UoM General Chat

[appleandbee]

super unlikely youll have no kids from your high school going to melbourne as heaps and heaps of scotch kids go every year. but yeah biomed is a really close knit cohort, just go on all the camps and do lots of activities and be friendly and shit and youll be all g

Pretty sure that there is a Scotch in Perth and Adelaide, so he could be referring to one of those.

[sjayne]

Hey guys this is a serious question and I am genuinely worried about it.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university? Ill be honest with you all, I am not the best looking guy, and I believe this stops me from getting friends

I was alone when I started and honestly found it quite difficult, especially at the start. But I did make friends! (who knows how haha) and biomed has a much smaller cohort than science so it should be a lot easier

[ggxoxo]

Hey guys this is a serious question and I am genuinely worried about it.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university? Ill be honest with you all, I am not the best looking guy, and I believe this stops me from getting friends

I wish I can fast forward three years for you and show you how much your network of friends will expand by then I was in the exact same boat as you when I first started uni but gradually I just met people and I can say that I met some of my best friends (as in people I can message at like 3 am unashamedly haha) at uni

It happens at the most unusual of times... I met one of my best friends in a tute in sem 1 and bonded then but we didn't get closer until sem 2 when we saw each other again in another tute and started to hang out more outside of tutes! I was going to list more examples (they actually make me smile hahaha) but I don't want to bore you to death Just be open to everyone and smile a lot (and try to remember people's names- it goes a long way)- join clubs (as in subcommittees, debating- positions where you can actually interact with people)... You'll meet a lot of people at uni, trust me!! I can't speak for biomed obviously but when I did UMEP Biology once upon a time I was only at uni once a week for a prac and even I made a friend there! So I'm sure that with a full time load you'll meet tons of people hahaha

[Russ]

In clinical years, you don't have to go to everything unless you want to. People get very worried about that sort of thing, just relax. Most of first year is also not too bad, there's just a lot of it.

[Zailiner]

Hey guys, first year student here. Class registration which opens up for us on the 2nd of February is only for the first semester right? Cheers.

I am doing Bachelor of Biomedicine at UoM this year (first year) and am really nervous about making new friends. From my school, I am the only one attending UoM, so I will not have any friends there, not that I had any at school. My question is, is it hard to make genuine friends at university?

Hey dude. I'm also a first year, but studying Commerce instead. If you ever want to meet up for some tea, lift some weights, swim, or something just send me a message. I also have very few people from my high school heading to this university this year .

[literally lauren]

Hey guys, first year student here. Class registration which opens up for us on the 2nd of February is only for the first semester right? Cheers.

Yep! 10 am sharp...ish, depending on how the portal holds up But if any of your subjects have a code beginning with a 2 or 3 (eg. UNIB20003), then you'll have to log on tomorrow to register for those.

But yes, this is only for Semester 1 subjects, and there'll be another registration period about a month before Semester 2 starts

[KYtho]

Hey guys, could I get some melbourne veterans' opinions on this mock timetable I just made? As in, is it a 'doable' timetable in terms of how much time there is to study, rest, do other things etc.

Here's the link: http://imgur.com/BbGzixn

Also for Business Law, it is just one 2 hour lecture per week with optional workshops, right?

many thanks

[Stevensmay]

One of my lectures (marked below) hasn't been registered because it clashes with another.

Will I still be able to register in my workshops normally?

Yes. I also think they are moving Lecture 3.

[TheAspiringDoc]

guys will the ticking over to 1000 pages spell the end of the world (i.e. this is Y2K peeps!!!)

[Zailiner]

Yep! 10 am sharp...ish, depending on how the portal holds up But if any of your subjects have a code beginning with a 2 or 3 (eg. UNIB20003), then you'll have to log on tomorrow to register for those.

But yes, this is only for Semester 1 subjects, and there'll be another registration period about a month before Semester 2 starts

Thanks Lauren!

Also, when do classes typically fill up?

