Likes/Dislikes about USyd (1 Viewer)

[figsan]

Hi! I want to have a better idea of how it's like studying in your university.

Please post:

(Program you are in)

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Thank you!

 

[brendroid]

I'm doing Arts.
Likes:
Greek gods.
The societies.
Writing the essays (I like reading and writing stuff; I'm strange)
The girl in my Ancient lecture
Caleb's mind games in Psyc lectures

Dislikes:
The bus ride in
Prices of books
Not seeing the girl in my Ancient lecture
That I only have one lecture on Wednesdays and it's the only lecture I can attend for that subject

Basically; atmosphere is everything I guess.

 

[Shadowdude]

I'm doing Arts.
Likes:
Greek gods.
The societies.
Writing the essays (I like reading and writing stuff; I'm strange)
The girl in my Ancient lecture
Caleb's mind games in Psyc lectures

Dislikes:
The bus ride in
Prices of books
Not seeing the girl in my Ancient lecture
That I only have one lecture on Wednesdays and it's the only lecture I can attend for that subject

Basically; atmosphere is everything I guess.

hahaha

nice.

 

[Riproot]

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical & Biomolecular)/Bachelor of Medical Science (Pretty much Advanced science)

Likes:
- Social life.
- Manning
- Hermann's
- Most lecturers and tutors are amazing.

Dislikes:
- Coffee is shit everywhere except two places.
- Some lecturers and tutors aren't great.


There's more I can't think of right now.

 

[Obvious]

except two places

You tell me where, you tell me right now.

 

[jayadore]

I'm doing Edu/Arts.

Likes:
- Flexible timetable and no Mon/Fridays usually.
- Wide range of subjects

Dislikes:
- Mandatory classes
- Rigid course structure (meaning I can't do all the arts classes I was interested in)
- Different departments having different referencing systems
- Not finding books in Fisher
- Crappy usyd wifi
- How far away my classes are

Basically, I hate on everything cos I'm a bitter old woman. T_T

 

[Riproot]

@Obvious - Ralph's - in the gym near physics building.
And - the place in wentworth down the stairs from the foodcourt.

 

[OzKo]

I'm doing Edu/Arts.

Likes:
- Flexible timetable and no Mon/Fridays usually.
- Wide range of subjects

Dislikes:
- Mandatory classes
- Rigid course structure (meaning I can't do all the arts classes I was interested in)
- Different departments having different referencing systems
- Not finding books in Fisher
- Crappy usyd wifi
- How far away my classes are

Basically, I hate on everything cos I'm a bitter old woman. T_T

I've found it extremely frustrating trying to connect to WiFi anywhere in Carslaw. Absolutely horrendous coverage.

 

[soloooooo]

I'm doing Edu/Arts.

Likes:
- Flexible timetable and no Mon/Fridays usually.
- Wide range of subjects

Dislikes:
- Mandatory classes
- Rigid course structure (meaning I can't do all the arts classes I was interested in)
- Different departments having different referencing systems
- Not finding books in Fisher
- Crappy usyd wifi
- How far away my classes are

Basically, I hate on everything cos I'm a bitter old woman. T_T

Pfft... people in HR make me sick. Arts/Management students from university. They have no idea how the company works, and they make the hire/fire decisions. Who employs the people that work in HR? Who interviews the interviewers? Other art students?

 

[izzy88]

Pfft... people in HR make me sick. Arts/Management students from university. They have no idea how the company works, and they make the hire/fire decisions. Who employs the people that work in HR? Who interviews the interviewers? Other art students?

What does an education/arts degree have to do with HR? And there's nothing wrong with an arts degree

In any case....

Arts (Hons)/Law

Likes:
- the people
- societies/culture
- lecturers are generally engaged with the content
- location - easy to get to and close to the city.
- facilities are pretty good
- free (unlimited) wifi (definitely an improvement on previous internet policies)
- newtown thai

Dislike:
- have to get to law library before 9am to make sure I get a seat near a powerpoint. If you don't need a powerpoint, you can generally hold out until about 10am. Good luck finding anywhere to sit after that.
- cost of textbooks (although I suspect that would be the case at every/any university
- recording of lectures are up to the lecturer. Very rare in law to have any lectures recorded.
- difficulty connecting to the wifi

That's what I can think of at the moment.

 

[jayadore]

Pfft... people in HR make me sick. Arts/Management students from university. They have no idea how the company works, and they make the hire/fire decisions. Who employs the people that work in HR? Who interviews the interviewers? Other art students?

What does an education/arts degree have to do with HR? And there's nothing wrong with an arts degree

That is all.

 

[Riproot]

What does an education/arts degree have to do with HR? And there's nothing wrong with an arts degree

In any case....

Arts (Hons)/Law

Likes:
- the people
- societies/culture
- lecturers are generally engaged with the content
- location - easy to get to and close to the city.
- facilities are pretty good
- free (unlimited) wifi (definitely an improvement on previous internet policies)
- newtown thai

Dislike:
- have to get to law library before 9am to make sure I get a seat near a powerpoint. If you don't need a powerpoint, you can generally hold out until about 10am. Good luck finding anywhere to sit after that.
- cost of textbooks (although I suspect that would be the case at every/any university
- recording of lectures are up to the lecturer. Very rare in law to have any lectures recorded.
- difficulty connecting to the wifi

That's what I can think of at the moment.

I'm on the ticket for Stand Up! for Fair Education for the SRC election, and two of our main policies are to have all lectures recorded, and to include the cost of textbooks and lab coats, etc. in the cost of the UoS.

So yay.

 

[Rafy]

When was the last time a SRC candidate's election policy actually implemented?

 

[Blue Suede]

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical & Biomolecular)/Bachelor of Medical Science (Pretty much Advanced science)

Likes:
- Social life.
- Manning
- Hermann's
- Most lecturers and tutors are amazing.
- Hanging out with Blue Suede
- Being on SURGfm

Dislikes:
- Coffee is shit everywhere except two places.
- Some lecturers and tutors aren't great.


There's more I can't think of right now.

fixed

 

[funnytomato]

 

[funnytomato]

 

[Rafy]

 

[Appleorange]

I remember that from open day.

Sydney Uni looks so nice. Unfortunately it takes so long to get to from my place.

 

[OzKo]

Honestly, what is the deal with the Transient Building.

Gives UTS tower a run for its money.

 

[Blue Suede]

It wasn't originally meant to be a permanent building (hence the name), but then the higher powers that be decided not to get rid of it and blahblahuglyugly