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fantasticbeasts3:
22/02/19

Hallo meine Freunde!! Es ist schon eine Weile her!

The first week of uni has come and gone, and it's been a rollercoaster. At first I was really excited to go back and learn, but Tuesday came and I started getting stressed. Also, UNSW marketed trimesters as this great thing with 10 week terms and "better study-life balance" (not an exact quote but they did say something like that) but it definitely doesn't feel like that. A few comments:
1. They say 10 week terms, but it still feels like a semester. (1) you have to do readings before the first week, and (2) there's still a week 11.
2. Better study-life balance is so full of crap because contact hours have been increased and all content has been shoved into "10 weeks" so where is the life?? Ich bin sehr konfus
3. Apparently this has been done with research and consultation with students and stuff. What a load of crap again because (1) I haven't heard of anyone being happy about this change and (2) staff, particularly teaching staff have to rework the courses they teach into a shorter period of time.
4. I could finish uni at the END OF OCTOBER (nature of my degree is that I don't have many, if any exams) but noooooo it's the end of November now.
5. Not trimester related but how the HECK does a supplier run out of books for a subject lol

I think I'm done ranting about trimesters for now but that's just a heads up for anyone looking into studying at UNSW because trimesters are a bitch. Onto how my semester trimester is shaping up:
1. I'm in Monday to Thursday which is annoying because if timetabling was good I could've shoved everything into 2 days but alas I have 4 days.
2. Subjects: INST2003 - Research Methods in Intl Studies, MDIA2005 - Advertising and ARTS2510 - Intermediate German A.

My assessments aren't too bad because they're all pretty spaced out, which is something I wasn't expecting. However, for INST2003 we have to submit a research topic for all three assessments at the END OF NEXT WEEK which is a lot sooner than it used to be. Basically things that weren't supposed to come up so quickly are coming up sooner. What is good is that I don't have any exams this term because I get a whole month's break!

Now for this week -- surprisingly, my procrastination hasn't been that bad. Sometimes I leave readings really late so I don't complete them until after tutorials (really dumb lol) and complete homework-esque tasks the night before but I didn't do that this week! I'm hoping to maintain this work ethic throughout the term because it is good and now that I have a steady job with actual shifts I'll need to manage my time well. Today I've just been doing readings and rewriting my resume to prepare for internships :-) I've also sorted out all the subjects I'll be doing for the rest of my degree so it looks like I'll be finishing in Term 2 2022 instead of Term 3!!!!!! woot

Wow this was super long lol and I promise my other entries won't be the same except for the first one of every term??

I hope you've all had an awesome week.

Love,
fantasticbeasts x

fantasticbeasts3:
15/03/19

Hallo meine Freunde!!

I am getting so bad at updating this journal. 4 weeks into uni and I feel like I haven't gotten into the hang of things yet, so the other day I bought a weekly study planner so I can organise tasks that need to be completed and what I'm doing each day. I hope it works - my procrastination continues to get the best of me.

Summary of how subjects have been going, in order of best to worst:
1. German: still my favourite subject. It's starting to get harder, which is to be expected but my confidence speaking in class is non-existent. Sure, I can write out a few sentences and say stuff here and there but the feeling of people watching makes me very uneasy. How I'm going to survive living in Germany next year is really beyond me. Oh and I have a listening test this week soooooo I hope it goes well!!
2. Research Methods: this is such a boring subject I can't tell you guys how much I want to get it over and done with. It has so much potential to be a good course but it's that boring it makes me not want to do anything postgrad. I had a presentation for this subject on Wednesday and I don't think it went very well, but we'll see. Hopefully I'll get more motivated to do well in this course because the assessments don't sound too awful.
3. Advertising: I have a massive rant for this subject when the myExperience surveys come out so I'll save it until then but I just don't like this course. It does give us the chance to be creative (we sketch out ads based on a brief every week!!) which I like but the theory part is just blehhhhhh and could be done a lot better. The first assessment was a pass/fail assignment and I passed so yay for that!

That's all for now!

Until the next time I update,
fantasticbeasts x

sweetiepi:
1. Best of luck for the listening test! I'm sure you'll do great! ^-^
2. I understand how research methods can be so boring, I remember sitting through my own research methods unit (which was smooshed together with other random concepts that needed to be taught be couldn't be placed elsewhere) thinking that it was boring, but it is a really important thing to keep in the back of your mind, obviously! Hopefully it'll become less dry for you! :)

All the best for the next week!!! ;D

fantasticbeasts3:
29/03/19

Oh. Meine. Güte.

I keep forgetting this journal is a thing.


--- Quote from: insanipi on March 15, 2019, 08:56:37 pm ---1. Best of luck for the listening test! I'm sure you'll do great! ^-^
2. I understand how research methods can be so boring, I remember sitting through my own research methods unit (which was smooshed together with other random concepts that needed to be taught be couldn't be placed elsewhere) thinking that it was boring, but it is a really important thing to keep in the back of your mind, obviously! Hopefully it'll become less dry for you! :)

All the best for the next week!!! ;D

--- End quote ---

The listening test was awful. I didn't finish, some of the instructions and marking guidelines were very unclear but it's over now so I can't do anything about it. There are other tests so I'm not too worried :-)

Research Methods still makes me want to roll down Basser Steps because it's such a bad subject. I understand why it's compulsory but it just makes me so annoyed lol. Things will get better from this term because most of the subjects I'm doing for the remainder of my degree are a heck ton better so yay!!!

ALSO class enrolment appointments are out and I think mine is on April 16 at 2pm. Kinda on the fence about this time because that's just over a week from when people actually start enrolling in classes and I'm worried I won't get my awesome hypothetical timetable:
my timetable
I think that's all from me this time!!! Let's hope I get out of this next week alive with two assignments worth 40% and 45% of my grade due next week which I haven't started because I had something due today!!!!

Until next time,
fantasticbeasts x

fantasticbeasts3:
08/04/19

Hallo meine Freunde!!

It feels weird to say this, but here we go: I feel relaxed and well-rested. Will I say this again in the next 3 or so weeks until term ends? Probably not. But does it feel good? Heck yes it does.

Here's a summary of what's been happening:
- Submitted my two assignments last week and it felt amazing. The effort I put in is questionable, but they're done and I wrote 4000 words in a week which is insane to think about. I feel like I've stopped caring about my marks this term although I really should because exchange applications are at the end of this year so my WAM should be at a good standing but idk motivation really isn't there atm.
- Got my listening test results back for German and I just... bye. The average mark was 54% and that was after adjustment. I just scraped a pass thank goodness but I need to average at least 80% in all my assessments to get a distinction. Ideally that would be nice but I'm determined to maintain my distinction average in German so I really have to pick up my game.
- I participated in a research study today!! This was very exciting because although I really hate Research Methods (the subject), it was really cool to be part of a research project and see some of it in action. I got a $50 voucher for my participation which was super wild but I'll be saving that money for the shopping I'll do before exchange next year. :-)

The rest of my term is really chill but I have to start planning when I'm going to do assignments otherwise I can't have my Easter weekend free. In light of my awful German results I'm going to catch up on the work I didn't do because I decided to chill all weekend!

Hope you guys all have an awesome week,
fantasticbeasts x

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