I figured as pretty much every other uni has a thread in NS vic at the moment, i thought i should make one up for deakin, just to piss everyone off
Anyway, im starting this year, doing a batchelor of commerce - sport management. I originally had deferred for the year but plans have changed and i rang them up and reversed it so im now enrolled there as of today. I missed the enrolement day last thursday so i dont know what i missed out on there?
Anyway who else is going to deakin this year?

Another concern i have is about parking prices....mainly monthly/yearly passes on grounds.

Starting I.T Security this year at Burwood Campus.

Im studying Bachelor of Construction Management @ Geelong Waterfront

I was at Deakin 3.5 years and finished up last year. Only ever bought a permit in the first semester I was there, rest of the time I pretty much just didn't pay except for say a 20cent ticket here and there just so it looked like I had a ticket on my windscreen. Received 2 parking fines in total which were $25 or so. Although be wary, start of the year the inspectors are a lot more active and finding a car spot is ridiculous, few weeks into it it generally eases up some more.

Bachelor or Business Information Systems/Bachelor of Information Technology at Burwood.

I was at deakin (burwood) for 3.5 years, finished end of 2005. Studied commerce with majors in accoutn and financial planning. Got to admit, full time work sucks! wish i was in uni again lol Make the most of it buddy.

Skypy12, i preety much did the same thinga as u in regards to parkin lol Only got fined once

anybody goin waterfront?

My mates doing commerce/law, and for some odd reason he has to go to geelong campus for his tutes, but does his lectures at burwood?

Thanks for the info on parking

Was anyone at O week today?

Yeh i was. Was soooooo dam boring. Only knew one chick from my old school there but we had to split up when she went to her arts shit and i went to my commerce intro.
Didnt end up going to the party at metro tonight because im saving my moneys for thursday and friday nights when i got a few things on. Plus it was beach theme tonight, and i cant stand themed shit!

waun ponds campus!! FTW!!

Man I was at o-week today but I'm going back to school after working for 2 yrs. Far out it was weird. I thought you were deferring swilly?


what courses are you guys doing?

I was. I had my deferal letter all filled out and sent in, but then some shit changed. My mate who i planned to travel with ended up going to uni, as did everyone else, and i didnt want to travel alone. So i figured i may as well get a year out of the way and see how i feel, could defer for a little next year some time.
Im doing Batchelor of commerce - Sport management.

How about you?

Nice. I'm doing bachelor of business info systems/info technology. haven't noticed any nice cars around the car park yet though.

I spotted your car swilly01 today at the carpark as you were leaving, I believe.

man today sucked balls, drove for an hour to get told how to handle tools and get told about how the library works... F**Kn bs

Hmmm were you IT guys in room LT13 today from like 10:30 to 11:30 with all the commerce people?
I havent really seen many good cars there either yet. Yesterday saw a black s13 parked near me on the top level, and also saw a very nice silver R33 GTR. What car you driving/parking around deakin?


Really? Im sure it woulda been me. Who else would be there that has a grey 180 with the ugly ass stock CA rims, and an unpainted patch on their boot lid Should say hello if you see me/the car around. You driving anything atm that i can keep an eye out for?


Yeh these past coupla days have been pretty pointless i guess. My orientation is all done now!

yeh ive got tomorow and thats it. I havnt seen any nice cars either. there was an FC RX7 and a pugeot with a cannon lol.

Just my girls magna at the moment

Will be getting my s15 in 3 or 4 weeks though.

Dam you! I want an s15 How old are you exactly?
Looks like we can start a deakin uni nissan club. A direct take off of the monash one but who cares! We can call it DUNC

s15 niice. I'm getting lifts from my mrs at the moment but I drive a 180 and hopefully should be back on the road in the first half of the year

Have you guys organised car park passes or anything? I've just gone to compulsary stuff and gone home. Thank god 'orientation' is over tomorrow. Its pretty shit going back to school after 2 yrs off heh. Feel so old

Im not getting a car park pass at all. I have spoken to a few people who have been going to deaking for ages. One guy yesterday said he has been there for 3 years, and never bought a ticket, and only recieved a fine twice, each time the fine was like $20. I didnt pay for parking yesterday or monday

Still hungover from the last 2 days of o'week beer

dont bother with getting a carpark permit, its only a $20 buck fine for the first offence, ive gone 2 years with no tickets, theres enough free parking around.

any of you guys in IT are going to have fun, the lectures are so annoying.

i was in IT(multimedia) , and swapped to strait multimedia.

join DUSA, then make sure to have the parma at einstiens, or dominos up the road, going back to uni is going to make me fatttttttt

ticket prices have gone up, they're like 65 dollars now.

you will get done, so many people get done for incorrect parking at the start.

just buy your pass. its only like 130 bucks or something.

it lasts you a year.

My gf is there now. doin Arts.

Im 22, and one of the shortest guys around

You could probably get some kind of Nissan or import club going through Dusa too.

hey im doing BIS...see you there i guess, altho i never use these forums anymore, and i dont have my s15 anymore =S

hey who went Metro? it went off!!!! i wanted to go on the bus thinggy but they sold outta tickets.

Classes start tmorrow....
However i just went to check my timetable on STAR, and its BLANK!!! When i orignally viewed it on the 12th of feb when they released the timetables i luckily took a screenshot and everything was fine. But now theres nothing there...no classes down the left hand side, and the timetable grid is emtpy, yet down the bottom it says i am enrolled in my course.

