UoM General Chat

[Mieow]

I'm gonna fail maths this semester haha I didn't think it through.
Sounds terrible.
Lucky I still have the flexibility to change before the maths consumes me. -.-

so what are you going to do if you don't do linear alg (and esd2?) next semester?
less than 48 hours until the calc exam so just power through your studying and smash it!!! 

[mikehepro]

so what are you going to do if you don't do linear alg (and esd2?) next semester?
less than 48 hours until the calc exam so just power through your studying and smash it!!! 

Thanks for the motivation buddy.
That being said, I want to avoid picking maths all together next sem.
Heard Psych and geography isn't too bad. Earth science looks attractive too.

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

Thanks for the motivation buddy.
That being said, I want to avoid picking maths all together next sem.
Heard Psych and geography isn't too bad. Earth science looks attractive too.

Maths is really hit and miss for everyone especially because of the 80% final exam.
To practice just do all the past papers you have to get an idea of the questions they throw at ya, generally they're the same concepts but with different numbers etc

[TrebleClef]

Maths is really hit and miss for everyone especially because of the 80% final exam.
To practice just do all the past papers you have to get an idea of the questions they throw at ya, generally they're the same concepts but with different numbers etc

Do you happen to know if they give half marks, I often see that the working is worth 1 mark, and the answer, the other mark, so if we made a silly mistake, would we just lose it all?

[ChickenCh0wM1en]

Do you happen to know if they give half marks, I often see that the working is worth 1 mark, and the answer, the other mark, so if we made a silly mistake, would we just lose it all?

To be frank I'm not sure but I speculate that if a question is 1 mark you won't get the mark for it.
But if you get a 10 mark question and mess up the start, you may get consequential marks.

[Smiley_]

After nearly losing my ID card before my exam, I have now  realised that after my exam I may have left my ID card behind (I hope, because otherwise I don't know where it is lol) What should I do/who should I connect about this?


Hope everyone is doing well in exams

[Rod]

After nearly losing my ID card before my exam, I have now  realised that after my exam I may have left my ID card behind (I hope, because otherwise I don't know where it is lol) What should I do/who should I connect about this?


Hope everyone is doing well in exams

That sucks!! Apparently you can take you license/passport instead ... Probably first contact the student office thing and let them know you have lost it, and then they can give you a new one. But for your next exam, if you have one I'm pretty sure you can use your license/passport

[hobbitle]

Can confirm you can use another form of ID like licence or passport if you can't get a new student card in time.

[cameronp]

Do you happen to know if they give half marks, I often see that the working is worth 1 mark, and the answer, the other mark, so if we made a silly mistake, would we just lose it all?

I've spent the last semester marking maths assignments, and will be one of the exam markers this semester. There are generally no half marks given on maths assignments/exams. Usually if the question is slightly involved, there'll be mark for working and a mark for the answer. If you apply the right method but do it wrong (e.g. arithmetic or algebra mistake) you'll get the working mark but not the answer mark. If you write down the right answer with no working, you'll get the answer mark but not the working mark.

More difficult problems with several steps can have a lot of marks associated with them, with a few different acceptable ways to get to the right answer. Exam questions are ideally designed so that if you mess up one step of the problem, you still have a chance to get some marks if you do the next step right.

Assignments are marked quickly (think 2 or 3 minutes marking effort per assignment) and tutors are usually pretty quick to take off marks if the solution doesn't look like what they expect. Exams get given a lot more marking time, but students also screw things up a lot worse (it's really hard to solve maths problems under time pressure with no resources to consult if you're stuck!). Unusually hard exams will get scaled up.

[TrebleClef]

I've spent the last semester marking maths assignments, and will be one of the exam markers this semester. There are generally no half marks given on maths assignments/exams. Usually if the question is slightly involved, there'll be mark for working and a mark for the answer. If you apply the right method but do it wrong (e.g. arithmetic or algebra mistake) you'll get the working mark but not the answer mark. If you write down the right answer with no working, you'll get the answer mark but not the working mark.

More difficult problems with several steps can have a lot of marks associated with them, with a few different acceptable ways to get to the right answer. Exam questions are ideally designed so that if you mess up one step of the problem, you still have a chance to get some marks if you do the next step right.

Assignments are marked quickly (think 2 or 3 minutes marking effort per assignment) and tutors are usually pretty quick to take off marks if the solution doesn't look like what they expect. Exams get given a lot more marking time, but students also screw things up a lot worse (it's really hard to solve maths problems under time pressure with no resources to consult if you're stuck!). Unusually hard exams will get scaled up.

To be frank I'm not sure but I speculate that if a question is 1 mark you won't get the mark for it.
But if you get a 10 mark question and mess up the start, you may get consequential marks.

Thanks, exam pressure (esp. maths) tends to get to me a lot more than others, have to hope for the best 

[jeppikah]

After nearly losing my ID card before my exam, I have now  realised that after my exam I may have left my ID card behind (I hope, because otherwise I don't know where it is lol) What should I do/who should I connect about this?

I've left my card behind at an exam before. I received an email to say it was in the Raymond Priestley building. I would check your emails or maybe ask the desk in Union House where lost cards from exams would go.

[notveryasian]

I've spent the last semester marking maths assignments, and will be one of the exam markers this semester.

Will you be marking MAST20004 Probability exams? 

[Smiley_]

Thanks guys for the suggestions however I'm finished my exams so that's not a problem
Was seeing if there was some kind of the lost property.

I've left my card behind at an exam before. I received an email to say it was in the Raymond Priestley building. I would check your emails or maybe ask the desk in Union House where lost cards from exams would go.

Thank you will give that a go.

[cameronp]

Thanks, exam pressure (esp. maths) tends to get to me a lot more than others, have to hope for the best 

I understand! Especially exams worth 80% - it's pretty barbaric. If you've kept up with the tutorial and practice problems and assignments during semester then you should be well set for the exam, though. Good luck!

Will you be marking MAST20004 Probability exams? 

Nope, Maths for Biomed.

[Stick]

Nope, Maths for Biomed.

How have you found MAST10016 this semester?