UoM General Chat

[TrebleClef]

Is anyone else feeling super burnt out? I really can't wait for the week break to catch up on sleep.

Been sleep deprived for weeks now. It seems like the semester has gone by way quicker than the last, i guess due to the lack of a midsem break until now.

[spectroscopy]

everyone has such different opinions on what constitutes a good or a bad exam timetable LOL
mine are on the 3rd 5th 12th and 17th and theyre in the order of most prepared for first and least prepared for last
yay ample time for cramming !!

[Kalopsic]

Is anyone else feeling super burnt out? I really can't wait for the week break to catch up on sleep.

Omg I thought I was the only one. For the past 2 weeks I've had no motivation and on Monday woke up contemplating deferring the semester or even the whole course. Really shocked me when I was on the train and started processing it

[Mieow]

is there always at least one biomed subject per semester that has an 8:30am exam  or something? Looking at people doing biomed's exam timetables and it's like we all have one ;o

[sjayne]

Omg I thought I was the only one. For the past 2 weeks I've had no motivation and on Monday woke up contemplating deferring the semester or even the whole course. Really shocked me when I was on the train and started processing it

this was me the other day hahaha

[Kalopsic]

this was me the other day hahaha

oh sjayne that's not good haha. i know if i defer i won't come back and we can't have that since there's now only 5 of us repping our highschool

[sjayne]

oh sjayne that's not good haha. i know if i defer i won't come back and we can't have that since there's now only 5 of us repping our highschool

same here. one day i'm gonna go back with my piece of paper and be like 'look what i did no thanks to you' not that it was all bad though

[MelonBar]

Omg I thought I was the only one. For the past 2 weeks I've had no motivation and on Monday woke up contemplating deferring the semester or even the whole course. Really shocked me when I was on the train and started processing it

Don't worry too much, I went through the same thing a few weeks ago, was this close to applying for a leave of absence.

[Kalopsic]

same here. one day i'm gonna go back with my piece of paper and be like 'look what i did no thanks to you' not that it was all bad though

If we're talking strictly about the education side of our highschool we did have a few quality teachers here and there especially in humanities where I can think of 2 teachers one who left and another who is a substitute.

Don't worry too much, I went through the same thing a few weeks ago, was this close to applying for a leave of absence.

It's somewhat comforting yet worrying that it seems like a normal thought among us. Perhaps it speaks volumes about our pressures and anxieties (there's a study that says we have more anxiety than a psychotic patient in the 1950's).

[sjayne]

If we're talking strictly about the education side of our highschool we did have a few quality teachers here and there especially in humanities where I can think of 2 teachers one who left and another who is a substitute.

yeah we did have some good teachers(i can think of 1 more humanities one  ) - especially in later years (some bad ones too), but I was referring more to how it was run/structured tbh.

[DisaFear]

Does Melb uni have summer research scholarships? Couldn't find anything with a google search

[mahler004]

Does Melb uni have summer research scholarships? Couldn't find anything with a google search

ANU does.

Most science departments will have a research project subject which you can take in semester, or over the summer (it's usually much quicker if you take it over the summer.) There's no scholarship (read, money) but you do get a subject credit for it.

There's also UROP, although that's not just for summer.

[DisaFear]

ANU does.

Most science departments will have a research project subject which you can take in semester, or over the summer (it's usually much quicker if you take it over the summer.) There's no scholarship (read, money) but you do get a subject credit for it.

There's also UROP, although that's not just for summer.

Ah alright, thanks. I guess I'll just apply for the ones at Monash then

[TrebleClef]

Hey guys, i need some recommendations for the 2 easiest second year maths subjects. I need to pick 2 to satisfy my course requirements, and they can be any level 2 maths.
Thaanks!

[silverpixeli]

Hey guys, i need some recommendations for the 2 easiest second year maths subjects. I need to pick 2 to satisfy my course requirements, and they can be any level 2 maths.
Thaanks!

If you're fine with calculus, you could try Engineering Maths in semester 1 and then Vector Calculus in semester 2 (you can't do them in the other order, or concurrently though! too much overlap)
Eng Math is a fast-paced course covering the essential second year calculus topics, from Vector Calculus and Differential Equations, and then you could take Vector Calculus which goes into more depth on the first half of Eng Math.

I did Vector Calc only, and I found it was the kind of subject I could get through without going to lectures but I've always found visualising and applying calculus topics pretty intuitive, and I know friends who found it quite tough to keep on top of it.