the more you may want to hold off.

In saying that: Seeing as though you're aiming to get into commerce, you can also consider picking UNSW anyway, but starting with a related degree. Like say, B Economics. Then get yourself adequately high marks to transfer into commerce later on. (Plus, in degrees such as the BEc, you can take units that get transferred over into the BCom.) In short, there's also alternate pathways into UNSW commerce.

(It's not fair for me to just tell you what to do specifically. It's ultimately your own decision or gut instinct.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: HelpWEnglishPlease on December 18, 2019, 04:07:09 pm
If accommodation is what you're worried about, obviously check when you're going to be charged first. If you're not charged until you've moved in, then I can't see why you shouldn't apply.

I'm not exactly sure how living on campus works. But if you have to pay a small application fee, it may be a small sacrifice. The larger the initial expense required, the more you may want to hold off.

In saying that: Seeing as though you're aiming to get into commerce, you can also consider picking UNSW anyway, but starting with a related degree. Like say, B Economics. Then get yourself adequately high marks to transfer into commerce later on. (Plus, in degrees such as the BEc, you can take units that get transferred over into the BCom.) In short, there's also alternate pathways into UNSW commerce.

(It's not fair for me to just tell you what to do specifically. It's ultimately your own decision or gut instinct.)


Thanks for your help, would waiting to get the offer be too long to wait for accommodation application?, I've got entry into usyd and unimelb for commerce so just wondering, I would rather not waste a year on unsw.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2019, 11:21:48 pm

Thanks for your help, would waiting to get the offer be too long to wait for accommodation application?, I've got entry into usyd and unimelb for commerce so just wondering, I would rather not waste a year on unsw.
That depends on if you want to prioritise safety.

UNSW's business is strong, but then again so is USyd. (Can't speak for UniMelb; would have to ask someone that goes there, but I doubt it'd be bad either.) For the long run, if you prefer to play it safe, you may want to just go for USyd or UniMelb.

Whereas if you have a personal reason to really strongly favour UNSW, you should weigh that out against the issue of safety.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 23, 2019, 06:29:19 pm
Hello,
I just received an offer to electrical engineering/comp sci but I am confused by how the timetable works. Any advice for me please? Thanks :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: DrDusk on December 23, 2019, 06:44:51 pm
Hello,
I just received an offer to electrical engineering/comp sci but I am confused by how the timetable works. Any advice for me please? Thanks :)
Go to the handbook for each of your two degrees separately. Click on your major and scroll down and you'll find a section which gives levels for courses like level 1, level 2 ... You usually do 3 courses a term and you decide based on these levels as level 1 is usually done first, then level 2 etc...

For your first term some common courses usually taken are:
Math1131, Comp1511. All level 1.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 23, 2019, 09:25:33 pm
Go to the handbook for each of your two degrees separately. Click on your major and scroll down and you'll find a section which gives levels for courses like level 1, level 2 ... You usually do 3 courses a term and you decide based on these levels as level 1 is usually done first, then level 2 etc...

For your first term some common courses usually taken are:
Math1131, Comp1511. All level 1.
Any advice on what courses to put for my first, second and third terms?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: blasonduo on December 23, 2019, 09:37:17 pm
Any advice on what courses to put for my first, second and third terms?

Hey! This document might have some great use for you, it basically sets out all your courses in each term for you.

https://www.engineering.unsw.edu.au/electrical-engineering/sites/elec/files/ELECAH3785%20BE%20BCSc%20oct19_0.pdf
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 23, 2019, 09:41:37 pm
I heard math1131 and math1141 are similar, but what is the main difference between them?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: blasonduo on December 23, 2019, 09:52:32 pm
I heard math1131 and math1141 are similar, but what is the main difference between them?

