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UoM - Inferrior in engineering?

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costargh:

--- Quote from: Ken on August 28, 2008, 05:30:36 pm ---doesnt matter which uni u go to, u still learn the same thing and end up in the same position

--- End quote ---

Worse advice someone has ever given on VN.

Ken:
then why do uni's offer the same course?

costargh:
They aren't the same course. They have the same course name. The subjects which comprise each course differ. What you learn at one Uni may be quite differnt from another Uni. The teaching standards would almost certainly be differnt depending on which Uni you went. Employers care about what Uni you went to and what marks you got in your course, otherwise people wouldnt give a shit which Uni they went to.

/end rant
back to thread

Ken:
i've got a cousin that goes to melb uni and is currently doing 1st year engineering. I asked him about it being too theory based or not and he said that this year's course has changed and so he can't really tell from being a first year student.

Collin Li:
I'm a 2nd year student and I don't think it's "too theory based." In reality, what you do in university, regardless of how "practical" it is, isn't likely to be what you'll actually be using in your future career. Technology advances so fast. It's much better to have theory (the ideas behind fishing) than merely knowing how to use the current technology (how to use the fishing rod), for in an ever-upgrading world, who knows what they'll be using tomorrow?

Nothing is more practical than most good theories ;). That's my opinion anyway.

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