gracie007 said:
Haha okay well sounds awesome for the range of queer animals alone. nice. yeh im considering doing science at macq instead of somewhere in the city because im quite lazy and wouldnt want to travel 1 hr each way to get to uni everyday. :S sounds pretty lame but its true. i have no idea about a major but it wouldnt be anything maths related. maybe chem or something. i would def need to do it somewhere where theres a lot of variety in types of lessons, as well as pracs and excursions coz i get quite bored sitting in the samae sorts of situations alll the time.
Travelling is a bitch. Science degrees are like 3 years long and most students dont get away with less than 4 days a week, thats like 8 hours travel to uni per week, with 104 hours of travel per semester, for a 13 week semester, with 624 hours for the whole 3 year degree. This is if you only go to uni 4 days a week, never have to go in on your days off, have good traffic everyday and dont want to do anything extra-curricular. Plus there is the 20% time allowance for bad traffice. So it could be a number as large as 31.2 days. That a month of travel, just sitting on the bus. Of course, all these numbers would need to be done again if you bought a car.
So the long and the short of it is, distance is a very important part of choosing a uni for some people. It is not lazy, it is smart. It is also environmentally responsible to live close to your major destination. (yes Rob, say what you like, I am a hippy!)
And whats wrong with maths anyway! Just coz I dont take it anymore, doesnt mean you shouldnt. Apparently it is fun.