"• Apply ideas in the syllabus to unfamiliar contexts,
• Recognise and create valid mathematical arguments.
In MATH1141 there will be greater emphasis on these than in MATH1131" (from the uni)

Basically, most of the content is the same, but in 1141, your questions will be slightly harder, and you'll go into a bit more depth on some topics. When I did Math1A, 1131 and 1141's final exam shared the same questions for the first half, but then 1141's last half had different, more difficult questions. If in doubt, you could always register for 1141 and drop down to 1131 if you're not feeling it.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 23, 2019, 09:55:02 pm
What are the differences between comp1511/comp1911 and phys1121/phys1131 then?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: blasonduo on December 23, 2019, 10:03:54 pm
What are the differences between comp1511/comp1911 and phys1121/phys1131 then?

For physics 1A, it basically is identical to Math1A, the only difference really is the difficulty of questions, your weekly quizzes will have harder questions in them, and your final exam will have a harder section.

For comp1511 and 1911, I can't say since I've never done them, or heard much about them. It seems to me as if 1911 is for people who are completely new to programming whilst 1511 is for people who kind of have the basics down. There are course outlines for both these courses, and I recommend you read through both of them.

(Edited to correct, find it weird that that "1A" is the easier version than "Introduction to Programming" but hey, who am I to judge)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 23, 2019, 10:06:29 pm
Sorry for being a pest, but I have one more question for today; I put down electrical engineering and computer science, but I'm still not sure which to major in (although I am interested in electrical, mechanical, mechatronic and possibly civil). How should I structure out my timetable then?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: CyberScopes on December 23, 2019, 10:33:39 pm
For physics 1A, it basically is identical to Math1A, the only difference really is the difficulty of questions, your weekly quizzes will have harder questions in them, and your final exam will have a harder section.

For comp1511 and 1911, I can't say since I've never done them, or heard much about them. It seems to me as if 1511 is for people who are completely new to programming whilst 1911 is for people who kind of have the basics down. There are course outlines for both these courses, and I recommend you read through both of them.

This is the opposite actually, 1911 is an absolute beginner course while 1511 ramps up with more pace. Both can be done with no programming experience, but 1511 deals with memory allocation which can be hard to understand for complete beginners, while 1911 does not. 1511 is also more competitive. Both are in C.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on December 23, 2019, 11:13:22 pm
Sorry for being a pest, but I have one more question for today; I put down electrical engineering and computer science, but I'm still not sure which to major in (although I am interested in electrical, mechanical, mechatronic and possibly civil). How should I structure out my timetable then?
Hey there,

You still have time to figure out what you wanna major in. Are you doing flexi-first year? Either way, regardless of what you're majoring in, you're doing the exact same courses as everyone else (with a few exceptions with ELEC1111 and ENGG1300).

When it comes to structuring your timetable, firstly I'd recommend making a spreadsheet. I made a spreadsheet so I can plan out my whole degree and it's easier to schedule because of course availabilities. Secondly, the best way to structure it is a combination of following the sample degree outline that they (should) have for each engineering major and finding out which combination of subjects has the best timetable. I'd recommend Crossangles to plan out your timetable.

What are the differences between comp1511/comp1911 and phys1121/phys1131 then?
So comp1511 and comp1911 teach the C programming language but comp1911 is a lot more beginner friendly than comp1511. While these are for comp sci majors, it's also often taken by engineering students, particularly mechatronics, electrical and maybe even biomedical. I'm not sure which engineering you wanna major in but also taken into account that python is also a commonly used programming language (at least, I know for mech/aerospace students).

Hope this helps!
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 24, 2019, 11:17:31 am
Hey there,

You still have time to figure out what you wanna major in. Are you doing flexi-first year? Either way, regardless of what you're majoring in, you're doing the exact same courses as everyone else (with a few exceptions with ELEC1111 and ENGG1300).

When it comes to structuring your timetable, firstly I'd recommend making a spreadsheet. I made a spreadsheet so I can plan out my whole degree and it's easier to schedule because of course availabilities. Secondly, the best way to structure it is a combination of following the sample degree outline that they (should) have for each engineering major and finding out which combination of subjects has the best timetable. I'd recommend Crossangles to plan out your timetable.
So comp1511 and comp1911 teach the C programming language but comp1911 is a lot more beginner friendly than comp1511. While these are for comp sci majors, it's also often taken by engineering students, particularly mechatronics, electrical and maybe even biomedical. I'm not sure which engineering you wanna major in but also taken into account that python is also a commonly used programming language (at least, I know for mech/aerospace students).

