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[Seņor]

Im supposed to have gotten my very first ever assigment mark back! But its an hour late  i cannot go to sleep till i get it! Too nervous 

[Aaron]

Im supposed to have gotten my very first ever assigment mark back! But its an hour late  i cannot go to sleep till i get it! Too nervous 

They gave you a specific time that you'd get marks back?

[Seņor]

They gave you a specific time that you'd get marks back?

Yeah supposedly 10:30pm

[Floatzel98]

Im supposed to have gotten my very first ever assigment mark back! But its an hour late  i cannot go to sleep till i get it! Too nervous 

Hope you do well!

I'm still trying to write up my cube assignment. It is taking so goddamn long. I really wish I had started doing this during the mid-sem break ahah

[Seņor]

Hope you do well!

I'm still trying to write up my cube assignment. It is taking so goddamn long. I really wish I had started doing this during the mid-sem break ahah

Im really dissapointed   i got 7/10..oh well imma learn from it and move on.
Haha good luck mate! Hope all goes well

[Aaron]

Im really dissapointed   i got 7/10..oh well imma learn from it and move on.

Exactly what you should do Once you've been at a uni for a bit you start to understand the quality of work that is required. I'm in a similar boat, new uni and completely different discipline. I'm using my first assignment submissions to 'test the waters' basically to see how lenient/harsh they will be so then I can adjust my study to that. In some way its a good thing, but i'm risking quite a bit with high weighted assessments (40%+ per)

[chasej]

Im really dissapointed   i got 7/10..oh well imma learn from it and move on.
Haha good luck mate! Hope all goes well

7/10 is a distinction which is pretty good for uni. did you assignment come with any feedback? I suggest you take note of it and if you have any queries speak to the tutor (or whoever is relevant) to get advice on how to improve.

[Seņor]

7/10 is a distinction which is pretty good for uni. did you assignment come with any feedback? I suggest you take note of it and if you have any queries speak to the tutor (or whoever is relevant) to get advice on how to improve.

Yeah. The major thing i have to work on is my grammar skills. My tutor emphasized heavily that i need to proofread my work. I did do it but not well enough. Silly mistakes like writing 'cast' instead of 'casts'. Also referencing! I learnt that you never put the first initial of the author you are referencing.

Exactly what you should do Once you've been at a uni for a bit you start to understand the quality of work that is required. I'm in a similar boat, new uni and completely different discipline. I'm using my first assignment submissions to 'test the waters' basically to see how lenient/harsh they will be so then I can adjust my study to that. In some way its a good thing, but i'm risking quite a bit with high weighted assessments (40%+ per)

Thats it! By the way do different tutors mark your paper? Or will it be the same guy marking your papers for the whole unit?

[Joseph41]

Also referencing! I learnt that you never put the first initial of the author you are referencing.

What citation style is this?

EDIT: Oh, you mean for in-text citations?

[pi]

^yeah that's a great link, always have it handy so you never lose marks over referencing


Also, interesting news for Pharm at Monash http://www.monash.edu/pharm/about/news/2016/monash-to-launch-australias-first-combined-bachelor-master-of-pharmacy

[chasej]

Yeah. The major thing i have to work on is my grammar skills. My tutor emphasized heavily that i need to proofread my work. I did do it but not well enough. Silly mistakes like writing 'cast' instead of 'casts'. Also referencing! I learnt that you never put the first initial of the author you are referencing.

Yes, spelling and grammar is important. I find it helps to read your work out loud and that way you can tell when things sound off in a much easier way than when just reading the words.

The library has referencing guides online which are very useful.

Spelling and grammar and referencing often make up 5-15% of the mark so you have a lot of potential to get HD's if you sort these issues out.

[grannysmith]

Hope you do well!

I'm still trying to write up my cube assignment. It is taking so goddamn long. I really wish I had started doing this during the mid-sem break ahah

How did you find the assignment?  And lolz Burkard uploaded the 2nd assignment the same day the 1st was due (yesterday). What a great guy

[Floatzel98]

How did you find the assignment?  And lolz Burkard uploaded the 2nd assignment the same day the 1st was due (yesterday). What a great guy

Yeah, it was actually really fun. I didn't think it was actually too hard. Just took forever to write everything up. How did you go? And yeah, not to happy he put up the 2nd assignment already haha. Was only just catching up with everything.

[anna.xo]

Has anyone ever done any of the Monash short courses ? Thoughts on them ?

On another note, Anna is very stressed out. She has 4 assignments and 4 weeks of lectures to catch up for 2 units before she goes away at the end of next week. RIP </3

[Orson]

What happens if someone's monash ID and signature is missing from a team assignments cover sheet? Someone in my group is impossible to reach, and our assignment is due at midnight tomorrow.

Thanks!