Who hasnt made up their mind? (2 Viewers)

[Winn]

At the start of the year I knew I wanted to do engineering, but wasn't sure which branch, and somehow convinced myself that I would know for sure before the end of the year.
Well, that didn't happen. I'm still indecisive as hell. Tossing up between electrical/mechatronic/civil.
Yet my coop interviews are for BIT and photovoltaics...
SHOOT ME.

 

[hermand]

mee!!!

i have my pro's and con's about all my courses... im the most indecisive person EVER i swear.

first pref is pharmacy @ usyd, and thats only if i can:
a) get my stat registration in 2moro
b) get the 92.60 ATAR for it

im just kinda concerned about the job prospects though.

then ill probably just apply for science/commerce @ macq and yeah, even though i have my reservations about commerce.


arrrgh i need a sign!! lol

oooohh you only need 92.60 for pharmacy? thinking of changing my preferences. and doing a last-minute STAT.

can't decide between pharmacy & psych.

 

[Pyrokinetic]

oooohh you only need 92.60 for pharmacy? thinking of changing my preferences. and doing a last-minute STAT.

can't decide between pharmacy & psych.

Theres last minute STATs???

 

[hermand]

Theres last minute STATs???

you have to do it by dec 5 and there's one on then.

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

no idea...

i have med first, but i most likely wont make it, but even if i did, i'm nto that sureee.
2nd is like com/sci but not sure about that either...gahhhh

you'll make it to med

 

[annabackwards]

you'll make it to med

Agreed.

Anyone want to convince me that i shouldn't do civil engineering? I can't think of another career i would even consider... looked into actuarial but i think year 10 commerce put me off business/eco XD

 

[the-derivative]

hmmm... well if u do language, maybe you can be an international actuary? meaning more job prospects? do a language like mandarin or cantonese... china's economy is growing i hear, meaning more businesses, meaning more actuaries needed...... right?


lol i have no idea sorry.

Going off-topic a bit, if you want to learn a language to deal with the Chinese economy - learn Mandarin.

Cantonese is useless unless you want to deal with Hongkies or overseas Chinese - and most of them know english anyway. Most people in the mainland cannot speak Cantonese or English for crap.

Back on topic, I'm pretty sure I'll be doing commerce/eco in uni. I'm thinking of combining it with law if my ATAR allows me to.

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

Agreed.

Anyone want to convince me that i shouldn't do civil engineering? I can't think of another career i would even consider... looked into actuarial but i think year 10 commerce put me off business/eco XD

you'll be the only girl i think

 

[annabackwards]

you'll be the only girl i think

Just means there'll be a better view for me

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

Just means there'll be a better view for me

Pervert XD

 

[Winn]

Going off-topic a bit, if you want to learn a language to deal with the Chinese economy - learn Mandarin.

Cantonese is useless unless you want to deal with Hongkies or overseas Chinese - and most of them know english anyway. Most people in the mainland cannot speak Cantonese or English for crap.

Back on topic, I'm pretty sure I'll be doing commerce/eco in uni. I'm thinking of combining it with law if my ATAR allows me to.

*Keeps going off topic*
+1.
Also, just want to add that Cantonese is NOT a language, it's a DIALECT.
Anyway, good luck to everyone! I hope you all find a course/career path that you truly like!

 

[d3vilz]

Going off-topic a bit, if you want to learn a language to deal with the Chinese economy - learn Mandarin.

+1

Cantonese is useless unless you want to deal with Hongkies or overseas Chinese - and most of them know english anyway. Most people in the mainland cannot speak Cantonese or English for crap.

i would love to learn Mandarin & Cantonese, but i think learning Cantonese would be much easier and beneficial for me as i would like to work in Hong Kong one day. most of my Chinese friends speak Teochew and/or Cantonese, so they could help me.

 

[annabackwards]

Pervert XD

You're the pervert! XD

But hmm... do you guys reckon i should do more research to make sure i wanna do civil engineering?

 

[Winn]

You're the pervert! XD

But hmm... do you guys reckon i should do more research to make sure i wanna do civil engineering?

I heard first year courses in all engineering disciplines are pretty much the same. Why don't you just start with civil and see if you like it- if not, just transfer.^^

 

[annabackwards]

I heard first year courses in all engineering disciplines are pretty much the same. Why don't you just start with civil and see if you like it- if not, just transfer.^^

True, you have a point there

I think i'll go visit my cousin and flick though his civil engineering books soon XD

 

[kaz1]

I'm thinking of doing Civil Engineering at UNSW cause I like buildings and maths. Is that a good enough reason?

 

[LordPc]

I'm thinking of doing Civil Engineering at UNSW cause I like buildings and maths. Is that a good enough reason?

what do you mean you like buildings?

the good thing about 1st year engineering at unsw is that every engineer takes the same course (its crazy, all 1000+ students at the same lecture theatre) and you get to pick one discipline (eg civil, mechanical, computing, biomedical). so you can choose the civil engineering and you work on a civil engineering type project (I think this year it was making the strongest bridge or something). so that will give you some practice in actual concepts in your chosen discipline

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

I'm thinking of doing Civil Engineering at UNSW cause I like buildings and maths. Is that a good enough reason?

Yes it is.

 

[kaz1]

what do you mean you like buildings?

the good thing about 1st year engineering at unsw is that every engineer takes the same course (its crazy, all 1000+ students at the same lecture theatre) and you get to pick one discipline (eg civil, mechanical, computing, biomedical). so you can choose the civil engineering and you work on a civil engineering type project (I think this year it was making the strongest bridge or something). so that will give you some practice in actual concepts in your chosen discipline

thx for the info

I'm interested in them like how they make skyscrapers earthquake proof.