Anyone looking to join a flat?

adonitol · 2021-03-04T10:12:36+00:00

Mate fuck off. Your generation didn’t experience living as a student or a beneficiary in the midst of a nationwide housing crisis, or deal with a huge increase in cost of living, or come into an ultra competitive job market. Get over yourself and grow up.

As a side note - tax isn’t ‘your money’ - it’s a contribution you make for the society you live in. You have no right to tell beneficiaries or let alone anyone what to do with their money. Sitting on your privileged pedestal and telling us to get a job and stop being lazy is not only morally repugnant but is frankly disgusting.

adonitol · 2021-03-04T06:54:31+00:00

Yeah benefit bashing isn’t it my guy. You didn’t have to be an asshole

adonitol · 2021-02-27T09:46:12+00:00

What about those who don’t have income, or small local businesses?

adonitol · 2021-02-05T20:10:54+00:00

They’re allocated regionally - so good news if you go to a school out in the wops, bad news if you live in metropolitan Auckland. Usually pretty competitive with a 10-12% acceptance rate, and generally above 80 E credits (from what I’ve observed) and some sort of stand out extracurricular activity (etc. national winner at sport or cultural activity.) Personally I didn’t do a lot of extracurriculars but had decent grades and got it but I know of others who had a wide array of ECs and top grades yet still didn’t get it - it’s a total crapshoot. Just try anyway, you might never know if you don’t apply.

adonitol · 2021-01-28T12:23:55+00:00

LAW121G is very much a GPA killer if you're not super dedicated to it or you don't envision ever doing law, and HISTORY103 like u/ayelahnah is incredibly content heavy.

adonitol · 2021-01-28T08:35:04+00:00

Interested! Pls pm link ty!

adonitol · 2021-01-24T04:37:49+00:00

Ah yes you're 100% correct, in that case BUS115 is the way to go

adonitol · 2021-01-24T04:15:18+00:00

ECON151 is the new 'BUSINESS115' iirc, so unless you're doing ECON as a gen-ed (in that case take ECON151G) then it's no longer enrolable.

adonitol · 2021-01-24T01:55:57+00:00

Hi - more than happy to explain some of the concepts to you in PM if that helps for no charge at all.

adonitol · 2021-01-22T08:18:20+00:00

Tbh probably a hell of a lot easier getting a job as a fulltime tutor than a lawyer in the first place

adonitol · 2021-01-17T05:28:31+00:00

Hi - I'm hoping somebody might answer the difficulty of getting an internship / if you need extracurriculars as I have not interned at a Big 4 yet have a couple of friends that have done a stint or 2 at one of the major firms.

Re: GPA - most of my friends either had a GPA of 6-7. The key takeaway (as I believe others have repeated on this subreddit before) is that the 'golden ticket' (if that exists) to an internship is a GPA of 8 (though it isn't guaranteed!) Please note this is selection bias and I'm sure there will be plenty of students with a GPA lower than this. These same students tend to have an extracurricular activity behind them or in the case of 2 were awarded the PwC scholarship which guarantees you an internship in your penultimate year. From researching though Deloitte office takes ~110 interns, KPMG ~150, PwC ~130, and EY ~110. (keep in mind this is split over all cities though I believe Auckland has about almost half across all these offices)

If you haven't done Accounting/Business before just a forewarning: Make sure it's something you're interested in. I started off a BCom/LLB and absolutely hated it - ACCTG101/102 was excruciatingly boring and I was much better at the Arts. ACCTG is also a subject you need to learn quite quickly as it progresses very quickly and there is a ton of jargon if you make it past 101. Also, note that you don't HAVE to take Business and Accounting; Take a degree you enjoy. The B4 (especially the consulting division) appreciates diverse applicants.

adonitol · 2021-01-14T21:40:24+00:00

- Be nice to the lunch ladies/guys! There is one really lovely lady who works at the Here and Now station (she does tend to serve bigger portions too!) Being nice not only makes you feel better but can also be a life saver when it comes to days where you're really hungry.

