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  1. BenHowe

    Preliminary Exams, VERY POOR

    No one can give you motivation, ultimately its up to you to decide whether your passion for accounting is enough to make you work pretty hard for a year and a bit. The question you have to ask yourself is, "Am I willing to do this?" Btw you can get into most courses by alternative pathways but...
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    polynomial question

    Once you've used the fact that the polynomial is monic, so the coefficient of the x^4 is 1, and that it is an even function, so there is no odd power of x, you can write p(x)=x^4+bx^2+d. Now the polynomial has only two unknowns, b and d, and you have two pieces of information p(-1)=5 and...
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    Questions for those who got a 95+ Atar

    Hi, I just finished my HSC and I got an ATAR > 95 so here's my two cents. 1. Varied very occasionally I'd done none but usually I'd do 3-4 hours a night. I'd do an hour and a half @ my school library then come home and have a break and then do some more 2. Again varied but usually 8-9...
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    Bonus Points?

    Hey, If you specifically want to do a bachelor of accounting there are a few places that offer it as well as bonus points in the Sydney area. MQ is 80 not 88 http://courses.mq.edu.au/undergraduate/degree/bachelor-of-commerce---professional-accounting and they also offer bonus points for...
  5. BenHowe

    Doing AFAS200 and first external unit at MQ

    All that stuff is on ilearn and stuff i think as long as you've enrolled and set everything up
  6. BenHowe

    MQ Chatter Thread

    Yeah I have a 3 hour gap (1-4pm) so Im sure we could do something
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    MQ Chatter Thread

    Only down mond, tues, wed
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    Tips for next year?

    Yeah applied finance at mq. In the end it came down to what was the easiest place for me to get to + I can get part 2 exemptions within the 4 year course. I wasn't able to find another one that allowed you to do that (could be wrong)
  9. BenHowe

    MQ Chatter Thread

    2 questions. 1. Anyone doing applied finance or actuarial studies and can give me any tips/tricks/advice? 2. What prep should I be doing for actuarial studies i.e. revising y12 maths + matrix course on Khan Academy etc
  10. BenHowe

    Post Your 2017 University Offers Here

    I got offers for combined actuarial studies at unsw and macquarie and ended up choosing applied finance and actuarial studies at mq
  11. BenHowe

    Tips for next year?

    Dw motivation for English died and essay writing in general. But I still managed to get into combined actuarial so thanks for all your help!
  12. BenHowe

    Anyone going to study applied finance or actuarial studies this year?

    Hi, My name is Ben and I've been accepted into Applied Finance/Actuarial Studies at Macquarie Uni for 2017! I was just wondering if anyone else on boredofstudies was doing either of the degrees and maybe wanted to chat/form a study group or something. I don't know anyone studying either of...
  13. BenHowe

    Bachelor of Actuarial Studies + Applied Finance or Bachelor of Science?

    Hey any of you guys doing applied finance/actuarial studies starting this year? I'm knew and I wanted to make some friends
  14. BenHowe

    Tips for next year?

    Hi guys, Currently I am topping 4 of my 7 subjects, however next year I'de like to be topping 5 of them and have a higher ranking in English. I work hard enough at school but I have a poor work ethic accept for maths at home. What are your tips to improve your work ethic?
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