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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51681 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-28 07:21:26
August 28 2009 07:18 GMT
#1
About 13 months from now, I'll probably be sitting in a large gymnasium, doing tests to decide what ranking I'll get for entrance into university.

Currently I do the following subjects (you Americans probably won't understand)

English (Advanced)
Mathematics
Physics
Modern History
Software Design and Development
Economics.

After this current term is done, I will most likely drop Physics. Why? It's really boring for me and I see no use for it at university.

As for university itself, I'm thinking of doing a double degree. Which is where I get to this point;

Anyone do/majoring in;
- Economics
- Asian Studies

If you are, can you tell me of your experiences? I'm looking at a double degree in Economics and Asian Studies (Korean) at the moment, but if the word is there that it sucks etc, I probably won't pursue it.

EDIT: At the moment at school I'm enjoying Economics and topping the class. With Korean, I've just been doing my self-study/analyzing from home, no formal teaching whatsoever.

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MK
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States496 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-28 07:24:14
August 28 2009 07:23 GMT
#2
I study Economics and the Asian market.
What do you wanna know ?
But let me stop you if you wanna ask "is it good" cuz it totally depends what you are looking for

(Which uni are you in ? one of the SKY ?)
The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51681 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-28 07:25:39
August 28 2009 07:24 GMT
#3
No, I'm currently still in high school in Australia.
I'm just lightly looking to the future for potential options.

and job I'm looking forward for? Maybe something to do with ESPORTS in Korea, but seriously no idea yet.
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
August 28 2009 07:27 GMT
#4
Therein lies your problem.

ESPORTS isn't a job, it's a lifestyle.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
MK
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States496 Posts
August 28 2009 07:50 GMT
#5
What I recommend you is first to list what you like or what you don't like.
When I first entered into Uni, I knew that I hate Chemical, Biology and things that takes too long time to learn by heart.
I also knew that I'm pretty decent in Math and because I'm lazy, I could do little work.
So I did Pure Math.
After, I worked for 6 month before getting pissed off because I hated my job so I decided to go back in a Business School and now, I've founded my own company.

So, what about you ?

Also, don't think that diploma leads automatically to a job. If you want to study something, it's because you really enjoy it. Don't study marketing because it's said that marketing leads to great job, it's BS.

And finally, if you wanna work in the eSports industry, you first have to know what you wanna do in it. Are you going to be a gamer ? A promoter ? A marketer ? A theorist ? An analyst ? Many different jobs, many different profiles.
The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21247 Posts
August 28 2009 07:51 GMT
#6
On August 28 2009 16:27 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote:


ESPORTS isn't a job, it's a lifestyle.


Lol that's totally gonna become a meme on TL...
TranslatorBaa!
Vequeth
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United Kingdom1116 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-28 08:16:59
August 28 2009 08:15 GMT
#7
Kinda misread this at the start, full time economics might drive you crazy though!
Aspiring British Caster / Masters Protoss
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-28 08:23:28
August 28 2009 08:23 GMT
#8
i would just go into uni undeclared i dont know if your schools do it or not (USA #1!!!) but i think it would just be better overall if you are undecided. that way you dont have to try and make things happen they'll just come to you naturally and you can decide from what you liek.

don't think too far ahead man. if you look too hard for something you'll never find it.
the world's a playground. you know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
ToyotaDemon
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia150 Posts
August 28 2009 08:32 GMT
#9
E-sports, hrmmm probably more likely to get it via doing a media/communication subject at uni. Anyway keep your options available look into things outside of uni as well.

What state you from? Not sure how other states work but HSC was graded stupidly, SORRY I DON'T WANNA STUDY PHYSICS AND DID MUSIC AND GOT BAND 5 IN IT INSTEAD BUT IM CREATIVE SO I GET SCALED DOWN COS OBVIOUSLY IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY SKILL OR "STUDY" TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT WELL DOES IT!?

Here's what happened 85% for music (band 5), got 73 (band 4) for ancient history it counted my ancient history score instead, didn't even tell me how it got scaled or anything, just had to accept it. Be smart about your subject choice, if you are quite good at it but don't enjoy it THAT much stick with it, physics scales VERY WELL, but gotta be like towards the topish end of your class/school. Oh yeah if your grade/school sux, gg no re for you ;D hahaha, no seriously this is true, but you'll still be ok if you're towards the top end of your class.

Anyways look into media/communication maybe even journalism if you wanna do stuff in esports, GG GL HF ;D

Even though year 12 probably sucks when you're going thru it, it's seriously one of the best times of your life.
rawr
zalcion
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia40 Posts
August 28 2009 09:50 GMT
#10
(from a NSW point of view)

physics at high school was a complete joke. i barely turned up to classes and still managed to bullcrap my way to victory. the scaling is nice, but its useless if you cant perform. the entrance uai to eco/arts shouldnt be that high anyway...

im doing engineering(chemical) and commerce combined at usyd and from what i hear the ecos course isnt too different from commerce.
really. frickin. easy. and full of international students. you'll have to quickly learn to not to pursue the hot asian chicks. seriously, make sure she speaks good english first.

aaanyway, the downside is that you'll probably have to do basic accounting, which imo is the one of the worst experiences you will have in your life. its a year-long subject thats basically pointless in the real world.
from the business subjects ive taken so far, its really quite a breeze and the concepts are easy (ie. you dont have to turn up to any lectures). the ecos workload is about 12 contact hours a week, which is short.

asian studies - people say that its fun, and its an art degree = females everywhere. really gotta commit yourself if its a completely new language though.

imo a double degree is definately worth it if you're interested in both fields, even if you're at uni an extra year. not sure about your subjects, but im told my uni exitvalue should be around $5k/year higher due to my double degree.


have fun in yr12 dude, and dont stress about it too much.
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51681 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-28 10:00:33
August 28 2009 09:55 GMT
#11
yes i'm in NSW (albury high school to be exact)

and uni's i'm thinking of:
anu, usyd or unsw

i'm not really aware of the universities outside of nsw/act

yeh... i have my prelim finals in around 4 weeks, hopefully i'll be able to breeze through those.

for reference, from my half-yearly, my best to worse subjects

economics -> modern history (90+ eco, 80+ history)
software -> physics (70+ software, 60+ physics)
english -> maths (barely passed english and failed maths)

this was with absolutely no studying though so don't take it seriously
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MK
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States496 Posts
August 28 2009 12:58 GMT
#12
Well, I don't know Australia but in France, Math is also complete joke in High School.
The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery
chogoling
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia173 Posts
September 02 2009 05:38 GMT
#13
Heh, I have my prelim finals too soon.

It doesn't really matter what subjects you drop, as eco and asian studies don't have any prerequisites. Also, IMO the hsc is just to get a good ATAR to get the good course, you can do all the sciences yet pick up a business degree at uni.
[TA] Terror Australis
parkerprocise
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
61 Posts
September 02 2009 05:46 GMT
#14
Get those math books open if you plan on going into economics.
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