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[werdna]

When can we pick up the ID cards and diaries?

[vea]

They were both avaliable yesterday! You have to visit the epsc and go earlier on in the day because they stopped doing ID cards at 3pm yesterday :\
The diaries are pretty meh though.

[werdna]

So the cards will be available there any day? I wanted to get it yesterday but they said we had to have enrolment in at least one subject in the online application - the emails that UoM sent told us NOT to enrol in any subjects so I didn't..

[stonecold]

Having trouble with this subject choosing thing atm, I can't seem to find the subjects to do. When I go to "Choose" and type in "PHYC10007" or "Physics for Biomedicine" it just comes up with "Sorry, but there are no matching structures for the specified criteria". Also waiting for the uni to approve my uni math subject that I did last year ughhh

Uugghh, Physics for Biomed... good luck with that.

I'm not 100% sure, but I remember last year doing a blank search.  All of the subjects came up and then I just chose them from a list.

Haha what's bad about the subject? Knowing you it was probably too easy? xD

My uni math just got approved and I think my subject selections got fixed up, everything seems clearer now. Now I'm not too sure about whether I should do Experimental Design and Data Analysis in s1 or s2, does it require knowledge from the s1 math?

Everything is bad about this subject.  The lecturers are woeful.  Neither of them can explain anything, however the second guy is at least nice and tries to help you out.  The second guy also writes really easy exam questions which is a godsend, because the first guy is just a jerk and writes questions which at points make no sense.

You guys have it even worse because you have to do an assignment every week, whereas we just had a couple of short tests.

And it is not at all uncommon in this subject to find that you will cover an entire chapter of material in a single lecture.  The workload is enormous.  I would spend entire weekends just doing the previous weeks work.

As for EDDA, most people who have done spesh do it in semester 1 and then Calc 2 in semester 2, whereas people who have only done methods do Calc 1 first and then EDDA.  It doesn't matter what order you do them in though.

Methods is more than enough for EDDA.  The most mathematical part of our exam was having to anti differentiate 0.5x^2

[vea]

Thanks for the advice stonecold!
Might actually do EDDA in semester one then so that I have more time to study the physics and for September GAMSAT. Studying well in Physics could possibly even be my study for the physics component in section 3 right?

[Russ]

I didn't do any weekly work in Physics for Biomed. In retrospect, probably a poor work ethic, but it didnt make much difference overall

[stonecold]

I didn't do any weekly work in Physics for Biomed. In retrospect, probably a poor work ethic, but it didnt make much difference overall

Yeah, I just identified that it was going to be a massive pain from the start and pretty much devoted as much time to it as I could.  They aren't going to have a choice but to study weekly because there is an assignment due each week.  I also think it will be done through MasteringPhysics, which is going to force them to buy the textbook brand new with the online code.  That having been said, I'd highly recommend the textbook anyway.  It is just a shame that they probably won't be able to buy it second hand because they'll probably need the code.

Thanks for the advice stonecold!
Might actually do EDDA in semester one then so that I have more time to study the physics and for September GAMSAT. Studying well in Physics could possibly even be my study for the physics component in section 3 right?

It will be slightly helpful for section three, but not very.  PHYC10007 does not cover circular motion, optics or waves in a context that is relevant to GAMSAT.  These all came up on the test, and I had to work on the spot and guess.  Not to mention you will only have done half of this subject by the time GAMSAT UK rolls around.  Physics is not a big part of the test and I personally wouldn't worry over it.  I somehow managed 100th percentile  in the science section with limited physics knowledge.  I said I was going to study physics before the test, but never got around to it.  I just went in with around 6 or 7 weeks of knowledge from Physics for Biomed and could do the majority of the questions anyway.  Chem on the other hand is the part you should really hone in on.  There is heaps of it on there, and while there are some very easy chem questions, they also put some equally hard ones on the paper as well.

[Tiramisu11]

Am I still able to choose Calculus 1 instead of Calculus 2 if I did spesh and got a score in the low 30s?
I was pretty lucky to even get in the 30s tbh (not a strong maths student) and I've basically forgotten most of spesh..

So is Calculus 2 difficult and a big jump from spesh? If so, would I be able to choose Calculus 1?


thanks

[fat_profits]

If the first number of the subject code is 1, then it is a level 1 subject, if the first number is 2, then it is a level two subject etc etc
So a subject like Accelerated Mathematics 1 has the code MAST10008
Since the first number of the subject code is 1, it means it it a level one subject
Something like Quantum Systems has the code PHYC30020
Since the first number is a 3, it means it is a level 3 subject
Levels may indicate the difficulty of the subject (i think)
Usually you may have to do a level 1 subject or two to satisfy the prereqs of a level 2 subject, and a level 3 subject may need a level 2 subject as a prerequisite

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/faces/htdocs/user/search/AdvancedSearch.jsp

To search for all level 1 subjects, just go to the section in the top right corner, and where it says 'Level' enter 1
Then you can choose the study areas etc etc

If you're referring to my question, it was about the Advanced Placement Test to get into Accelerated Maths and what I should expect from it. Thanks anyway

[nubs]

nah I was responding to David10d
but you're welcome

[dc302]

@ Stonecold, how did you get the percentiles for each section of the gamsat? Or are you just comparing your section score to the overall score percentiles?

Am I still able to choose Calculus 1 instead of Calculus 2 if I did spesh and got a score in the low 30s?
I was pretty lucky to even get in the 30s tbh (not a strong maths student) and I've basically forgotten most of spesh..

So is Calculus 2 difficult and a big jump from spesh? If so, would I be able to choose Calculus 1?


thanks

Normally you won't be able to, but perhaps if you make a strong case to the coordinator then they will let you. Calculus 1 covers pretty much exactly what spesh covers, minus the physics in spesh.

[Tiramisu11]

would Calculus 2 be much more difficult than spesh though? I'm scared it'll kill my gpa :S

[werdna]

Do I have to do two breadth subjects in 1st year commerce, or can I just do one and do more to complete the 4 breadths requirement in later years?

[jasrulz63]

You don't have to do them both in first year.

[stonecold]

@ Stonecold, how did you get the percentiles for each section of the gamsat? Or are you just comparing your section score to the overall score percentiles?

Just used the percentile curve.  It's the best indication we can get unfortunately.  I am actually quite mortified with my section one score of around ~56th percentile...  :/

would Calculus 2 be much more difficult than spesh though? I'm scared it'll kill my gpa :S

Most people who took it said they loved it.  And I don't think it is possible that a subject in first year can "kill your GPA."