Hope this helps!
Sadly, there wasn't a specific option for flexible first year engineering/comp sci. So I put down electrical as my major for now. So far, for all engineering/comp sci degrees, MATH1131/MATH1141, ENGG1000, PHYS1121/PHYS1131 and MATH1231/MATH1241 are common. But I think what they mean by flexible first year is more of a flexible first term. So I think I should put MATH1131/MATH1141, ENGG1000, and PHYS1121/PHYS1131 in my first term, so I gain maximum flexibility with my degree.
EDIT: I looked at the computer science structure, it said MATH1081 is included. Do I have to do it as part of an engineering/comp sci degree?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 24, 2019, 11:52:10 am
Sadly, there wasn't a specific option for flexible first year engineering/comp sci. So I put down electrical as my major for now. So far, for all engineering/comp sci degrees, MATH1131/MATH1141, ENGG1000, PHYS1121/PHYS1131 and MATH1231/MATH1241 are common. But I think what they mean by flexible first year is more of a flexible first term. So I think I should put MATH1131/MATH1141, ENGG1000, and PHYS1121/PHYS1131 in my first term, so I gain maximum flexibility with my degree.
EDIT: I looked at the computer science structure, it said MATH1081 is included. Do I have to do it as part of an engineering/comp sci degree?
MATH1081 is core for computer science. (But not your engineering component.)

At this point, I'm starting to believe you're overthinking this. You shouldn't let the fact that you're undecided on electrical/mechanical simply deter you from certain units. If anything, I'd say it's good to take up appropriate ELEC units (at a suitable time), to decide on if you like that discipline or not.

The flexible first year degree option, generally speaking, also allows you to take whatever you want throughout the whole year. Not just the first term.

(Edited to correct, find it weird that that "1A" is the easier version than "Introduction to Programming" but hey, who am I to judge)
COMP1917 was the old version of COMP1511. This one actually obeyed the `order of numbering' issue.

Presumably, they just ran out of numbers when they tried to overhaul COMP1917.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 24, 2019, 12:05:18 pm
MATH1081 is core for computer science. (But not your engineering component.)

At this point, I'm starting to believe you're overthinking this. You shouldn't let the fact that you're undecided on electrical/mechanical simply deter you from certain units. If anything, I'd say it's good to take up appropriate ELEC units (at a suitable time), to decide on if you like that discipline or not.

The flexible first year degree option, generally speaking, also allows you to take whatever you want throughout the whole year. Not just the first term.
COMP1917 was the old version of COMP1511. This one actually obeyed the `order of numbering' issue.

Presumably, they just ran out of numbers when they tried to overhaul COMP1917.
Yeah sorry for my stupid questions (I did admit I was being a pest before), I'm just confused as to how uni timetables work.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 24, 2019, 01:16:25 pm
Yeah sorry for my stupid questions (I did admit I was being a pest before), I'm just confused as to how uni timetables work.
Timetables are a messed up thing for first year students to be honest. But usually you shouldn’t overanalyse it.

You can always post up what you’ve currently decided on if you wish.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 25, 2019, 12:21:21 pm
Any suggestions for my timetable? Also, any suggestions for general education courses for my first year?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 25, 2019, 12:26:15 pm
Any suggestions for my timetable? Also, any suggestions for general education courses for my first year?
Most first year engineering timetables are pretty far from ideal. Your's is pretty much what's to be expected.

But you may want to navigate around those 9 AM classes. (All of them if possible, but at least the lab I'd say.) It becomes a huge drain waking up and getting on time to your classes. Some people deal with one, but you have four.

