Monash General Chat

[jeanweasley]

yeah I got an email about that too! I would apply but I'm in the same boat as you. Not sure if I want to transfer or not :/

it sounds like a reeeally good program and a boost to your resume but i'm not sure if it's for me at this time. i'm really considering it though as i've looked through the videos and it just seems so prestigious. having said that, it is a competitive selection and there is no guarantee that i'll even get the place so even if i do apply, i wouldn't be too troubled not getting in since i'm divided about it. on the other hand, i doubt my parents will let me go as they think the list of the countries there are too risky, as in the level of conflict in the country is high, however i could go to my birth country but i'm not sure if i'm still a citizen since i'm already an Australian citizen because in the program you can only go to a country to which you are not a citizen. Hmm :/ I don't know what to do hahah but I'm pretty sure it'd still be available next year so I think I'd do it then. If not, no biggie, lol, I'll just save up for France

[Joseph41]

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[slothpomba]

You guys all have about an hour to drop a unit before its on your transcript.

In other news, i was looking through the ATAR requirements, the BA is now 83. I swear it was way higher than that in my year (almost 90). Has anyone else noticed any drops or rises?

[pi]

As if JMSS kids weren't bad enough, what is with all these Nossal kids here today. Please gtfo or shut up in the library.

[achre]

That's Nossal's blazer I've been seeing today?

Yeah, shoo.

[alondouek]

I'm in the process of writing an economics-based lit review for a global health unit. Plot twist: I've never studied, read about or even thought to any significant degree about economics.

Fun!

[keltingmeith]

As if JMSS kids weren't bad enough, what is with all these Nossal kids here today. Please gtfo or shut up in the library.

Godammit, I thought I escaped them when I got to uni. D: Know why they were here, reckon we'll see 'em again?

[Phy124]

[Joseph41]

Nothing quite like celebrating compulsory for all students.

[keltingmeith]

Had a somewhat sonderful (definitely not using that right...) thought today - everybody we pass at uni could actually be someone from AN. Whether it's the person sitting next to you in a tute, or that weird little Asian girl that just stares daggers across at you on the 601... (I swear, she wanted to kill me, and I have no idea why. .__.)

[brenden]

I'm in the process of writing an economics-based lit review for a global health unit. Plot twist: I've never studied, read about or even thought to any significant degree about economics.

Fun!

Don't worry, mate. I've got a third year philosophy unit that's just like "think deeply about the relationship of (edit: political) philosophy and economics, then write something" and I'm basically just a puddle of cortisol staining my couch.

[simba]

Don't worry, mate. I've got a third year philosophy unit that's just like "think deeply about the relationship of philosophy and economics, then write something" and I'm basically just a puddle of cortisol staining my couch.

Wot.








I'll stick with math thanks.

[alondouek]

Does anyone know how to get downloaded lecture video to play in VLC? (Does anyone else even have this problem? ffs). I only get audio and the first frame of video.

Me no likey Windows Media Player so assistance would be appreciated

[achre]

^ Seconded. Some lectures download fine, others give me just audio + first frame of video.

[nerdgasm]

Does anyone know how to get downloaded lecture video to play in VLC? (Does anyone else even have this problem? ffs). I only get audio and the first frame of video.

Me no likey Windows Media Player so assistance would be appreciated

I personally use QuickTime on the uni computers for that, and it seems to work quite reasonably for me (though I'm not the best person to comment on technology; I only recently discovered how to actually download lecture videos).

Had a somewhat sonderful (definitely not using that right...) thought today - everybody we pass at uni could actually be someone from AN. Whether it's the person sitting next to you in a tute, or that weird little Asian girl that just stares daggers across at you on the 601... (I swear, she wanted to kill me, and I have no idea why. .__.)

Indeed! Actually, I'd really like to meet more AN people, if only I wasn't so antisocial and never attended meetups  . Regardless, it seems to be a running gag that almost everyone on AN whom I know has managed to recognise me before I recognise them - despite always describing myself in a really generic and unhelpful manner. You're probably one of the few exceptions to this  .

On a slightly different (and manifestly more depressing) topic, has anyone reached that stage of semester where even though you're meant to know half the course by now, you know almost nothing, and have midsems right around the corner? It's kinda depressing how my study habits have deteriorated . . . and deteriorated . . . and deteriorated. And every semester, I tell myself that I'll do better, that I'm never going back to the dark place where I curl up into a corner, try feebly to do work, and wait for it all to end. And every semester, the dark corner beckons and I answer its call.

Seeing as I don't really want to end my post on such a bleak and self-pitying note, I ended up laughing at the following diagrams on the SCI2015 lectures, which hopefully hammer home the message that one should not confuse correlation with causation: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/correlation-or-causation-12012011-gfx.html