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homeworkisapotato:
Hi BriMT! I've always read your journal but have always been very intimidated to reply! Your final year sounds very insightful and fun! Do you know what you want to do after uni or are you going to live in the moment and think about that later?
Looking forward to the net update :D
Bri MT:
--- Quote from: homeworkisapotato on January 18, 2021, 01:35:08 pm ---Hi BriMT! I've always read your journal but have always been very intimidated to reply! Your final year sounds very insightful and fun! Do you know what you want to do after uni or are you going to live in the moment and think about that later?
Looking forward to the net update :D
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Hi!
I hope I don't give off too much of a scary vibe, thank you for following and replying :)
We've actually just gotten access to the Moodle page, not much info on there yet but it's still a nice thing to have. Hopefully it is both insightful and fun! The induction week topics look useful which is a good start.
After uni I want to focus on working for a while and some years later I want to do postgrad. Since the end of last year Monash has started sending me job emails for science grads and most of the ones that come up are some sort of data analytics thing. I like analysing data but more importantly I want to go into a role that I see as working towards a good cause. There are some roles that come up as environmental consulting which matches well with my skillset but if it's going to be helping companies exploit environmental legislation gaps then I'm not all that interested. I'm not sure if that fully answers your question but I hope that gives you a better idea!
Bri MT:
I have some things to catch up on and lots to get done today so I'm going to keep this short:
I start honours induction on Monday. I'm really happy with everything about my project: the external partner, Monash supervisor, my team (I'm working with a classmate I haven't worked with before but she's very driven and easy to get along with), and of course the project itself. This has meant that I am now super-keen for this academic year.
it's not a task I'm going to start on just yet but I'm looking forward to writing the lit review. I haven't done one before but it's going to be really interesting to see how other people have approached my focus in the project which is the spatio-temporal modelling side of things (coding is going to be crucial for this).
ArtyDreams:
Good luck Bri :)
I'm excited to see where the year takes you!!
Bri MT:
--- Quote from: ArtyDreams on February 05, 2021, 11:48:24 am ---Good luck Bri :)
I'm excited to see where the year takes you!!
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Thanks Arty! :)
Update!
[I thought about saying o-week update but I'm not exactly following the standard undergrad timetable anymore so that seems useless]
I'm now doing the project without a teammate. This is kinda strange (everyone else is in a team of at least 3) but mostly I'm really really grateful that I still get to do the project!
[Note to future gc-ers reading this: please don't take this to mean you can opt into a solo project, that's not how it works]
Reading the literature feels fantastic because it's very clear that the work I'm doing is genuinely new and useful. I also love how new the eDNA field is. Previously in high school and uni someone else it's been about repeating what someone else has done, doing a write up with the same motivations on the same data as your peers. Now I get to work on my piece of the puzzle and that's very motivating.
I've been spending some time in the global challenges honours office & we're slowly making it into really being our space that reflects our cohort. It's good to have a space where I can specifically focus on that and really get into that headspace. Out of all the projects in our cohort this one is definitely the one I want to be in but it's still very interesting to hear about the range of other projects
I have also been putting more intentional time and effort into taking care of my health & that's paying off; I feel like I have more energy, I have more positivity, it's easier to focus etc.
My first assignment (the literature review) is due in 3 weeks. I'm a bit concerned about the 10 page maximum (including references!) with double spacing and 12pt font but I guess that just means I'll need to focus on what's most important. I really think that references are going to be the main issue here but we'll see. @ people who have written a lit review before, how did you go with the page/word count?
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