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[lyounamu]

Macquarie has the upper hand in teaching, education, prestige and history, right?

Whereas UNSW has advantage in terms of flexibility, university itself, quality of students (not sure about that) and employment (not sure about this either).

Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[AsyLum]

Rofl, thought it was the other way around, but what course in particular are you talking about?

 

[lyounamu]

Rofl, thought it was the other way around, but what course in particular are you talking about?

Sorry, I was talking about Actuary course.

 

[pLuvia]

So that's what I've heard, I couldn't give you an answer since I haven't done the actuarial course at UNSW

In terms of prestige and history yes, it was the first actuarial course in australia

Education and teaching well that's really subjective

 

[bennyhenny]

Macq Actuarial > UNSW Actuarial

Macq's had actuarial studies for the longest in australia and are pretty much the default place to study actuarial, UNSW seems to be the "new kid on the block" with regards to actuarial (or maybe it's just me???)

Plus you can get Part II's at macq, while at UNSW its alot harder to do (you have to do it through honors)

But to be perfectly fair, i don't think it really matters, because both unis pretty much teach you the same thing to gain the same qualifications

Quality of students would be a tough call, although i'd say UNSW on average has students with higher UAIs, BUT there are some FREAKISHLY smart people doing actuarial at macq

UNSW campus >>>> Macq Campus

No questions asked, you can see the money being thrown at UNSW;s facilities , macq is just out of its league with regards to facilities, buildings etc

Employment: dunno , maybe ask in 3 years or so

Flexibility: with both uni's you'll probably be put in a class with only one stream, so it's just down to luck with regards to timetables

Other Thoughts: Think about where you live, it makes quite a difference commuting to each uni, if you live close to a uni, you should probably attend that one.


If you're dead set on actuarial, its probably better to go to macq as its got IMHO a better course and if you can get 12k a year scholarship if you have a really nice UAI ( which makes my one look a little dowdy)

However, if you're unsure about actuarial, go to UNSW , because if you drop out you can atleast fall back on something decent, while at macq you're in a tight bind.

BTW if you get the co op for UNSW, go to UNSW, you'll have a VERY high chance of employment when you finish your degree.

 

[kevinant]

Macq Actuarial > UNSW Actuarial

Macq's had actuarial studies for the longest in australia and are pretty much the default place to study actuarial, UNSW seems to be the "new kid on the block" with regards to actuarial (or maybe it's just me???)

Plus you can get Part II's at macq, while at UNSW its alot harder to do (you have to do it through honors)

But to be perfectly fair, i don't think it really matters, because both unis pretty much teach you the same thing to gain the same qualifications

All these are probably right....The history is right though since the falculty is established in 1968 compared to UNSW's one which was established in 1998. The one relating to Part II is same as what I heard.....you have to do honours at UNSW to get into PartII, but I'm not 100% sure on whether or not my imfo is correct on this.

Quality of students would be a tough call, although i'd say UNSW on average has students with higher UAIs, BUT there are some FREAKISHLY smart people doing actuarial at macq

Not really with UNSW's HSC plus scheme.. They have students with UAI of low 90s while in Macq almost everyone have above 96 UAI as they doesn't have plan as such.

UNSW campus >>>> Macq Campus

No questions asked, you can see the money being thrown at UNSW;s facilities , macq is just out of its league with regards to facilities, buildings etc

Employment: dunno , maybe ask in 3 years or so

Flexibility: with both uni's you'll probably be put in a class with only one stream, so it's just down to luck with regards to timetables

Don't know about all of these either.

Other Thoughts: Think about where you live, it makes quite a difference commuting to each uni, if you live close to a uni, you should probably attend that one.

Hmm this was one of the factor I was considering, another factor is my (ex) love.

If you're dead set on actuarial, its probably better to go to macq as its got IMHO a better course and if you can get 12k a year scholarship if you have a really nice UAI ( which makes my one look a little dowdy)

This is almost @#%!!!... They only select 10 people out of all available candidates. In fact I was offered a scholarship similar to yours one to study at UNSW and now I'm feeling a bit #$%!! on denying the offer.

However, if you're unsure about actuarial, go to UNSW , because if you drop out you can atleast fall back on something decent, while at macq you're in a tight bind.

Yea they are quite flexible on this.. you can choose any double degree with whatever major you want by just getting into Bachelor of Commerce @ UNSW.

BTW if you get the co op for UNSW, go to UNSW, you'll have a VERY high chance of employment when you finish your degree.

This is definitely true.....but only 16 students are taken for co-op each year (1 from each sponsor) and it's hard to get in.