Monash Law Question

[TonyEcon]

Firstly, I got 98.55, with international studies/national politics above 40 (for an extra aggregate bonus of two). Is it likely I will get into Monash Law/Arts or Monash Commerce/Law?

Secondly, how difficult is the course? How many hours of work is required per week, I was told 48 hours per week by a law student which seems unreasonable and impossible.

[lynt.br]

isn't that already past the clearly in for those courses?

Law is not as difficult as people make it out to be imo, but ultimately it depends on your aptitude for the subject. Arts/Law and Commerce/Law are both probably at the lower end of the workload scale for law double degrees but it depends on what subjects you take. If you are doing languages,or sciency arts subjects like psych or geography then the workload is much higher because these subjects have ongoing assessment (i..e quizzes and tests pretty much every week). Most arts/law and com/law students however only have about 10-15 contact hours a week.

Law is actually not that intense compared to a lot of other degrees because it doesn't have on-going assessment so you can work at your own pace until the end of semester exam. You might have an optional mid-sem test or an assignment or something (the first year subjects have a lot more compulsory assignments and tests but after this it's pretty much 1 optional assessment per subject) and other than that nothing except the exam and maybe a tutorial participation mark. Personally I find subjects where I have to keep up and do all the reading because there'll be multiple tests or assessments every damn week far more stressful and intense.

Also 48 hours per week for law is bs. There is absolutely no way you need to spend an average of almost 7 hours a day... The way i study law is basically transcribe lectures while at uni, read over my notes heaps of times and just mentally organise it into something logical. Throughout the week I might do some light reading of some textbooks (or more commonly summary books) to get more of an idea  and structure. I haven't bothered reading an actual case since first year because effort/value ratio is not worth it. On weekends I sit down with all my notes and books and just make some notes/templates for the parts of the course covered that week. If I can be bothered I then test how efficient my templates are on the tute problems (which are usually optional). that's pretty much it... it's very low intensity because a lot of the work is just mentally organising everything..

I should add if the law subject has a compulsory policy question as part of the exam (which is basically an essay) you will have to do more reading but it's honestly not that bad... I've only had one subject like this anyway.

[TonyEcon]

Thanks for the comprehensive response, greatly appreciated. I would still like as much input as I can get from others, just to make sure it's the right choice.