Recent content by Meshy590

Nah I didn't haha, I had a private tutor for English Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Need to pick an elective for this sem, any recommendations?

Not too sure then. But I spoke with someone at the business school, and she told me that you can do that Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/business_school/b_commerce_law/b_com_laws.shtml "In the Bachelor of Commerce component, students must select a compulsory major from the subject areas offered by the Business School and School of Economics"

The 2014 handbook says you can major in Economics. The 2013 one says you can't... So obviously they would have changed the rules Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

That's what I've heard too, but regardless of whether I do comm/law or eco/law, I'll be doing an econ major. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Yeah, I can transfer all my my uoc to commerce/law Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I don't think employers will regard the two things differently. Btw I have already completed one year of study Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I have always wanted to do an economics major, but I had been told by a staff member that you couldn't do Comm/Laws with an Economics major. Just recently, I have found out that you actually can do this. From what I can see, the main advantage of doing Commerce instead of Economics is the...

Our lecturer actually said that it would be helpful...but it really depends on the person and how you like to study. I have PM'd you in regards to the textbook price Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

I only used it 3 or 4 times in the whole semester. It has some online quizzes which are OK, and has some summaries and practice questions. It didn't help me that much...

Yeah that's right. Its called myeconlab, but I think you can buy it separately as well. Otherwise if you buy from coop, its approx 150 for the book and myeconlab. The book should still be the same though, but you should confirm with your lecturer

And I have a copy for sale if you're interested!

The book for Econ1001 is probably going going to be Microeconomics 2nd edition, by Hubbard Garnett lewis O'Brien. I did micro last year first semester, and we were the first to use this book, so I doubt it has changed.

Judging by recent years, the cutoffs at UNSW have been lower than USYD, so it might be an idea to put UNSW as your first preference. I was in the same position as you last year, and if you don't make it in this year, it's really easy to transfer!