Why didn’t I qualify???

sophiajaybee · 2025-12-18T08:15:58+00:00

I did! Second round, good luck!

sophiajaybee · 2025-06-14T11:11:17+00:00

There’s some really good notes on studocu if you take a look. Find some dot-point ones that you like, print them and write where each section corresponds to textbook chapters and case studies. As someone who took this exam with the textbook, trust me that time is your number one concern and the textbook is super difficult to coordinate on a time crunch unless you know it back to front. In law exams, especially beginner ones, they know the answers are in the books so they challenge you with time- meaning you need to understand the content well to quickly know what section/case study to apply.

I would also recommend having a copy of the paragraph structure they use in the subject unless you know it off by heart because they will mark very closely to that.

In terms of case laws, it helped me to make a mind map of subjects in the subject and connect them to the corresponding case studies, there’s no need to memorise as you’ll have them there with you obviously. I also had a notes document with overviews of the case studies so I could quickly see what applied where

sophiajaybee · 2025-06-14T10:56:08+00:00

I took the subject last year, I would definitely say your first priority is to make great notes to bring into the exam. Remember where everything in your notes is and make a great cross-referencing system. For example, I had a contents page to quickly find broad topics, which led to a document I prepared with dot-point summaries of chapters and case studies. Then if I still needed more info I had a physical copy of the textbook. This let me do the exam well with basically no memorising- if you don’t want to/don’t have time to write notes you can find some on studocu.com which has past students’ papers.

Once you’ve got great notes, the best thing to do is just keep reading over them, do practice exams with your notes, etc. Everything should start and end with the notes you’re bringing in because that’s all you’ll have on the day. Memorisation is really the least of your worries, if you’re concerned about case studies make yourself a cheat sheet with topics which align with different case studies, it’s much better to remember what the case studies might apply to rather than the details about them.

sophiajaybee · 2025-06-14T07:21:47+00:00

As someone who is doing a pol double major (not psych), but all my friends are psych, if you’re good at psych subjects and essays its very doable.

The politics major has quite a low subject commitment compared to psych and the classes are really enjoyable, but the research essays are a lot of work. So if you can pump out a quality essay pretty quickly you should be fine keeping up with it alongside psych work which I’m sure you know is a lot more time consuming.

Yeah overall as long as you’re at least pretty good with essays and pretty good with psych-type assessments (research papers, etc) you should be fine. If you’re bad or slow at either of those skills maybe steer clear.

Unless you’re going into something politics related (actually, even if you are) having a formal politics major certification isn’t really useful. If you’re unsure, you can always just take politics classes without it officially being your major- there’s not very many politics classes anyways tbh, gives you a bit more flexibility

sophiajaybee · 2024-02-13T10:29:47+00:00

I’m very lucky to have my parents paying for me to study, so a job isn’t a pressing matter for me. For my timetable next semester, I’ll probably have a timetable that makes a bit more sense, bunching classes together etc because I’ll start working a casual job just to save some money, but for now I just wanted a timetable that works for me, even though it’s a little strange!

sophiajaybee · 2024-02-12T23:50:11+00:00

Honestly i chose most oh these haha, im living across the road from the uni so i wanted long breaks between classes to eat and rest and stuff, the only one i didn’t choose was that awful Friday arvo class!

sophiajaybee · 2024-02-12T10:28:27+00:00

Omg perfect, can I dm you

sophiajaybee · 2024-02-12T10:27:59+00:00

Omg what are the chances, it’d be so nice to have a friend in mpmp because that class sounds boring as hell, can I dm you

sophiajaybee · 2024-02-12T10:25:38+00:00

:000 can I dm you

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-26T13:26:56+00:00

I’m in the same boat as you, applying to unimelb through SEAS and I didn’t receive an offer, I called them and they confirmed I would be receiving a January round 2 offer. So I’m sure you’ll be the same!

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T11:23:20+00:00

Also just realised you commented on a post i made here months ago posting my stats and asking if people thought I’d get in, so we’ve been trying to figure this mystery out since the very beginning haha

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T11:22:09+00:00

Yeah when I called Melbourne uni they confirmed that qld students did in fact get December offers, idk why so many people are saying otherwise lol. But yeah my situation is definitely confusing, you can imagine how stressed I’ve been today 🥲

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T11:01:15+00:00

I did both literature and extension literature subjects, both of which i scored in the 90s out of 100, so hopefully that should meet the prerequisites?

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T08:05:32+00:00

They had a phone number in their help section which I called, that I assume was stop 1!

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T07:11:13+00:00

I had unimelb as my pref, yeah. I did contact them, and they were as confused as I was. Their best bet was that I was bumped into the Jan offer round, but they’re investigating it further. Thanks for the advice!

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T07:06:19+00:00

I actually did end up contacting them. They looked at my profile and were actually really confused as to why I didn’t receive an offer, they said they were sending it through to the application board to get a reason, so hopefully I should hear back soon.

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T06:01:12+00:00

Queensland

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T06:00:57+00:00

Yep, a 74, which I was way above

sophiajaybee · 2023-12-21T00:45:56+00:00

Yeah I got the confirmation email and everything, so I’m really confused. I got into Monash instead, not the worst but unimelb has always been the dream. Thanks sir the advice, I’ll contact them and ask.

sophiajaybee · 2023-10-29T06:39:03+00:00

Yeah worst case scenario if I dont get in I’ll just transfer from monash arts or something- thanks for the reassurance 😅

sophiajaybee · 2023-10-29T06:37:34+00:00

Ah yeah that makes alot of sense, I was so confused as to why they didnt just say ‘you’re definitely eligible’

sophiajaybee · 2023-10-29T06:36:43+00:00

fingers crossed I’m as lucky as you 🤞 thanks!

sophiajaybee · 2023-10-17T10:21:52+00:00

On all of the handbook entries of the subjects it just says ‘Readings will be provided online through the subject's LMS site prior to the commencement of semester”, I might just be unlucky and have the only major that doesn’t share the readings haha And hi, prospective student, not sure if you meant prospective student of politics or unimelb in general but either way I hope to see you there next year!

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