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Honestly, I wish I followed my own advice. I'm very much in the "cram notes and forget everything" camp, but I like to read in depth into the subjects while learning them so I end up doing relatively well anyway. Engineering is definitely about building on foundations though (especially Civil...

Unless it's changed, you get a UNSW-produced textbook-like "course pack" or something. One big-ass book for Calculus and another for Algebra. They're really good notes and really cheap (I don't remember exactly how much, but I'd say around $45ish?) One of the few "prescribed" textbooks I'd...

Just took a look at my first year maths notes (their only use now is to prop up my laptop and give it better circulation), here's what you'll learn to do with matrices in Semester 1: * Basic matrix operations (as you mentioned -> add, multiply, inverse, transpose, determinants) * Using matrices...

Join date 2009? Get off my lawn. Also <3

Transferring at the start of sem 2 would be equivalent to transferring after sem 1, which is not possible. You have to wait until the start of year 2. (Or rather, until you have completed 36 UoC, which is generally 6 courses.)

Another topic you might want to get a head-start on which is heavily used in first year maths is that of Matrices. They're quite easy to understand, but some people who haven't encountered them during the HSC tend to find them a bit tricky.

You already know the answer, but for anyone else who wants to know the same thing: You can generally ADD new courses at any point until the end of Week 1. You can generally DROP courses at any point, with the following caveats: * You will have to pay for the course if you drop it after Census...

I'm able to fit around 10-15 hours of work during the work week while on an engineering timetable. You can definitely skip lectures (not a single lecture I've attended has taken attendance, there are just too many people. The ones you mentioned all fall into this.), but as Shadowdude said, it...

Well I don't know what that is, but here's the one I mean: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/help/students/student_network/mentee/

If it was from Brad Hall, and he called it "Student Network" or something, then yes, do it. It's the easiest way to become friends with a bunch of people as soon as uni starts (as long as you go to the events, of course).

If you mean CSE's "Student Network", then definitely yes (see my post before). I can't speak for the UNSW peer mentoring though. Technically you can't consider joining, all CSE students are automatic members and can't be removed. That's what makes it a constituent society :P Obviously...

Welcome to CSE and Mech Eng! Feel free to message me if you guys have any questions about anything :)

Who needs air conditioning when they can just open the windows? At the start of Semester 2. In the winter. I hate Old Main.

For PSYC1001, the following is in effect: http://www.timetable.unsw.edu.au/current/PSYC1001.html That's the only thing I see that could apply to you. It looks like they only allow Exercise Physiology students to enrol in the tute you selected (4074). Other than that, the two lectures and...

I can't speak for COMP3161, and I'll be taking COMP3121 this coming semester, but here are a random selection of course opinions from me and what I believe my friends say: COMP3441 Security Engineering - Haven't done this one, but I've heard it isn't great. On the other hand: COMP9447 Security...

This website has everything you will need to learn for PHYS1121/1131.

I believe it is because they opened a second lecture stream for ENGG1000. I assume that they only had the single lecture stream to begin with to ensure most students were enrolled in the big (945 students) class. Now that that has filled up, they've since opened a ~300 students class as well -...

Don't worry. Quite a few people don't drink, me included. Still shit tons of fun, especially as you get to remember all the stupid stuff people did. I accidentally started a 2-hour long impromptu karaoke party while sober. :/

I assume you guys sorted it out, but if you're still having difficulties, let me know and I'll help you through it.

Basically an easy way to get to know a ton of people's names really quickly, get drunk and have some fun during uni (it runs from a Friday to a Sunday, generally at the end of Week 3). What we find happens is that immediately after camp a huge group of students who all know each other forms and...