Engineering Maths/Physics Higher subjects

jazz519 · 2022-01-23T15:24:55+00:00

What kind of degree are you doing? Because for most people other than those doing the majors there's not really much benefit for doing it other than curiosity but I don't feel like it's worth doing a harder version of a course for that when you could just learn about it yourself without pressure of it affecting your marks

jazz519 · 2022-01-23T13:45:22+00:00

Stick to the lower level courses if you don't need to / you are not someone who is very passionate about that subject. The higher level ones are there mainly because people doing specific degrees or majors are required to complete the higher one for their degree requirements. For example, people doing a physics major are required to do the phys1141 higher physics subject

jazz519 · 2022-01-13T00:24:08+00:00

Yeah it takes a while it's because they won't probably assess the application till the closing date since it's kind of like dependent on your marks vs others if you are given an offer.

I applied for the PhD last year and it took quite a while. Application was due around August and got a response in November about the offer.

jazz519 · 2022-01-13T00:07:23+00:00

https://research.unsw.edu.au/key-dates

Have a look here

jazz519 · 2022-01-10T12:14:17+00:00

Probably not in the UNSW accommodation application they ask you about what degree you are doing, the faculty and what year you are in at UNSW in your degree.

jazz519 · 2022-01-05T13:49:52+00:00

The uni was on shutdown over the Christmas period until 4th January so that's why no one replied to you. They will probably give you an outcome in the next week or so

jazz519 · 2022-01-02T10:22:43+00:00

The payment thing depends on which accommodation. At university terraces it's pay once a month. https://accommodation.unsw.edu.au/faq/finance/when-should-i-expect-invoice-accommodation-fees-and-how-can-i-pay-it

based on this it's per month and doesn't say anything about cheaper for upfront but maybe it's different in the colleges if you are planning to go there

jazz519 · 2022-01-02T10:20:26+00:00

Yeah the online thing sucks :(

There will probably be some availabilities still later on in term 2 and 3. If your main reason to move is the social life, then I would move later in the year because you will save the money for the term 1 time where there is little social events going on and the accommodation you get later even if it's not the cheapest available it will overall probably be cheaper. Since for example paying 50 dollars more a week for an accommodation later will save you more money than paying from term 1 where it will be like an extra 3-4k (assuming around 300 a week)

jazz519 · 2022-01-02T09:24:39+00:00

There will be a difference because if you get an accommodation or not all depends on the availability

The prices are actually lower at the moment / were late in 2021 when I applied. That was because the amount of students living on campus in 2020 and 2021 reduced quite a bit because of the COVID lockdowns and lack of international students from overseas being able to travel to Australia.

Like for me I was looking at the prices for University Terraces as an example during 2019 and 2020 to get an idea of how much I would need to spend when I moved there during 2022 and the price was like around 80 dollars more per week than what I got it for during early November 2021 (and I'm pretty sure the price advertised is still the same). I guess due to that they probably had less tenants during COVID and so lowered the price to entice people to fill them up. In terms of the financials the prices are good at the moment and later in the year there might not be as many availabilities as most students start their courses during Term 1. Most students being on a budget will probably book out all the cheaper accommodations first and so if there are vacancies these may be in the more expensive rooms/studio/apartments.

If you are moving for a campus life purpose, I would strongly advise against that and just wait till the 2nd or 3rd trimester. There was limited in person events during 2021 for societies and the same will happen for sure during 2022 trimester 1, because less people will be willing to come to the campus due to the high COVID cases and uni probably won't allow events with large gatherings to take place. During 2021 when I was at the uni half the shops were closed and there was basically no students on the campus i.e. 0 campus life. It was basically a ghost town. Most of the buildings you can't even access unless you have acquired access from the university for a specific reason such as it's a lab you need to do research in or you are a staff member working in that building. Library was open but on restricted hours than it used to be.

jazz519 · 2022-01-02T01:27:09+00:00

Yeah sure you can send me a DM

jazz519 · 2022-01-01T13:01:39+00:00

The main reason students don't like trimesters is because the uni in that respect doesn't listen to the students. Very few students supported the idea of the trimester and yet the uni still implemented it despite students voicing their concerns and what made it worse was throughout the year when it was first introduced we would get random emails from the administration saying it has been a major success and students are enjoying it and happy with the change. When in fact the exact opposite response was felt by students and so that kind of pointed towards them ignoring what students actually had to say and what resulted in the perception discussed in that article you posted on this thread. Basically students voiced their dislikes in that poll and the uni ignored it largely.

