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hums_student:

--- Quote from: hel256 on January 16, 2021, 10:59:08 pm ---Thanks, hums_student!
Have you enjoyed your major and do you feel prepared to leave uni after this year? I've heard good things about many of the commerce clubs, are there any in particular you have personal experience with and would recommend?  :)
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Yes absolutely - I wasn't too sure about majoring in econ back in first year and considered doing it as a minor/breadth track, but I'm glad I committed to majoring in it in the end. In terms of feeling prepared to leave uni... I guess you can never feel 100% prepared, but I certainly have a much clearer direction in terms of careers than I did before. Keep in mind that, unless you want to go into academia, the biggest part of being 'prepared' would come from internships/leadership/clubs etc, not actual coursework.

There are way too many commerce clubs haha - the two big ones are FMAA (Financial Management Association of Australia) and MMI (Melbourne Microfinance Initiative). There are major specific clubs such as ESSA (economics), FSA (finance), ASA (accounting), SAMM (marketing/management), and project-based clubs like Enactus, BusinessOne, etc.


--- Quote from: hel256 on January 16, 2021, 10:59:08 pm ---I considered taking Chinese using my breadths, but for this first year I've selected to take the mathematics pathway through BCom and, in order to prep myself for software engineering after my degree, I've chosen to fill my breadth subjects with accelerated maths and COMP10001 (From reading the subject reviews for the former, I think I might be in for a rough year...)
Hopefully at some point I will get enough time to include some Chinese subjects in my course!
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Yeah the general consensus is that AM1/2 is no easy cruise but you seem to already have a strong background in maths. The mathematics pathway is very highly regarded in BCom by the way, I'm sure you will find it very rewarding. :)

hel256:

--- Quote from: hums_student on January 17, 2021, 11:13:45 am ---Yes absolutely - I wasn't too sure about majoring in econ back in first year and considered doing it as a minor/breadth track, but I'm glad I committed to majoring in it in the end. In terms of feeling prepared to leave uni... I guess you can never feel 100% prepared, but I certainly have a much clearer direction in terms of careers than I did before. Keep in mind that, unless you want to go into academia, the biggest part of being 'prepared' would come from internships/leadership/clubs etc, not actual coursework.

There are way too many commerce clubs haha - the two big ones are FMAA (Financial Management Association of Australia) and MMI (Melbourne Microfinance Initiative). There are major specific clubs such as ESSA (economics), FSA (finance), ASA (accounting), SAMM (marketing/management), and project-based clubs like Enactus, BusinessOne, etc.

Yeah the general consensus is that AM1/2 is no easy cruise but you seem to already have a strong background in maths. The mathematics pathway is very highly regarded in BCom by the way, I'm sure you will find it very rewarding. :)

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Thanks for the advice and encouragement! As I said before I'm both excited and apprehensive about starting uni but the welcome I've received from veterans like yourself is really comforting :)

hel256:
~A Pre-O Week Update~
So timetables have come out for this semester and after some minor adjustments (including managing to snag the last place in an onsite tute at a great time) I'm pretty pleased with how mine turned out!

My subjects:
ACCT10001: Accounting Reports and Analysis
ECON10004: Introductory Microeconomics
FNCE10002: Principles of Finance
MAST10008: Accelerated Maths 1

My Timetable
All of my classes on Tuesday are online, which is a nice break :)
At the moment I've put myself in the actuarial stream of my degree, under the advice of some family members. The reasoning is that if I like it, I can continue with the actuarial major, or I can switch to another major if I decide it's not right for me (since the actuarial major requires the greatest number of prereqs).
After hearing warnings from other uni students who had completed the accelerated maths stream, I was considering doign Calc 2 and Lin Alg to satisfy the maths component of my degree, but after speaking with a lovely lady from Stop 1, who advised me that the AM stream is recommended for actuarial majors, I've decided to give it a shot!

In other news, I've started applying for a bunch of things like part time jobs, volunteering and societies. I was lucky enough to be offered a position as a VCE tutor, which is really exciting but also slightly nerve-wracking, as I worry whether I'll be able to provide a good experience for my students. I was also offered a position as a volunteer tutor, which I had applied for ages ago and didn't think I had gotten. I would like to do that in addition to my paid position, but I'm not sure I'll have the time, given that I also want to join some uni clubs and maintain a decent WAM.
My friend also helped me get an interview for her old workplace, but now that I've gotten a tutoring role, I'll probably have to decline the former. I hate turning down these opportunities, because it just seems like such a waste, but I know that realistically juggling everything I want to do isn't humanly possible  :(

This post is actually longer than I initially planned for it to be - I guess I had more to talk about than I thought!
I'll probably post another update soon-ish, say by the end of the first week of classes. Catch you soon!

ashmi:
Hey Hel!🥰

Your subjects and timetable look amazing! What subject are you looking forward to the most when uni starts?
In regards to the AM stream, you never know until you try :D. I'm glad to hear that you are giving it a go and who knows, maybe you will find it alright and really like it!

Congrats on the new tutor roles you have gotten too! That is so EXCITING and I'm looking forward to hearing more about it in your future updates. Have you ever had experience in tutoring/teaching before?

Thank you for the amazing update Hel and enjoy O-Week!💕

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