Questions about ANU

[hard]

ey humph and eriny how much does it cost to live on campus in ANU? Like how much do you pay for your college etc. Also, do you need to have a really high ENTER before you can get accepted into these colleges? What's the life like there? Is there a lot of partying and all because that's my scene generally? Do you recken i could get accepeted into one of these colleges with an ENTER of over 85?

read somewhere that an average yearly cost is ~$12000/year for accommodation, pretty sure it was in one of their online booklets. no you don't, you're guaranteed accommodation in one of the colleges as a first year as long as you're offered a course at ANU, and you accept ofcourse.

12,000! wow that's a tad expensive. But i guess if you work that could ease. Amm are you sure you get accepted straight away into one of their colleges as long as you're accepted into one of their courses? i read somewhere that it's tight competition to make it into these colleges so they pick the best or something?

yeah, im 90% sure re: the accommodation price. humph or eriny might wanna confirm though.
as for getting accepted, you do get accepted as a first year, for sure. they have a first year guarantee so yeah.
http://accom.anu.edu.au/UAS/977/200.html

sweet thanks

[Eriny]

Off topic:

just having a look at the dates for next yr..

it says first semester exams end on a saturday 27th june.

Damn my birthday's on Tuesday the 16th of June.

On topic:
How do you organise doing a subject from another faculty? I wanna do BA but do some Biology subjects.

It's fairly easy. You enroll as you do for all your other subjects. Although, if that doesn't work out, you just get a permission code from the faculty office (they'll even email it to you), which you use when you enroll. It's really straightforward either way. Also, the first time you enroll there's lots of people around you can ask questions to.

ey humph and eriny how much does it cost to live on campus in ANU? Like how much do you pay for your college etc. Also, do you need to have a really high ENTER before you can get accepted into these colleges? What's the life like there? Is there a lot of partying and all because that's my scene generally? Do you recken i could get accepeted into one of these colleges with an ENTER of over 85?

read somewhere that an average yearly cost is ~$12000/year for accommodation, pretty sure it was in one of their online booklets. no you don't, you're guaranteed accommodation in one of the colleges as a first year as long as you're offered a course at ANU, and you accept ofcourse.

12,000! wow that's a tad expensive. But i guess if you work that could ease. Amm are you sure you get accepted straight away into one of their colleges as long as you're accepted into one of their courses? i read somewhere that it's tight competition to make it into these colleges so they pick the best or something?

The interstate accommodation guarantee only covers you if you get a first round offer. So, as long as you are accepted into ANU in the first round, you'll be accepted in a place of residence. However, you're right in saying that at the colleges there are a small number of places available for a rather large number of students, which is why some people have to go to UniLodge or even Rex Hotel. I think acceptance at a college hasn't got that much to do with your ENTER, and is in good part luck of the draw, however they definitely read the information supplied on your application.

And yep, $12,000 is quite expensive, but that's the way it works unfortunately. You tend to save a bit more if you choose self-catered unless you decide to go out every day for meals. But then, you have to factor in the inconvenience of making your own meals. But working does ease it quite a bit, so does scholarships.

[hard]

Off topic:

just having a look at the dates for next yr..

it says first semester exams end on a saturday 27th june.

Damn my birthday's on Tuesday the 16th of June.

On topic:
How do you organise doing a subject from another faculty? I wanna do BA but do some Biology subjects.

It's fairly easy. You enroll as you do for all your other subjects. Although, if that doesn't work out, you just get a permission code from the faculty office (they'll even email it to you), which you use when you enroll. It's really straightforward either way. Also, the first time you enroll there's lots of people around you can ask questions to.

ey humph and eriny how much does it cost to live on campus in ANU? Like how much do you pay for your college etc. Also, do you need to have a really high ENTER before you can get accepted into these colleges? What's the life like there? Is there a lot of partying and all because that's my scene generally? Do you recken i could get accepeted into one of these colleges with an ENTER of over 85?

read somewhere that an average yearly cost is ~$12000/year for accommodation, pretty sure it was in one of their online booklets. no you don't, you're guaranteed accommodation in one of the colleges as a first year as long as you're offered a course at ANU, and you accept ofcourse.

12,000! wow that's a tad expensive. But i guess if you work that could ease. Amm are you sure you get accepted straight away into one of their colleges as long as you're accepted into one of their courses? i read somewhere that it's tight competition to make it into these colleges so they pick the best or something?

The interstate accommodation guarantee only covers you if you get a first round offer. So, as long as you are accepted into ANU in the first round, you'll be accepted in a place of residence. However, you're right in saying that at the colleges there are a small number of places available for a rather large number of students, which is why some people have to go to UniLodge or even Rex Hotel. I think acceptance at a college hasn't got that much to do with your ENTER, and is in good part luck of the draw, however they definitely read the information supplied on your application.

And yep, $12,000 is quite expensive, but that's the way it works unfortunately. You tend to save a bit more if you choose self-catered unless you decide to go out every day for meals. But then, you have to factor in the inconvenience of making your own meals. But working does ease it quite a bit, so does scholarships.

thanks for that eriny!

[vce01]

okay, more questions

1) humph/eriny or both, do you guys remember what your first day at ANU was like? if you do, was it easy to just mix in with people and stuff?

2) do you come back to melbourne at any time other than the summer holidays? can you stay at ANU during other breaks if you want to?

thank yo

[humph]

okay, more questions

1) humph/eriny or both, do you guys remember what your first day at ANU was like? if you do, was it easy to just mix in with people and stuff?

