Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
I don't think it matters too much in the end if you choose Electrical or Mechatronic. I wouldn't recommend Mechanical though. In the end I feel it is not quite as rewarding a career, but that is just my experience.

The one bit of advice I can give you though is the maths at Newcastle Uni SUCKS. I did 3 unit maths, Physics and Chemistry at High School (also did Geography, General Studies and 3 unit English), and I hated first year maths. It was maths for the sake of maths and it just did my head in. I failed it in first year (only thing I ever failed). When I did it the second time I went to bugger all lectures and went to all the tutorials, I had a really good girl tutor who simplified it a lot for us. You'll find that the lecturers don't make it easy for you, the tutors unravel it a lot - hopefully you get a good one, some of them can't speak english too well! Second year maths is really hard, but hard work saw me through to a credit. I took 2 weeks leave to study fulltime for the exam though.

Once you get through the first 2 years, the later years are a lot easier and are more ongoing assessment based so you an basically pass before the final exams. You just have to get over the first 2 years of maths and physics. I did a first year Chemistry elective and blitzed it as I had done carbon chemistry and others in year 12 chemistry.

I still have all my Uni stuff but it'll most likely be very different now. If you can get hold of the previous years physics labs you'll find they are identical, so you can prep before the labs and you know what answers you are looking for.
Righto.. I am leaning abit towards Mechatronic.

Yeah, I can tell you that I won't be doing any advanced maths.. I'll do the minimum required.. I am alright at maths, but not good enough to do advanced.. I'm doing General Maths, Information Processes and Technology, Standard English, Business Studies (started in advanced, but didn't want to do shakespeare.. lol), Senior Science (worst decision.. I'm 4 weeks ahead of the rest of the class...) I should have done Chemistry.. I also do Automotive through TAFE..

Okay, so I will have to do a heap of study and make sure I stay ontop of things.. And I'll make sure to get a tutor.. So basically it is the first 2yrs that dictate who is going to go through..

Yeah, I will keep everything that I get when I go to uni.. You never know when it will come in handy..

I'm looking at having like a gap year type thing where I can go to TAFE and study Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics while doing part time work to earn a few $$.. That way I have some start up money and I also have the required Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics knowledge..

Thanks for all the help Byron.. I appreciate it..