Comm and law at unsw (2 Viewers)

[HazzRat]

im in year 11, sir.

ah shit mb

 

[jonolad69]

ah shit mb

no worries hazz

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

maybe... hi queen

ion even go unsw or work at legal aid

 

[lunaaaa4403]

ion even go unsw or work at legal aid

but 99 lat and you said you had legal aid cases open once I think maybe. maybe it was a different green lawyer

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

Would a distinction be difficult in usyd? Also why is usyd harder to get better marks than unsw?

distinction average is near impossible to retain in usyd law if you have a life. usyd artificially grades harshly to keep their 'prestige' and is curved harshly. the marking criteria for a mark over 85 is literally 'striking originality of approach or analysis' - you have to do something the marker has basically never seen. if you get literally everything correct, you get slugged with a 65 or so.

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

but 99 lat and you said you had legal aid cases open once I think maybe. maybe it was a different green lawyer

legal aid is not the only organisation that takes legal aid matters. many private firms take a small amount.

 

[lunaaaa4403]

legal aid is not the only organisation that takes legal aid matters. many private firms take a small amount.

'small amount' u said like 150 or smth <///3 wait and did you not go to unsw? i thought it was better than usyd

 

[lunaaaa4403]

distinction average is near impossible to retain in usyd law if you have a life. usyd artificially grades harshly to keep their 'prestige' and is curved harshly. the marking criteria for a mark over 85 is literally 'striking originality of approach or analysis' - you have to do something the marker has basically never seen. if you get literally everything correct, you get slugged with a 65 or so.

don't a lot of firms only hire distinction average graduates? if so why are usyd law students considered more hireable

 

[jonolad69]

distinction average is near impossible to retain in usyd law if you have a life. usyd artificially grades harshly to keep their 'prestige' and is curved harshly. the marking criteria for a mark over 85 is literally 'striking originality of approach or analysis' - you have to do something the marker has basically never seen. if you get literally everything correct, you get slugged with a 65 or so.

does usyd only scale law subjects

 

[HazzRat]

distinction average is near impossible to retain in usyd law if you have a life. usyd artificially grades harshly to keep their 'prestige' and is curved harshly. the marking criteria for a mark over 85 is literally 'striking originality of approach or analysis' - you have to do something the marker has basically never seen. if you get literally everything correct, you get slugged with a 65 or so.

This is y I’m thankful I’m too dumb to get into usyd law

 

[lunaaaa4403]

This is y I’m thankful I’m too dumb to get into usyd law

too dumb by like 0.8 atars stfu

 

[lunaaaa4403]

 

[idkkdi]

does usyd only scale law subjects

its not properly scaled. it's like a soft rule within the markers heads that x% hd, y% d etc. etc.
generally the official policy is no scaling, but subjects tend to have a natural curve formed for marks anyways

 

[kkk579]

distinction average is near impossible to retain in usyd law if you have a life. usyd artificially grades harshly to keep their 'prestige' and is curved harshly. the marking criteria for a mark over 85 is literally 'striking originality of approach or analysis' - you have to do something the marker has basically never seen. if you get literally everything correct, you get slugged with a 65 or so.

Do employers not take this into account when they look at unsw vs usyd grads (assuming they are similar in every other aspect)

 

[idkkdi]

Do employers not take this into account when they look at unsw vs usyd grads (assuming they are similar in every other aspect)

not enough, most people are probably better off going uts over usyd law actually (presuming they would get much better marks there -> for employment outcomes for law). the formal big programs tend to want some sort of 'equality' which actually disadvantages usyd. now as for small firms, ye they are heavily biased towards usyd

 

[kkk579]

hardly, most people are probably better off going uts over usyd law actually. the formal big programs tend to want some sort of 'equality' which actually disadvantages usyd. now as for small firms, ye they are heavily biased towards usyd

So unsw is probably the best idea then? So the wam doesnt end up taking a massive hit. Im not very interested in going uts nor would my parents let me go.

 

[HazzRat]

So unsw is probably the best idea then? So the wam doesnt end up taking a massive hit. Im not very interested in going uts nor would my parents let me go.

unsw law is hard but not insane. The best part about it is that it has similar prestige to usyd law but doesn’t have closed book tests, doesn’t have 100% finals, and has many other initiatives such as peer support to help u get through the course. I’d vouch for it but am a little biased . I’ve looked through LinkedIn and a similar amount of unsw law grads get into the top firms as usyd law grads. However much less get in through uts, and even less get in through MQ.

 

[lunaaaa4403]

So unsw is probably the best idea then? So the wam doesnt end up taking a massive hit. Im not very interested in going uts nor would my parents let me go.

idk a single uts law student whose first choice was uts. its usually not a matter of choice lmao

 

[lunaaaa4403]

at least we don't have a rape issue

 

[kkk579]

unsw law is hard but not insane. The best part about it is that it has similar prestige to usyd law but doesn’t have closed book tests, doesn’t have 100% finals, and has many other initiatives such as peer support to help u get through the course. I’d vouch for it but am a little biased . I’ve looked through LinkedIn and a similar amount of unsw law grads get into the top firms as usyd law grads. However much less get in through uts, and even less get in through MQ.

Icic. So even tho ppl know this im curious on why they choose to go usyd