Yes, a lot of selective school and international students are at UNSW. I'd say it's >60 percent composed of asians, although I wouldn't push it past 75 percent.
Techniques are needed for discussion, but keep in mind it's also dependent on your critical evaluation of these techniques as well as making sure you're answering the question and not veering off. You should be fine if you're already doing this.
Take some time to stop and think. What are you interested in? If this was your only artwork you could give to the world, what would you wish to communicate? Why did you choose photography in the first place (what do you want to capture)?
Have faith and it'll come to you. Don't force it, and if...
Quite a lot of people seem to buy theirs before the semester begins, but even more buy them around the first week of uni. Not sure if it's just media students, but we seem to just shat all over the textbook requirements and buy them whenever or never at all.
Can't really offer a gold...
Really? I've always avoided them like the plague out of fear that a particular section of pages wouldn't be sufficient and then a meltdown would ensue.
Look I know you want rep but I need to rep other people first before repping you again! If I rep you again will you leave me alone? Okay, you have a nice day now :)