Recent content by jas0nt

ActS/Fin is a silly combination due to the huge amount of overlap (like you mentioned). My suggestion is to drop the Fin and replace with something more useful like Commerce (only if it's accounting) or Econ. Or if you really like Finance, drop finance and major it in Commerce (along with...

What's your name? I might have had you as a tutor at some point in time...

lol

Actuarial studies is one of those degrees regulated by a governing body (like medicine, accounting, etc). Every uni will claim theirs will teach it the best, when in fact all the units for actuarial studies have more or less the same course work.

Correct - EMET1001 isn't required for Actuarial. EMET1001 CAN be required for Finance if the student did not do STAT2032. I did both however just for fun.

The R&D is an entirely different degree (with a UAI cutoff of 99).

PM me your full name and I'll see if I can get your uniID for you (if it exists now)

Good luck getting one mate. They tend to be sold out quickly and there's a huge waiting list (with preference to staff, then later year students).

I don't think ANU's a hole

ANU - STUDYAT - Study@ANU homepage

Not true about honours/masters but probably true about credit aveage. You won't find many graduate recruiters (not just for Econ but for any field) wanting you if you've gotten an average below a C.

I've got a friend graduating last year who landed a job with KPMG's Econtech department. She is doing Arts/Econ (without honours). Here are some employers you can work for as an economist: - All big 4 banks - All big 4 professional services firms - Investment banks - Private economics...

Finance if you want to move into the private sector Economics if you want to move into the public sector Obviously you can get into the private sector with economics (and vice versa) but it has less opportunities. Econ is harder than finance, though much of the hard courses are in the form of...

Yes you have to do it in person at Melville Hall. There you take care of all the admin stuff and enrol.

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