Keep in mind that gen-eds don't have to be taken in first year. But first thing that comes to my mind is always ECON1101.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 25, 2019, 01:17:31 pm
Most first year engineering timetables are pretty far from ideal. Your's is pretty much what's to be expected.

But you may want to navigate around those 9 AM classes. (All of them if possible, but at least the lab I'd say.) It becomes a huge drain waking up and getting on time to your classes. Some people deal with one, but you have four.

Keep in mind that gen-eds don't have to be taken in first year. But first thing that comes to my mind is always ECON1101.
Is ECON1101 really easy or something?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on December 25, 2019, 01:38:27 pm
Any suggestions for my timetable? Also, any suggestions for general education courses for my first year?
Just like Rui said, first year timetables are the worst (mine was also as bad as yours and I took the same combination of subjects in T1). I will say, try to avoid putting long gaps in your timetable. In my T1 timetable, there was a 4 hour gap from my 9am lecture and my math tute and it was not fun. It's very exhausting. Personally, I'd recommend putting something in between the math lecture and your ENGG1000 lecture - maybe a math tute or something?

As for general education, it really depends on personal preference but I'd rather push general education towards the end of my degree. Because you need to do Industrial Training, I'd rather do my electives and gen ed courses when I'm doing IT so it's not too demanding from me and I get to do all the demanding courses out of the way as fast as possible. And when you choose your gen ed courses, think about what courses are you interested in and want a taste of it? Or you could find what gen ed courses don't have a final exam lol.

Hope this helps!
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on December 25, 2019, 03:04:21 pm
Thank you guys, Merry Christmas!
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: DrDusk on December 25, 2019, 05:03:29 pm
Thank you guys, Merry Christmas!
And a very big Merry Christmas to you too.

Any suggestions for my timetable? Also, any suggestions for general education courses for my first year?
Might I just add this is a verry deadly combination of subjects. Not trying to scare you but I did this exact combo in T1 except ENG was replaced with COMP.

I was worked to exhaustion with the amount of work I had every week. It was the most stressful term I've ever had so make sure you're prepared for it because it's going to be REALLY hectic. Hopefully ENG doesn't give as much work as COMP!

Of course you might cope with it better than I did and all the best of luck to you =)

Mod Edit: Merged posts :)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 25, 2019, 05:16:20 pm
EDIT: Also, in the future, please refrain from unnecessary chain posting as per the forum rules. Please modify pre-existing posts instead.
Might I just add this is a verry deadly combination of subjects. Not trying to scare you but I did this exact combo in T1 except ENG was replaced with COMP.

I was worked to exhaustion with the amount of work I had every week. It was the most stressful term I've ever had so make sure you're prepared for it because it's going to be REALLY hectic. Hopefully ENG doesn't give as much work as COMP!

Of course you might cope with it better than I did and all the best of luck to you =)
It's a significantly demanding combination but engineering students have relatively little choice. (Nor do I suspect you would have in your double degree either.)
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Recommendation might be to swap out either ENGG1000 OR PHYS1121, but not both, for something else. Ideally ENGG1000 I think, because I don't believe it's a prerequisite for anything. But I wouldn't full on push for it purely because I wouldn't know what to switch it out for.
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Post by: owidjaja on December 25, 2019, 07:02:23 pm
Might I just add this is a verry deadly combination of subjects. Not trying to scare you but I did this exact combo in T1 except ENG was replaced with COMP.

I was worked to exhaustion with the amount of work I had every week. It was the most stressful term I've ever had so make sure you're prepared for it because it's going to be REALLY hectic. Hopefully ENG doesn't give as much work as COMP!

Of course you might cope with it better than I did and all the best of luck to you =)

Mod Edit: Merged posts :)

It's a significantly demanding combination but engineering students have relatively little choice. (Nor do I suspect you would have in your double degree either.)
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Recommendation might be to swap out either ENGG1000 OR PHYS1121, but not both, for something else. Ideally ENGG1000 I think, because I don't believe it's a prerequisite for anything. But I wouldn't full on push for it purely because I wouldn't know what to switch it out for.
Here's my input on taking the ENGG1000/PHYS1121/MATH1131 combination since I took these courses in T1. Is it gonna be hard? Hell yeah. But the reality is that is uni supposed to be smooth-sailing? In my opinion, not really, because if you're not challenged then you're not really learning and letting yourself grow. But is it going to be worth it? I would think so.

