UoM General Chat

[Belgarion]

Thanks for the quick responses notveryasian, Mr. T-Rav and thank you for the advice Nicola and Chicken.

And Chicken, I'm also doing Finance 1 and that has a hurdle for the exam (although the exam is already worth 80% of the assessment... 80% of an entire subject's outcome decided in just 2 hours is ridiculous lol)

I'm not really aiming for "just a pass", needa keep up the 65% average to get into Engineering lol

I was just curious because my RMIT friends were saying they need to get 45%+ on their exams to pass the subject so I was curious about Melbourne's requirements.

I did Finance 1 over the summer and found it a good subject. I found the exam very fair, you should be fine by doing the past exams. But divide time equally b/w doing problems and learning the theory because they are both equally weighted on the exam

[vox nihili]

Is anybody doing Biochem as a major? And if so could I please ask you some questions?

[jinny1]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/melbourne-university-students-could-face-fee-rises-of-more-than-60-per-cent-vicechancellor-glyn-davis-warns-20140531-39ap1.html

So Vice chancellor Glyn Davis says our melbourne uni fees will increase by 60%....

I will only accept this if Glyn Davis cuts his own million+ dollar salary by 60%.....Or he isn't any different to all the hypocritical politicians out there like Joe Hockey.

[90ATAR]

Sucks that Melbourne Uni are increasing fees by like 45-61% next year. Sucks. Monash for me now.

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

Sucks that Melbourne Uni are increasing fees by like 45-61% next year. Sucks. Monash for me now.

NEXT YEAR? :/
My friend said it was 2017? :O

[Russ]

Sucks that Melbourne Uni are increasing fees by like 45-61% next year. Sucks. Monash for me now.

I have some bad news for you...

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

Monash will inevitably rise to a similar level as Melbourne but you have to remember that it doesn't cost you ANYTHING upfront and you can still defer 100% of the course fees onto HECS.

The budget hasn't even passed yet and there's a lot of doubt whether it will in its current form.

But there's interest with the HECs now right? So everything will compound and shit :S Bloody Wanted to do PG study but scared about not being able to pay it off and all :/

[vox nihili]

If you've already started at UniMelb though you're sweet. You go under the current arrangements until you take a break in studying.


By the way, has anybody got pracs or lecture slides from Techniques in Molecular Science that I could have a squiz at? I'll be forever in your debt

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

If you've already started at UniMelb though you're sweet. You go under the current arrangements until you take a break in studying.

Does this mean even after we finish our UG degree and we continue with PG we still stay under the "current arrangements"?

[vox nihili]

Does this mean even after we finish our UG degree and we continue with PG we still stay under the "current arrangements"?

That's right. As long as you don't take a break and get a CSP.

[Ballerina]

'28 Things Overheard At Oxford University'

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sirajdatoo/funniest-things-overheard-at-oxford-university


3. “Our sinks just aren’t big enough, you can’t even fit a kettle under them.”
“I know right, I can’t even wash my champagne flutes.”

5.  “Of course my family has a coat of arms. Doesn’t every family?”

7. “I thought every house had a name until I found out the other week that some English addresses just have street numbers.”

12. “The physics drinks party was called the Higgs Booze-on.”

24. “He studies while he’s in the SHOWER? That’s insane!”
“Yeah, he puts his notes in plastic wallets…”

25. “It is Malcolm X right, not Malcolm the tenth?”

My favourite is 13. '...informal throwing of a projectile...'

Relevant to UoM 

[Stick]

Hey guys, what I'm about to say is probably just me worrying unnecessarily once again, but being me that's to be expected. -.-

After making do with a scientific calculator without a fraction button (with great annoyance) all this time, I decided to finally buy myself a new one. For MAST10016, there is a list of approved calculators which we are encouraged to choose from, one of which is the Casio fx-82AU PLUS. My younger sister has this one and it looked pretty good so I went to go and buy one for myself. However, I found out that they've updated it and it's now the Casio fx-82AU PLUS II. It looks exactly the same as my sister's calculator and there only appears to be four new functions (none of which will provide me with any advantage for the subject). But is the university really really strict about approved calculators and are they likely to confiscate the version 2 in the exam? Because ultimately it's not worth it if they're going to be really uptight about it. I can get approval for calculators that are not on the list, but given that this is just version 2, do I need to? :S The product information can be found here: http://www.casio.edu.shriro.com.au/fx82auplusii.php

EDIT: Wow, even when I read it I look stupid. XD

[jinny1]

If you've already started at UniMelb though you're sweet. You go under the current arrangements until you take a break in studying.

Nope..Your HECS debt interest rate is going to increase up to a maximum of 6%.. This affects everyone and now we should probably pay off HECS debt first before saving up for a house. Mortgage and hecs debt interest rates are going to be very similar now -.-

[Belgarion]

Hey guys, what I'm about to say is probably just me worrying unnecessarily once again, but being me that's to be expected. -.-

After making do with a scientific calculator without a fraction button (with great annoyance) all this time, I decided to finally buy myself a new one. For MAST10016, there is a list of approved calculators which we are encouraged to choose from, one of which is the Casio fx-82AU PLUS. My younger sister has this one and it looked pretty good so I went to go and buy one for myself. However, I found out that they've updated it and it's now the Casio fx-82AU PLUS II. It looks exactly the same as my sister's calculator and there only appears to be four new functions (none of which will provide me with any advantage for the subject). But is the university really really strict about approved calculators and are they likely to confiscate the version 2 in the exam? Because ultimately it's not worth it if they're going to be really uptight about it. I can get approval for calculators that are not on the list, but given that this is just version 2, do I need to? :S The product information can be found here: http://www.casio.edu.shriro.com.au/fx82auplusii.php

EDIT: Wow, even when I read it I look stupid. XD

It is never a stupid question if you dont know something  I was in the same situation last year so i just took a photo of my new calculator and sent it to my tutor (anthony) by email just to be sure. But as long as it doesnt store information, draw graphs, etc it should be fine

[Stick]

I have the same tutor so I'll do the same thing then, just to be absolutely safe. Thanks so much!