r/usyd

Hey guys, never posted on reddit before but I've genuinely gotten myself into a shithole.

Firstly, for anyone who's done CLAW1001 (minor or major), is it actually worth it in the end? Like you can't practice law, and you can apparently only be a 'legal advisor', so is it actually worth paying ~2K a sem for 4 years?

Secondly, adding on I genuinely can't see myself doing my degree/I can't see any career pathways for my majors + minor. I'm doing maths and economics asw, and for some reason like it's js a shitty combo? Not in terms of like how vast it is, but like it js doesn't sit right w me. Like apparently the 'best' career for this combo is Quant Trading and Quant Finance and like god forbid, even with the mandatory superiority complex all usyd students have, I know that there's like a slim chance I'd actually be successful in that field.

If I want to change my degree completely, what processes do I have to go through or is there anything I should know about before changing?

And how did everyone figure out their degrees? like by interest or did anyone "chatgpt what's the highest paying degree" it?

Didn’t get CSP for JD with 83+ WAM.

Got my offer today for the JD at USyd, full fee paying. I’m a current 3rd year USyd student and was pretty confident I’d be competitive for a CSP based on everything I’d seen online suggesting 80+ was the benchmark.

Has anyone else received their JD offers today? Did you get CSP, and if so what was your WAM?

Does anyone know if there is a wait list for this sort of stuff? I am applying for 2027 cohort.

I would really appreciate any advice

DO they literally have nothing better than fining uni kids like bruh we’re already deep in HEX. Especially design and architecture kids like dude give me a break

Which 2nd major would u suggest, which will help me in terms of getting a job? Thanks in advance for replying.

Got a quiz in week 13 , that falls on a day I can’t go in for valid reason. If the special consideration gets accepted how would it work for an in class quiz? Would I take it later , the teacher would have to come in to uni and bring the paper so I’m not sure. Forgot to mention there’s no final , it’s the last assessment . And It’s 15%.

My mental health collapsed this year (severe depression). I requested late discontinuation under special circumstances which included a PPC and that was unfortunately denied. Kind of bullshit personally but I don't think an appeal would be successful and frankly I want to just forget about this.

I am currently on around a HD wam and I'll probably be able to maintain that average when I get my head screwed back on, but my transcript is gonna have 4 DFs in a row for this semester. Also concerned about academic progression and if I may be unenrolled from my course. Would appreciate any advice

since everyone’s talking about the ppl running for usu i would also like to talk about my bad experience.

when i was walking to class i got stopped by one of the people in the yellow shirts who even after i said no 3 times continued to harass me saying ‘take out your phone’ ‘it only takes 10 seconds’ then when i continued to say no they then proceeded to say ‘well if you care about mental health…’

HOW DARE YOU.

i was admitted to hospital and had to discontinue my studies because of it. i think i care enough about mental health because i’ve experienced the brunt of it and dont need to vote for some privileged white kid who went to an all boys private school (a quick linkedin stalk does wonders) to prove that. how dare you try and weaponise mental health for an election.

if you want my vote maybe dont harass me or try to touch my phone.

Unemployed and bored so considering studying somethjng. I would live to do masters in the future so was thinking about just starting now while I don’t have work to go to. Please share any thoughts!

my booked study room stinks like shit!!! like the moment we go inside we gag bc of the smell

PLSSS STOP EATING INSIDE STUDY ROOMS AND PLEASE PUT ON DEODORANT

Hey! I’m looking for a chill bar/pub/whatever to have a couple beers by myself after a long stressful day at uni (I don’t live near campus) but I’m worried it’ll be kinda awkward if I’m the only one by myself or whatever haha, maybe I’m just overthinking it.
Any recommendations?

Hi all, my mum is completing her Honours research at JCU. She is exploring how climate change may influence decisions about having children.
If you’ve ever considered this, sharing your perspective would be a valuable contribution to the research.
Participation involves a short survey (~5 min) + 45 min online interview.
Feel free to comment or message me for more info

uhhhh so a USU election campaigner came into our Korean class and said “xiexie”.

Mind you, the Korean writing was literally on the screen the whole time. So either you can’t tell the difference between Korean and Chinese, or you just saw a bunch of Asian students and assumed we were all Chinese. Both are embarrassing. I honestly wish I remembered your name or who you were even campaigning for so i can avoid voting for you, but you were so forgettable 😭 unless being racist was supposed to be the memorable part?

If you want people to vote for you, maybe start by learning that Asians are not one interchangeable group. The bar is genuinely on the floor and somehow you still managed to crawl under it.

I swear every time graduation season comes around, I accidentally end up in the background of someone’s photos.

You’re just trying to walk through the Quad like a normal person and suddenly there’s a whole family lined up, someone’s holding flowers, someone’s fixing the gown, and you have about 0.3 seconds to decide whether to sprint, freeze, crouch, or awkwardly speed-walk behind them.

At this point, I’m probably in the background of 40 graduation albums looking like a confused NPC carrying a tote bag.

The worst part is when you realise too late that they’re taking the photo, so you do that weird half-run/half-apology shuffle that somehow makes you more noticeable.

Anyway, congrats to all the grads. Sorry in advance if I’m standing behind your nan in the money shot.

Hey guys I’m new here. Just wanna sus out how serious this page is. I’m used to some pretty funny and unserious pages but idk if that holds here because it’s USYD…