Do I really say it that much? :lol:

Pick all 3 sometime in first year and decide afterwards? Should still be able to accumulate enough credit points by the end of the degree for your major. I found the chemistry pretty different (better) compared to HSC chemistry. Probably worth looking at career options and where you might wanna finish up when deciding

Edited by jparraga: 23/7/2014 01:35:16 AM

So much so that it's become part of my vocabulary. :-k :lol: :lol:

This Sunday lads?

At least my bollocks won't get burnt. ;) :p :lol:

Edited by Heineken: 23/7/2014 01:35:56 AM

I'll pop in for a cheeky couple of Sunday, but I have to work the next day.

Me too, where are you studying?

I've got a shitty timetable but it's only 2 subjects so should be OK.

Hi all
Advice for potentially going to uni as mature age student
Currently all of my cents are diploma ( management & project management) and with 10 years experience in IT...I struggle with exams but seem ok with assignments. Thinking of a commerce degree @ open universities or look at MBA through a college.
Both will need to be part time
What are your thoughts

Anyone working in the engineering industry here?

Thinking of going into a Bach. of Engineering after I finish VCE, but the ATAR is quite high (91.5 for entry into Monash - my goal). Do companies pay that much attention to your uni in this field? Obviously, the more prestigious uni the better, but is there that much difference between putting Monash and RMIT on your resume?

What Engineering are you looking at?

-PB

I work in Mechanical Engineering, mostly in the mining industry.

I don't see which uni you go to as being that big a deal.

Dunno really, I'll have to figure it out by the end of the year. The good thing about Monash is that they have a general first year engineering course, then you decide which specific path you go down.

Does the specific engineering field dictate the uni choice?



But if you look at a resume, and you see a top-tier university vs. an average one (don't know the names of unis in NSW) doesn't that make a difference.

Most unis tend to have a pretty vague first year, it's still good to have an idea though because if you do the general first year and decide to do chemical, you waste one subject at my uni.

I just finished mech this semester, time to get a job #-o . It's ok - pretty challenging but sometimes interesting, what would you say you're good at/like?

I'm doing all math/sciences for my VCE, so I'm pretty good at those :lol:

I enjoy that sort of stuff, so engineering is the only thing that really appeals to me.

Final semester starts next Monday,

I am from QLD so I'm not really sure what a VCE is, anyway it doesn't matter, just take from this what you will. Basically the university I went to (University of Queenland), engineering is really quite difficult because they make it very theoretical, many people in first and second year get caught out and change course or leave university because they can't handle the increase in difficult of maths and engineering physics.

So I asked what you were good at before, what I mean to say is like specifically what areas of physics and/or chemistry are you good at? You have to do a range of it in mechanical but you would not have done some of these at school - fluid mechanics, thermodynamics (heat transfer/ energy etc), some electrical, statics, dynamics etc.

I chose mechanical because I'm not excellent at electrical stuff but all the others I am quite good at. Maybe have a think about that, but you'll get a taste of each one at uni anyway.

Most engineering degrees are pretty good for employment prospects, though I am here with my degree without a job! Things will be better when you finish though. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Anyone at UWS Parra on Tuesdays or Wednesdays? I need a new drinking buddy.

Went back to Uni today. Had a 9am lecture. All sweet. Has a fucking 5 hour gap till my next class. Good time you'd say to print off learning guides, buy books, maybe do a bit of reading of course content?

Nope, nup, nil, fuck nah, fuck that, bugger off, damn no. Pissed off up the local with a mate at 10.30am. Was drinking there till approx 6pm this evening. Still rather inebriated. Oh The Mill, how the last 6 weeks have been tough. :lol:

Hahaha solid.

When are you free next week? Has been too long.

At Uni Wednesdays & Thursdays. Generally free in the late afternoons. Off Mondays and Tuesdays.

Just quietly, I hear a Sunday session at Bar Century calling. Mind you, you did mention the Tollgate has their pool tables back. And those $10 burgers are hard to say no too. :-k :-k :-k

I'm also thinking about getting a Sunday Afternoon lawn bowls pissup organized. Somewhere Central so we're all no hopping across Sydney.

Parra RSL is cheap for lawn bowls but you need 10 people.

Currently doing my first ever reading to prepare for a class. I am that bored...

I don't think I've ever had Monday classes before, its a pain in the ass that my weekends are over so quick but having Tuesday and Wednesday off is pretty awesome. :cool:

Lecture capture <3

Only got two classes plus industry placement for my last semester of uni.

Had Advanced Radio today, pretty chilled. Just had to go into the Uni radio station, re-write radio news articles from other stations for our news reader/teacher. It steps up a gear by the end of the semester though, you end up writing 4 stories an hour by the end of semester.

Also doing journalism features on Thursday mornings, have to write two feature articles for the paper and that's pretty much it.

Got into The Sunday Times Sport section in Perth for industry placement as well.

:lol:

Yep it's the pits. I added arts onto my commerce degree this year, didn't realise i actually had to read shit now until it was too late.

Is uni really that awesome?

Well I threw up at Uni today. And it wasn't alcohol induced. :lol:

Nope

If you make friends who drink at a uni bar then yes. If you haven't really made many mates at uni and your uni doesn't have a bar... Then it's ballsack.

Well said EG =d>