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happycat

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First prac, very disappointed.
« on: March 13, 2012, 07:31:29 pm »
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I received the mark for my first bio prac and got a C. Inspite of thinking that I had most things right I only got a lousy C. There was mainly doing drawings of specimens under the microscope and labeling those drawings and a few quizzes. What the hell happened? Suggestions? Has this happened to you?
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2012, 07:38:33 pm »
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Don't worry mate, calm down. This only counts 4.25 % to your final marks

EDIT: My bad, I realised that you guys are talking about uni stuff..wondering it was vce bio..soli!
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2012, 09:33:22 pm »
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Quote from: happycat on March 13, 2012, 07:31:29 pm
I received the mark for my first bio prac and got a C. Inspite of thinking that I had most things right I only got a lousy C. There was mainly doing drawings of specimens under the microscope and labeling those drawings and a few quizzes. What the hell happened? Suggestions? Has this happened to you?

How did you go on the quizes?
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2012, 11:36:59 pm »
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Biology of cells and organisms? Do we have to write out a report sheet or something at the end of prac 2 and we get it marked or something?
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2012, 06:22:46 am »
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Well I'm a La Trobe student, the quizzes were online ones and got like 50% on one, full marks on the other and one other quizz was done in class and got full marks for that as well so maybe the one I didn't do too well in got me a low score.
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2012, 08:04:46 am »
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I got fairly average marks for my first bio pracs when I started uni. What they're looking for is very exact and precise and there's a lot of stuff that you can do without meaning to (eg lines having arrows on them etc.)

Just relax, it's your first semester and there's plenty of time to improve your marks once you settle into the classes
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2012, 03:29:15 pm »
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One of my colleagues suggested that C meant competent
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2012, 06:32:54 pm »
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How important is first year and good marks? Pretty sure I dun goofed on both my pracs and there's so much crap to do just keeping up with lectures.
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2012, 06:45:02 pm »
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Quote from: DrBroscientist on March 14, 2012, 06:32:54 pm
How important is first year and good marks? Pretty sure I dun goofed on both my pracs and there's so much crap to do just keeping up with lectures.
Yeah, I'm mainly writing hand written summaries of lecture notes but I get the feeling I'm doing long summaries but at least I'm learning as I go. So much cool stuff goes on in my BIO1AD lectures, heaps of zoology and awesome stuff about protists :).
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2012, 12:50:39 am »
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Quote from: happycat on March 13, 2012, 07:31:29 pm
I received the mark for my first bio prac and got a C. Inspite of thinking that I had most things right I only got a lousy C. There was mainly doing drawings of specimens under the microscope and labeling those drawings and a few quizzes. What the hell happened? Suggestions? Has this happened to you?

hey happycat are you aiming for the (Advanced Sciences) course?
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Re: First prac, very disappointed.
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2012, 07:09:51 pm »
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Quote from: Woody on March 16, 2012, 12:50:39 am
Quote from: happycat on March 13, 2012, 07:31:29 pm
I received the mark for my first bio prac and got a C. Inspite of thinking that I had most things right I only got a lousy C. There was mainly doing drawings of specimens under the microscope and labeling those drawings and a few quizzes. What the hell happened? Suggestions? Has this happened to you?

hey happycat are you aiming for the (Advanced Sciences) course?
That's what I'm trying to do yes. I'm starting to think that writing summaries of lectures counter productive. If I can read and process information faster than I can write it then I don't I just read the content? Much faster.
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