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[hallelujah.]

So I'll be doing arts/law at macquarie next year (provided the uai doesnt go up more than three points lol) and i was just wondering how much you spent when you first started uni. Like average cost of textbooks for arts/law (or a rough estimate even) and any other costs you might have e.g. joining the student union, which i understand is compulsory again? Are there any other enrolment costs or anything that i should be prepared for?? Stuff that i can't pay by hecs i mean.
Sorry if theres already a post about this, i searched and all these irrelevent posts came up.

Thanks in advance

 

[BoganBoy]

not sure about arts but first year law text books are relatively cheap. mostly just supplementary reading materials (ie stacks of photocopied notes). will set u back <100/sem for law (for 1 unit only).

student societies not compulsory but most ppl join up with 2/3 because everything is like 'wow' to them at first. on average membership fee is 5-10 dollars . so around 30 dollars.

not sure about union cost.

 

[melsc]

MQ doesnt charge to join the law society, that is something you should do as it allows you to participate in comps and the like. I am not sure how much the union fees will be as they weren't compulsary last year.

Textbooks can cost as little as $100 and up to $1000 per semester. Depends on the subjects you are taking and what texts are set. Arts is normally just a reader *a photocopy of different articles* which wouldn't be more than $30 each. You can sometimes get second hand texts.

If you drive a yearly parking permit is $190. Its cheaper than paying for a days parking.

 

[hallelujah.]

Thanks for the responses, i better get myself off to centrelink nah less than i thought though, thanks again.

 

[AsyLum]

Student union...huhwat?

Don't think we pay that...