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    Things to see, places to go

    Amidst such a big campus i feel like I've boxed myself in going to the same few places to relax and/or study. Can some fellow usyd folks point me to some great spots worth checking out? thanks in advance
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    Careers on the cutting edge

    If i could do anything in this world then i would love to work in either energy/sustainability (working on things like fusion) or in medicine (new diagnostic and treatment methods) applying physics on the cutting edge to help people. However the more i look around the less i see opportunities to...
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    How was your enrolment day?

    If you went in today how did you find the process? Personally i found it unnecessarily long and unorganised :\ sure hope that doesn't reflect the years to come because i was expecting uni to be all sunshine and rainbows
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    3 Unit vs 4 Unit

    Was just curious how much more difficult i would find first year maths walking in with 3 unit as opposed to 4 unit. Thinking about doing some reading etc during february to warm up but if it's unnecessary then i'll go back to being super lazy. Thanks in advance
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    Do students fail to learn or do teachers fail to teach?

    So all this university talk about "self-directed study" and "independence" has got me thinking. At what point does independence just become an excuse for lazy teachers to not teach, or to what extent does the onus of learning fall on the student. Personally i'm all for independence since my...
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    The gear thread

    yo, so this is a thread to get to know the guitarists of BOS because i miss music class and have been jamming solo these days :( No better way to do it than to talk about gear because every guitarist loves their gear almost as much as their mother. I'll kick things off. Running a fender...
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    Advice needed

    Hey BoS, so i have the opportunity to work a casual job (likened to an internship) doing some basic/menial lab work in environmental science. However the main problems are : 1. I already have a job in retail that's significantly more convenient (1 minute drive vs 20 minute drive to new job)...
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    HSC Inspiration - Your School Rank Doesn't Matter

    Hey everyone, so now that the HSC results and ATARs have been released i can, with confidence, dispel the myth that school rank matters. I went to a school that (going by todays ranks) was ranked in the 560s but managed to achieve a 97.7 ATAR. I know the standards on this forum are fairly...
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