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  1. Tabris

    Psych Notes?

    Are you having difficulties with psych? If you are not... You said u love it, but do u love it enough to reinforce what you love with your own notes so you can consolidate what you have love? It is one thing to read someone else's notes and another to create your own notes. You learn...
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    MAQ Mid Semester Holidays!

    does anyone have dark bags under their eyes? i think mines permanent...cant get rid of it no matter how much sleep.....
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    BBA/Econ at Macquarie vs Econ at USYD

    Yes, extra curricular activities are important, good work experience and good marks does make a big difference. But unfortunately econ opportunities are more narrow than accg in the early years. I see 1st year people walking around in suits and work for EY or KPMG or DTT but I dont see ppl...
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    Question about degrees

    I am assuming your asian, in my opinion, unless your very strong-willed, after 1 year of Bcom-appfin , u may have serious reservations about going acturial.
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    BBA/Econ at Macquarie vs Econ at USYD

    What area of ECON? I wanna end up in an IB? end up in the RBA? Cost-Benefit Analyst? Policy maker? Econometrician? Marketing? Govt Policy? Last i checked in good uni guides, Macq salaries are almost on par with USYD, USYD has alot more postgraduates than Macq.... but in terms of teaching...
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    Darn thieves at it again

    WHat textbook, if u cannot get your book back i can lend u mines for the semester,
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    Actuarial Studies UAI???

    Note that the UAI does not really indicate the course difficulty, an acst degree requires some very demanding attention to the work. I heard getting a Cr in stat171 is not easy. Are u willing to travel all the way to Macq? If u believe that u can take advantage of a Macq Bcom-acst better than...
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    Which one....

    the person was a she....
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    Which one....

    ...of u was surfing the BoS forums using the 3rd level computers in the library in the afternoon, around 2pm, she was wearing a pink/purple skivvy....
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    MAQ Mid Semester Holidays!

    work work work, i got 2 assignments due in the break, 1 day after the other, 1 assignment due 1 week back as well as 2 tests in the same week Clairegirl: a marathon in the library and gym afterwards, exercise your brain and body, too hard for me...
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    The MQ BOSers you ran into today...

    I have met the following Boser's Sweet Lemon Glitterfairy I dont think i have met any Boser recently, no one has ID ed me yet apart from the two i have met. I dont think Macquarie is a small place, must be the stalking...
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    Got a few minutes? Lynny needs your help! :)

    a) At uni, I just can't figure out why ___________________________ People dont use the footpaths, i see areas where it is beautifully green with an ugly dirt steak through it from years of use e.g. the pathway from the new commerce block to Macq center and the area between W5A, W3A and MACTH...
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    Another one bites the dust......

    New VC to push up HECS charges Bernard Lane September 06, 2006 MACQUARIE University will increase HECS fees by 25 per cent next year, leaving the University of Tasmania as the last institution not to take advantage of a partial deregulation of fees. Macquarie vice-chancellor Steven...
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    Outstanding Fees

    yes its still red, pthers has this too, i guess they havent updated everything....
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    Getting tough

    Usually before, during and after the mid semester break is where all the assignments and tests are due. I have: 1 x 1500 due 26th sept LAW104 1 x 2000 due 26th sept ECON201 1 x 40% test due on 13th sept ECON359 1 x 15% test due on 5th oct ECON201 1 x 2000 due 6th oct ECON210 Its...
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    Calling on my App Fin + Accg buddies

    If u get 90, theres an excellent chance you ll make it, is the appfin/accg degree good? Well in terms of careers, its excellent , theres always need for accg who have excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills The econ stuff is interesting but the accg-acst for 1st year is...
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    The MQ Get Healthy/Study Thread

    I have lost 2kg over the break and in the first two weeks of uni, mainly coz i dont eat much, under 2000cal a day. Also exercise have been pretty much constant through out the year, 200 pushups and situps daily. Looks like all of u's are winning battle of the bulge.
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    New gpa style

    I think WAM is better than GPA. I got a higher GPA than someone from the other uni's but not WAM. Hypothetical situation Student A 62 p 60 p 59 p 64 p Student B 53 p 51 p 65 c 67 c Student A has a higher WAM but GPA of 2.0 Student B has a Higher GPA of 2.5 but lower...
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    Declining standards should not be ignored

    My interpretation is that the standards for the prerequisites for ECON210 (i.e. ECON110 and ECON111) are declining. This means, alot of students get easily through these two units and suffer in 2nd year because of the lower standards in 1st year. If standards were high enough, then my guess is...
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    Declining standards should not be ignored

    This is from Professor Peter ABelson, he left last semester. Declining standards should not be ignored By Peter Abelson - posted Friday, 2 December 2005 Sign Up for free e-mail updates!Sign Up for free e-mail updates! When the HES reported last month that I had resigned from my personal chair...
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