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Joseph41:
That's really exciting, Meithy. APA is a big deal. Well done!

keltingmeith:

--- Quote from: AngelWings on December 11, 2017, 06:25:49 pm ---Ah, congrats!! That's absolutely amazing to hear!

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--- Quote from: Joseph41 on December 12, 2017, 07:17:53 am ---That's really exciting, Meithy. APA is a big deal. Well done!

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Thanks so much, guys! Suffice to say, I'm stoked.  ;D

keltingmeith:
So, uhhh, it's been a while.

Not too much to say. Thank fuck I got that job, because Centrelink cut me off yesterday. Being able to survive is nice, so, the job is definitely appreciated. Monash mucked up my payment for the month and a half, too, so at least it was only now they cut me off and not two months ago.

On top of that, I got soooooooo many teaching shifts. Typically people only get 1 - I got 4. 3 in first year, and 1 in third year. The best part is, the third year one is legit my favourite subject from undergrad, and I got the best pracs to teach. :D I also didn't think I get this shift - I thought I'd get a different subject, which I didn't get, but this one is way better, so happy with that.

Otherwise, yeah, things are going along. There's a lot less to say about things when you're finally out of uni and doing some real work, I've discovered.

Vaike:

--- Quote from: keltingmeith on February 09, 2018, 05:58:52 pm ---On top of that, I got soooooooo many teaching shifts. Typically people only get 1 - I got 4. 3 in first year, and 1 in third year. The best part is, the third year one is legit my favourite subject from undergrad, and I got the best pracs to teach. :D I also didn't think I get this shift - I thought I'd get a different subject, which I didn't get, but this one is way better, so happy with that.

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That's awesome to hear! If you don't mind me asking, which subjects/what topics will you be taking? And why is that 3rd year one your favourite?

keltingmeith:

--- Quote from: Vaike on February 09, 2018, 07:14:17 pm ---That's awesome to hear! If you don't mind me asking, which subjects/what topics will you be taking? And why is that 3rd year one your favourite?

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So for first year, I'll be doing CHM1011. First year chem you only have one demonstrator and they teach every prac, so I'll be doing every one there. It's honestly because first year isn't that hard given that you're taught by people who are at least doing honours, and it better mimics the high school setting that you're used to.

The third year shift I got is for CHM3911, Advanced Physical Chemistry. It was just one of those subjects where all the content was super interesting, and on top of that it was really well run. The labs were also great, but actually got you to come up with your own ideas, which no other subject had done, and so that was really interesting.

Third year is a little different - the knowledge is a lot more specialist, so typically only PhD students or PhDs will take it, and you'll only get a couple of pracs, that are usually only given in experiments that you'd already be comfortable with. Some exceptions, but not in this subject. So, I'll be doing the thermodynamics and kinetics experiments. There are two, the first is one in which you find a molecule's hydrophobicity (legit just by measuring the equilibrium constant of the molecule moving between water and a non-polar solvent), the second you measure the activation energy of a molecule converting from one state (its trans conformation) to another (its cis conformation). They're both super cool, and my favourite experiments of the lot. :D

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