Thanks guys, I think I have all my stuff sorted out already.
Yup, I'm going to Trinity College, but it'll be the residential college. What are you going there for? Foundation Studies, Summer School, Residential?

your student visa; your Ecoe(enrolment letter) incase they ask ...officers
support document such as visa fee and other documents if u need
welcome to melb!
which college anyway?

Its really really good....I'll guarantee that you'll enjoy your time in Aussie and in Trinity. Drama is like the BEST subject ever  (after chemistry )

99 for chem FTW :D
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It seems a lot of people are flying off already...well good luck guys!

No...English is divided into 2-Lit and Drama where lit counts for 70% while drama is worth 30% of your final English mark.

EAP is a totally different subject whatsoever. EAP is more of the grammar, academic writing, speaking etc.

Both English and EAP are compulsory. You need to pass the EAP hurdle to enter Uni but EAP cannot be counted as one of your best 4 subjects. On the other hand, your English mark can be counted as best 4 and in certain courses(Engineering, Med, Dentistry...etc), must be included in your best 4 mark.

I'll give you the mark breakdown.

English
Term 1->2 literature essays about 400 words each based on 2 poems(1 from lectures and 1 from tutorials)-5%
Term 2->1 lit essay about 1500 words based on a novel or short story [20%] and drama monologue [10%]
Term 3->1 lit essay about 1500 words, comparing a novel and a short story [20%] and drama group project [10%]
Term 4->1 lit essay about 1500 words based on a play(eg:Shakespeare) [15%] and drama group performance [10%]

Total=90%+(10% participation)= 100%

EAP
Term 1->nothing
Term 2->Homework essay-400 words[5%] + Exam Essay-800words[25%]
Term 3->Homework essay-600 words[5%] + In-class exam essay-700 words[10%]
Term 4->Oral presentation, 10 mins[25%] + Exam Essay-700words[30%]

N.B: All EAP essays must be academic writing (references..etc...)

Total=100%

Hope this post clears your confusion! Hope you have a good time in Trinity(I sure did )

You can only type down the EAP homework stuff but all the other exam essays must be handwritten in the examination booklet.

The recommended length of 1500 words is usually too short for a good literature essay and most students will go up to 2500-3000. The length of the literature exam is usually 3 hours.

Trinity really helps you for uni even though the course may be quite intense and tough at times. It is after the all the best (and most expensive) foundation course in australia.... you don't want to pay 20k AUD for nothing, do you? Don't worry too much, I can guarantee that you'll be able to write that much by the time you reach term 4.   

By the way, what are you planning to do in university and what subjects are you doing in trinity?

hmm...let me see.... I guess you will benefit from taking both Maths 1 and maths 2 if you like maths. That will make 3 electives but I will suggest that you throw in another elective such as economics. You could always drop one subject if you think you can't handle it, but I think you'd do quite well with accounting, maths 1, maths 2 and economics.

I was aiming for something along the health science stream so I took maths 1, maths 2, chem and physics. When I received my results, I realised that taking 4 electives really paid off since all 4 of them contributed to my best 4 score.

Academic writing is the way universities want their essays to be written. It is mainly researching, building up an argument and writing an essay. You will be expected to use proper English register, grammar..etc and NOT plagiarize. Once again, don't worry...as Trinity will teach you academic writing in EAP and HOI.

hey..Im going to trinity too.
I am aiming for dentistry so Im going to take maths 1, chem and biology. I don't think i would be able to handle maths 2 and physics, so do you have any suggestions on my 4th electives ?

hyeoshinx when are you leaving to melbourne ?

EDIT : ok I see you are going this wednesday (didn't see the previous post just now), so you are not going to celebrate CNY here ?

i am tomorrow as well 9.30 to PERTH!

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Added on January 30, 2008, 12:18 ami seriously bring all my computer stuff like processor and stuff to assemble there hehe!