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Is this argument still going on? For god's sake, GROW UP. It's a stupid, pointless argument. Science/arts = apples/oranges. Enough.
 
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cayte said:
I'd like to see a mathematician write a think piece on the middle-east conflicts or a concise and engaging analysis of Persia in the time of Darius and then tell me how easy it is. They'd be back to their offices in a flash with their rules and laws and balanced equations and such...
Actually, you'd find that the greatest mathematicians of our time would have been able to do this.
 
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sikeveo said:
My mums patient (high up in a law firm) said the same as phrred.
my mum's friend who works in the world's greatest firm says they only hire people from UWS because its been empirically proven to be the world's greatest law uni.
And of course, rather than using recruitment HR consultants, she does all the recruitment herself. Anyone going to any other unis get thrown away.
 

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acmilan said:
Actually, you'd find that the greatest mathematicians of our time would have been able to do this.
And the greatest historians would be able to act beyond their field of specialisation, too.

Your point makes perfect sense, but one could quiet easily read your post as being one that acts to denigrate the arts and humanities. Even though that's not your intention, I just thought that it would be best to respond and to restate (for everyone) that there's nothing to be gained by pulling down one degree/field of study in order to advance another.
 

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stazi said:
my mum's friend who works in the world's greatest firm says they only hire people from UWS because its been empirically proven to be the world's greatest law uni.
And of course, rather than using recruitment HR consultants, she does all the recruitment herself. Anyone going to any other unis get thrown away.
But you know you're full of shit, and so does everyone else.
 

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Generator said:
And the greatest historians would be able to act beyond their field of specialisation, too.

Your point makes perfect sense, but one could quiet easily read your post as being one that acts to denigrate the arts and humanities. Even though that's not your intention, I just thought that it would be best to respond and to restate (for everyone) that there's nothing to be gained by pulling down one degree/field of study in order to advance another.
Yes sorry about the ambiguity, you explained it exactly how i meant to :)
 

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Yes, and that post was made in sarcasm, in case you didn't notice.
 

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good luck in the hsc.
if you believe 'world's greatest firm' and 'world's greatest uni' as well as 'world's greatest firm who instead of employing consultants employees a regular employee to look after hiring' and that 'all other unis are thrown away' is me being serious, then you will need all the luck you can get in the hsc.
 

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congratulations, maybe you should read my posts more often in the university forums. they tend to be very helpful. did you read all your hsc questions properly?
 

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sikeveo said:
Yes.....like your guide to getting HD's....... :rolleyes:
yes. like my guide to hds. exactly like my guide to hds. if you were to do something outside the confines of numbers and naming chemical compounds, you would understand why the guide is useful.
 

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absolution* said:
lol, stas paying out someone else for being retarded lol
lol, jonathan trying to communicate with someone outside of the context of the internet. oh, wait. no. im wrong.
 

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Shuter said:
Why are you even posting here stas, thiss is for people with a distinction average and above.
i've got a distinction average. ha.
 

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I think you guys/girls with a Distinction average should know what I am about to post. For those wishing to do honours this was how it worked for myself. For the first two years of my economics degree, i had an average GPA of 6.8 odd. Basically, this didn't mean much at all. It all comes down to how I do in the third and final year of my degree. To get first class, I must get >6, second 2a >5.x and so on. It is because they (the unis) weight third year so much higher than the previous two years, it is possible to get credit grade point avgs in the first two years, yet excel in the third year and honours year and come out with a first class honours.

I think though, that making sure you get a D in every subject, would be a good goal (albeit not a hard one). This is so you don't need to worry about weightings, and also to keep your options open with graduate programs such as they offer at the RBA.

On an offtopic note, I have been reading these forums for quite a while, and I love all the threads about which degree/uni is better. Seeing as though the majority of people giving advice aren't out of uni (and thus have no basis to compare different degrees and unis), may I suggest that those asking for it, don't lend a lot of weight to them, but nevertheless to take it on board (There are some on here that DO seem to have some knowledge). For mine, it seems there is a lot of ego on here, and to those people, I say good luck with that.

I do wish you all luck with your studies. I offer one final bit of advice. Whilst it is good to know what you want to be and to keep your eye on the prize, don't get caught up in the "which uni has the best degree for being an investment bankers", because you young ones have a long way to go and it pays to keep focus on the present, not something you can't quite get yet. Also, there is one important thing lacking from this board in terms of advice. I see people saying keep your grades up etc. which is good. But also, join up all the clubs and societies you can at uni, as well as external ones. Join up the CPA passport programs, attend commerce meetings. These networking skills can sometimes get you places where just having good grades will never get you.

OK, that is all, study on peoples.
 

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sikeveo said:
No you dont. Your gpa is 5.75 :)
my wam is 75.50. That too is a distinction average. After this semester I'll be highly surprised if my GPA isnt 6.0-6.25
 

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