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Guess I and the other 4,000 residential students here are just lucky.

Canberra has quite a difficult rental market and I've heard finding places nearby can take a long time. Of course, that's why we have first year accommodation guarantee - although it won't always get you the residence you want, it can be better than trying to find your own place.

And the adjacent sports field is called Willows Oval. :p Ursula Hall.

Depends on the college. Some do have a lot of parties, others are pretty quiet and nerdy (like mine).

As far as I know, you apply via UAC, then if you're accepted you withdraw from your old uni and apply for status based on your existing studies. As to whether they'll admit you or not, they will still take your ATAR into consideration but your first year results will have more weighting. If you...

I don't personally have much experience with cadetships, although quite a few friends of mine are doing ICT cadetships in the Australian Public Service. They work two days a week as APS2 (that's around $40-50k full-time salary, not sure what that converts to for part-time cadets) and they spend...

A few things I've learned, in no particular order: - On-campus location is awesome - Catered colleges have different food standards - some people cope with it fairly well, others hate it and can't wait to get their own kitchen - Each residence has a different reputation and a different...

I live on campus, so we have access to the uni printers in our building, and our rooms are small enough that printers would take up a considerable amount of space. On the other hand, if you have to commute to uni, definitely get your own printer - you'll need it.

Yes, it's just school assessment ranks - however, you should still check them to ensure they match what your school has been telling you.

Not here... which removes the one incentive anyone would have to pay upfront anyway. There is very little problem with finding replacements. In any case, they can just put a clause in the contract saying that if they don't find a replacement, you remain liable for the rest of the year.

Maths is way, way cheaper than Commerce. If doing Maths/Commerce means you end up doing less commerce courses than you would in a straight BCom, it could actually be cheaper overall.

Yeah, I'm triple-majoring.

No longer a first year... but I will say that I found first year pretty good, and second year even better :D

At ANU most people pay fortnightly. I don't know how Sydney unis can get away with requiring a semester in advance - it makes it way harder for people from less well-off backgrounds.

The bit marked 'OFFICE USE ONLY'? Presumably one leaves that section for office use.

Re: Would it be unwise to do a degree in IT when you are hopeless with computeres? How 'hopeless' are you? You don't need to know how to code before coming to uni, but you definitely need to be comfortable with using one - I'd suggest installing Linux as a test: if you can manage that alright...

Re: UAC Offers 2011 - Downloadable In fact, ATARs aren't released to anyone other than the institutions - not even your school finds out unless you tell them.

Re: ANU 2011 Semester 2 Chatter Thread So, I'm going to whinge about exams. Four exams. Three days. Timetabling hates me. Anyway, I should get off BOS and study...

Hasn't been updated in a while unfortunately, we might have to make up a new version at some point :/

It's nice to know that you've done well enough that the Board deems you Band 6-worthy.