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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

its headed that way that without D average, big firms arent going to look at your resume
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

It's been a year, and the cut off did subdue a bit. So what do you guys think now?
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

UNSW has the highest commerce cut off in Australia, and whichever uni holds that will always have the prestige and keep the cutoff high, it would be in UNSW's best interest to keep it 96+ because it reflects prestige down to arts prospects, languages, etc. regardless of how good or not they may be.
Regarding the number of students anyone have any statistics on the number of internationals that end up getting employed in Australia and staying vs leaving back to their home country, would be very interesting?
unsw doesn't determine the cut-offs dingus, it's UAC
 

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Well, UNSW allows up to 10 bonus points, whereas other unis have 10 max, and sometimes only give bonuses for disadvantages and not subject bonuses, so the cutoff is actually inflated because of all of these things.

But it'll probs stay the same. Just get ~93 and a band E4 in extension one maths and E3-4 in extension two, or economics, or something.
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

Well, UNSW allows up to 10 bonus points, whereas other unis have 10 max, and sometimes only give bonuses for disadvantages and not subject bonuses, so the cutoff is actually inflated because of all of these things.

But it'll probs stay the same. Just get ~93 and a band E4 in extension one maths and E3-4 in extension two, or economics, or something.
UNSW don't offer bonus points for economics which i think is bullshit...

http://iaro.online.unsw.edu.au/pls/non/hsc_bonus_points.main
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

Maybe because HSC Economics is... not really economics at all?
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

Maybe because HSC Economics is... not really economics at all?
Really?

Then why are bonus points offered for HSC Physics in any Engineering course when HSC Physics can be completed without any maths at all.

I reckon it's pretty bullshit too.
 

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UNSW don't offer bonus points for economics which i think is bullshit...

http://iaro.online.unsw.edu.au/pls/non/hsc_bonus_points.main
can you not use the Internet properly? Lol

Really?

Then why are bonus points offered for HSC Physics in any Engineering course when HSC Physics can be completed without any maths at all.

I reckon it's pretty bullshit too.
Because physics involves physics thinking and you generally have to be a good student to get 85+
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

can you not use the Internet properly? Lol

Because physics involves physics thinking and you generally have to be a good student to get 85+
The same applies with Economics in my opinion - the thinking skills you gain from considering the economy and its features in a domestic and international context would undoubtedly be valuable to university Economics, and you obviously have to be a hard-working/'good' student to achieve 85+.
 

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The same applies with Economics in my opinion - the thinking skills you gain from considering the economy and its features in a domestic and international context would undoubtedly be valuable to university Economics, and you obviously have to be a hard-working/'good' student to achieve 85+.
I disagree. I think it's easier to get a band 6 in Eco than physics, and I'm pretty sure they reteach a lot of the course in the first few weeks of any first year Eco unit, whereas in physics they just assume you know all the foundation stuff.
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

can you not use the Internet properly? Lol

Because physics involves physics thinking and you generally have to be a good student to get 85+
what are you on about? When i meant "economics", i was referring to not getting bonus points for the HSC course and not implying that UNSW doesn't give bonus points for the economics degree.
 
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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

Really?

Then why are bonus points offered for HSC Physics in any Engineering course when HSC Physics can be completed without any maths at all.

I reckon it's pretty bullshit too.
Physics has maths in it. what are you talking about

The same applies with Economics in my opinion - the thinking skills you gain from considering the economy and its features in a domestic and international context would undoubtedly be valuable to university Economics, and you obviously have to be a hard-working/'good' student to achieve 85+.
Yeah, I took Economics at uni - and it's different to high school Economics.
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

Physics has maths in it. what are you talking about



Yeah, I took Economics at uni - and it's different to high school Economics.
By maths I meant a HSC Mathematics course (Gen./2U/3U/4U).
 

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Re: ok guys the commerce cut off at UNSW is 96.70, will it go up or down in 2013?????

Really?

Then why are bonus points offered for HSC Physics in any Engineering course when HSC Physics can be completed without any maths at all.

I reckon it's pretty bullshit too.
What of it? So what if HSC Physics can be completed without HSC Maths...what's your point?
 

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