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humph:

--- Quote from: lishan515 on February 14, 2008, 05:02:25 pm ---Hi I am thinking possibly of going to ANU next year
at the moment I am thinking, arts, PhB (Hons) -arts, or arts/law

What does the PhB (hons) arts actually involve? How many students are usually chosen for the program? Is it primarily directed at people who wish to become academics? What is arts at anu like?
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PhB arts means that you do normal arts courses, but also Advanced Studies Courses = research project thingies. plus you have to get an HD average. students are chosen primarily on academic merit - you usually need over 99 to get in, or to have achieved highly in some important competition or course or something. and yes, it's primarily directed at people who want to be academics, though of course it's useful otherwise as well - it's a very prestigious degree. and arts at ANU is pretty good. my sister does anthropology here, and my neighbour does PhB arts majoring in history and european studies. seems to be pretty decent.


--- Quote from: lishan515 on February 14, 2008, 05:02:25 pm ---How are the general facilities of the university?
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erm... good, i guess. don't really know what facilities you're asking about, but in general ANU is pretty well set out for most things. it is the top university in australia, after all...


--- Quote from: lishan515 on February 14, 2008, 05:02:25 pm ---In terms of colleges which ones are the better ones and for what reasons? Are there any that you would completely avoid?
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depends if you go to a catered or a self-catered college. for catered, i'd recommend bruce (where i go) or burgmann (where erin's going). the latter has a rep for being full of north shore snobs doing arts/law, but it's a good college. bruce is pretty awesome in my opinion. the other catered colleges are ursula hall and johns. johns is full of jocks, so i wouldn't recommend going there. ursies has the rep for being nerdy/a little weird. it's a lot quieter than other colleges.

for self-catered, there's b&g and unilodge. b&g is a real college, whereas unilodge is almost like a hotel. hard to describe. anyway, i'd much recommend b&g over unilodge. bear in mind that self-catered colleges are much less social/harder places to make friends than catered colleges.



--- Quote from: lishan515 on February 14, 2008, 05:02:25 pm ---I know ANU has a brilliant reputation, so I am sure its programs are fantastic, however I need to convince myself that I actually want to go there. I am therefore open to persuasion.

Thankyou


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Eriny:

--- Quote from: humphdogg on February 15, 2008, 01:29:22 pm ---depends if you go to a catered or a self-catered college. for catered, i'd recommend bruce (where i go) or burgmann (where erin's going). the latter has a rep for being full of north shore snobs doing arts/law, but it's a good college. bruce is pretty awesome in my opinion. the other catered colleges are ursula hall and johns. johns is full of jocks, so i wouldn't recommend going there. ursies has the rep for being nerdy/a little weird. it's a lot quieter than other colleges.

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Hehe, almost everyone I've met (apart from postgrads) are either doing something arts related or law related (or both), there are a few in commercey people too, but not many. But yeah, there are a heap of people from Sydney (especially North Shore) although I've met a fair few Melbournians as well.

Eriny:
Do you mean for courses or colleges?

Eriny:
It's easier to get into courses at ANU than at Melbourne, for example. The degrees are probably as prestigious as each other (maybe ANU is a little more prestigious?) but the entrance requirements are dramatically lower. For example, law (or combined law) requires a 95 ENTER.

Eriny:
Oh yeah, it is. But life changes when you go to uni anyway. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed and tired ATM, although I'm sure once I get a routine happening, I'll be fine.

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