I am currently halfway through a three-year marketing degree. This semester, I am taking courses that focuses heavily on mathematical theory, which I find extremely challenging. I have never been good at maths and have always struggled to understand concepts. Most of my previous courses have involved essays or oral presentations. While I find some parts of the content (such as the essays) mildly interesting, the rest is quite boring.

To be honest, I would prefer to be doing anything else, but I push myself to study. I’m reaching out to all the university veterans out there: how do you stay motivated during your degree? What’s your secret? Because right now, I can’t even bring myself to attend class, and I know that missing classes will only make things worse.

I am currently halfway through a three-year marketing degree. This semester, I am taking courses that focus heavily on mathematical theory, which I find extremely challenging. Most of my previous courses have involved essays or oral presentations. While I find some parts of the content (such as the essays) mildly interesting, the rest is quite boring. To be honest, I'd rather be doing anything else, but I push myself to study. I’m reaching out to all the university veterans out there: how do you stay motivated during your degree? What’s your secret? Because right now, I can’t even bring myself to attend class, and I know that missing classes will only make things worse.

accepted and paid the deposit for my offer yesterday afternoon though payment is still processing and the school hasn’t received it yet so my coe is not given to me. but im kind of on a tight schedule since im currently in another university and will have to withdraw by this friday if i do not want to incur any tuition fee,, so i was wondering if it is safe to withdraw now since i hv paid and accepted already and im not too sure when my coe will come🥲

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I’m in my first year at uni and i want to meet girls who are wanting to go to the uni bar take cute photos and chill out with 0 drama but also aren’t uptight in the 20-25 range but i want to meet those girls naturally unless anyone is on here …but i didn’t have the best highschool experience just like many at uni and it’s given me a second chance to connect as an adult im just lost on how to go about it the closest I’ve come to a friend is a old male teacher from California 😂 help ??!?

Hi everyone, this is my last resort honestly.

I'm looking for a female roommate in an all female household. The house itself is a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house, and the roommate would be sharing the bathroom with another female.

Ideally students would be preferred - we're both 26 so someone our age group would be great to gel with.

Location - western suburbs

If interested hit me up, my dms are open.

Hello, I would like to enrol in the foundation studies course next year. The application process asks for any relevant documents and I’m not sure what I would need. Basically my year 12 didn’t go to plan which meant I was withdrawn from my stage 2 subjects but was still eligible for points and got my SACE. Would it be necessary to scan my actual certificate to enter through block 2 or should I just leave it blank?

Ive selected nursing as my first preference when i went my application in. I was wondering from other students that do that agree, what do you guys do? Like learning wise etc, how hard is it? Would i have free time for social life?

Also, Im a B student in year 12, and haven't gotten my ATAR until December so i am hoping it will be high enough, Ive been trying to get some A's but i haven't really done the work to my fullest potential.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in my final semester of a Master’s in Food Science and Technology in Melbourne Australia, and I’m an international student.

I’m starting to feel quite lost about what I should be doing to improve my chances of getting a full-time job after graduation, so I’d really appreciate some honest advice from people who have been in a similar position.

I didn’t take a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) subject, but I have taken an Advanced Research Project as part of my degree in final semester. My problem is that my course has already been extremely demanding, and between classes, research, assignments, and my project workload, I haven’t had much time or energy to actively network or look for internships.

I also haven’t built a large social network at university. There are 200+ students in my class, but I’ve only made a few friends. I keep hearing that networking is extremely important in Australia, especially for finding internships and getting your first job, and that gaining local work experience is important for understanding Australian workplace culture.

I completely understand why those things are valuable. However, realistically, I’m struggling to balance everything already, so I’m now trying to figure out how I can market myself effectively without having a huge network or Australian work experience. (I know it might be too late for me to do the networking stuff)

My current goal is to secure a full-time job around November this year, so I have to start finding a job as soon as this month, and, if eligible, obtain a Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa. I’m not aiming for Australian PR. My plan is to work in Australia for around two years, gain meaningful industry experience, and then potentially return to my home country or move elsewhere to continue developing my career.

The part that worries me is the current job market. It seems quite competitive, and I’ve noticed that most employers specifically prefer candidates who already have PR or Australian citizenship. As an international graduate without much local industry experience (eventhough I have 1yeat+ experience in my home country), I’m concerned about how realistic my chances are.

So I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation, particularly international graduates in food science, food technology, FMCG, quality assurance, R&D, regulatory, or related fields in Melbourne or Australia in general.

