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(Star) Trekking My Way to Space - Olivia's Uni Journal
owidjaja:
--- Quote from: miniturtle on February 23, 2019, 08:26:07 am ---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 :)
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I do hope uni does get better :) It is quite overwhelming since we literally got hit with a bunch of quizzes and homework sets to do, and on top of that, uni is very confusing and we kinda don't have too much time to make friends (i.e. get to know the people we're working with). And like you said, hopefully I won't be too disadvantaged in math once I finished this unit (that's if I pass the exams rip :/), but so far, I am finding the algebra fun and when I finally understand something from calculus, I do get a bit excited because it finally makes sense (thanks Rui haha).
--- Quote from: miniturtle on February 23, 2019, 08:26:07 am ---Congratulations on 1000 posts!! :)
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And thanks :D I guess I'm officially part of the furniture!
Caitlynk_22:
Hi Olivia,
I love reading your uni journal, it actually makes me more excited to go uni next year. I can't wait to read your uni journal as I'll be in the same position next year (Albeit in a different uni and course) just to see what it's like and how everything goes.
I wish you all the best this year! I hope everything goes well and that you don't get too stressed. After all, uni is supposed to be a new chapter, an open door.
owidjaja:
--- Quote from: Caitlynk_22 on February 25, 2019, 01:44:32 pm ---Hi Olivia,
I love reading your uni journal, it actually makes me more excited to go uni next year. I can't wait to read your uni journal as I'll be in the same position next year (Albeit in a different uni and course) just to see what it's like and how everything goes.
I wish you all the best this year! I hope everything goes well and that you don't get too stressed. After all, uni is supposed to be a new chapter, an open door.
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(Omg I'm so sorry I didn't see this!)
Thanks for reading my journal! Hope you'll find uni fun :) I feel like the stress mainly comes from the pressure of having to re-take a subject if I fail on top of the fact that I keep getting told that my HSC marks isn't good enough for the courses I'm taking (not great for the self-esteem). I think the fun part about uni is the free stuff you get lol (we literally had a stand that was giving out free tacos on the first day of uni).
Hey guys,
So second week of uni is over and it's still as chaotic as usual. 6 quizzes from math, and 2 physics quizzes to do. I'm only annoyed with how the topics in the quizzes aren't even the topics we covered in the lectures, so technically we're teaching the content ourselves. While I'm annoyed with the quizzes, I'm doing surprisingly ok with the quizzes. But when it comes to understanding the content long-term wise, I'm not sure. On the other hand, I'm lost as usual with physics. Even in the workshop, it gets a bit confusing and my group is as lost me me. It also doesn't help that my lecturer/tutor (?) kinda roasted us during the workshop ;-; I also had my first physics lab and boy is it stressful. I had to re-calculate the uncertainty of the brass again and because I got confused, I was so close to spiralling into a panic attack. Honestly, I was so tempted to walk out of the room so no one will see me have a panic attack but then I realised that I would be wasting my time (since it's timed) so I kinda forced myself to stay there even though the demonstrator (and possibly the people at my table) could hear my voice get shaky.
As for ENGG, I finally met my group members. I was so worried that I would be with people who kinda slack off (and while I haven't seen them work yet) they seem really chill. Because there was an awkward gap between the technical lecture and the mentoring session, we hung out at the coffee shop in Ainsworth so we could get to know each other a bit better. I think we have a good mix of people. There are two people who have a bit of knowledge in computing (and one of them already bought the Arduino kit), we have some members who are willing to do any maths (if there's any involved) and then there's me, where I kinda offered to help out with the writing component (i.e. referencing and reports). Our next task is to write a problem statement so we're planning to meet tomorrow after the ENGG common lecture to touch base.
I also signed up to the WIESoc Protege Program, where I'm grouped with people who are doing the same/similar degree and a mentor. I was so shocked that I met people who are doing aerospace engineering since I've only met one person (prior to meeting them). Our group got along really well, so it was cool I was able to meet people who also are interested in aerospace. We had the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, which was a bit tiring since it went up until 8pm. I also (unexpectedly) signed up to the EngSoc VDP. I wanted to sign up for the WIESoc Subcommittee Recruitment but missed out, and the VDP deadline got extended so I decided to use this to my advantage and sign up. I didn't expect myself to get accepted but I went to their workshop on Saturday. I didn't expect people to be at uni on a Saturday but it was interesting to meet people from other engineering streams and years.
So that's the summary of my week.
Anyways, see you soon!
- Olivia
Joseph41:
--- Quote from: owidjaja on March 03, 2019, 11:48:26 pm ---It also doesn't help that my lecturer/tutor (?) kinda roasted us during the workshop ;-;
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What happened? :-\
owidjaja:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on March 04, 2019, 05:22:58 pm ---What happened? :-\
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So my group was working on the worksheet and one of the questions required us to convert the units to base units. For example, the first question was Newtons so using F=ma, we get kg.ms-2 (because SI units for mass is kg and for acceleration it's ms-2). We were a bit confused with the question and the tutor (who's also my lecturer) walks past our table. We were a bit quiet so he asks if we were ok so then one of the group members was like "Yeah we're kinda a bit unsure with this question." He was explaining how we should use the formula to figure out the base units while asking us questions but all of us were a bit unresponsive. When one of my friends tried to answer one of his questions he was like "Looks like someone's been skipping lectures." When we got to Coulomb he started asking us about amperes and current and I was gonna suggest to go through the V=IR formula but then he was like "Hmm nooo" and went through the rest of the questions. By the time he finished explaining it, he was like "Have you not done this in high school?" All of us were quiet. "Hmm, I guess you learn something new everyday" or something like that and walked away.
Because of that, we were didn't want to ask him questions because we didn't want another roasting from him ;-;
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