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[dankfrank420]

Commerce people: I've got to do one of the level 3 finance subjects early (under the old model). Which of investments, corp fi. or derivatives is easiest? FWIW I found the investments portion of business finance easier than the corp fi stuff.

[spectroscopy]

Commerce people: I've got to do one of the level 3 finance subjects early (under the old model). Which of investments, corp fi. or derivatives is easiest? FWIW I found the investments portion of business finance easier than the corp fi stuff.

sem 1 or sem 2? If it's sem 2 corp fi if sem 1 investments
I personally found investments 100x easier than corp fi but most people feel the opposite. If you liked investments in bus fi you'll like it in 3rd year. Follow ur heart (probably pick investments tho)

[scarletmoon]

Is it realistic to aim for med if your final gpa at the end of 3 years is 6.69?

[Sine]

Is it realistic to aim for med if your final gpa at the end of 3 years is 6.69?

Id still think you are in with a chance ideally you typically want 6.7+ LOL so i wouldnt rule it out ☺☺

[tashhhaaa]

dumb question but how do you change your WAM to a GPA?

[keltingmeith]

dumb question but how do you change your WAM to a GPA?

Actually fairly complicated because they're calculated differently.

WAM is done by taking the average of your scores, however are weighted by the credit points. Formula/examples available here.

GPA, however, can be done in two ways depending on the uni (WAM also differs, but Melbourne has a WAM calculation, not a GPA calculation, so I'll only explain GPA differences. ), although they're not terribly different. The main two systems are a 4 point or 7 point system.

In each system, a letter grade is assigned a specific amount of points - for the 4 point system:
High distinction   4.0
Distinction   3.0
Credit   2.0
Pass   1.0
Near pass   0.7
Fail   0.3
Withdrawn fail   0.0

For a 7 point system:
HD   High Distinction   7
D   Distinction   6
C   Credit   5
P   Pass   4
F   Fail   0

These points again can differ between unis - the ones I grabbed are from Monash (4 point system) and Newcastle (7 point system)

This is once again an average, but not of your actual percentage scores - instead, of your letter scores. So for example, in my first semester, I got scores of 87, 78, 69, and 60. This gave me an >70 WAM, but a GPA of 2.5 - so, the WAM suggested a disctinction student, but the GPA said I was a credit student. To actually find out your GPA, you'd have to calculate it yourself by using the method above.

[tashhhaaa]

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thank you, very informative post I'll try to calculate mine

[Rod]

thank you, very informative post I'll try to calculate mine

If you want you can PM me and I can calculate yours or show you how to calculate it simply. I'm bored as lol.

[Redoxify]

I resat 2  msts last week and marks for my grades were released a couple days ago, Is my final grade weighted with my original mst mark or this mark is with the new resit mst mark, I have yet to get an email with my result.

[tashhhaaa]

If you want you can PM me and I can calculate yours or show you how to calculate it simply. I'm bored as lol.

Thank you for your offer but my grades are so shit it's disgraceful for AN standards

[Rod]

Thank you for your offer but my grades are so shit it's disgraceful for AN standards

Nah no worries. If you want me to explain the calculations simply without looking at your results feel free. But all good.

And I'm sure you're being hard on yourself. It's key that you never compare your results with other people and never judge your intelligence by comparing with others. I've seen your posts on questions threads and you are smart. Just give it your all for the rest of your degree and hope for the best. I'm sure you'll get where you want with the right amount of effort and a good attitude.

[natdogg]

Hi peeps, can I do 2 breadths in my second sem first year commerce?
As in can I do an extra breadth instead of an elective?
THanks

[RKTR]

Hi peeps, can I do 2 breadths in my second sem first year commerce?
As in can I do an extra breadth instead of an elective?
THanks

Yes

[natdogg]

Yes

Does that mean I have to do one less breadth some other time in my degree, or can I still do 1 breadth per semester every semester for the rest of the undergrad?

[Shadowxo]

Does that mean I have to do one less breadth some other time in my degree, or can I still do 1 breadth per semester every semester for the rest of the undergrad?

From what I know you can do 4-6 breadths over the course of your degree, so in order to do 2 breadths in one semester you'd have to have at least one semester with none