UoM General Chat

[vox nihili]

none of mine had disappeared until now!

Wow! That's a cruel way to play with your emotions! Poor form UniMelb

[Shenz0r]

No

Although, I also get sad when they reappear. Chemistry has for me for some reason...

DOWNLOAD ALL THE LECTURES AND EXAMS FOR GAMSAT CHEM REVIEWING GO GO GO

[vox nihili]

DOWNLOAD ALL THE LECTURES AND EXAMS FOR GAMSAT CHEM REVIEWING GO GO GO

CALM DOWN!

I never deleted any of my Chem stuff  (though I think looking at them will make me cry)

[scribble]

XD i've downloaded the lectures chem andi dont even plan on doing the gamsat

[charmanderp]

I download all the LMS material for every subject I do just to use for personal interest.

/nerd.

[nisha]

so guys! What subjects are we doing this year/summer school?
I'm doing:
Finance in the summer
 Sem 1:
1. Reactions and Synthesis (chem subject)
2. Biochemistry
3. Introduction to Life and the universe
4. Consumer behaviour (marketing)

[nisha]

Summer Semester
- Intermediate Microeconomics

Semester 1
- Romanticism, Feminism and Revolution (English)
- Adaptations and Trangressions (English)
- Modernism and Avant-Garde (English)
- Rebels and Revolutionaries (History)
- Understanding Society (Sociology - Level 1)

Semester 2
- Personality and Social Psychology
- Public Policy Making (Politics)
- Human Rights and Global Justice (Uni Breadth/Politics)
- Globalisation and the World Economy
- Behavioural Economics (Level 3)

Hopefully I'm allowed to overload!

Wow good luck with that! Four subjects are enough for me, idk how you do it:)

[Ballerina]

tl;dr warning

Do we, as a tertiary education institution, display colder behaviour than other universities?

I didn't think so, but in the past few months I've been a participant in dozens of research projects. (The reimbursement is often surprisingly decent; my next study is in an MRI and is $100 for 2.5 hours.) My first project with Victoria University was last month. Wow. Most researchers' English is a bit difficult to understand, but they are so nice. Between 23rd - 30th of this month I'm living in the 'Altitude Hotel' where they test my melatonin levels against the sleeping patterns of either a control or a night shift worker, dependent on my allocation. The VU researchers have been in constant contact with reassuring updates, working around my schedule, and wishing me a Merry Christmas followed by a Happy New Year rofl. As well, when I first arrived at the Footscray Park campus I was 20 minutes late because I was lost (UoM students =/= practical skills) and was incredibly bitchy because I blamed everyone else for the fact I forgot to use Google Maps (basically made us look pretentious and egocentric, sry). All the people I encountered who helped me were patient and kind. One woman thought I was there for the Change of Preference expo mom'd all over me; she gave me cuddles in her giant, woolly sweater and made soothing, clucking noises because I was sweaty and angry, haahhhaa.

I've also completed around 6 studies at Swinburne, and every single researcher there was also very supportive and sweet.

While all the studies I've done at UoM have had civil researchers, some of them have been quite dismissive. Quite a few end their studies before taking their advertisements down and don't bother to tersely inform me until the second email. One gave me the introductory questionnaire, forgot to respond for 2 months, showed me the equipment, stated she'd call after directly after New Year's, and after calling them twice this month I finally learnt they're prolonging the study until everyone has returned from holiday. Others have been so absorbed in their study they've forgotten to give me clear instructions/that I'm in the room.

The above applies to Monash as well. As the sum of parts, do we have poorer social skills than other universities? I've never entertained that stupid rumour because I've never seen evidence to substantiate it. But now I wonder if I haven't noticed because I'm the evidence which substantiates it.

[aaackk]

I'm thinking of the following:

Sem 1:
IFA2
Intro Micro
Finance 1
BLaw

Sem 2:
Intro Macro
OB
(another breadth - any suggestions??)
QM1

How does the above sound in terms of workload? Any feedback would be appreciated

Wheres APA (ACCT10003)? I'm aware you've done uni extension accounting, but there also a third first-year accounting subject that forms part of the major sequence

[LeviLamp]

So I went into the Co-op today to buy some Sem 1 textbooks, and all they had was the entire set of my Sem 2 textbooks.
After purchasing the Sem 2 books anyway, the lady at the counter gave me a wistful stare and said "it's so depressing, all that money's just gone..." and patted me on the back and then I tripped on a banana peel crossing the street (!), dropped the Co-op bag which split open on the crossing and watched as my hopes, dreams and financial security literally fell out of my grasp. :')
(P.S. the Animal Physiology book is thoroughly fascinating; if you end up not doing Comp Animal Physio, Ballerina, you should totally borrow it in first semester and read a bit of it.)

[vox nihili]

So I went into the Co-op today to buy some Sem 1 textbooks, and all they had was the entire set of my Sem 2 textbooks.
After purchasing the Sem 2 books anyway, the lady at the counter gave me a wistful stare and said "it's so depressing, all that money's just gone..." and patted me on the back and then I tripped on a banana peel crossing the street (!), dropped the Co-op bag which split open on the crossing and watched as my hopes, dreams and financial security literally fell out of my grasp. :')
(P.S. the Animal Physiology book is thoroughly fascinating; if you end up not doing Comp Animal Physio, Ballerina, you should totally borrow it in first semester and read a bit of it.)

They could make this into a movie!

I bought mine last year #keen

[alondouek]

I tripped on a banana peel crossing the street (!)

I didn't think this sort of thing actually happens to people lol

[Ballerina]

A+ story, poor Levi. I have all my textbooks because I torrented most of them.

(P.S. the Animal Physiology book is thoroughly fascinating; if you end up not doing Comp Animal Physio, Ballerina, you should totally borrow it in first semester and read a bit of it.)

but i'm illiterate

[charmanderp]

@charmanderp, so disappointed not to see you in cog/bio psych, but wise choice going for that class regardless, it has good reviews.

It was a hard decision to make!

[vox nihili]

@charmanderp

What first year politics subject did you do?