OFFICIAL VCE ENTER SCORE RESULTS (Class of 2009)

[Gloamglozer]

...I really wish double degrees were still available at Melb!

I think a lot of people wish that was still the case - especially the Arts students.

[Ilovemathsmeth]

Yeah true I really wanted to do Actuarial Studies with Law, but it's at ANU and I don't want to go there...

[methodsboy]

Nope! Sounds interesing, I really wish double degrees were still available at Melb!

The core reason for why I chose Monash

[humph]

Yeah true I really wanted to do Actuarial Studies with Law, but it's at ANU and I don't want to go there...

Are you crazy?? That is pretty much the hardest double degree possible...

[jimmy999]

You can still technically do a double degree at UoM, though it is not officially one.
For example,
Study bachelor of Commerce. Pick up engineering breadth subjects. You could then emerge with a degree in Commerce, though you will have knowledge of engineering areas. Alternatively you could then move on to the masters of engineering.

This is the closest thing to doing a Commerce/Engineering degree. However if you do science at melbourne and move onto masters of engineering, you end up doing non science/engineering degress. Compare this to the monash science/eng degree in which all your subjects are science/engineering specific

[Ilovemathsmeth]

Ahh right, true. Though you can't double major with Actuarial Studies at Melb *sigh*

Haha humph, I wanted to do that because I was thinking Commerce/Law since about year 9, but then took an interest in Actuarial, and then got ambitious and decided to incorporate both lol. I probably won't get to do this at Melb. It'd take too long and I'd burn out way before then.

[NE2000]

Yeah true I really wanted to do Actuarial Studies with Law, but it's at ANU and I don't want to go there...

Are you crazy?? That is pretty much the hardest double degree possible...

You can do a seven year med/law double degree at Monash (edit: actually a triple degree lol). Not saying it would be harder but just pointing it out lol

[ninwa]

I know someone doing med/law, he found med too easy and decided to add law "just for fun"

... grr at geniuses

[vexx]

I know someone doing med/law, he found med too easy and decided to add law "just for fun"

... grr at geniuses

that's actually messsed up haha.... im so jealous of this person :|

[vexx]

Performs surgery all day, and works for a law firm at night .

this person doesn't need sleep they are a doctor in law (o_o).
statistics show that approx 91.1% of people who graduate from med/law don't require the ability to sleep anymore..

[vexx]

Are they real statistics lol??

Bit of Berocca, cola, coffee and Red Bull/V should keep you going for the rest of your life?

haha yes they are very real statistics.. lol no...

but yes, definitely can achive a constant state of no-sleep with all of the above.. (for limited time only, for death can occur)

[dejan91]

I was doing badly in English the entire year - I should have gracefully accepted this and moved on lol.

how is a 43 a bad score?

It's not a bad score - it just doesn't reflect the hours of preparation that I did, nor does it meet my personal goals. That's all.

Neither does my 39 in English.. In the weeks leading up to the exam I did an essay a day, and in the last week I did 2 essays a day. I was expecting 40-45, but did I get it? No. Was I annoyed? Yes. So I understand how you feel, but seriously, just let it go.

[jimmy999]

I was doing badly in English the entire year - I should have gracefully accepted this and moved on lol.

how is a 43 a bad score?

It's not a bad score - it just doesn't reflect the hours of preparation that I did, nor does it meet my personal goals. That's all.

Neither does my 39 in English.. In the weeks leading up to the exam I did an essay a day, and in the last week I did 2 essays a day. I was expecting 40-45, but did I get it? No. Was I annoyed? Yes. So I understand how you feel, but seriously, just let it go.

In the week leading up until the exam I was doing a full practice exam a day under exam conditions. Up until the exam I was hoping to get an A on the exam, but after the exam I was certain I'd only get a B+ and so I got it. Would've been nice if I got higher but it's the best I could've done

[Ilovemathsmeth]

I was doing badly in English the entire year - I should have gracefully accepted this and moved on lol.

how is a 43 a bad score?

It's not a bad score - it just doesn't reflect the hours of preparation that I did, nor does it meet my personal goals. That's all.

Neither does my 39 in English.. In the weeks leading up to the exam I did an essay a day, and in the last week I did 2 essays a day. I was expecting 40-45, but did I get it? No. Was I annoyed? Yes. So I understand how you feel, but seriously, just let it go.

I agree. It really sucks - I wonder what more preparation would be required to get 45? I did one essay a day or even two if I was motivated.

[kyzoo]

dptjandra - "Too many essays becomes an issue closer to the exam, because your brain can get tired."

http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,21292.0.html

IMO the last few days or even the week leading up should be the most relaxing days, whilst the the period from a month to a week before the exam should be the most intense. The power of a fresh, blank mind isn't to be underestimated.