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B Business @ UTS vs B Commerce @ Macquarie (1 Viewer)

slyhunter

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BCom @ Macquarie. They have a great business faculty.
 

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Mac, cause they're faculty is stronger, nicer place and much pertier too.
 

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macquarie, great business faculty and for me personally more easier to get to.
 

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Hmm... it depends what you want out of your degree. I'd choose B Business at UTS if you are on a cadetship (for convenience), or because you do a lot of extra curricular stuff outside of university and hence don't really require that aspect of uni. It's also a lot easier from what I've heard compared to Macquarie's courses.

But yeh if I was a year 12 student and I had the choice I'd probably pick Macquarie out of those two for Commerce. Their course may be harder but it's very comprehensive from what I've seen reading my friend's notes.
 

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Macquarie for GPA inflation!! (distinctions and HDs at mac count the same to gpa, so it looks better academically)
 

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Does the OP have any idea what they plan to focus on later on in terms of majors or career path?
 

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I may be bias because I am at Macquarie but I didn't even list UTS as one I would consider.

I guess it depends what major you want to do as UTS might be better if you wanted to focus on something like tourism (although MQ has a campus in Manly (i think) that does all that kinda stuff). I used to work for an event management company and many people I worked with did tourism at UTS. For me I chose MQ because I felt that the university had a much better business faculty and even though its slightly harder a commerce degree makes you much more well rounded than a business degree because of the accounting and statistics units you have to do.

Additionally like one of the others said above I have a GPA of 3.75 out of a possible 4 after 1st year and have only had 1 HD. The units seem much harder than UTS too, but its all in the scaling so your unlikely to get a lower mark overall.

Again though, its easier if you know what areas of business you want to focus on. The other thing which I like about MQ is it's flexibility to do units outside your faculty. At a click of a button I can do Sociology, Science, Media units etc and nobody even bats an eye as long as I do the minimum number of commerce units I have to do and meet any requirements needed to do the unit. Maybe have a look at the individual units offered and see which university has units you think you have more interest in - taking into consideration what units you think an employer would be impressed/or like you to have done.
 

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