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[eeps]

I <3 Stats <3

Pls. You don't love stats as much as your beard.

[b^3]

That's fair I guess. Though he comes across as someone who'd much rather be doing his own work/research than lecturing...

b^3, did you do MTH1020? Were the lectures useful, or was it just one of those "go to tutes, that's enough" units?

Nah I didn't, since I was doing eng maths (since at that stage I hadn't transferred yet), and plus if I had of started in sci I would have gone straight onto mth1030 since I did spesh.

...so I can't really help you there, maybe check to see if there a review in the Monash subject review thread.

[alondouek]

Well, Disafear made one, but he <3 Maths <3 so there's probably not too much impartiality there

Still, I'm excited for it as I miss actually doing maths (which stats certainly isn't)

[b^3]

Well, Disafear made one, but he <3 Maths <3 so there's probably not too much impartiality there

Still, I'm excited for it as I miss actually doing maths (which stats certainly isn't)

Lol, if Disafear <3 Maths <3 then I'm going to be way WAY more biased. But srsly, do a search on the forums, theres topics on mth1020 and mth1030 in the past.

[brenden]

Bendren's gearin' up for MTH 1010 Sem 1 2014. Watch the dominance come.
(From the Math, I mean... I will be the submissive...)

Anyone else formulating strategies for maximising unit marks, yet? What's your status?
I'm sitting on:

Phil - HD average so far, waiting on marks for the major essay. If I scrap an 80 for that and an 80 for the exam, I'm sweet. Exam is 8 short answer questions, 300 words approx each in 2 hours. However, they've given us 17 questions - 8 of them will be on the exam word for word. So I think I've got a safe 80 in the exam here if I put the study in and answer all the questions and read over them. So as far as my strategy goes, time is definitely going to Phil.

Human Rights - Also HD average so far, awaiting marks on major essay (MARKS FOR WHICH I SHOULD HAVE RECEIVE OMG FUCK MY LIFE). Exam is a 2 hour essay, about 2000words approx... There will be  three questions, and the only assessable things are the last three weeks of the lectures. I'm going to take a risk here and just maybe re-do my week 10-12 readings and perhaps summarise them as a learning tool. All up, not too much time devotion in my strategy, but relying on my essay writing skills under a  time constraint (let's hope English wasn't a fluke?)

Psychology - I'm sitting pretty close to full marks on the assessments (joke assessments omg) but waiting on another 18%... Exam is worth 50%, and I haven't learnt any of the content. And I mean.... I haven't been to any of the lectures (or listened to them) and I've only opened the textbook to answer the online quiz questions. I don't even know what topics we're doing. That said, the exam is 100 multi-choice questions, so I think I'm going to devote a fuckload of time here to learning the material, because if I can get around 70% on the exam, solid chance of an HD.

Lit - D average so far... Pretty much going to sacrifice this and not devote much time to it and hope to scrape a D. Hopefully I can end up with 2 HDs and 2 Ds.. I'd be happy enough with that.

In sum.

Psych - Major time devotion
Phil - Lots of time devotion but not as much as Psych
HRT - Some efficient study in not much time, hope for the best
Lit - Lol.

[alondouek]

I really want HDs, but obviously not enough to study. My bad study habits from VCE are showing

Biology - Averaging HD, subject matter is pretty simple, so I can't see the exam being too hard; I just hope nerves don't get to me on the day of the exam... For study, I'm just going to go through the lecture notes and readings, then do the revision Moodle quiz. Probably not going to spend too much time here.

Medical Biophysics - I've got 36 out of 40 possible marks so far in this unit (so HD average), but I struggle with physics so I'm not very confident for the exam. In reality, I just want to pass the unit, but a D would be amazing. HD would be cause for massive celebration, but that's pushing it. Going to really, really need to knuckle down with study for this unit.

Biomedical chemistry - Averaging HD again, and I'm more comfortable with this unit than biophysics, so I'm going for HD here as well. The exam is pretty good (75 multiple choice questions in 3 hours), but there's a lot of material to know - but at least it's interesting.

Statistics - Averaging D, and I really couldn't give two shits about this unit. Not only is it on the same day as biochem, but it's also dead boring and a poor excuse for maths. I'd be happy with a credit/distinction, but I don't see myself getting HD. I should probably do some work for this, as I have 11 days to study for this and biochem after the biophysics exam.

Therefore

Biol - HD, some time devotion
Biophys - D/HD, major time devotion
Biochem - HD, major time devotion
Stats - C/D, some time devotion

[eeps]

You guys sound too keen. I read the letters "HD" like every third word.

[pi]

You guys sound too keen. I read the letters "HD" like every third word.

My post would read "pass" "cram" "absolutely f'd" "no idea what I'm doing" instead

[brenden]

Hahahahaha I DON'T WANT TO FUCK UP UNI D:

[b^3]

I would post mine up, but would feel like a JAFFY doing it.

....also could be because my aims are a lot lower than last year and I'm in a worse position then the last two semesters. Second year units aren't going to be as easy to do well with the limited time frame...

[alondouek]

You guys sound too keen. I read the letters "HD" like every third word.

I haven't become disillusioned about uni yet, give it time!

[DisaFear]

Well, Disafear made one, but he <3 Maths <3 so there's probably not too much impartiality there

Still, I'm excited for it as I miss actually doing maths (which stats certainly isn't)

Lol, I didn't even do stats I'm more of a chem person than maths
We had Christina for MTH1020, and she was really good. Just attend the first 3-4 lectures and find out for yourself.

[TrueTears]

Well, Disafear made one, but he <3 Maths <3 so there's probably not too much impartiality there

Still, I'm excited for it as I miss actually doing maths (which stats certainly isn't)

mathematical stats is actually really cool, applied statistics is meh lol

[alondouek]

Seeing as most of my classes are located in South 1, I haven't really been able to explore campus. Are there any good places - other than libraries - that I can go to read a book/nap/por que no los dos?

[Art Vandelay]

lol im still at week 2 readings for my law subjects