UoM General Chat

[alondouek]

Thanks for the suggestions guys! hobbitle, I particularly like your point about explaining concepts aloud (+/- teddy bear). I do find that I remember concepts much, much better when I've been explaining them (or trying to) to someone else or if I've had to deliver a presentation based on a topic. Is anyone here like this as well?

And yeah, I've tried lecture summaries but I'm not dedicated enough to make every lecture, and then when you miss one it all snowballs and argh. I do think I'll need a system of written notes but I'll have to refine it into something a bit more efficient than spending 90+ minutes summarising a 60 min lecture...

What's better hand-writing notes or typing them up, or is it just personal preference?

Hugely personal preference. I've found that while I'm in a lecture I'll just get distracted by all the computery stuff I can do if I'm trying to type notes, so it's hand-written all the way for me. Other people are the exact opposite and they'll spend the whole lecture doodling if they're not in front of a computer, so I guess it's just up to each individual to decide what's best for them!

[simpak]

I still 50% envy you

Is it because Immuno at unimelb has been freshly labelled #1 in the Asia Pacific region?  SOON TO BE THE WORLD, I SAY.  Because I'd envy that 2.  That's right, we're more awesome than ever!


Hey guys it looks like lzxnl has just been emulating me all this time I'm setting super bad examples here.

[LeviLamp]

Psychologically, the general consensus is that for long-term retention of information, handwriting is more effective than typing. The advantage of typing for me is that I'm able to take down 99% of what the lecturers are saying (most of the time), so I can use my typed notes as a supplementary resource during revision without having to edit them.

But again, ~*~*personal preference*~*~

[vox nihili]

Personally, it depends on the subject. For chemistry I tend to hand write my summaries so I can draw things out, for everything else I much prefer to type. I also share all my Biomed notes with the biomeds. This makes sure that I keep on time and also means that I the register I use for my notes changes a bit, so that I'm explaining everything out properly rather than just writing it to myself. This is a huge bonus when I come back and look at them later in the semester (by which time I have no clue what the hell we did). Also would like to hope that some of them do actually get something out of my notes. I also try to help people out with questions that they post or whatnot, or if they inbox me (pretty sure I only passed maths last year because I had, quite honestly, 10 of the same people asking for help with the assignments each week). That probably looks like I'm just trying to show what a top notch bloke I think I am, but I really hope you don't take it that way because it is legitimately a good way to study (a few have already said how worthwhile it is to explain things) and at the end of the day it helps other people out as well. A win-win I think!

For things like genetics though, definitely just lots of questions and trying to nut through the ridiculously difficult questions that we're given (quite a challenge when they at best only slightly relate to the lecture content, at worst having nothing to do with it). And for Spanish it's just about practising by myself, make sure I do a bit of reading and also go meme searching in Spanish (laughing and study, it's good!) and keep up with all the activities (which I haven't done either, mainly because they make me feel pretty dopey because we're not covering much of the content in class).

[alondouek]

Is it because Immuno at unimelb has been freshly labelled #1 in the Asia Pacific region?  SOON TO BE THE WORLD, I SAY.  Because I'd envy that 2.  That's right, we're more awesome than ever!

hahaha I'm more envious that you've finished the boring part of undergrad and you now get to actually do stuff, which I won't for another 2 years :/

[hobbitle]

^^ Glad you seem to be having a good time BasicAcid.  And the fact that you still seem to be attending most of your classes is a good effort.  It sounds like you're pretty balanced actually.  As long as you keep going to classes and being engaged, you can't fall THAT far behind.  Uni isn't just about studying like a maniac, although some of us (myself included) tend to do that anyway.  But I certainly don't lead a balanced lifestyle and I envy those who do.

[hobbitle]

This chick has been next to me in ERC for 3 hours.
She's been sniffing her head off and texting the entire time.
Literally she hasn't opened her books yet.
Only other empty seat in the whole of ERC is....  on the other side of her.

EDIT: Oh my god she's leaving, sadly so is the attractive man opposite.

[ninwa]

This chick has been next to me in ERC for 3 hours.
She's been sniffing her head off and texting the entire time.
Literally she hasn't opened her books yet.
Only other empty seat in the whole of ERC is....  on the other side of her.

EDIT: Oh my god she's leaving, sadly so is the attractive man opposite.

Next time, go a buy a whole box of tissues and put it down in front of her without a word

yay for passive aggressive

[hobbitle]

I really wanted to do that (it's usually the tactful way of saying 'you're being annoying') but there was nowhere to get any tissues!

[scribble]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA i just hit 25 lectures behind. as in, i have not been to 25 lectures and have not streamed them/studied their content. :'D

(on the flip side ive gotten almost all my work shifts covered for the next three weeks so hopefully ill be able to get some serious catch up done)

[hobbitle]

For the love of god tell me Eng Comp is not one of those subjects you are behind in... And if it is, start going to lectures NOW! Pointers are confuuuuusing

[LeviLamp]

4+8+11+8 (+12 tutes of content for German that probably take ~2 lectures worth of time to complete) = 33 lectures behind, but I have at least gone to my classes D: I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU SURVIVE, SCRIBBLE

[Russ]

Please, you're all rookies, I'm 2 months behind and proud of it.

[Russ]

I am so screwed.

[scribble]

For the love of god tell me Eng Comp is not one of those subjects you are behind in... And if it is, start going to lectures NOW! Pointers are confuuuuusing

HAHAHA i have watched a total of 4 engcomp lectures and missed last weeks workshop. trying to catch up at the moment :'DDDDD i don't even know what a pointer is!!
at least alistair talks slowly enough his lectures are still comprehensible at 2.5 speed. :'D though i'm going to have to spend hours and hours actually writing code.

LEVI YOURE NOT BEHIND IN LECTURES IF YOUVE BEEN TO THEM.
(other wise i'd be 51 lectures behind D'
(ive also missed 12 hours worth of tutes. :'D)


(LETS SEE IF ILL BREAK MY RECORD OF ~60 LECTURES BEHIND THIS SEM :'D)