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Heya! Good to hear you're interested in reading some philosophy! Imo its one of the best things ever - really opens our eyes to the fundamentals of how we think and how the world works - plus you can really weave in alot of philosophy into your English essays! Just off the top of my head based...

Anna! Sorry I took so long to properly thank you for your reading insight - you were so helpful, and definitely provided alot of guidance and helped me refine the essay so much! Merci, Merci beaucoup! I've been rather neglectful in my communications lately because the application deadlines for...

(just got your latest message - and I'm so sorry for hijacking your profile!) :P Oooh - that would be a pickle wouldn't it? My friend actually just got accepted to Melbourne University and Oxford for Philosophy, Politics and Economics, AND Yale. He told me he's probably going to Yale. Most...

Philosophy is absolutely amazing, one of the best things I've ever done. It really is the basis of so much of humanities, and you're right ethics and politics are completely founded on philosophical debates. I studied Justice - looking at Libertarianism, and the welfare state for example. Ethics...

OMG - SQUEE! Your subjects and interests mirror mine so much!!! Chinese studies FTW! I'm really attracted to Yale for that reason - they have an AMAZING East Asian Studies department. Economics, english, history, philosphy - ahhh! Music to my ears! I'm absolutely the same, a strong humanities...

You're not a noob at it at all! Most ppl don't care too much about overseas unis, so its totally fair that its abit obscure to the majority of aussies. :) Were you thinking of going to Cambridge/Oxford peraps to do a PHd or masters? The UK government is REALLY supportive (scholarships etc) for...

Yes sure! See the degree I get in America is a general liberal arts degree. Their uni system is different in that there is a very clear delineation between their undergraduate and graduate degrees. That's why at Harvard for example - as an Undergrad student, I can only get a BA or a BS (Bachelor...

Your advice is so eloquently put and I wholeheartedly agree. Kids, I don't think you could ask for a better tutor. :)

Aww! Thank you! Firstly - WOW to your amazing HSC achievements! I've no doubt that you're also the absolute best of the best over at UNSW with Med/Arts - WOW again! For me, I'm going to USyd for combined law, but I'm also applying to a few universities in America - so potentially leaving Oz...

Yes, will do! PS. What course are you doing?

Love Tim Winton. David Malouf is fantastic as well. Jacob - isn't it awesome all this reading for pleasure we're now able to do? :rofl:

Not that many schools accelerate. Three out of the five 99.95s at my school had no acceleration. Not accelerating isn't a disadvantage at all. Much less a "big disadvantage".

Yes, see you there! :D

I second what Aerath said. You DO need to be analysing the musical components of the song, and NOT just the lyrics. Otherwise you may as well be analysing a poem. This is what my english teacher - top HSC marker with 40+ years experience said to me. This is also why she strongly suggested...

I would reccommmend Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist is a good start. He and Courtenay share the same sense of human emotion and drama. Perhaps also Gabriel Garcia Marquez, but he's not really light reading, however he has that Courtenay-esq sense of sweeping history and family sagas as well. -...

Thanks for the rep! Yes the liberal arts education over there is pretty incredible aye? If you really want though - there are alot of transfer or semester exchange opportunities! I believe USyd has an arrangement with Harvard for example. Wishing you the best of luck and success for 2010!

Hey! Thanks for the rep mate :) Hope '09 and the HSC treated you well, and wishing you the best of luck and success f or 2010!

Hello! Thanks for the rep, wishing you the very best of luck for 2010! (I just checked your profile) and you have essentially the best scaling subjects anyone could wish for - all that's left is to enjoy your year 12! Hope you have a good one! Wendy.

Hello! (Wow, super jazzed up profile you have here!) Thanks for the rep, hope '09 and the HSC treated you well, and wishing you the best of luck and success for 2010!

Re: is my father right - how much of a factor is the 'reputation' of the uni? usyd vs A friend of mine was actually taught by him. As a freshman. (Because all the faculty, famous or not have to teach undergrad classes). We're talking about THAT kind of opportunity to learn from the best of...