don't deprive yourself of too much sleep cos it really fucks you up. don't consume any caffeine after midday and NEVER stay up past 11pm studying for an exam the next day, esp. for non-essay subjects like maths or exams that involve tricky multiple choice.
why?
sleeping actually makes you...
actually usyd media &comm is a completely diff course to unsw's. unsw one is more about digital media/computery stuff whereas usyd is more journalism/PR stuff (from what i understand- there have been threads about this before but i cant be bothered to find them)
History extension (both the major work and the course work) is really good preparation for doing humanities at university, even if you don't actually continue 'history' itself as a subject at that level. It is v. interesting as well. The major work isn't really as much of a big deal as everyone...
you can do grad law @ unsw part-time after your first degree and from what i can see they don't take UAI into account. it's a long way of going about it however.
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2005/4791.html
let's face it, nobody's going to get their information solely from random people's internet blogs- the primary source of information for most people would still have to be tv and/or radio, and sometimes newspapers.
people who learn about news/current events from the internet do so...
as a side note, I think it's strange that you say that you got a "shitty" uai of 78 because you didn't know what career you wanted to pursue- a lot of people who get 99+ UAIs don't know what career they want either so it's not really an excuse. I wouldn't say that 78 is a shitty UAI though- it...
um, in case you people haven't noticed
teachers have lives too!!
it is not their sole purpose in life to be a slave to your stupid little hscs! you only do the hsc once, they do it EVERY YEAR.
stop whinging and go study.
if you're in about top 1/3 rank for all your subjects at one of the top 5 schools, you should be able to get 99+ UAI if you cane your actual hsc exams. even in top half of the rankings, you should be able to get 96+.