I will say, ENGG1000 was a really good break from my other courses. ENGG1000 was essentially a group project with no exams - you submit logbooks, write 2 reports and build something. Plus, this was the subject I made a lot of friends (a lot of students view ENGG1000 as an opportunity to socialise lol). Personally, I would recommend taking it in T1 because, from what I heard, they're very generous in scaling your marks because they don't expect anyone's projects to work. It's also a really good introductory course to uni life in general because it's teaching you not to get too fixated on assessments if you don't perform your best in specific subjects. If you take it in T3, they tend to have higher standards with your project performance because by that time, a lot of students have refined their skills, an example being coding.

If you really wanna change your combination of subjects, it's hard for me to suggest which subject you could swap it with. Maybe ELEC1111? At the same time, I'd say ELEC1111 is very content-heavy - I'd argue it's a bit heavier than PHYS1121, in the sense that it ramps up in difficulty really fast, whereas there's a level of comfort with PHYS1121 in the sense that half of the topic is very reminiscent to HSC Physics, especially with mechanics, but looking at it in a mathematical perspective (at least, after completing the old syllabus).

Also, I just remembered that since you're doing Electrical Engineering, you are required to take PHYS1231 (Phys1B) and the requirements of taking PHYS1231 is either credit (I believe) in PHYS1121 or a pass in PHYS1131. This is something to keep in mind in, especially since they say it's a lot easier to pass PHYS1131 than credit in PHYS1121.

If you're struggling to plan out your subjects, here's a sample degree outline for electrical engineering and comp sci. Or you can go to Student Support Services to help plan out your degree (I've personally never went to them to help plan out my degree but my friends who do double degrees go to Student Support to get some help with planning).

Hope this helps!
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Post by: RuiAce on December 25, 2019, 07:21:13 pm
It varies from person to person I'd say. But if this is true, this is a sellout for keeping it I imagine.
from what I heard, they're very generous in scaling your marks because they don't expect anyone's projects to work.
Of course that is, provided switching out PHYS1121 and consequently delaying PHYS1231 does not risk delaying too many other things.

For someone like me, I would've just gone for the content-heavy stuff. I'm absolutely rubbish when it comes to design and now dislike it greatly. That, and I heard way too many complaints about bad groups when I was in first year.
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But pretty much, as mentioned above, it's up to you.
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Post by: david.wang28 on December 25, 2019, 11:33:48 pm
Thank you guys for your invaluable advice! :)
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Post by: david.wang28 on December 26, 2019, 09:25:22 pm
Hey, if I have to plan out my timetable for Term 1 2020, do I have to plan out Term 2 2020 and Term 3 2020 as well?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 27, 2019, 02:42:26 pm
Hey, if I have to plan out my timetable for Term 1 2020, do I have to plan out Term 2 2020 and Term 3 2020 as well?

Nope! You can decide those as you go :-)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on December 28, 2019, 12:01:56 pm
Hey, if I have to plan out my timetable for Term 1 2020, do I have to plan out Term 2 2020 and Term 3 2020 as well?
You're required to sort out class times for T1. But the class times for T2 and T3 aren't even out yet.

Although I'm not sure if it's up already for first years, what you can do is go myUNSW -> Student Profile -> Enrolment Appointments, to see when you'd register for the classes for those courses.

