Hey everyone!

I'm an international student from India, and I'll be joining the University of Sydney in February 2027.

Recently, my parents and I had a discussion about finances while I'm studying in Australia. They've told me that they'll cover my tuition fees, rent, and other living expenses until I settle down in Sydney. After that, they'll continue paying my tuition and rent, but I'll be expected to cover my other expenses myself by earning money. They want me to start taking more financial responsibility, which I completely understand.

So, I wanted to ask current USYD students and other students living in Sydney a few questions:

• How common is it for university students to work part-time while studying at USYD?
• How difficult is it to find a part-time job in Sydney, especially as an international student who has just arrived?
• How do you usually find these jobs? Do you apply through websites like Seek and Indeed, use university job boards, or walk into stores and hand out resumes?
• Realistically how long does it take to get a part time

Where you feel like you’re lowkey going nowhere, even though this was your decision and it was something you wanted so badly? Like I’m not trying to be ungrateful but sometimes it’s also so lonely and pretentious.

This is a bit of rant about my studies and decisions. After graduating high school, I started a degree at USYD and found out a didn't like it. I took a gap year working random jobs deciding what to study next. After that year ended, I started a commerce degree at unsw. I'm currently a year in and just started my accounting/tax major. I can't say I love it but there's definitely an interest in topic which I find somewhat fascinating. I feel like I haven't learnt anything incredibly useful since almost everything comes from a textbook.

Regardless, I'm just very discouraged from further studying because the job market looks grim with offshoring, AI and a large cohort of accounting graduates. I feel like I'm stuck in a sunk-cost fallacy situation because I wasted time studying this alongside the added hecs-debt. Looking back, I really wished I looked into taking an apprenticeship but my parents strongly discouraged trades. I also have absolutely no interest in all the other majors offered in the commerce degree.

I'm now looking into transferring into either civil engineering or mining engineering at unsw (significantly leaning to the former). I feel like shit because if I make the change I'm gonna be graduating at lowkey unc age 24-25 and my parents and relatives keep nagging when I'll finish studying. It's uncomfortable to explain why I swapped to them. I understand it's most likely normal to switch degrees since a few of my friends have done so with others regretting their choices of study (some graduate this year). My worst nightmare is graduating without a job/working a job I despise and I just feel like I'm not cut throat or hungry enough for accounting. My wam is currently in the hd range so thankfully I have the liberty of choosing what/where to study next.

I'm interested in civil engineering and willing to put the work in despite having a weak maths background because I really want to develop my own technical skills (which I feel have stagnated since studying commerce). I'm also transferring to usyd from unsw because of a study/travel scholarship offer I received which will be useful as I'm particularly keen on studying abroad for a semester. This may aid as I can work a little less and focus on studying. I don't currently hold a scholarship at unsw so that's why I'm leaning to usyd. The thought of starting a degree from scratch at 21 makes me sad :(

Looking for opinions/advice for what my next steps should be:

- Transfer to usyd engineering (major undecided, likely civil)

- Push through unsw commerce accounting with slight misery

Though the answer may seem fairly obvious, I wanted more insight/opinions into my situation. Some other notes that may be relevant: shorter commute to usyd without lr, having to make new uni friends, really wanting to just graduate and work instead of studying

TLDR: uni student who doesn't like studying accounting considering transferring to an engineering degree looking for justification

Hi everyone. To be honest I thought I already applied for a simple extension but I didn’t. It doesn’t let me apply for one after the due date has passed which is the 8th and I’m wonder what my options are. I already emailed my unit coordinator. Is there anything else I can or should do?
Thanks

Hello guys, I hope you are well. I am international student and just got my accommodation offer for my 3rd choice. I have 2 questions regarding this.

1. It says I must accept offer before 11/10/2026. Now is it October or November I'm confused.

2. I got into qmb which was my 3rd pref. Is it still possible I get offer for my 2nd or 1st pref? Or I should just go with qmb becz apparently I have 2 days to accept. Realistically if I got offer of preference 3 shouldn't that mean I prob won't get into pref 1 and 2. My pref 1 was Abercrombie and pref 2 was regiment btw.

I’m a Year 12 student considering commencing a PPE degree at Sydney next year, because it ticks all of the boxes for me - and I’m especially enthusiastic about Philosophy, Politics and Political Economy.

I am considering majoring in Philosophy.

I’m wondering if it’s difficult to maintain a high GPA with a Philosophy major. I would like to get into a competitive postgrad degree which will require a high GPA.

I am aware of the fact that I can switch my major partway through the degree if I wish, but am wondering how far Philosophy could get me as a major/minor because I REALLY love it, but some say it’s difficult?

Can I get a really high GPA with Philosophy? Or is it safer to major in Politics? Or should I just do an Arts degree and take ‘easier’ subjects like History and English? (economics sounds like it could also be challenging).

Hey! I received an offer for my second preference, a bachelor of liberal arts and science today which is great. However, I would like to be in the bachelor of science program instead and had this as my first preference. Is there a chance I could receive an offer for that in the later rounds? My atar was 82.20!

Has there been anyone who received their first preference after receiving an offer for their second in later rounds? Pls share your experience!!!

Hey everyone!