[RKTR]

Hey guys, could I get some melbourne veterans' opinions on this mock timetable I just made? As in, is it a 'doable' timetable in terms of how much time there is to study, rest, do other things etc.

looks good

[The_Nster]

hey guys, I am in the master timetable, and trying to figure out what location this class is in:

PAR-MSD-B117 (Theatre)



The class is introductory micro economics (compulsory for b.com students). THe specific one I am refering to is on a Tuesday at 9am

Thanks for the help!

[Zailiner]

Hey guys, could I get some melbourne veterans' opinions on this mock timetable I just made?
Here's the link: http://imgur.com/BbGzixn

Doesn't FNCE10001 only require one lecture per week? "Two hours of lectures... per week"
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2016/FNCE10001
It says each lecture is 2 hours long here: https://sws.unimelb.edu.au/2016/Reports/List.aspx?objects=FNCE10001&weeks=1-52&days=1-7&periods=1-56&template=module_by_group_list
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
See if this means you can condense everything into 3 days, or at least shorten your Thursday or Tuesday

Also, I've heard some advice floating around about trying to avoid ~1 hour gaps between classes, since it's too much time to sit around comfortably while waiting for your next class, while too short to get any meaningful study done.

[Stevensmay]

hey guys, I am in the master timetable, and trying to figure out what location this class is in:

PAR-MSD-B117 (Theatre)

It's the basement theatre of the MSD (Melbourne School of Design) building. Big white one sandwiched between Union Hall and Elisabeth Murdhoch, quite new.

Okay thanks, and where'd you here that?

It was on a note attached to the Lecture 3 row but its been removed now. Not sure if that means it has been moved or not, guess we will see.

[literally lauren]

Thanks Lauren!

Also, when do classes typically fill up?

Depends on your subjects. Back in my day *waves walking stick* it was an utter kerfuffle and I was stuck refreshing the page for hours, by which point all the good classes were full and I was left with a timetable with ridiculous gaps everywhere. But recently it's been pretty good; last semester only took me about 10 minutes and I got all the classes I wanted.

Certain slots will fill up really fast, like tutorial times immediately after lectures, or things in the 10-2 area since that's when most people are at uni regardless, but the 8am/5:15pm tutes will likely still have open spaces.

Sooo if you don't want to be stuck in those ones, just get in ASAP. You'll have the extra 20% window on the 19th just in cases, anyway

hey guys, I am in the master timetable, and trying to figure out what location this class is in:

PAR-MSD-B117 (Theatre)

Don't you love how intuitive the uni's numbering system is

I'll hopefully explain these in a big post about the Lost on Campus app which is really good if you haven't got it already, but

PAR = Parkville
MSD = The Melbourne School of Design
B117 = The Basement Theatre; it's freakin huge, and there'll be massive crowds there on the first day, so you should be fine

Doesn't FNCE10001 only require one lecture per week? "Two hours of lectures... per week"
https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2016/FNCE10001
It says each lecture is 2 hours long here: https://sws.unimelb.edu.au/2016/Reports/List.aspx?objects=FNCE10001&weeks=1-52&days=1-7&periods=1-56&template=module_by_group_list
(Correct me if I'm wrong)
See if this means you can condense everything into 3 days, or at least shorten your Thursday or Tuesday

Also, I've heard some advice floating around about trying to avoid ~1 hour gaps between classes, since it's too much time to sit around comfortably while waiting for your next class, while too short to get anything done.

Yes, you'll just have one two-hour lecture on that day, then

Also, I'd advise against 1 hour gaps, but others don't mind them as much. Don't screw up your timetable just to avoid them (i.e. it's better to only come in three days a week and have a few one-hour gaps than to be in five days a week and have back-to-back classes for three hours every day) but it depends what you're at uni for. If you end up finding a bunch of friends with breaks at the same time as you, then it can be good to catch up with them for a bit, and if you like those quick-ish 40 minute study sessions, then you'll be fine. But I'm more of a curl-up-in-my-secret-library-and-read-for-hours kind of person, so 40 minutes is barely enough time to get settled before I have to rush off to the next class.

Maybe test it out this semester and see how you go.