how do u rate comerce @ usyd?

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Originally Posted by lordesf

But umm i got a some answers from a friend's friend who did a transfer from usyd to unsw and gave e advice tht finance at unsw is 10x better becuase they do it in the 1st yr etc whilst usyd = 2nd yr, Is this the same for other majors as well?

you can start your major in first year if you want to.

Originally Posted by lordesf

"at USYD once its week 2 you cant drop the subejct anymore which sucks if you realise you hate it. in UNSW you can go up to like week 6...... very flexible"

is this true?

it's till wk 6 at USYD as well

Originally Posted by lordesf

Anyway the thing im worried now is tht say "IF" i transfered from usyd to unsw after 1st yr would this mean i start all over again in unsw? or wil they allow u to continue as a 2nd yr student? and is the transfer difficult?

well, it depends on how well you do in your first year subjects. But if your UAI is high enough for UNSW, but you want to try USYD first, you can do one semester at USYD, and then drop it, and when UAC comes around they will only count your UAI because you did less than 1 full year

EDIT: no, you wouldn't need to repeat those subjects, they'd give you credit

[doink]

does lots of theories which makes it bad?

Would you prefer to go to science labs to learn about economics? Or field expeditions? Commerce is all theory you dud.

[Arowana21]

i can tell u one thing. My future goal is to get a CFA, and UNSW is not partners with cfa where as USyd is, and there are benefits, such as scholarships etc.. And so this is why i decided commerce at sydney. Overall it depends what u want to do.

[lordesf]

yeh i think im leaning towards usyd now

[Charizard]

when will people realise which university you go to has about a 1% bearing on whether you will find employment, unless you study medicine or maybe law.


its commerce. It's the same shit everywhere, any decent employer wont give a fuck where you got the degree.

if you're too stupid to figure this out then by alll means please do go to UNSW. less idiots at usyd then.

[lordesf]

Originally Posted by Charizard

if you're too stupid to figure this out then by alll means please do go to UNSW. less idiots at usyd then.

Well maybe cause im not the one with the pokemon on his display pic

[Arowana21]

the pokemon guy is sorta right, if wanna aim for a straight of CA or CPA then there is pretty much no difference going to UNSW of Syd, but then the commerce degree in UNSW is preofessionally recognised by CFA

[Charizard]

Originally Posted by lordesf

Well maybe cause im not the one with the pokemon on his display pic

That's right.

You're the guy that made a topic asking about which girls were hotter between USYD and UNSW as a basis for the decision as to which to go to, when it's very obvious your a virgin anyway so it won't really matter will it.

THe more you post the more i hope you go to UNSW.

How you even got a uai that high astounds me, no doubt some sort of asian locked in a dungeon by his parents.

[Charizard]

Originally Posted by Musk

UAIs are the most corrupted things made ever, its from Bob Carr. Enough said

MISSED.
THE.
FUCKING.
POINT.

[lordesf]

hahahahahahahahaha thts funy stuff

Helz yeh when both uni r like almostthe same then looking at which has the htter chick definetly wil make the difernce, dude just calm the fuk down alrite, id much prefer to hang around hotter chicks than "hotter guys" if ths ur taste[stay away from me].

[Charizard]

Originally Posted by lordesf

hahahahahahahahaha thts funy stuff

Helz yeh when both uni r like almostthe same then looking at which has the htter chick definetly wil make the difernce, dude just calm the fuk down alrite, id much prefer to hang around hotter chicks than "hotter guys" if ths ur taste[stay away from me].

i can already tell from your spelling you wont be getting laid anyway. So hotter girls should be irrelevant.

I'm not at all gay, and i'm sure homophobia was cool in high school, but i think you are in for a bit of a shock at uni my friend.

[Owyn]

USYD is definitely very theory based, and doesn't really attempt to be otherwise. Personally I prefer this, given concepts will last a lot longer then practical tips can. Anyway, it is almost impossible to teach all the different tasks involved in the myriad of employment opportunities, far better that they teach useful facts and ways of looking at any job. Imagine being taught the Macquaire model in Corporate Finance. All that said, USYD keeps up with established trends. Commercial law and accounting still require you to reference up to date laws and standards, new practices are often mentioned in passing.

My biggest problems with USYD's commerce is that it is far too easy, requires too many junk subjects like ECOF, GOVT, and INFS, has lousy lecturers/tutors, and is archaic in teaching. Subjects often set the bar fairly low, meaning you can easily pass subjects you have no real understanding of. I learned Financial Accounting A and B in the night before exams. I got a distinction in INFS and I learned next to nothing. Lectures are often extremely smart people that have little ability or desire to be teaching, and tutors frequently struggle to speak English and/or actually complete classes.

The worst thing of all is how everything is run. Over a dozen times I had to make the trek to uni and back after an all nighter just to physically submit assignments because either electronic copies weren't collected or they required an accompanying physical copy. One terribly boring lecturer put up lecture notes on Blackboard and decided to remove them two weeks before the final exam as punishment to people that didn't attend his lectures. You can't get your timetable till right before uni starts, unlike UNSW that gets it well in advance. I can't say what UNSW is like, but the teaching and administrative components of USYD are predominantly weak and uninventive. Presumably with your UAI you now how to teach yourself though.

Ultimately, UNSW or USYD, the marks and awards you get at those unis is going to be of far more importance then which one you get it at. Do internships and make sure you develop excellent social skills, it will make far more of a difference.

[januaryclown]

I agree with Owyn. If you check profiles of the lecturers hired, lesses ranked universities actually hire better qualified lecturers. There are one or two bad apples at usyd, like Catherine Sutton-Brady, who has neither the experience or academic strength to teach business. She's also psychologically challenged, enjoys making sexually promiscuous remarks to young male students and verbally abusing young female students. She even spoke ill of the dean and ex-students who criticized her teaching style. You will find some of the lecturers at usyd lack the correct attitude and academic/professional strength in the subject taught. But good news is usyd is upgrading, hiring better lecturers that is.