UoM General Chat

[spectroscopy]

wow and they accepted that (unless nice people spoke to him?) I feel a bit better now, thanks for letting me know
I think worst case scenario I'd fail 2 subjects this semester...

did he only have a meeting at the end of the year once they realised he only passed 1 subject? or did it happen in first semester?

oh i shouldve clarified he was a competitive weightlifter and was winning tournaments and shit, he wasnt just saying "i was at the gym lol" (sorry it sounded like that in my reply)

im pretty sure once you fail 2 subjects you automatically get an email to register for this academic support session, which is a 1 on 1 thing where you just talk to someone who is very nice and they try to help you with study plans etc. they never really implement anything at this stage, its more of a "let me try to help you" "why didnt you do well" "do you need to see a course planner" etc. and then if you fail 2 subjects or more in second semester thats when you have to have the more formal hearing with a bunch of ppl. at this stage they still arent angry at you and threatening to kick you out, but its the point where they say "ok we gonna have to put some sanctions so you can succeed" with the most common outcome being restricted to 3 subjects a semester. i do not know what happens if you fail again in your third semester lol. i would not expect it to be good though

[tashhhaaa]

oh i shouldve clarified he was a competitive weightlifter and was winning tournaments and shit, he wasnt just saying "i was at the gym lol" (sorry it sounded like that in my reply)

im pretty sure once you fail 2 subjects you automatically get an email to register for this academic support session, which is a 1 on 1 thing where you just talk to someone who is very nice and they try to help you with study plans etc. they never really implement anything at this stage, its more of a "let me try to help you" "why didnt you do well" "do you need to see a course planner" etc. and then if you fail 2 subjects or more in second semester thats when you have to have the more formal hearing with a bunch of ppl. at this stage they still arent angry at you and threatening to kick you out, but its the point where they say "ok we gonna have to put some sanctions so you can succeed" with the most common outcome being restricted to 3 subjects a semester. i do not know what happens if you fail again in your third semester lol. i would not expect it to be good though

thanks so much for this

[Shenz0r]

Umm so SWOTVAC hasn't gone as planned and long story short I've only started my revision for the BIOM30002 exam today (and the exam is next Wednesday). I know I can get through all the lectures in that time (just) if I don't study one module but I don't know how on earth I'm going to tackle the short answer questions. Any advice from previous students on what I could do? Thanks.

The SA part is tough as nails. You want to strike a balance between going into enough detail about important things but if you go way in depth then you will run out of time.

[Stick]

You only have to write on four modules though, so why not cut two modules?

The short answer questions can be finnicky and a lot of detail is expected, but at this point I'd just focus on those things that they kept on emphasising. Each lecture had something that they banged on about for ages. Those are the kind of things they're going to test.

Tricky subject, but if anyone can pull through I'm sure you can

Thanks for the vote of confidence. My three favourite modules were pandemics, dystrophies and cystic fibrosis, so I definitely want to do those, plus I have to study for the last two modules (neurodegeneration and rheumatoid arthritis) anyway, so that's why I've concluded that I should study 5 modules. While I didn't mind the last two modules, they could ask something really difficult, in which case having a backup might be a good idea.

The SA part is tough as nails. You want to strike a balance between going into enough detail about important things but if you go way in depth then you will run out of time.

Hmm... I'm thinking that while I work my way through the lectures I create some possible essay topics and then once I'm done plan out some responses. That will save me the time of actually having to write them, but at least I'm testing my recall and I might be able to pull pieces of information together if the questions are a bit different.

When it comes to the short answer questions, is it sort of possible to "pad out" your answers so that you can address the key concepts and work in the details as necessary? Even in an ideal scenario I'm going to forget some of the specifics, but I'm confident with the overarching themes and showing my understanding. I hope that's enough. Thanks for the help.

[#J.Procrastinator]

Hey guys,

Does anyone who has done MIIM20001 have any quiz questions or practise questions saved? The only practise questions we're given are just weekly quiz questions

[Yacoubb]

Hope the Biochem exam went well

[That Nice Guy]

Does anyone know when the subject selection timetabling thing is coming?

