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[Deleted User]

Where can I find microwaves on campus?

[charmanderp]

Where can I find microwaves on campus?

Union House in the lounge area. Also The Spot Level 2.

[vcestudent94]

I heard that the linear algebra matlab test is identical to the sample one they give, except the numbers are changed of course. Is this true?

[yearningforsimplicity]

So sorry about this noob Q but I'm a bit confused about GPAs:
1) When calculating GPA's, They look mostly at third-year subjects, right? and a bit at 2nd and 1st year too? Do first year subjects have least weighting?
2) Say I want to do teaching and specialise in Psychology and English....would that mean they'd mostly look at the scores for those subjects and average them out (ignoring my breadth scores) or just look at the total GPA as a whole??
3) For some postgrad courses they seem to ask for at least 65% average - is that like equivalent to the undergraduate "clearly in" cut-off (i.e. if you get that score, you get a place)?? Or are there other factors involved?

Thanks so much in advance!!

[yearningforsimplicity]

Union House in the lounge area. Also The Spot Level 2.

IIRC, there's also a whole bunch of microwaves stacked up near the Dining Area near foodworks haha

[seretide]

So sorry about this noob Q but I'm a bit confused about GPAs:
1) When calculating GPA's, They look mostly at third-year subjects, right? and a bit at 2nd and 1st year too? Do first year subjects have least weighting?
2) Say I want to do teaching and specialise in Psychology and English....would that mean they'd mostly look at the scores for those subjects and average them out (ignoring my breadth scores) or just look at the total GPA as a whole??
3) For some postgrad courses they seem to ask for at least 65% average - is that like equivalent to the undergraduate "clearly in" cut-off (i.e. if you get that score, you get a place)?? Or are there other factors involved?

Thanks so much in advance!!

From what I know:
1.    1x (First year), 2x (Second year), 3x (Third year) - so basically with each year there is an increased weighting.
2. I believe they take your GPA as a whole- unless there's is like a prerequisite?? Maybe? Someone check me on that

[mdyki]

I'm a first year commerce student. I do want to get good grades but is it really THAT important that I get 80+ for all my first semester first year subjects? I mean, they don't really count for much right?

1. They don't mean much if subsequent grades are at least as good or better
2. Most employers know that students can take a while to settle in to university, so the odd bad grade is often overlooked, and first semester is the party semester after all.
3. A bad first semester can be turned into a positive if you learned from your mistakes and this is reflected in your transcript.
4. Generally grades matter most for further study after finishing undergrad, not as much for employment particularly in the commerce area. 
4. As others have commented there is an interview process to get selected into grad positions and vacation work with the big employers. The nature of the big employers is that they value communication, team work and personality. Thus a lower grade if offset through extracurricular activities, taking on roles in clubs, associations etc can often more important. I am aware of cases where straight H1 students have not been interviewed, in favour of lower scoring students where the lower scoring student could demonstrate they had more personality on paper through their activities. The straight H1 student just demonstrated they know how to study.

So in summary you need to strike a balance between grades and becoming a better more rounded person. IMO if you need to give up everything else to get the H1 it’s not worth it.   This is for the “average” job after uni, the more select the employer (investment banking, graduate level consulting positions etc ) the more they want BOTH grades and personality.

Talking as a first year lecturer who done a lot with graduate employment, and hires graduates (and  upper year students)  myself as tutors….

[pi]

kensan in 2nd year Anatomy you can look at prosections and touch them (with gloves haha) but you can't actually dissect anything yourself.  In third year anatomy you can begin proper dissections!  That's basically the difference

Yay dissections

Although did you guys find prosections to be more educationally beneficial?

I was used to demonstrate the cremasteric reflex, because Chris Briggs <3

As in, a demonstration in front of the whole class? :O

[jeppikah]

IIRC, there's also a whole bunch of microwaves stacked up near the Dining Area near foodworks haha

Also, the kitchen area in Arts West. There is also a sandwich press there as well.

[Russ]

Prosections were/are better for teaching in my mind. Much easier to see the fine detail, since they've been expertly prepared. They're usually designed to convey certain anatomical points.

Dissections were great for getting big picture stuff about how organs link and where they are spatially, but I took a lot more from viewing prosections and working through them.

And it was with my group, he used me as a dummy to demonstrate the origin and so forth.

[Belgarion]

Anyone know some good extracurricular activities besides things like clubs? Looking to beef up by cv a bit for next semester, things that aren't too time consuming

[mark_alec]

If they don't take up time in your involvement, how do you expect they will help your CV?

[Hancock]

Basically anything that shows you have soft-skills will do. Uni Clubs, sports, a job etc.

[Belgarion]

If they don't take up time in your involvement, how do you expect they will help your CV?

i think you misunderstood what i said. By too much time i mean like many hours every day. Just something like the extracurricular activities from VCE. Want to save a lot of my time for study, but want to do other things too, its about finding that balance.

[charmanderp]

Do extra-curriculars you enjoy or are passionate about. Uni is such a great place for exploring that. I'd suggest that if you're looking to 'beef up your CV' that anything people will suggest here is so general employers won't care too much about it. Try things that supplement your study or the line of work you want to go down.