lip synchronisation happens ALL THE TIME, everywhere, even in Australia or Europe. There is such a big fuss about the news only because it happened in China and it's related to the Olympics. Don't blame others for what you would do yourself.
People who do Medical Science are mostly people who got rejected by Medicine. I assume Med Sci will be fairly competitive since everyone wants to get good mark and transfer to Medicine.
unfortunately i did, and so did a few of my friends. I think failing one subject is rather common in uni. Most ppl just don't bother putting the effort in, uni courses aren't that difficult after all. I think it takes more "effort" to fail then to get a HD. you have to skip all the lectures and...
government doesn't care at all as long as u have a degree, it's the elitist top law or business firms that are snobbish. apparently some law firms prefer to hire only Usyd and UNSW graduates. and if u decide to apply to the big four accounting firms, they still ask in the application what UAI u...
Both unis are good. Period.
And if u really want honest, objective opinion, why would u post ur question on the Usyd forum? It's like asking McDonald whether fast food is good or not.
I agree that it is good to have other selection criterion than just UAI, but all I am asking is that UNSW INFORMS the students about their new selection criteria. In any other uni for any other field, if there is another selection criteria other than UAI, the UAC guide clearly states it. eg...
What you said is presumptuous. It is common sense that people who achieve high UAI generally do put effort into their study. And with absolutely no effort in study you probably won't get a very high UAI at all, unless ur definition of high is 30ish. What I said merely states the obvious, why do...