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  1. madsam

    what book you use o-o

    Engineering studies is heaps easy, there's nothing difficult in the course, its just remembering a whole bunch of linked and interconnected concepts Borrow the excel book from a library and read through that, it gives a good overview of everything, and then go through the tafe notes (PM me your...
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    Should we harvest the limbs of paraplegics

    What if, after the day after someone donates their limbs, they develop the technology to give them sensitivity back in their limbs? That'd suck then, cause tehre would be no hope Also, who wants a cripples leg, have you seen them? They're basically just skin and bone anyway =\
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    Student ID cards

    Just got my card moments ago, you need to sign for it :) But uh, having trouble registering it with visa with the D.O.B form, anyone have any suggestions? The calender isn't working and you cant just type into the form, i tried with firefox and google chrome
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    USYD Email

    How do i access my usyd email? I know it seems a stupid question, but i cant access it from the USYD Email site, or perhaps i'm doing something wrong? Someone care to provide a quick step by step run-through of what i need to be doing? Also, i did manage to access it the other night through...
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    Extra studying apart from Uni commitments

    arn't you supposed to do an hour study for every hour of contact? So thats 30 hours a week, and compared to a full time job of 40+ hours a week, and wanting a social life, it should be enough, right?
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    Free Periods Good or bad

    find a few friends and invade one of your computer rooms vidja game it up!
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    Question about Macbook for Bsc

    No, don't
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    accidently rejected offer to study @ uws

    more importantly, HOW?
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    short story

    Its all about the techniques and language, not the actual storyline For example, i wrote a story about the life of a banana and all my teachers were giving it 14+/15 As one of the english markers said, by the end of HSC marking, a million characters will have shed a million tears, and as cliche...
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    Paying for uni? HECS vs Upfront payment

    If you look on the uni website, you can find out how much it'll cost. It shouldn't be more than 4k per semester for the most expensive course, i'm paying i think 3400-ish? for Aero engineering at usyd And what you people are forgetting, if you have the 20k in the bank, its not an instant...
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    90+ ATAR Requirements for my subj ..

    probably be looking at low to mid 80's in each subjects, that'd be my guess All round band 6's would give you 95-98, which is quite achievable
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    Do people expect to manage jobs/year 11?

    i started work late year 9, did about 15-20 hours a week until year 11, where i was cut back to 10-12 (slightly more expensive :() but kept that through year 11 an 12, only not working during/slightly before major exams Working at the checkout of woolies, not difficult at all, just boring...
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    Michelson-Morley Experiment

    You shouldn't have to write more than a 4-5 mark answer for it, but you need to know a few points as to what it meant (and then choose the relevant points when answering the question) Why the experiment was designed What it set out to accomplish The set up of the prac (ie diagram) The results...
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    In Short Answer Questions...

    If its absolutely neccessary, i suppose, but nowhere near as big as you're thinking. When i did them i crammed them within a small square of about 2x2cm for all supply and demand related graphs, if its a bit more detailed like the pigovian taxation graph then you might need it a bit bigger to...
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    In Short Answer Questions...

    Eh, you need almost all the room they give you to write, you would probably be wanting to write about 10-15 lines to secure full marks, and if you can cram a diagram underneath (or in HSC get a seperate booklet if need be) or in the margin, that's where i would put it
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    Will choosing 'Creative' subjects lower my atar?

    Your subjects are classified as being "easier" in terms of scaling, so it is supposed to be easier to do well in those subjects. That being said, to get a good ATAR 95+ you'll NEED band 6 in everything basically espec drama, you will have to ace drama otherwise it'll pull your atar down heaps...
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    Paying for uni? HECS vs Upfront payment

    Its not really, pay it back when you want, they take it out of your bank account when you start earning over 40k a year So dont go thinking you wont have to pay it off until you're 30...
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    Textbooks?

    unfortunately all those listed are for humanities subjects, english, business, economics etc and nothing listed for engineering =\ Also, i currently have 24 cp for first semester, and 24 for second, would it be too much to pick up an elective and do 30 in either of those semesters? The time at...
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