Interesting - 2 semesters of coursework is unusual as far as I'm aware. We have 1 semester of coursework and then a 10,000 word thesis in the second semester.
Without meaning to be a University snob (I'm a pretty big critic of USyd) I do think the size of the University and the funding of the business school probably makes a big difference. I wouldn't do honours anywhere except USyd, UNSW, Melbourne or ANU simply for the reasons you mentioned - not comprehensive enough and lacking the staff with sufficient experience and industry exposure.
It certainly is moving more and more towards the algorithmic side, but that is itself still only a relatively small part of finance. Parts of the industry are ****ed, I'm not overly concerned, I feel the people who will have a LOT of trouble are those who coast through University on mediocre marks and then they will land a job simply because they have a very generalist degree. The world isn't like that anymore!
Physiotherapy sounds most interesting - a couple of my friends are doing medicine/biomedical sciences etc so some of the discussions at the gym are pretty interesting!
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Well, the way it was split is that the thesis was half of the overall course grade, so 50%, so theoretically you spend half the time doing coursework in each semester.
I most definitely think that the level of the university will dictate what you get, I just didn't expect Curtin to be so low to be honest. For what I had gathered researching last year, those universities had definitely a higher level, more competitive and better recognition.
If you are good, capable, driven, with a good cv (vacation programs, extra curriculars etc) you will do alright. Definitely a lot more competition in the east coast compared to the west thought, that would make me a bit uneasy. I personally just lacked the interest to commit what was needed to succeed in finance. Not saying I am lazy or a bad student, just realised that my competitive advantage would be in another field (physio). Just wish I had realised sooner."Do not subordinate fundamental principles to minor details."
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yea your fat stomach would look so much better. considering you have 1 inch in height on me. arms same size. your chest is to small for you to post a measurement of. your waist beats me by 11" so congrats to that i guess? yea so much bigger? so do you think the tv show. biggest lose is the mr universe contest?
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