As for enrolling in the courses though, you probably should enrol in some now at the very least. This is just because courses can fill up later on and you might miss your spot. (Usually, some people drop out before the term starts, so you can change what you've enrolled in later on. But I don't advise counting on it.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Pearlmilktea on December 28, 2019, 09:51:35 pm
In terms of timetabling, is it a better idea to schedule classes back to back (as in one finishes at 11am and the next starts at 11am for example) or leave hour breaks between classes, in your opinion? I'm doing Adv. Science and with all the labs, tutes and lectures, it's getting pretty hard to schedule my timetable so that I'm not there everyday. Is it normal to be a uni 5 days a week? I totally understand if I have to be but my commute is around 40 mins each way so it'd be great to avoid :)

Thanks!
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Post by: sweetiepi on December 28, 2019, 10:06:29 pm
I totally understand if I have to be but my commute is around 40 mins each way so it'd be great to avoid :)

Not UNSW but a sidenote on commuting- if you're using PT- you could use time to study by reading lecture notes/doing flashcards for subjects/listening to lecture recordings. I know how painful a longer than 20 min commute is (for me it takes ~50 mins-1h 30 (depending on transport connections haha) to get to uni via PT). :)
If you're driving, you could also have a playlist of lecture recordings on audio that may help too! :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Pearlmilktea on December 28, 2019, 10:10:18 pm
Not UNSW but a sidenote on commuting- if you're using PT- you could use time to study by reading lecture notes/doing flashcards for subjects/listening to lecture recordings. I know how painful a longer than 20 min commute is (for me it takes ~50 mins-1h 30 (depending on transport connections haha) to get to uni via PT). :)
If you're driving, you could also have a playlist of lecture recordings on audio that may help too! :)


Yasss thank you! I definitely intend to do this - I'll be on the train for most of my commute so this is a great idea as to not waste time :)
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Post by: RuiAce on December 28, 2019, 10:10:29 pm
In terms of timetabling, is it a better idea to schedule classes back to back (as in one finishes at 11am and the next starts at 11am for example) or leave hour breaks between classes, in your opinion? I'm doing Adv. Science and with all the labs, tutes and lectures, it's getting pretty hard to schedule my timetable so that I'm not there everyday. Is it normal to be a uni 5 days a week? I totally understand if I have to be but my commute is around 40 mins each way so it'd be great to avoid :)

Thanks!
Entirely depends on your preference. You can outweigh the pros and cons yourself. (I find that back-to-back has fewer pros in number, but the pros themselves are more valuable.

Pros of back-to-back:
- More 'compact' timetable.You usually get your classes done quicker. This automatically leads to the benefit of arriving later/leaving earlier.
- Classes are supposed to end 5 minutes before the hour, and start 5 minutes after the hour. This is usually enough of a buffer time to get between two classes. (Note, however, that this is not advised if your back-to-back classes are on opposite ends of the campus. The trek from upper to lower is tiresome, and even worse for vice versa.) (Also note that classes that seemingly don't follow this structure are the lecturer's/tutor's fault.)
- Do all your classes when you're most alert in the day.

Pros of gaps:
- Lunch break, instead of having to eat in class. (Of course, eating in labs is not permitted at all.)
- Lunch breaks are good for people who tend to buy food on campus. Also if you forget your food at home, it gives a safe back-up.
- No rush to go from one place to another typically.
- Extra hour to spare for extracurriculars (e.g. interview for society role), doing an assignment in an emergency situation, chat etc.
- Recovery hour from potential content overload.

I personally prefer a balance between the two. I'm usually completely unfazed by two classes in a row, but I want to eat at some point.

(Although, bear in mind that the average UNSW student's commute is around 1 hour. The extra bus ride adds 15 mins at least.)

5 days a week is pretty normal for certain degrees, but not all. For advanced science, this makes sense because of the lengthy labs.
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Post by: Pearlmilktea on December 28, 2019, 10:18:02 pm

(Although, bear in mind that the average UNSW student's commute is around 1 hour. The extra bus ride adds 15 mins at least.)

5 days a week is pretty normal for certain degrees, but not all. For advanced science, this makes sense because of the lengthy labs.

Thank you so much! I only had a few clashes so I'll try and figure out where they are situated and weigh up the individual pros and cons.

