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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: Raji on March 10, 2012, 01:13:41 pm

Title: What to say?
Post by: Raji on March 10, 2012, 01:13:41 pm: Hey, i'm currently studying science at UoM. My friends studying Engineering at Monash. He says Science at melbourne is shit compared to engineering at Monash. Don't know how to reply to that. lol.
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: DisaFear on March 10, 2012, 01:22:57 pm: What makes you think you have to say something back?
And if they are 'friends', they are probably not being serious
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: Raji on March 10, 2012, 01:28:09 pm: His my friend, but he is just one of those friends that will keep on telling you something is better until you prove him wrong and to be honest i really want to prove him wrong on this lol.
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: Russ on March 10, 2012, 01:34:19 pm: Send him the page that ranks the two universities
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: Raji on March 10, 2012, 02:08:40 pm: sure, melb may be ranked 1 but that doesn't disprove what he said lol, eng is better than science.
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: acrimony on March 10, 2012, 02:29:52 pm: Times higher education actually has rankings for engineering:

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/engineering-and-IT.html

I actually think engineering at RMIT would be more prestigious than that of Monash
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: Raji on March 10, 2012, 03:03:13 pm: acrimony what do you think Science (Civil systems) v Engineering (Civil)? (Or any systems v any eng). Master at melb v eng at monash. lol
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: Hehetymen on March 10, 2012, 03:40:06 pm: Ask him if he even lifts.
Title: Re: What to say?
Post by: mark_alec on March 10, 2012, 03:52:56 pm: You don't reply, you just ignore him and be a better student (yes, the quality of the individual is a lot more important than Melbourne vs Monash).