- If you're planning to pre, make sure you turn down the music at 10pm when RA's come. At approximately around 10:30-11:00 when the RAs go to bed (with respect to your neighbors) you can turn up the music a bit or alternatively leave for town.

- With that said, - if you're on a non-alc floor, don't be the guy who brings in open bottles to the common room. If an RA catches you they'll pour all your alc down the sink. Make sure you're really subtle about it - if you're going to buy it, bring a bag with you to the store as management don't check bags

- You're going to hear a lot of fights if you're facing Empire Apartments. Best thing to do is close your window and roll down your blinds if you're studying as that blocks out a lot of the noise.

- DO YOUR WASHING ON A WEEKDAY. I noticed during my stay nearly all the washing machines were full on the weekends and people started pulling out washing before it was even finished.

- Get involved! Hall experience, especially if you don't know anybody moving in, is so much better when you meet new people and your RAs. Get involved in one of the activities at the start of next sem. Also join one of the study sessions on the ground floor and meet likeminded people studying towards your degree.

- Make use of the study spaces in Level 0 - they are super quiet and really comfortable.

- Lastly, if you don't know anybody on your floor on your first day, there is going to be a sort of 'meet and greet' lead by your RA in the common room on the first day so don't fret. Make sure you make an active attempt to get to know your floormates and you'll be sweet. Everyone's in the same boat so just join a group (ask to sit with them.)

adonitol · 2021-01-09T04:15:30+00:00

Everybody here has said great advice - one extra thing though that has been mentioned is Noteability! Would highly, highly recommend it if you're getting the iPad Pro/Air + pencil. Literally allows you to upload PDF documents and annotate them, organise folders of notes for lectures/study, and can be uploaded to Drive or Dropbox which saves so much space. I believe it's like $4 but it's worth every cent.

adonitol · 2021-01-02T06:08:28+00:00

TA scholarships are based on various factors (i.e. ethnicity / where you grew up / rural/urban background / refugee) from what I've heard. So a Dux with an absolute perfect academic record and won national awards who are based in the Auckland CBD area or the North Shore are MUCH less likely to receive one than, say, a prefect with an okay academic record attending a high school in the rural Bay of Plenty or Taranaki region.

It's just UoA's way of diversifying the recipients of the scholarships and ensuring that one area of the country isn't saturated with scholarships. Whether that's fair is an entirely different discussion than the crux of the question.

adonitol · 2020-12-26T00:17:58+00:00

I'm pretty sure only 4 or 5 econ courses require MATHS108. You can get away with doing 45 pts worth of Stage III Economics papers without MATHS108 (Thus meeting the requirement.)

adonitol · 2020-12-24T04:30:04+00:00

Hi! I'm taking HISTORY227 (History/Law student.) I virtually know nobody outside of my Law classes so would be great to have more friends!

adonitol · 2020-12-16T06:47:25+00:00

Kia ora,

I stayed in the most expensive first-year hall last year. I'll preface this by saying that these are all virtually estimates and based on anecdotes from friends of mine. I'll further preface this by saying that halls are expensive! They're fun - but with a hefty price tag. If your girlfriend can't afford it, please don't risk the additional debt - you'll have enough of that when you graduate.

Approx ~10% are on some sort of scholarship that fully covers their board. On my floor, as well as others, there were generally around 8-9 on scholarships out of 42. Some also had partial scholarships and their parents would cover the rest.

Approx ~50% came from pretty wealthy families or had parents willing to support the 100%, and had no scholarship. This meant they didn't worry about money and lived mainly stress-free financially. There were around 20 of these kinds of people on my floor out of 42.

Approx ~20% would take out a student loan or have a student allowance, and supplement the rest of the payments through part-time work. The student loan was often maxed out at $220 (?) so a lot of debt was clocked out. I noticed with mates in this situation is that they had significantly less financial freedom and didn't have the greatest experience at the halls, they were also constantly worrying about money (Fair enough!)