And yes, well, I recalculated my commute and turns out it's up to 1h30mins? Idk how I thought it would be 40 mins - probably because I forgot about buses and the off chance I catch one to the station. If I were to drive it would be just under an hour on a good day.

If I were to do back-to-back, should I do it between tutes/lectures/labs? I know arriving late to a lab would be a nightmare and probably would rather not walk into a tute late either. Overall, I'm trying to avoid back-to-back at all costs but due to limited slots for some classes it's unavoidable at least once or twice. :) Thanks so much for your list - it's really great to have that insight!
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Post by: RuiAce on December 29, 2019, 01:31:59 am
Thank you so much! I only had a few clashes so I'll try and figure out where they are situated and weigh up the individual pros and cons.

And yes, well, I recalculated my commute and turns out it's up to 1h30mins? Idk how I thought it would be 40 mins - probably because I forgot about buses and the off chance I catch one to the station. If I were to drive it would be just under an hour on a good day.

If I were to do back-to-back, should I do it between tutes/lectures/labs? I know arriving late to a lab would be a nightmare and probably would rather not walk into a tute late either. Overall, I'm trying to avoid back-to-back at all costs but due to limited slots for some classes it's unavoidable at least once or twice. :) Thanks so much for your list - it's really great to have that insight!
I reckon the two you've suggested are the more crucial ones. Being late to a lab could easily mean missing out on valuable information, and you don't want to be there. And whilst it's less significant on an academic scale, being late to tutes is more awkward because more people realise.

Whereas being late to a lecture is honestly too bad. And leaving early is something you should have no problem getting away with for lectures and labs. (Leaving a tute early is sometimes awkward, but often the tutors do understand if you need to be somewhere.)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: david.wang28 on January 07, 2020, 03:26:11 pm
Hello, I'm back again to discuss about timetable suggestions for my first term.
As an engineering/comp sci student, I've narrowed my preffered courses for first term down to:
MATH1131/PHYS1131/ENGG1000
MATH1131/PHYS1131/COMP1511
MATH1131/ENGG1000/COMP1511.

Any suggestions on these course selections? Which is the best combination? Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
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Post by: DrDusk on January 07, 2020, 04:23:23 pm
Hello, I'm back again to discuss about timetable suggestions for my first term.
As an engineering/comp sci student, I've narrowed my preffered courses for first term down to:
MATH1131/PHYS1131/ENGG1000
MATH1131/PHYS1131/COMP1511
MATH1131/ENGG1000/COMP1511.

Any suggestions on these course selections? Which is the best combination? Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
Definitely not the second one. That's the exact one I did in T1 and as I said before I was worked to exhaustion. Reason being Comp gives weekly tests + weekly labs that are due every week. Math1131 gives weekly online tutorials that are also due each week and Phys arguably out of all of them gives the hardest weekly online tests that are also due each week. So yeah it's waaay too hectic. I would probably recommend the first combination.
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: RuiAce on January 07, 2020, 04:37:58 pm
Hello, I'm back again to discuss about timetable suggestions for my first term.
As an engineering/comp sci student, I've narrowed my preffered courses for first term down to:
MATH1131/PHYS1131/ENGG1000
MATH1131/PHYS1131/COMP1511
MATH1131/ENGG1000/COMP1511.

Any suggestions on these course selections? Which is the best combination? Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
All of them are intense. You're just lucky that you didn't do PHYS1131/ENGG1000/COMP1511 - that is very likely the toughest of the four options.

I won't make the decision for you. But here are the cons behind each course.
PHYS1131: Ridiculously intense, frequent, labs. Can take forever to do sometimes, especially with all the excessive writing.
COMP1511: Weekly labs to do on top of assignments. Assignments can make you scratch your head a lot, especially when your code doesn't work.
ENGG1000: It's a huge group project throughout the term, and you never know if you'll get a good group until you meet the people you're assigned to.