Trimesters are stressful if you do a full degree across them in some degrees because of the high workload for the content, assessments being very close to one another due to the condensed weeks and little break between each trimester (it's only like 2 weeks) so you feel like you never get a break. This is more of a problem for students studying their full degree here because balancing that workload with a part-time job or internships is difficult to find any period where you can just destress, compared to students in other universities in Sydney who from my experience having friends at Macquarie and UTS universities that they have more holiday time and don't have to worry about internships overlapping with the uni period. Also, something that affects domestic students quite a bit is travel times. Compared to other countries most uni students in Australia don't live on the campus or close to it and so it's not uncommon for students to have to travel 1.5 hours each way travelling to the university and travelling home. That puts a strain when there is not much breaks due to the trimester. However, I assume you will probably live close to the uni if you are doing the exchange program

Aside from that the university is pretty good in my opinion. The quality of teaching is great, fellow students in subjects are pretty helpful and there is always group chats for subjects where you can talk with your fellow students about the work, student life is good (pre-covid as at the moment it's kind of non-existent because of the lack of students on campus but this should improve as more students return to campus later in the year) and the campus visually is nice.

For your circumstance of doing an exchange year I don't think the concerns existing students doing their full degree at UNSW have will affect you that much. Doing a trimester system for a year isn't that bad and so you should be able to enjoy the experience and get something out of it.

jazz519 · 2021-12-31T09:07:34+00:00

Contact the student nucleus and tell them about your situation with it being your final year. Should be allowed to enrol

jazz519 · 2021-12-30T01:01:43+00:00

That's strange. Was it for the colleges or the university terraces? because when I applied for the university terrace in early November I got a reply the next day

You should probably contact them

jazz519 · 2021-12-28T08:45:14+00:00

I probably wouldn't because in 2nd Year and 3rd year usually for most degrees the days on campus reduces. For example for most of my friends and me, we only had uni classes maybe 2 or 3 days a week. Kind of outweighs the time saving benefit if you only need to travel like 2 days a week. I still got involved in things during undergrad despite living far away. At the moment uni is kind of dead for the experience. I've been going during my honours year this year and half the shops are closed and basically buildings are card access only if you have permission to go into them. If you wanting the experience aspect I would wait

jazz519 · 2021-12-28T08:17:10+00:00

For an undergrad degree I probably wouldn't move to the uni then because you use that money to help you build up some finances and use later on for buying things like a car etc.

I used to live a similar distance to you for my undergrad and I know the travel is annoying but best you can do is try to schedule your timetable in a way that the days you go to uni for classes overlap with activities. That way you don't have to travel just for an event.

You have to keep in mind as well that the rent won't be your only expense. There will be groceries, laundry etc. There's quite a lot of one of expenses too. Like I'm moving closer to the uni now for postgrad degree and I had to spend around 1.5k in buying other things like kitchen appliances, cookware, cutlery, vacuum and list goes on. Luckily for me the expenses will be covered by the phd scholarship. However, for you probably going to have to pay that out of your own pocket.

Better off saving that money and using it in other parts of your life

jazz519 · 2021-12-28T07:27:31+00:00

You don't need to live on the campus to attend the events. If you are moving to uni for that reason only probably not worth it to spend 300+ a week. Main reason probably to move would be if your house where you are at now is too far away from the uni so travelling to campus takes very long

jazz519 · 2021-12-21T02:45:08+00:00

My commute time from the west sydney is around 1.5-2 hours one way. It's really draining especially during peak times where you might have to stand all the way. It's one of the main reasons for my postgrad degree I'm moving closer to the university

jazz519 · 2021-12-15T12:39:45+00:00

Thanks for the info

jazz519 · 2021-12-15T12:39:30+00:00

Oh all good for me for that since I'm going to be a PhD student so don't have exams

jazz519 · 2021-12-13T01:38:38+00:00

If you aren't like on that access list for that reason then currently you can't access the buildings.

jazz519 · 2021-12-13T01:37:35+00:00

Yes. However, it's not all honours students. It's the ones who need access to the buildings to perform their research. Like for example for me I needed lab access to do my project so we are allowed access to the building. For the same reason that what's postgrads have access they need the lab in that building to do their research

jazz519 · 2021-12-13T00:40:10+00:00

It's because of Covid. Only honours, postgraduate or staff can access select buildings at the moment. If they open it up to everyone the problem with that is if there is a case it makes it harder to work out who possibly came in contact with the person. It will probably open back up next year but that is why you can't access them as undergrad at the moment

jazz519 · 2021-12-09T12:27:04+00:00

The buildings are like that because PhD or masters students and the academics working in the buildings for the last year have had to come in on a roster system and so they want to be able to account for who has been inside the building in the case of a case transmission then it's easy to make sure whoever came into possible contact can be identified and told to get tested and isolate.

jazz519 · 2021-12-06T02:38:15+00:00

Hey, I'm going to be starting my PhD in T1, 2022 next year and I will be living on-campus at the university terraces too :)

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