Can't remember much of O-week in my first year, oddly enough (and I was sober most of the time too! Well, more sober than I was for O-week in second year...). None of the first years at college really know each other on the first day so there's lots of meeting new people, trying to remember everyone's names, working out where everyone's from, working out who has similar interests to you, is doing the same course as you, if you have any mutual friends etc (e.g. the sister of one of my friends from college went out with my cousin. Bizarre). The later years at college try to help the first years mingle a lot and have events that encourage socialising and so on.
Obviously a lot of people are really shy at first (and who could blame them, most have moved a fair way away from home and don't know anyone) but the colleges try to make it easier for you to move out of your comfort zone and meet new people.
It's surprising, but after three or four weeks or so, all of a sudden you realise you have these really good friends.

2) do you come back to melbourne at any time other than the summer holidays? can you stay at ANU during other breaks if you want to?

thank yo

At most colleges, the room contract is for 40 weeks; pretty much from Feb 15 to Nov 24 or so. Or something like that. Anyway, you can definitely stay at ANU during the other breaks. The spring and autumn breaks are usually two weeks and plenty of people stay during this time. The winter break is 4-5 weeks or so and you'll find that it can get extremely empty at college during these holidays - this is normally when everyone goes home for a week or two.

I've been known to just fly down for a weekend in the middle of term in order to catch up with family and friends. If you organise your timetable right you might even have a couple of days off uni every week, which makes it easier to go home for a long weekend or something.

[vce01]

cool everything sounds pretty good so far..more questions but lol

3) so i want to do commerce/law, ive heard they have some sort of bell curve method of marking...what's that? apparently it's real hard to get high marks in law compared to any other uni -_- is this just for law or is it the same for any other course at ANU? Do other universities recognize this when considering transfers? Also, more importantly, any idea if employers recognize it as well?

4) think ive asked this before but im finallyy getting around to my accommodation application and i really like bruce...did you make up anything at all in your application (in terms of achievements), humph? and were you made to prove anything (like certificates etc) before you got an offer or maybe even after..?

thanks again

[bubble sunglasses]

 you only just applying vce01? I was thinking ANU wouldn't be a bad idea, but sorta haven't got round to applying [I've also got the option of staying here in England.]

[humph]

cool everything sounds pretty good so far..more questions but lol

3) so i want to do commerce/law, ive heard they have some sort of bell curve method of marking...what's that? apparently it's real hard to get high marks in law compared to any other uni -_- is this just for law or is it the same for any other course at ANU? Do other universities recognize this when considering transfers? Also, more importantly, any idea if employers recognize it as well?

It's just law that is scaled ridiculously. I have no idea if employers would recognise this; I'm sure employers in Canberra (like DFAT etc) would but no idea elsewhere. And I'm not certain if other universities would recognise the difficulty either but as you'd be transferring from a Go8 university, as long as you haven't failed anything then you'd be fine.

4) think ive asked this before but im finallyy getting around to my accommodation application and i really like bruce...did you make up anything at all in your application (in terms of achievements), humph? and were you made to prove anything (like certificates etc) before you got an offer or maybe even after..?

thanks again

All of the crap on my application was true (I even put down stuff like "captain of the 5th XI at school", lolz). Don't think they checked any of it (too many applications to do  so). But I'd keep it believable; if you say you're awesome at a particular sport, then they'll expect you to be in the team for that sport at college...

 you only just applying vce01? I was thinking ANU wouldn't be a bad idea, but sorta haven't got round to applying [I've also got the option of staying here in England.]

Apply!

[hard]

 you only just applying vce01? I was thinking ANU wouldn't be a bad idea, but sorta haven't got round to applying [I've also got the option of staying here in England.]

do you go uni in England or are you just visiting?

[Eriny]

My first day was strange. There was a BBQ and trivia. Everyone asked each other the name/where are you from/degree questions. Everyone was extremely friendly. I didn't know where the floor laundry was. It gradually gets more 'real', if that makes any sense.

[hard]

My first day was strange. There was a BBQ and trivia. Everyone asked each other the name/where are you from/degree questions. Everyone was extremely friendly. I didn't know where the floor laundry was. It gradually gets more 'real', if that makes any sense.

yerp i know what you mean by 'real'.

[vce01]

 you only just applying vce01? I was thinking ANU wouldn't be a bad idea, but sorta haven't got round to applying [I've also got the option of staying here in England.]

for accommodation yeah. wouldn't hurt to apply for anu anyway though i guess


aand, eriny/hard, what do you mean by 'real'?

[hard]

 you only just applying vce01? I was thinking ANU wouldn't be a bad idea, but sorta haven't got round to applying [I've also got the option of staying here in England.]

for accommodation yeah. wouldn't hurt to apply for anu anyway though i guess


aand, eriny/hard, what do you mean by 'real'?

well my definition may differ from that of eriny's but if i'm interpreting her post correctly, then i've surely experienced the same thing. i've been to a boarding school before and it was very awkward. At the start you begin to interact with everyone, getting to know where everything is and people seem so friendly and all but as time passes you begin to get back to reality were people will show the bona fide selves and it'll be another normal day to which you know the place as if it's your own.

[applekid]

How hard is it to maintain a D average in Law at ANU?

[humph]

How hard is it to maintain a D average in Law at ANU?

Very difficult. But not impossible. But you'll be doing a LOT of work in order to do so.

In order to put it in perspective, the only student to get a university medal in law this year (and hence the top law student graduating this year) didn't even get an HD average (I think he averaged 78-79 or so).

Why would you need to average a D, anyway? Even people on full scholarships at ANU only need to keep up a 65 average or something if they're doing law.