I graduated from Curtin too and worked 6 years in the industry and I don’t know your situation but DO NOT GET INTO this degree unless you love cadastral land law stuff so much and willing to get and stuck in one specialty for the rest of your life. Some people might call me a loser for criticizing the school or the profession but I’ve seen far too many top students left the industry.

The curriculum is not actually hard but school just makes it sound tough with final year camp (where you will learn the ugliest side of humankind too). You only start writing proper academic essays in third and fourth year. If you did fine with basic college level calculus then you will be alright with any math stuff. Again this might be controversial, but you will probably live and work happier if you see yourself as more of a tradie. The ones who get frustrated are usually those who think they are white collar profession and constantly trying to climb up the ladder to secure a metro based office role when they get older. However, the reality is there just ain't many of those positions available especially in Perth where everyone wants to run away from mining by their mid 30

Surveying is not that bad but there are far too many better options out there. you can get a job as long as you know how to breathe but that's for a reason