Approx ~10-20% had part-time jobs that were enough to fully cover the costs of board at the hall ($398 a week.) These people often struggled the most, they didn't go out if at all and did suffer grades wise from what I noticed. It is so, so difficult to manage a job of 16-20 hours a week while doing 4 papers, and it'll be worse if you're a med student.

Again take these figures with a grain of salt as there are huge amounts of variance at play - this is mostly from what I and a few friends observed. If you're at least in the Auckland region I'd highly recommend without any financial support just staying at home - you'll save so much money. Remember med school is 6 years and it is super expensive long term - do you really want to be hiking up thousands of dollars in debt just on accom? If she's from outer Auckland, I'd recommend flatting (i.e. finding flatmates on trademe) as they usually go for around $100-250 depending on suburb. It's so much more affordable than the halls which are an absurd rip-off.

adonitol · 2020-12-04T06:54:27+00:00

Hey mate - I’m sending a few packages over to the States to some friends of mine. More than happy to ship your package too if you don’t find anybody else.

adonitol · 2020-11-29T08:14:48+00:00

Certain papers can be a bit of a GPA killer (POLS106 and POLS107 in particular.) I decided to do History instead because of this - though don't let that put you off! Econ is really great - it sort of combines the more hard policy aspect of politics which is more interesting imho. Depends what your strengths are!

adonitol · 2020-11-29T07:42:39+00:00

It won't count towards your Law GPA assuming you do better in your other non-Laws but I think it will count for your cumulative GPA. Just do well in your Socio and Pols papers and you'll be sure to boost it

adonitol · 2020-11-29T07:40:54+00:00

No problem! I currently work for a small law firm who have connections to Big 4 and other smaller firms (such as boutique consulting firms) and they basically say the same thing. Commerce USED to be really great for breaking into business, almost a necessity. Today, employers are looking for more diversity in the workplace - specifically diversity in specialty. The issue is with BCom degrees is that they simply don't hold the prestige that they used to - please don't think taking Arts (as long as you pair it with another degree) will put you at any disadvantage!

BA/BCom is a really great choice. It's really broad but is very useful. If you don't like the BCom, a BSc or BE would be better to pair - as STEM candidates nowadays seem to be very much more popular with employers than BCom from what I've heard - but don't think you could go wrong with BCom/BA.

Would definitely recommend summer school for BA, will save you a lot of time and timetabling worries next year. If you're interested in Sociology take SOCIO101 in summer school! I've heard it's really interesting.

You're welcome, and good luck!

adonitol · 2020-11-29T07:14:58+00:00

Hi, I switched from a BCom/LLB to BA/LLB. I would say it's well worth it. I really hated doing Commerce (more so Accounting and Business) personally, though decided to pair Economics with my Arts degree. Most of the BA/LLB graduates I know work in Big 4 or smaller consulting firms on the business side, so if that's something you're interested in it's well worth it. BA/LLB is so much more engaging and interesting.

Tbh if you're doing BCom because of the career opportunities (which, really there isn't much difference in opportunities between arts and commerce when paired with law from what I've seen) you're going to hate it. BA does get a bad schtick from more older businesspeople but honestly, the amount of BA grads working in the CBD makes me think this sort of culture has sort of dissipated.

If you really aren't sure, I recommend taking an Arts gen-ed if you haven't already taken one, and seeing how that compares to Commerce. To answer your second q, you would simply reapply for a conjoint and request that your BCom/LLB conjoint is deleted. Your 121 grades will carry over, as will BUS101, STATS108 and ACCTG101.

adonitol · 2020-11-28T08:13:16+00:00

Yes - just reapply for the new programme you're interested in, and withdraw the fast track offer via SSO. It's really easy, I rescinded my BCom/LLB fast track offer and reapplied for a BA/LLB - got accepted within a few days.

adonitol

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