commerce and science

[adamsaclown]

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Originally Posted by xiao1985

some bos'er mentioned it awhile ago ... the comment was made during and open day i think...

right... clearly something one must say while trying to get people to come to ones own uni... :->

[sikeveo]

UNSW does have better maths programs. It's very well recognised throughout asia. Also UNSW has a TSP program.

[llamalope]

I'm doing commerce/science at Sydney. It depends what you major in...A lot of people do financial maths/accounting. I'm doing psychology/marketing, because i had no idea what I'd rather do, so I thought hey... I'll just do both.

UNSW is better for commerce, Sydney is better for schience, but I think overall there isn't much of a difference. and UAI has nothing to do with course difficulty, its all about demand. I didn't think I was going to get into USYD because my UAI was just under the cutoff point, but because of an overall fall in demand for university places this year, the UAI fell.

[sikeveo]

Usyd isn't necessarily better for science. UNSW physics is more highly regarded than Usyd.

[llamalope]

well personally i think the UNSW campus is crap.... but thats just me. I prefer sandstone universities that have more prestige

[adamsaclown]

lol great comeback

i didn't know UNSW had a TSP program... thats why I came to USYD... :S. Maybe they introduced it this year for next year. What I do know though is that USYD's Psych school still hasnt introduced Advanced units, unlike UNSW, which I believe has an advanced stream for it.

usyd has not lived up to my expectations. oh well... don't think its really such a big deal since these unis are both at the top anyway

[stazi]

Originally Posted by llamalope

I'm doing commerce/science at Sydney. It depends what you major in...A lot of people do financial maths/accounting. I'm doing psychology/marketing, because i had no idea what I'd rather do, so I thought hey... I'll just do both.

UNSW is better for commerce, Sydney is better for schience, but I think overall there isn't much of a difference. and UAI has nothing to do with course difficulty, its all about demand. I didn't think I was going to get into USYD because my UAI was just under the cutoff point, but because of an overall fall in demand for university places this year, the UAI fell.

Whaaaaa since when do you do marketing?

[llamalope]

well i WILL be doing marketing... eventually... when i finish the science part. 1st year comm subjects are split over the 3 years of the science degree

[stazi]

oh orsum. I'll help you with the marketing <3 marketing. I wish to sleep with it.

But now I'm disjointed about what I want to do with my life. I mean, I really love advertising/marketing etc, but I just got an offer from the Global Panel (a collaboration of world leaders (ex-presidents, ambassadors, directors of global institutions etc) trying out alternative strategies for world problems) for an internship. I didn't even apply for it (I just went to the global student panel held at usyd and got invited back for a debate with them. The internship would be at prague or berlin.
I never really considered foreign affairs before, but I do like the people I meet. It's amazing having conversations with some of the most powerful and intelligent people in the world.
But then again I might just take up the internship if it's all expenses paid (I mean who wouldn't want to spend some time in Europe ) and then continue with my marketing career path.

[xiao1985]

yeh the ages old battle between which uni is better, usyd or unsw...

we can throw out all our perosnal beliefs which is better... but ultimately it's the one who choose's opinion...

but hoenstly anu's alot better.... than both usyd and unsw...

[sikeveo]

It makes no difference, at undegraduate level anyway. Go wherever you like it.

[llamalope]

who'd want to live in Canberra?

[RanyofuKenyan?]

Originally Posted by stazi

oh orsum. I'll help you with the marketing <3 marketing. I wish to sleep with it.

But now I'm disjointed about what I want to do with my life. I mean, I really love advertising/marketing etc, but I just got an offer from the Global Panel (a collaboration of world leaders (ex-presidents, ambassadors, directors of global institutions etc) trying out alternative strategies for world problems) for an internship. I didn't even apply for it (I just went to the global student panel held at usyd and got invited back for a debate with them. The internship would be at prague or berlin.
I never really considered foreign affairs before, but I do like the people I meet. It's amazing having conversations with some of the most powerful and intelligent people in the world.
But then again I might just take up the internship if it's all expenses paid (I mean who wouldn't want to spend some time in Europe ) and then continue with my marketing career path.

Whooooooaaaaahhhh, stas congrats. If its all expenses paid definitely go for it.

[§eraphim]

Originally Posted by sikeveo

UNSW does have better maths programs. It's very well recognised throughout asia. Also UNSW has a TSP program.

Out of curiousity, why do you say that? UNSW certainly has top researchers but I'm not sure sure whether that filters down to undergrad level....Although, having looked at Usyd Math exams, even the Advanced level questions seem slightly easier.

IMO, Usyd's TSP maths program is a hell of a lot more organised than UNSW but UNSW is very flexible. For example, I can take any 3rd yr or postgrad/honours course I like either from UNSW or USyd.

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I am interested in doing the Honours courses at USyd as part of my undergrad (cross-institutional study):

MATH4431 Advanced Option Pricing
MATH4433 Interest Rate Modelling

Q: Have ppl in ever done these Honours courses as undergrads?

[xiao1985]

hey seraphim: u doing financial math or sth related?! cuz ur signiture sure sounds that way =p

again there are adv and dis adv for both unsw and usyd... a decade old debte i think already

usyd has horrible timetables... usually it's at daytime, so there's no chance to go to usyd and have a full time job, regarldess if u go part time uni or wut eva
usyd's postgrad level (apparently) is not as good as unsw

unsw has horrible degree flexiblity (ie if u want to overload, u have to talk to dean, have ur grades assessed etc etc), normally u are only allowed 2 majors in a combine, one for each degree...
unsw has horrible timetable system (as i heard, at least for commerce faculty), u don't get ur actual tt until the first wk of uni

sigh, how envy u pplz can do major research in holi... T.T wish i was good enough to do that...