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To potential high achievers
« on: May 05, 2010, 02:37:38 am »
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I enrolled in BSc/BEng in Monash because of career opportunities and Monash Engineering offered a scholarship. I've wasted a year and a half, and now I have finally realised that I'm just a simple scientist, and was going to do just a straight science degree until money got in the way. I am now completely ditching Engineering in a fairly unorthodox way.

Don't do what I did. Many of us are attracted by ludicrous scholarships that scream prestige and oversized pocket money. But don't let that change your mind about what you want. Everyone is capable of doing well and getting noticed in their field. If you do what you love, you'll never have to work a single day in your life.

Just a friendly reminder.
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 10:28:42 am »
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Quote from: Mao on May 05, 2010, 02:37:38 am
If you do what you love, you'll never have to work a single day in your life.

Awesome motivator. :)
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 08:33:01 pm »
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How much money were you getting?
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 09:27:06 pm »
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$6K/year
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2010, 09:10:57 pm »
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So you didn't like Engineering? Or did you just want to focus on Science?
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 09:52:01 pm »
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I guess this is like me

Im going to drop science at the end of the semester, because its incredibly boring.

But Im not getting paid 6k/ year

And Im not dropping engineering, just science.

And Im not a potential high achiever.

So I guess this has nothing to do with me at all
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 09:56:36 pm »
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i was planning to drop science too because of the compulsory minor subjects which forced me to pick physics (which is so boring and utterly useless for me). But i decided my love for maths was too strong, so im gonna continue science.

over9000 is also dropping science next sem coz of the shitty physics minor sequence.
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 09:58:29 pm »
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Monash has such a shit physics faculty
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Re: To potential high achievers
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 10:28:42 pm »
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Hence the reason why I don't want to go to Monash.
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 10:31:03 pm »
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I was planning to do actuarial for a while, even studied quite a bit for it in year 12. What a load of rubbish. Materialism.
Glad I did science.

I can't wait for theoretical physics... so I can get away from the labs.
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 10:37:05 pm »
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Lab is fun :)
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 10:41:16 pm »
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 10:45:27 pm »
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I've done labs at Monash (17 or so, 5 of 4 hours?), but I don't think they were the same as what you guys do :P
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2010, 10:57:11 pm »
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Quote from: crappy on May 06, 2010, 09:58:29 pm
Monash has such a shit physics faculty

I blame the Melbourne Model.
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« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2010, 10:58:42 pm »
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Quote from: Noblesse on May 06, 2010, 10:57:11 pm
Quote from: crappy on May 06, 2010, 09:58:29 pm
Monash has such a shit physics faculty

I blame the Melbourne Model.
BAHAHAHAHAHAH
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