Monash 2014 Jaffy Tips & Questions Thread

[alondouek]

You applaud guest speakers, and the lecturer's last lecture.
God, I would've face palmed too.

As well as those, in biomed we've regularly applauded:

• When a lecture was particularly entertaining
• When a lecture made all the other theory click into place (hell yeah)
• Just because someone starts clapping randomly at the end of the lecture (arbitrary applause is the best kind of applause)

It's pretty common I reckon, I've seen in in two faculties past the Jaffy level

[Fyrefly]

As well as those, in biomed we've regularly applauded:

• When a lecture was particularly entertaining
• When a lecture made all the other theory click into place (hell yeah)
• Just because someone starts clapping randomly at the end of the lecture (arbitrary applause is the best kind of applause)

It's pretty common I reckon, I've seen in in two faculties past the Jaffy level

You biomed kids sure are strange.

[alondouek]

You biomed kids sure are strange.

This is correct, but I wouldn't have it any other way. There is a strong positive relationship between increasing contact hours and decreasing sanity (P<0.001).

[Thu Thu Train]

As well as those, in biomed we've regularly applauded:

• When a lecture was particularly entertaining
• When a lecture made all the other theory click into place (hell yeah)
• Just because someone starts clapping randomly at the end of the lecture (arbitrary applause is the best kind of applause)

It's pretty common I reckon, I've seen in in two faculties past the Jaffy level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

[alondouek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8

Oh please, I've been to maths lectures too

[slothpomba]

Doesn't usually happen in science unless its the last one or they make a particularly hilarious joke.

[duhherro]

damn i find the math lectures on echo (eng1091) to not be that great, the lecturer pretty much only records his voice

[b^3]

damn i find the math lectures on echo (eng1091) to not be that great, the lecturer pretty much only records his voice

If they don't record what they write down then most of the time they'll upload the transparency sheets that they write on, although some upload them only at the end of the week. They did this back when I took ENG1091 and the recordings weren't too bad to follow, not sure who would be taking it now (check out the other stream's lecture recordings and see if it's any better or not).

[excal]

It just get trained out of them by the time they hit med school

[achre]

When writing an email asking permission to do a unit you don't have all the pre reqs for, what/how much are you supposed to write? Is it like a proper application where you try and showcase yourself and why you are capable of doing this particular unit, or should it be very short, and they'll check if there's enough room and let you in?

[alondouek]

When writing an email asking permission to do a unit you don't have all the pre reqs for, what/how much are you supposed to write? Is it like a proper application where you try and showcase yourself and why you are capable of doing this particular unit, or should it be very short, and they'll check if there's enough room and let you in?

I've found the when filling out a form - regardless of what it is - at university, it's always best to be brief, accurate and to-the-point. The person who's going to be reading, checking and processing your form probably doesn't want to be doing so (such is academia), so you may be able to get on their good side by making it easy for them.

Just fulfil all the requirements for the form, and don't fluff.

[achre]

The thing is though, it isn't a form. I was told that I need to email the chief examiner for the unit asking for permission, so all relevent details will be in there.
I'm planning on just writing "Hi [name], I'm writing to you seeking permission to do [Unit Code] [Unit Title] in [Semester Year]." So stuff like "I got such and such in VCE topic similar to unit content" and "I require this unit for the area of study I'm currently planning on majoring in but can't otherwise fit it in" is just fluff?

[alondouek]

The thing is though, it isn't a form. I was told that I need to email the chief examiner for the unit asking for permission, so all relevent details will be in there.
I'm planning on just writing "Hi [name], I'm writing to you seeking permission to do [Unit Code] [Unit Title] in [Semester Year]." So stuff like "I got such and such in VCE topic similar to unit content" and "I require this unit for the area of study I'm currently planning on majoring in but can't otherwise fit it in" is just fluff?

I'd say that being direct still is relevant here. I'd leave out the VCE stuff (unit coordinators don't really care), but it would likely be useful mentioning that you need the unit for your major. Lecturers and coordinators can sometimes get upwards of 100 emails per day, so I'd recommend you keep it brief

[spectroscopy]

in case you guys have stopped updating the OP of this thread because you thought no one was interested, i have been periodically checking it to see if its been updated LOL
nice thread btw 

[slothpomba]

Yeah, kind of ran out of steam a little... How are all the Jaffies finding it up until this point? Any things that surprised you? What do you like/dislike about uni?