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    Co-Op Results

    the people who get coops in actuarial tend to have pretty high UAIs. In my year, the median UAI for coops is 99.85. The 2 coops who were accepted in on the shortlist had UAIs of 99.80 and 99.95 respectively. Only 1 coop dropped out for sure so far, and he was also replaced with someone with...
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    Co-Op Results

    Meyero, Congrats on getting Actuarial Co-op! You must have rocked in the interview, Hope to see u next year. (I'm the lost dude that helped with the interviews btw =P) Joo, Just a few words about being on the shortlist. In my year about 30 people were shortlisted. 2 got accepted...
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    Musical Instruments

    Best site for sheet music: www.sheetmusicarchive.net
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    Musical Instruments

    lol so sad that people give up playing their instruments after getting into for a few years. They pretty much quit just b4 they realise how good it is hehe Piano player for 15 years!! go piano!
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    Sharing my chem notes

    lol i practically memorised my notes. in the exam, my written responses were like exact replicas of what's in my notes. i mean, if u know everything in it, i can almost guarantee u'd get a good mark (90+)
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    Sharing my chem notes

    Hey thx They are up now on the Chemistry Resources page. Have fun!
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    Sharing my chem notes

    wtf uploading isn't working... private msg me if u want my chem notes =)
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    any1 receive actuarial coop interview offer?

    it's an ordered shortlist, so everyone on it is ranked. too bad u'll never know where u are on the list =P
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    co-op scholarships - what do you need?

    Hey guys, I'm a current 2nd coop student, so I thought I might be able to suggest a couple of things. UAI requirements tends to be the mid-90s so the first thing we do when u file ur application is make sure that ur trial marks are good enuf. Then we will next check for well-roundedness...
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    Actuarial Studies at Mac or UNSW

    When u go and ask employers, they generally think that there isn't too much difference between UNSW and Macquarie degrees. BUT, if u look at who gets the limited number of summer vacation opportunities at the big actuarial firms, u'd find that most of them are actually from Macquarie. I think...
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    Actuarial Studies at Mac or UNSW

    If u are interested mainly in actuarial, Mac is generally the more preferred place to be. However, getting a coop at unsw would be quite another story. I do actuarial at UNSW and from what i know, the dropout rate is quite high. we started with 250 and this has become about 110 after 3...
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    Actuarial Studies - Is it Worth It?

    dudes, I'm a UNSW actuarial student who's had some work experience in the industry. (hehe, if u went to UNSW careers day, I was an advisor on the actuarial desk). As far as money goes, the salaries for actuaries straight out of uni aren't too high, usually starting at the 40K-50K mark...
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    Sharing my chem notes

    Hey guys, I was just browsing my hard drive and ran into some chem notes I used for the HSC 2 years ago. They are very comprehensive and got me a UAI of 99.80, so I figured that it'd be good if i can upload it here. The thing is, I've been trying to submit it, but it doesn't show up in...
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