A few things I’d especially like to know:

\- How did you get your first full-time job in Australia after graduating?

\- If you didn’t have Australian work experience, how did you make your CV stand out?

\- How important was networking actually, compared with applying directly for jobs nowadays?

\- Did you find internships necessary, or were research projects/academic experience enough to get your foot in the door?

\- Is there anything you wish you had done during your final semester?

\- How did you approach employers who preferred PR/citizenship?

\- And realistically, what would you do in my position right now if you had only a few months left before graduation?

\- And what advise would you give me, whether be creating a resume, or start marketing on job search platform/LinkedIn, or send emails to every food industry company etc. In order to really approach employers that might be interested?

According to the graduate visa fee now closing to 6k AUD, I'm not even confident enough to apply for 485 visa without a job or before securing a full-time food science related job at a moment. I pray and hope that I can secure a job before even getting a 485 visa.

I’m mainly looking for honest experiences and practical advice from people who have actually been through this. Please feel free to be blunt about what I’m doing wrong or what I need to improve; I’m genuinely trying to figure this out.

Just please keep it constructive. I’m looking for advice, not insults.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to share their experience.

Hi !! I didn’t know what to do and I wanted to ask somebody here who might have an idea???
My friend and I were looking at the clubs at uni and we looked at the adelaide university jewish students society and noticed in the ‘about us’ that they advocate for zionism?? People are entitled to their views and im not attacking jewish people themselves but it makes me uncomfortable and i don’t know if it warrants speaking to like a staff member?? (I myself am not Palestinian or anything) but it has genuinely made me uncomfortable to know that….obviously i can ignore it but it makes me feel weird that these ideologies can be spread around??
I really hope this doesnt seem insensitive or violates any guidelines but I don’t know what to do …

just got my offer letter today and i realised that orientation is on 8 feb and class starts on 22 feb,, im an international student so i was wondering why there is such a big gap between the 2 and wether i have to be there for the whole 2 weeks and also when i will be able to move into my accommodation if i were to stay on campus?

Ive recently applied to Adelaide Uni, Ive applied for the Bachelor of Nursing. Is there anything i should know about it?

My grades are mostly B's and i wont get my ATAR until December so I'm slightly worried that i wont get in. Any help would be appreciated

Hey guys recently a lot of my courses have been changed by the coordinator so that 80% of the grade will be from the exam and the mid term exam. Is this normal because they decided to remove numerous practicals because they didn’t like it.

How long do direct applications take to process? Do they wait until the closing date comes close or do they process within few days of submitting?

Hi I’m one of the many students who got fucked over by the merger. I’m a media student majoring in visual design (UOA major that is no longer offered)

I started mid year 2025. The merger delayed my study plan and even when I got it, it was incorrect. My course director eventually corrected my classes and emailed me the list.

When I look at my enrolment it lists my major as unspecified despite my plan being for that major - does anyone know if this is the case for all majors that are no longer offered or has something else likely messed up?

I know it will vary significantly per degree, but do lecturers seriously expect students to be reading ALL of the required readings that are assigned? I'm currently second semester into a Bachelor in Teaching (Secondary), and I'm consistently being assigned near one-hundred pages worth of readings, per class, per week, and I'm expected to engage with all of this, in-depth, every workshop/tutorial/seminar. I understand that for certain degrees it makes more sense, but this seems ridiculous, no? Another problem that I've found with these readings is that they're written quite poorly—I understand that they're written by reputable researchers who spend their life waist-deep in this stuff, but they reiterate the same point five or six times (or more) in the same page. Once I'm maybe three pages into most of my readings, I can't help but feel like I'm wasting my time. Does anyone have any solutions to mitigate this time wasting? What are your degrees' assigned readings like? If anyone can share how they get through their slogs of required readings, please let me know.

Hello!

im considering undertaking a 100% online course at AU, and I was wondering if anyone has any experiences to share? im unable to attend uni in person as I live too far from the campus and I was curious what is it like studying online. what do the different kinds of assessments look like- for eg. What is an oral defence, what do online exams look like, and would you say online learning is effective? Are lessons prerecorded or live-streamed? Is there a strict timetable at all, or is it a learn at your own place thing? what would a week look like undertaking online study. are the courses split up into 6 or 10 weeks?

thank you sm :)

I am going into uni next year, and recently I have seen a lot of people using iPad/tablets that connect to onenote to take notes and do questions/problems etc.

This makes me wonder if it is worth it getting something like this (maybe for convenience or someting else), or would taking notes down with pen and paper be better.