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Any ANU 2014 hopefuls here?
Lasercookie:
--- Quote from: Kafka on May 22, 2013, 06:22:00 pm ---This forum seems to be the only place with active ANU students! Do you have any tips on making friends for an introvert? :P
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Stay at one of ANU's residential halls, I found it made it virtually effortless to make friends just because there's so many people around (rent is fairly reasonable too, at a couple of the halls anyway...). Or even just in class, talk to people before/after lectures etc. I've found the vast majority of people to be pretty friendly here. I guess there's all the clubs and stuff too. Sport is probably a convenient way to make friends too, if that's your thing.
--- Quote ---Yeah, the flexible double degrees are being introduced next year. I was SO happy to hear this, because I thought I'd have to go to USyd after all to do linguistics/comp sci! :D I'm a bit sad though the PhB (Arts)/CompSci isn't an option. Oh well, can't have everything :)
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If I'm not mistaken the 'R&D' degrees are the engineering/computer science equivalent of the PhB degrees for arts and science. Looks like you can combine Advanced Computing (R&D) (Hons) and regular Arts looking at the flexible degrees page, so I guess whilst it's not linguisitics it's something.
--- Quote from: siddhartharora on May 22, 2013, 07:57:33 pm ---1. Prerequisites. Here in Vic, if you want to do Commerce, need Methods, haven't done it, not wanting to do a bridging course or transfers between degrees. ANU has a reasonable ATAR requirement, with 'assumed knowledge'.
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I'm not sure. You probably should treat assumed knowledge as assumed knowledge. I'd be inclined to say that lecturers will just probably carry on their merry way assuming you have the assumed knowledge. It's only a convenience that it's not made a strict prerequisite. You'll want to check if the stuff you need to know is stuff you can learn on the spot.
I can really only speak for first year maths/physics, so it's probably best to ask someone that's done commerce or maybe email some of the ANU lecturers (if you look up the course handbook thing on the ANU site, look for the first year commerce subjects and it usually lists the academic contacts for that subject) and ask if they think you'll cope without that knowledge.
--- Quote from: siddhartharora on May 22, 2013, 07:57:33 pm ---What's the atmosphere like at the ANU Campus?
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There's ducks, lots of green areas and trees.
mishamigo:
--- Quote from: Kafka on May 22, 2013, 07:31:43 pm ---Super excited to hear that another person is considering ANU! Join me there next year! :D You're lucky that you have family in Canberra. Will you be living with them, or on campus?
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With them, for first year at least. After that, I'll consider my options- rent, share house, on campus etc.
abcdqd:
only if i get the tuckwell scholarship! i don't think even the national scholarship (12.5k/year) is enough to warrant going there, since my course (actuarial studies) can also be done at unimelb. does anyone know how much it costs to live in the residential halls?
abcdqdxD:
--- Quote from: abcdqd on May 23, 2013, 10:06:34 pm ---only if i get the tuckwell scholarship! i don't think even the national scholarship (12.5k/year) is enough to warrant going there, since my course (actuarial studies) can also be done at unimelb. does anyone know how much it costs to live in the residential halls?
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Is ANU acturial that good? So good that it warrants a move interstate? Anyway you should get the tuckwell scholarship :)
Lasercookie:
--- Quote from: abcdqd on May 23, 2013, 10:06:34 pm ---only if i get the tuckwell scholarship! i don't think even the national scholarship (12.5k/year) is enough to warrant going there, since my course (actuarial studies) can also be done at unimelb. does anyone know how much it costs to live in the residential halls?
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http://accom.anu.edu.au/UAS/3085/version/1/part/4/data/ANUHallsCollegeLodgeFeeSummary2013-updated%202013.pdf?branch=main&language=default. All the info on the ANU site should update to 2014 stuff once mid-year applications are done with.
Fenner and B&G are the cheapest, $180 per week.
I will say if you're even thinking about ANU it doesn't hurt to apply. I applied to UAC in August just for the sake of it, and I really should have applied for accommodation around then too. I figured I'd never actually go to ANU or move interstate, so I never bothered with it. The accommodation application is fairly straight forward and doesn't cost anything to fill out. Definitely get around to it early just to get it out of the way and stuff.
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