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is the academic advice day compulsory?
« on: January 20, 2013, 07:59:24 pm »
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Do they mark attendance?

Am i missing much (anything i cant find out during O week) if i dont go?

Im studying environments

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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2013, 08:01:20 pm »
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I don't believe it is compulsory and you won't be missing much if you don't go.
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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2013, 08:04:00 pm »
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They do a roll call, and if you don't go you get detention.




... nothing in uni is really compulsory aside from paying fees and enrolling, so you'll be okay :)
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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2013, 08:07:13 pm »
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Honestly, if you've read the handbook and know stuff like you need 50-75 points of breadth where 25 points of those can be converted back to Sci electives, you don't really need to go to AAD. It's probably still go to go to meet some people, but it wasn't necessary to make it mandatory I reckon.
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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2013, 08:40:45 pm »
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Quote from: Hancock on January 20, 2013, 08:07:13 pm
Honestly, if you've read the handbook and know stuff like you need 50-75 points of breadth where 25 points of those can be converted back to Sci electives, you don't really need to go to AAD. It's probably still go to go to meet some people, but it wasn't necessary to make it mandatory I reckon.
from this http://aad.unimelb.edu.au/pdfs/Academic-Advice-Day-2012.pdf it says i need to enrol into subjects. wtf does that mean, arnt i just enroling into environments and then during uni choose which breadths or subjects to take?
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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2013, 09:02:31 pm »
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Quote from: wolfbeaver on January 20, 2013, 07:59:24 pm
Do they mark attendance?

Am i missing much (anything i cant find out during O week) if i dont go?

Im studying environments

Thanks

yes it is! check this out:
http://aad.unimelb.edu.au/

Unless you are doing oral health
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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2013, 09:15:47 pm »
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I went last year and honestly it was kind of a waste of time
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Re: is the academic advice day compulsory?
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2013, 06:25:47 pm »
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This is from the Monash section, but it rings true here nevertheless.

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Oh, and if you get into one of those sessions, realise it's useless, don't have the school mentality of 'uh-oh, the teacher's going to go nuts if I leave'. You are in uni now, no one cares. Repeat after me: no one cares. Come and go as you please [the decision is now in your hand, you decide what to do and not do to ensure you don't fail.

I'll still be going to AAD nevertheless. :)
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