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no - law is becoming seen as a much more generalist degree - only about 50% of graduates actually go on to practice law. Others go into business, academia, politics, government work etc etc Furthermore, being a lawyer doesn't mean you will be in the courts - in a commercial practice if you are...

At usyd there's actually no difference between transferring internally or externally - all students are assessed on the same basis (no preference for whether you are at usyd or not).

no I think there's a different scale between full-fee domestic and full-fee international. Rudd only abolished full fee domestic places for undergraduate degrees - lots of masters/graduate/postgrad degrees have full fee domestic places.

USYD depends on how many people are trying to transfer in - they say you need a 95 ATAR and a distinction average - however basically they use some system to give everyone a rank based on the atar and wam and then however many spots they have (say 20), the top 20 get in. There is an old...

I combined with arts and did Honours in ancient history :)

good luck! :)

I actually don't find it that boring. I find it stressful, and difficult, but it is interesting. I can also now see myself as being a lawyer (well at least for the first couple of years outside uni), and one thing to note, is that university law and real life law can be very different things -...

yep. that's what happens when you do combined degrees, then take an extra year to do honours. By the time it comes to completing the second degree, it can be a struggle. However unfortunately I need the second degree for my career. :p

definitely agree about the difficulty in keeping up the work! Although I hit that this year (5th year), with about 1.5 years to go :( I'm now desperate to go into the 'real' world. Also, for those wanting a university medal, it is very difficult. Essentially you have to come top in your...

Generally, you get most of july on holidays (4 weeks - perhaps longer if you don't have any exams). Over christmas you get from around end of november (21 november) to about end of february/beginning of March. However this is dependent on the university - ANU has slightly different holidays...

It really depends on the subject/department/uni/lecturer - a course can change the assessments it does from year to year. However University in general is a lot more self-directed learning as has been said. It is generally your choice whether you turn up to class or not (some people mark roles...

Yep. Wasn't that bad in the end (I don't think), saying that after all the law assessments I've done, I still can't manage to ever accurately figure out how I've gone (ie. I think I did terribly, and do well, or think I did really well and only went mediocre). I guess I'll see what happens :p...

Yay. Exam today. Closed book, 1 hour, worth 30%. Fun, fun :( looking forward to the end of this week!

Sorry it took me so long to see this post! I majored in Ancient History at usyd, and completed my Honours in ancient history last year. I guess the first question is whether you are interested in Ancient History or Archaeology? I can only give my experience of the ancient history at usyd - I...

there are more to universities (or choosing a university) then the Good Uni Guide :p (eg. travel times, personal impression of the uni's by going to open days etc/talking to people in the course or who teach the courses, university life like clubs/sports etc) :)

Just make sure you do as well as possible in your first year of uni in order to transfer - I think there is a thread either in this forum or the general law one where people gave their averages and uai's and if they managed a transfer. It is quite competitive - you will need a D average and a...

haha i understand that problem! I've given up studying in my room - its too messy to do anything in, and I can't be bothered to tidy it. I've now spread out on the kitchen table. Will deal with room after my last exam on wednesday!

It's not the word limit that makes essays difficult. Generally you could write about 3,000 to 4,000 answering the essay question - one difficult aspect is to cut that into 2,000 words - to be concise! And that's for any subject, not just law. I generally always wrote essays over the word limit...

I know nothing about economics, however I just thought I'd give you the little bit of wisdom i've learnt over 5 years at university. Firstly, you generally don't have to go into university knowing what you want to major in (or what career you want to do later). Secondly, generally there are...

good point. 40% is just a max - there is no minimum. oh well. another day studying today. :) at least with law you get quite a few reading weeks to catch up on work.