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[Whynot123]

Lecture capture has been really unreliable this year.

[Stick]

Indeed so, but having the audio is generally enough to get by.

[lzxnl]

Indeed so, but having the audio is generally enough to get by.

Unless you're in anatomy and need to see what part of the bone the lecturer is talking about

[Escobar]

have any past/present acc maths 1 students done the conformal mapping question? i have no idea what is going on

[Stick]

Unless you're in anatomy and need to see what part of the bone the lecturer is talking about

Didn't think of that LOL. All the best for anatomy, I didn't enjoy it that much but hopefully it won't be too bad!

[vox nihili]

Unless you're in anatomy and need to see what part of the bone the lecturer is talking about

But if there were ever a subject you could learn out of a textbook...

[Stick]

It's a uni-wide problem apparently.

Yeah, I only noticed it affecting Carillo Gantner but I've just stumbled across a recording from the Public Lecture Theatre that's also been affected.

[vox nihili]

Yeah, I only noticed it affecting Carillo Gantner but I've just stumbled across a recording from the Public Lecture Theatre that's also been affected.

All I have to say...

[Shenz0r]

^Be thankful that there was no anatomy lecture in that block

[scarletmoon]

For CHEM10003, the prac component is 20%. How do I calculate how much of the 20% I will get based on the prac marks I have?
Also do I have to get 90-100% on all the pracs and mid semester tests to realistically aim for H1-H2A?

[vox nihili]

^Be thankful that there was no anatomy lecture in that block

Got a taste of what that would be like in Lou's little bit on pulmonary embolism, when he was looking at the CTs

Lou: so if you look here, you can see the pulmonary trunk and can see a clot in there. And if you look here is the ascending aorta, and here the descending aorta
Me: IT'S ALL GREEN

[SuperCell.27]

@Scarletmoon

'For CHEM10003, the prac component is 20%. How do I calculate how much of the 20% I will get based on the prac marks I have? Also do I have to get 90-100% on all the pracs and mid semester tests to realistically aim for H1-H2A?'

I responded to a similar question to yours in another thread; the answer is as follows

Your lab marks collectively form a percentage for your lab assessment component of your overall grade. For example if you're doing Chemistry for biomed, (if not, the same principle applies for other chem subjects), according to the handbook for this subject https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2016/CHEM10006, exam is 74%, lab is 20% and the 3 MSTs are worth 6% overall.

IIRC first year chem subjects require you to do 6 pracs. If the lab component of your subject grade is 20%, then each prac is worth 20/6 =  3.33% each. When you get, say, 17/20, for one prac what you actually got (as a percentage of your actual subject grade) is 17/20*20/6 = 2.83% of the 3.33%. This sounds confusing, but the bottom line is:

Each prac = 3.33% (if lab is 20% of overall grade + you do 6 pracs)
What score you get for you prac is a score representative of the 3.33%.

In order words, each prac is not worth a lot of your overall grade. As long as you routinely get above 15/20, you should be doing fine. Getting above 18 is a super job. And the thing with in-semester stuff like Labs and MSTS is that you should aim to do well in them so that you have a fallback just incase if you bomb the exam. But a lot of people cruise through in semester stuff and purposely cram for the exam to do get the bulk of the 74%. Remember H1 is getting >=80 for your OVERALL grade. So if you somehow got 0 for pracs, but 100% for everything else you could technically still get H1; but fail since 50% in pracs is a hurdle.

To realistically aim for H1, you need to get above 80% for your overall subject grade. How you will achieve this will depend on the accumulation of your marks from tests, labs, exams. In theory you can do crap on pracs and still get H1 if you ace everything else, but yes if you are to get H1, you should be aiming to do well in all facets and assessments of the course.

[cameotodd]

Anyone else really confused af about this sunset assignment for MBB1?

[tashhhaaa]

I submitted a CREM form 3 weeks ago and it hasn't been resolved 

is that a usual thing lol

[Ruffini]

Anyone else really confused af about this sunset assignment for MBB1?

Ah, the classic MBB1 sunset assignment!

I did it last year. If you have any specific questions I might be able to help.