[h545]

Does anyone know when the subject selection timetabling thing is coming?

The class registration dates for semester 2 are here: http://ask.unimelb.edu.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/5768/~/class-registration-dates

[squidgee123]

Hey guys,

Does anyone who has done MIIM20001 have any quiz questions or practise questions saved? The only practise questions we're given are just weekly quiz questions

Yeah it's a bummer
There are the challenge questions on lms and some sample short answer questions in lecture 36, but they don't give answers for them.

[Mieow]

Has anyone ever tried doing a breadth in Sem 1 + Winter + Sem 2?

I'm trying to enrol into Intensive Italian as a winter breadth but the system says "Your currently enrolled Credit Points and your selected components for enrolment totals 60.1 Credit Points. The maximum allowable is 56.3 Credit Points for Semester 2" 

[literally lauren]

Has anyone ever tried doing a breadth in Sem 1 + Winter + Sem 2?

I'm trying to enrol into Intensive Italian as a winter breadth but the system says "Your currently enrolled Credit Points and your selected components for enrolment totals 60.1 Credit Points. The maximum allowable is 56.3 Credit Points for Semester 2" 

Lol, those 3.8 credit points are going to be so strenuous, I can understand why they'd cap it there
Nah, student centre/ STOP1 have to sort it out for you by manually enrolling you in your Winter subject. I believe they're closed this week, but you might be able to email someone to get it sorted? Once they know it takes them all of five seconds to correct, though you may have to submit an application to overload. They'll tell you if this is the case - I have no idea how they determine this, but apparently if your Winter Intensive starts in June, it counts under your Semester 1 credit point total, whereas if it starts in July it's under Semester 2, which may explain the error message you're getting. Should be a quick fix so long as you haven't missed the date to enrol, whatever that was

[vox nihili]

Has anyone ever tried doing a breadth in Sem 1 + Winter + Sem 2?

I'm trying to enrol into Intensive Italian as a winter breadth but the system says "Your currently enrolled Credit Points and your selected components for enrolment totals 60.1 Credit Points. The maximum allowable is 56.3 Credit Points for Semester 2" 

1. So jealous you get intensive Italian! Would have done that subject in a shot if it were available when I went through.
2. What Lauren said, except that I'm pretty sure Winter intensives actually count under semester 2 because some of the work can be due during the start of semester (99% sure that's right because I didn't have the same problem, as I underloaded in sem 2)
3. Beware of burnout. Intensives are bloody hard work and that break is really vital. Depends what kind of semester 2 you have coming up and how you cope with the workload, though.

[Stick]

Has anyone ever tried doing a breadth in Sem 1 + Winter + Sem 2?

I'm trying to enrol into Intensive Italian as a winter breadth but the system says "Your currently enrolled Credit Points and your selected components for enrolment totals 60.1 Credit Points. The maximum allowable is 56.3 Credit Points for Semester 2" 

Can't help you with your main problem, but please do feel free to ask me if you need any help with your Italian! I'm also really glad how popular this subject is turning out to be - I know quite a lot of people doing it (I may or may not have been pushing them LOL).

[Zengster]

Has anyone ever tried doing a breadth in Sem 1 + Winter + Sem 2?

I'm trying to enrol into Intensive Italian as a winter breadth but the system says "Your currently enrolled Credit Points and your selected components for enrolment totals 60.1 Credit Points. The maximum allowable is 56.3 Credit Points for Semester 2" 

I had the same problem and had to enrol manually. You have to fill in an enrolment variation form. Give them as much detail as possible and explain that it's not overloading (just make sure the assessment period end date isn't after 2nd week of semester 2).

[Stick]

Just taking a bit of an early peek at next semester's timetable. Are the weeks stated for the BIOM30001 practical and the NEUR30004 workshops reliable, or do the co-ordinators organise their own timetabling in those general timeslots during the semester? Given there's only one BIOM30001 practical and three NEUR30004 workshops, I want to put them in the same timeslot but not clash them by ensuring they are on different weeks. If the co-ordinators muck about with the timing though, I might opt to put one of these classes on a different day. Thanks.