Can you guys see your timetable atm, or are they still sorting shit out with it and its not viewable by anyone? Please check for me and let me know. Im so unprepared. Do i need folders or what for the lectures? Suppose i shoulda found out about this shit ages ago

nice one. what year are you in?

hey im doing business information systems too

3rd year

oh and to whoever said youll definatly get done by the parking popo - you aint got game son

the whole of 2006 cost me .10c in parking

how was the pyjama party at metro ? and im pissed i totally forgot about the hawian night party

and if star was working fine before but not now - just login into DSO man - your subjects should be up

any other BIS students PM me y0 would like to see if we have any of the same classes

and to the guy who said hell get fat from dominos and the like - theres a new gym open downstairs man !

^^^Iv logged into DSO and my subjects are listed there, but when i click on them it says "you have been denied access..."
My enrolment status is now set to "INACTIVE" for some strange reason which means im enrolled in the course but not any of the subjects. They must have fuked up, because i have a print out of my receipt (and receipt number) of my online enrolemtne not only in the course, but also all of the subjects! Plus i used to have my timetable when they first released them on the 12th of feb.
Hopefully i can get this all sorted tomorrow. Ill be pissed off if they have accidently kiked me out of my subjects then given my spots to some other *richard cranium*. So i better keep the same timetable i originally had coz it was good!

anyone have any idea if dusa still do club funding these days due to the whole VSU thing cos there will be less members and therefore less money

apparently they got plenty of money

DUSA can kiss my ass lol

sif they do anything usefull

im glad i dont have to pay that compulsary $120 a yr nonsense they had going the previous years

DUSA used to be compulsory? jeez thats a bit tight.

Anyway i got all my enrolment issues sorted out yesterday thank god. But then when they re-enrolled me in my subjects i had lost all my preferences and good timetable! So i kicked up a stink and they said to follow my old timetable.

Also, spotted a bright yellow 180 yesterday driving through deakin to the carpark. Had black bonnet, kit etc. I waved, think the driver got a bit of a shock coz he didnt see me till my window was right next to his going the opposite way

FKN Oath!!!!

Deakin Uni waurn ponds Bachelor of business info systems any1 else same course & campus ?

Im doin Bachelor of construction management @ Waterfront

PLEASE READ
DUSA is Deakin's Student Union as you probably know. And a couple of years ago Union membership was conpulsory.


Now if you recall the Howard government around 2 years ago increased hecs (now known as HELP) by 20% i believe. So for the average 3 year degree the student would have to pay around $3500 more on HECS/HELP!


And when these changes were suggested and being implemented, who fought for the students rights? Who opposed these changes? Ofcourse all the Student Unions.

So what did the howard government do? Made it ofcourse so that you didn't have to join the student union.



So everyone is saying i am so happy not to pay 130 bucks a year for three years. 390 dollars?


So basically the Howard Gov, made out as though he is doing students a favour when at the same time raised hecs.

So you are paying $3500 more but now dont have to pay $390



The Howard government is known as very Anti University. I seriously do not know why, it is always good to promote a high education level in a nation.. :/
So instead he wants us to pay more when the economy is good. And where does all the money go with this economy, into promoting the housing boom so that housing prices go up and all the other infrastructure fails due to lack of funding.

Interesting read.


Did anyone else have the Discrete maths lecture at 8am today? Thats definately something I wish I wasn't doing at 8am every wednesday

Well ive been to a few lectures so far and i swear i wish i was in a trade/apprento man its so f**king boring take a note here or there even tho you already have it on your studyguide god is it guna get better ?

wtf

just went to get my diary - now there $15, but, there free - with the $70 membership

last semester they were free - no membership required

FFS deakin just made $140 million from the sale of that toorak mansion and they cant give out measily diaries for free

talk about tite

oh im burwood campus btw

Im not feeling all that great about uni like i thought i would. Im seriosuly considering stopping. But if i pull out in say the 3rd week, what happens fees wise if im a HECS student? Do i have to pay for the whole semester?

Anyway im sure it will get better. I just feel like im in the sticks coz i used to go to school in st.kilda, and grew up around the city Sounds odd.

hmmm, i dont know anything about you, or your life situation, but id say stick with it and get your degree man. youll feel really proud of yourself.

Definately worth sticking it out if you ask me.

Compared to some of the shit you will have to do in your life uni isn't that hard, it can be really fun, and the rewards are worth it.

DUSA:
$139 for the year

you get:
$50 dusa cash to spend on campus (including bookstore)
10% at food and bookstore
diary etc
a book full of coupons

all that free food and beer you see randomly on campus is paid for by dusa, and so are all the free healthcare and stuff like that.

dusa support you so you misawell support them, im my opinion its money well spent.

well maybe if they properly advertised them selves and there efforts ? all i knew up till now is that they want $100 for joining them

10% bookstore , book of coupons - 1st time im hearing about it is from you lol

Well it is Uni, and you have to start learning and thinking for yourself, not just what people tell you


Dusa is a good way to meet new people if you get involved with their community I guess, they do have a booklet telling you what they do and activities they run, im not a jock so it probably wont work for me so well (Although I would love to go skydiving, and metro nights sound great)

Yeah i know im going to stick to it. Just not enjoying it so much as i thought i would at the moment. Its mainly to do with all thise stress recently when they fuked up my enrolment, and now i need to fixmy timetable AGAIN i just realised tonight. So more running around tomorrow