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jamonwindeyer:
Really glad it went well for your first day Olivia!! We should grab lunch one day we are both on campus ;D best of luck with your project for ENGG!!

owidjaja:

--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on February 18, 2019, 10:29:53 pm ---Really glad it went well for your first day Olivia!! We should grab lunch one day we are both on campus ;D best of luck with your project for ENGG!!

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"Well" might be a bit of stretch haha but my first day wasn't too bad :) And definitely a big yes for lunch!

I hope I get to be in a group where people will do their part because I'm clueless when it comes to computing or constructing (I'm great at reports, research and project management though so hopefully it becomes useful). Out of curiosity, which project did you do?

jamonwindeyer:

--- Quote from: owidjaja on February 18, 2019, 10:36:58 pm ---"Well" might be a bit of stretch haha but my first day wasn't too bad :) And definitely a big yes for lunch!

I hope I get to be in a group where people will do their part because I'm clueless when it comes to computing or constructing (I'm great at reports, research and project management though so hopefully it becomes useful). Out of curiosity, which project did you do?

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It sounds like the projects have changed since I did it, but I did the project for the Electrical faculty. It was a self driving car, which would navigate an obstacle course using sensors. Our final product barely did anything but move in a straight line. We thought it stopped at one of the traffic lights as expected - But it had just prematurely died ;)

owidjaja:
Hey guys,

So the first week of uni has passed and I'm already exhausted. I don't think going to uni for 5 days straight really helps so I just end up sleeping on the train on my way to uni and kinda trying to stay awake on the bus. As for the actual uni, I had my first math tute on Wednesday, and yay for another teacher with a strong European accent. Well, his Russian accent isn't as bad as the French guy (though my inner Modern self is giggling because of the amount of Communist/Slav memes I've seen/liked on Insta) but he's a bit difficult to communicate with. Like, we were going through limits to infinity and one of the guys suggested to divide by the highest power of x but then the tutor assumed that he was saying polynomial division so the guy ended up giving up trying to explain it. And it also doesn't help that he singled out the people who only did 2U math (a.k.a this other guy and myself). He looked at both of us and said "This course will be a bit difficult for you so I want you to ask as many questions." Anyway, I made another friend in the tute (since my friend was in a different tute class). The annoying thing though is that I had a 4 hour gap between my physics lecture and the math tute so I just sat in the library on those uncomfortable stool chairs trying to revise for physics.

Speaking of physics, I had my first problem solving workshop today. It was really confusing, mostly because the tutor didn't really use a microphone so no one could hear him. On top of that, he goes through this really fast (just like in the physics lecture) so my table and I were just sitting there lost. I mean, we tried to do our best by following the worksheet but we ended up asking the student assistant a couple of times so we could make sure we were doing something right. And again, my friend wasn't in the same class as me but I managed to get by and made more friends. At the moment with physics, I'm at the stage where I kinda get what's happening but then I get lost because the lecturer goes through everything really fast. Looks like I'll be spending the weekend revising calculus and mechanics.

Anyway, I should actually finish my maths quiz.

See you soon!

- Olivia

Bri MT:
Congratulations on 1000 posts!! :)

Sounds like everything is a but hectic atm. I'm not sure if this helps, but I found that as I went through the year I got better at using public transport time effectively, being confident in labs etc. once you get through this unit of maths you should be on a level playing field with everyone, right? I found maths to be my most challenging subject but also the one I learnt the most in - I hope it's similarly rewarding for you :)

Good luck!

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