agreed. I know "those" people who go back to sydney every weekend. The fact they have a shit time in canberra is because they've never actually spent a weekend in canberra and bonded with people/friends at college. Anyone who actually wants to have a good time (and doesnt have a social disorder)...
Its a scare campaign made by north shore mothers to keep their "precious" kids at home. Canberra is just a "quieter" city. By quieter; i mean you can only go clubbing on thursday, friday and saturday nights. So not really that quiet at all. Air is cleaner, and there are hardly any traffic jams...
go to anu - its a great uni and its highly regarded internationally.
As far as money goes, there are many ways to pay for uni accom - including through centrelink. I would suggest going to a catered college because centrelink will cover the food too. then all you need to spend money on is...
stay away from pure sciences like physics, maths (obviously), chemistry, engineering etc
I do geology and their isnt much maths involved anyway.
Arts degrees keep you away from maths.
it certainly wont pop up for a long time. Probably not until a few weeks before the end of this semester. Having said that, it can change at any time (i.e. i've seen the timetables change on the friday before the monday lectures)
arrgh sorry i quoted the wrong person. probably the result of being super tired.
The post was directed at jasont.
EDIT - 4hrs sleep in 40hrs. i think ill STFU.
I went to a private boys school on the north shore.
The DUX of this school is @ ANU, and so is the person with the 2nd highest mark.
(yes they were both above 99.95)
you fail.
keep in mind the UAI is based on supply and demand - so its not indicative of the quality of the university. Most people are just scared of moving out of syd/melb - hence low demand.
Also remember the standard hasnt changed, so if they dont maintain good marks - they're kicked out.
EDIT - from memory i hit F8 when starting up my comp - then it asks me to boot
normally, safe mode, safe mode with networking, <something else>, then last known configeration" - just use the arrow keys to select "safe mode" then press enter.