USyd's Engineering programs aren't that good. If you're going to Sydney, UNSW is far better in Engineering. USyd's Engineering programs are nowhere near the size, reputation and demand of UNSW's programs (this is not a biased view, they are supported by industry surveys).
If you're going to Melbourne, you'd probably want to consider Melbourne Uni (but it's 5 years Postgrad). RMIT is pretty good and I'd say it's better than USyd for Engineering.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Sep 13 2008, 03:31 PM

Your information will be sold to the highest bidder, usually a telemarketing firm with foreign call centres.

JPA has this weird and misleading concept that the best unis must have sandstone and Goth-styled buildings. The others will be overlooked as the lack of a sandstone building will apparently significantly affect elite students' performance.

Honours is by invitation basis. You cannot do an Honours unless you have the marks for it and you only get awarded Honours if you achieve a Credit average and above (Distinction for a First Class). It IS a standard of achievement.

Go to UQ and do a combined Engineering and Commerce degree.

Why is that? Yes, you suffer a lot, but no pain, no gain right?

UNSW is a study hard, party hard environment. It's the motto anyway. The uni is well-known for its constant stream of exams and assessments. It also has the highest Asian student population, which is why you'd probably feel the pressure

Just curious what type of scholarship would have MQ but not UNSW or USyd in its list.

Sigh, all these ignorant comments. You guys ever heard of the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side"?

Those who spent the majority of their time in Sydney will get bored of it and will find Melbourne more attractive, but try staying and studying in Melbourne and you'll discover that there really isn't much more that Melbourne has to offer.

Sydney is fine in itself, but is not at its full potential due to the incompetent state government that has pretty much screwed up in so many respects. Despite what Melbournians will say about culture, Sydney will remain the central economic and financial hub in the Southern Hemisphere, so major businesses will still be based here and attracting the largest proportion of the skilled workforce.

Yeah, it is, but so does the whole country (and most parts of the Western world for that matter).
bhypp's view of Sydney and Melbourne is extremely biased. Cronulla was a one-off event and you can't use that to support your claim that racism is rife in Sydney. It is not. Racism is not an issue in major cities in Australia. If anything, Sydney is the most culturally-diverse city in Australia.

Btw, this thread is turning into Kopitiam-styled discussions.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Oct 20 2008, 06:52 AM

I noticed there is quite a number of LYNer's in Sydney and I'm up for organising a meet up after exams if you're keen. PM me or contact me via WLM (on profile). I believe most exams should end by 20th November or so.

For those wanting to buy laptops, most large universities in Australia has some form of student purchase program where they tie up with a major vendor or distributor to provide significant discounts for students. You do not have to buy from retail. For example, Dell has a university EPP discount code, HP has educational discounts and Lenovo has its affinity program with some unis. With these discounts, they are much cheaper than if purchased in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Nov 13 2008, 10:47 AM

You only get discounts if your university is a Dell partner. The prices you see online are the retail prices. Not many people will buy at those prices.

In Australia, Honours degrees are an extra year. For Engineering, there is no extra year for Honours since it is a 4 year degree, but Honours is awarded based on your thesis and average results at the time of graduation.

The rule is first names first, last name last and last name is of course your family name/surname.

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Added on November 14, 2008, 12:57 pmYou will never get the real BN rates because the dealers have to earn a spread.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Nov 14 2008, 12:57 PM

As First Class Honours is a subdivision of Honours, you must be an Honours student in order to qualify for First Class.

I believe it is illegal to rent out a property without showing the unit to the prospective tenant. Beware of scams.

Welcome to UNSW Computing (I'm in SE@UNSW too).

Engineering is only offered in the Kensington campus in Sydney (main campus). If you applied to ADFA, then you'd be in Canberra. I believe you can just accept the offer online and begin enrolling in January.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Dec 24 2008, 11:15 AM

There is no reason to get pirated software from dodgy places here, especially if you're a student. Students at major universities obtain access to most commercial software for free or at a significant discount. The major software vendors encourage genuine software adoption through programs such as Microsoft's Dreamspark which allows students to download the latest developer tools including Visual Studio 2008 Pro and Expression Studio for free. Students also get access to MSDNAA which has Windows (you should already have it on your PC anyway) and a tonne of Microsoft software for free and can buy Office Ultimate for only $75. Adobe's software suites are offered at a 45% discount. Want to play games? Buy it from the stores, they are not expensive at all. Consoles are cheap too.

If you don't want to pay, there are lots of free alternatives out there, which you should use if you want to be legitimate. Software piracy is highly frowned upon here unlike Malaysia. Malaysia has a long way to go in educating its population on using genuine software. Distributors here have not even heard of the term "educational discounts". It is that hopeless.

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Added on December 28, 2008, 5:13 pmI wouldn't generalise if I were you. However, I believe that Malaysian students are simply the product of the country's educational system. We all are, we all are.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Dec 28 2008, 05:14 PM

If the software is a necessity, $75 is cheap for something that is sold for $900 on retail (if you don't see it as a necessity, then why do you buy it). I doubt you are in the software industry, hence I understand it will be difficult to comprehend that developers still need to be paid. Even though software is a commodity, it's not something that appears out of thin air and a software like Office is not a work of a single person (I doubt you can even create Office yourself). I find it insulting that the average Malaysian believes that paying for pirated software is OK, as it is a socially-irresponsible act.

This post has been edited by chris_c28: Dec 28 2008, 11:11 PM