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Post by: owidjaja on January 07, 2020, 04:54:28 pm
A few things to also add to everyone else's opinions:

- ENGG1000 is difficult to fail. All your assessments weigh less than 10% so if you're REALLY stressed about math or physics, you at least have the room to push ENGG1000 as a last priority. Your project doesn't have to work at the end and you can still get a high distinction, a.k.a it's a WAM booster (it's also a good intro to what it's like to be in a student-led project because they love to push student-led projects in the subject)

- PHYS1121/PHYS1131 can be taken at any time. A lot of my electrical eng friends took it in T2 so they can do ELEC1111 and PHYS1231 in T3 (half of PHYS1231 covers electricity and pair well with ELEC)

- COMP1511 is hard lmao. The assessments are ridiculously hefty with small percentage weightings along with weekly tests. You're already doing 6 math quizzes PER WEEK (and if you plan to take PHYS1131 in T1, that's 2 extra quizzes a week: 1 pre-lab quiz, 1 quiz on lecture content). I took COMP1511 in T2

Just like Rui said, we can't really make the decision for you because you're the one that's gonna be studying it (and I'm definitely biased because I took the first combination, except PHYS1121). But keep an eye on the enrolment numbers, especially for ENGG1000 (I knew people who left enrolment to O-week and they ran out of spots for ENGG1000).

Hope this helps!
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Post by: david.wang28 on January 07, 2020, 09:59:19 pm
Thank you guys! :)
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Post by: david.wang28 on July 27, 2020, 03:08:01 pm
Hi guys, I'm planning on taking COMP1521, ENGG1300 and MATH1081 next term. I heard MATH1081 and COMP1521 are quite tough, but I don't know much about ENGG1300. Can anyone give me an insight into these courses? Thanks :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: owidjaja on July 28, 2020, 10:42:43 am
Hi guys, I'm planning on taking COMP1521, ENGG1300 and MATH1081 next term. I heard MATH1081 and COMP1521 are quite tough, but I don't know much about ENGG1300. Can anyone give me an insight into these courses? Thanks :)
I'd describe ENGG1300 as a mix of MATH1131 (the algebra part) and PHYS1121 (the mechanics part). If you did Engineering Studies in the HSC, there may be some overlaps (mainly just truss analysis). If you're doing the course with the School of Mech (which is most like with Kellermann), the course would be a split of statics in the first five weeks and dynamics in the remaining 4 weeks - there's only 9 different topics. I will say the School of Mech version of ENGG1300 is a bit more difficult than the School of Civil one (which I believe is run this term) because we focus more on dynamics. But if you do have Kellermann as your lecturer, he's a really good lecturer and makes a lot of good resources.

If you're really keen and want to see what kind of topics we do, this website gives a good overview of half of what we cover in ENGG1300.
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Post by: fun_jirachi on July 28, 2020, 11:33:06 am
I've been taking MATH1081 and COMP1521 this term - pretty nice courses. If you've done Extension 1/Extension 2 Maths, a lot of the content in 1081 will be pretty familiar to you (proofs, perms and combs). There's more interesting stuff as well like number theory, logic, sets and graph theory - I'd say it's an 'easy to grasp, hard to master' type course. It's fun and a lot easier if 'more abstract' maths is your thing. COMP1521 is honestly a very small step up from COMP1511 so far - I'm still getting used to the topics later in the term but everything covered previously shouldn't really be that hard to grasp if you've done well in COMP1511 - half the time covered so far has been looking at extra nuances in file and bit manipulation (really just more stuff in C libraries and operations) and the other half has been learning lower-level code (which is basically C with different syntax).  Hope this helps a little :)
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Post by: david.wang28 on July 28, 2020, 04:36:57 pm
Thanks for the insights guys :)
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Stormbreaker-X on November 20, 2020, 01:12:29 pm
Is this university hard to get into? I recently became quite obsessed with this university. What ATAR do I need to get so I can enter?
Title: Re: UNSW General Chat
Post by: Chocolatepistachio on November 20, 2020, 01:35:38 pm
It would depend on which course you want to do