um......when does uni start? (1 Viewer)

[iwannarock]

yes after 5 years i still need to ask.

 

[cottonmouth]

um dude.
23rd of feb.

 

[AsyLum]

yes after 5 years i still need to ask.

They keep changing it!

 

[Peartie]

yea...the only reason i knew it started the 23rd is because i get back from exchange on the 22nd - going to be fun times that first week

 

[AsyLum]

You're going to burn like a nugget in this heat

 

[lou071]

um dude.
23rd of feb.

23rd of feb?!, it is 7th of march for unsw. and 2nd of march of usyd

 

[Peartie]

You're going to burn like a nugget in this heat

well the annoying thing is germanys dropping back down into negatives for the top temperatur as sydneys going up to 40s...dude im going to be fucked!

 

[AsyLum]

Haha well hopefully by that time the weather may have started to cool off, doubt it, but maybe

 

[Pwnage101]

23rd of feb?!, it is 7th of march for unsw. and 2nd of march of usyd

just remember that feb has 28 days in it, and macquarie has 2-week mid-semester breaks (unlike UTS, UNSW and USYD, which only have 1) and 5-week winter holidays. Also, MQUni has 13 weeks per semester (unlike UNSW, which has moved from 14 to now 12-week semesters).

The downside of all this is that semester 2 classes finish in mid-november, with exams officially ending in very early december , which is ~1-2 weeks later than others

So basically we start a bit earlier, end a bit later, but get decent semester time (13 weeks) with very decent breaks

i prefer this system, because id rather have 12 weeks of summer holidays with more breaks during the uni year, rather than 15 weeks, with a crammed year

 

[tinfoilhat]

good point

im already bored with 12 weeks off... an extra 3 =.= rather have that off during winter when it's not so freaking hot that i dont feel like im on a frying pan everytime i step outside

 

[Peartie]

i get 12 hours off from when i arrive in Australia to when Uni Starts yay for the summer holidays :|

 

[tinfoilhat]

on the upside that's enough time for a really good nap

 

[Peartie]

true true

 

[mserica]

LOL at Pertie, im in the same situation, i fly back from Hong Kong Business Trip on the 22 Feb... ahhhhh then to work from 8-5.30 then to uni from 6-9 ... going to be cactus the first week for sure!!!

 

[Peartie]

at least the HK time difference isnt that bad - they say one day to get over jet lag per hour of change - thats 10 freakin days for me

 

[Undersiege]

well the annoying thing is germanys dropping back down into negatives for the top temperatur as sydneys going up to 40s...dude im going to be fucked!

i think its sleep you have to worry about. I flew from germany to aus 3 weeks ago and was greeted with warmth and i loved it XD.

 

[hollyy.]

23rd of feb?!, it is 7th of march for unsw. and 2nd of march of usyd

the 7th of march is a saturday

 

[Peartie]

i think its sleep you have to worry about. I flew from germany to aus 3 weeks ago and was greeted with warmth and i loved it XD.

no im never really that tired for the first day of getting back - i sleep on the plane as normal as possible (time wise)

but the heat fucked me up last time i came back from europe to aus and it wasnt even really that hot when i got back....hopefully it stays cool this year (I heard it was like 18 the other day!?)

 

[lou071]

the 7th of march is a saturday

9th of march,

 

[*hopeful*]

oh shit

every other year we started in the 1st week of March and or if the 1st was mid-week the last week of feb so i assumed we'd start on the 2nd of March and am going overseas this saturday and come back on the 27th

hahahah serves me right for not double-checking, oh well its only week 1 lectures