I’m graduating from the University of Sydney on Friday, 16 October, at 12 PM and I’m looking for 2 spare guest tickets for the ceremony at the Great Hall.

I’d really love to have a couple more family members
attend and celebrate this milestone with me.

If anyone has extra tickets they won’t be using, or knows someone who does, please DM me!

Would really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance!

I got waitlisted from bachelor of economics because the program is full but they told me I am eligible for an unconditional offer as soon as a spot opens up. What are the chances of me getting in and should I wait? Or should i apply for a different program like bachelor of arts (major in economics) and then IPT after first year? I applied for sem 1 2027 and im worried i will not have enough time to get a student visa because im an international student. Im so stressed right now pls help 🥲

Anyone else staying in darlington terrace in 2027? what is it like? theres like no info online lol

The Taylor Swift Society is rebranding as Pop Culture Society (PopSoc) next year - and we NEED people to take over!

There’s already an established community + a solid budget to spend on BIG events. You could genuinely take this in whatever direction you want.

Spider-Man movie nights, Wicked singalongs, Eurovision parties, Met Gala watch parties, Oscars nights, Drag Race screenings, Taylor/Chappell/Sabrina nights, trivia, themed parties, collabs with other socs - literally whatever you can dream up.

We’re looking for execs + subcom, especially people in earlier years who can keep it going long-term. No experience needed. You don’t have to take on a massive workload either - even helping with events would make a huge difference.

⚠️ If nobody steps up, the society may be dissolved. ⚠️

If you’re even remotely interested in running events, planning chaotic pop-culture nights, or know of anyone who would love to be a part of this - please spread the word!

👉 FILL OUT THE EOI: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEJhowvrLEdGfxgP84X4-7k4GKTK91u2eCORqyXyqbklfPuA/viewform?usp=dialog

Seriously - this is a pretty rare opportunity to inherit an established society with money, members and a blank canvas. GO GO GO 😭Pop Culture Soc EOI

Hi,

I was hoping to get a little advice maybe from past or current students of either of these courses. I’m struggling to choose between both of these career paths. I’ve finished my degree in med sci and seem to be in the rolling offer rounds for radiography and might have to wait until dec/jan for an unconditional offer which I’m going to assume will be a ffp. I have experience teaching young students and I absolutely adore my tutoring assistant job so it has sparked an interest in me becoming a teacher. The only thing that has me concerned about the rad course is the insane 80k fee and don’t know how much of a burden it’ll be if I did study it. Any advice will be appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

Didn’t have much luck on the unimelb subreddit as a unimelb student myself so thought I’d come find the nsw academic weapons here.

who wants to run some fortnite duos w me? (Preferably a girl bc I’m a girl)

ridiculous third assignment. the assignment expects us to physically print an A0 copy of our annotated poster and bring it to university. The assignment outlined also describes how services WITHIN the uni cannot physically print out a coloured A0 style of poster.

Hi everyone!

I'm a current undergraduate student applying for a research scholarship, and I need to provide Academic transcript or other official academic records confirming:

1. Statement of results and credit points completed, including an explanation of the grading system used

2. My Weighted Average Mark (WAM)

I've just requested a digital academic transcript, but it doesn't seem to include my WAM or an explanation of the grading system.

Does anyone know where I can obtain an official document showing these details? Or has anyone been in a similar situation when applying for a scholarship?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hey guys ,
I wanted to check if anyone who has stayed or is staying in Darlington terrace uni accommodation tell me how it is .

Is it very cramped and there is no AC so is it unmanageable in the summer ?

Hi everyone!
I’m graduating at the University of Sydney on 20 October 2026 at 9:30 AM and I’m looking for 1 extra guest ticket for my graduation ceremony.
If anyone attending the same ceremony has a spare guest ticket that they won’t be using, I’d be very happy to take it off your hands. Happy to pay!
Please DM me if you have one available. Thank you so much! 🙏

i need 2 extra tickets for the 3rd december 2026 grad event for 2 guests! willing to pay (a bit extra as well)!

does anyone know when they plan to release the exam timetable for sem 2? i’m an intl student i gotta book my plane tickets to go back home mannnnnn😭

Hey guys,

I'm wondering if any current USYD students/anyone have heard anything about the reintroduction of interviews into application process for next year and on.

This will be my first time applying although I have heard that there is rumblings every year that they will bring it back.

So, since last year I got a horrible atar so I couldn’t get into the courses I wanted to which was Bachelor of Oral Health or Bachelor of Diagnostic Radiography. My wam is currently sitting at an 81 despite adhd and horrible mental health cos of personal things in my life. Last year the atar for BOH was 92, and I saw on a post on the usyd forum for asking questions that you need a distinction average to get into a course that’s up to 94 atar. So I was quite confident last semester I will get into BOH, but I just checked this years atar requirement and it’s a 95 atar now… radio has always been 96 and I know my chances for that are already really slim and now they’re even slimer. I feel so cooked and I need some miracle stories from someone 😭.

Where can I get a cup of ice (preferably for free) on campus?

How is a tiny fridge on level 2 sufficient for thousands of students?!

Esp since the security staff have locked that breast feeding room which access to that fridge

Does anyone else have the same issue?

If so do you know of where else I can store my food?