how hard is it to maintain a distinction/credit average (2 Viewers)

[leeam]

in a bachelor of arts, with subjects in journalism, psych, linguistics and indonesian (post year 12). i always study hard, and usually pays off.

 

[withoutaface]

Not very, I've maintained an average around 80 with next to no effort besides cramming in the few weeks prior to exams. Of course I get screwed on the subjects that assess everything with assignments, though.

 

[mishka]

http://community.boredofstudies.org/49/general/33227/distinction-average.html

 

[hfis]

Not if you go to UWS.

Actually study at a uni, then make criticisms of others.

 

[melsc]

Actually study at a uni, then make criticisms of others.

Exactly

 

[glitterfairy]

in a bachelor of arts, with subjects in journalism, psych, linguistics and indonesian (post year 12). i always study hard, and usually pays off.

I'd think it'd be *ok* in a BA degree. The only thing you have to remember that Uni studying isn't like in the HSC - in the HSC, you're basically just memorising stuff. In Uni, you have to KNOW your stuff.

My only other comment is the age old humanities phrase: "Easy to pass, but hard to get anything higher than a credit". Additionally, some humanities units are just totally screwy and subjective :'( You can get horrible marks, and have no idea why...

 

[stazi]

Credit average - easy
D average - hard

 

[Alimoe_KG]

What about in say Commerce and law courses? Is it as subjective?

 

[melsc]

I hope its not too hard with law courses

 

[Alimoe_KG]

I hope its not too hard with law courses

lol unfortunately i have this sinking feeling that it's not just hard but very hard.

 

[melsc]

lol unfortunately i have this sinking feeling that it's not just hard but very hard.

Ditto, I am very tough on myself and expect good marks, i am going to have to learn to accept lower marks huh!

 

[stazi]

c average is very easy in law, apparently. it's the d's and hd's that are very hard to get. like my penis.

 

[melsc]

I guess its like English and Maths, English is very subjective where as in maths there is always a correct answer

 

[tempco]

Well, getting a D average in first year Comm @ UNSW isn't hard. Work consistently and you've got it in the bag.

 

[Ranoa]

Yeah exactly right, consistent hard work and you should see yourself some good marks

 

[Benny1103]

Pfft...some people make it seem as if maths is so easy because there is always a correct answer. If you do real maths, it's not as simple as 1 + 1 = 2. The correct 'answer' isn't always just a number.

 

[melsc]

^ I'm not saying it is easy, hello I dropped maths. What I am saying is there is never more than one answer and its either right or wrong not in between thus with some explaination you can see why its wrong, whereas with subjective subjects you may never find out why it is wrong

 

[tempco]

^ I'm not saying it is easy, hello I dropped maths. What I am saying is there is never more than one answer and its either right or wrong not in between thus with some explaination you can see why its wrong, whereas with subjective subjects you may never find out why it is wrong

A question with multiple answers is quite common in uni maths I'm assuming, since they did exist in 4U maths. Maths isn't as black and white as most people make it out to be.

Regardless, eco/comm/bus isn't all about maths.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

Whatever... you're all doing extremely difficult degrees and achieving great - you're all awesome. Can we close the thread now?

 

[withoutaface]

In your subjects there are about 15 right answers, all netting full marks, so your chance of hitting it randomly is higher