Doing economics in Monash

[TrueTears]

lol my parents dont care whether i go or not, in fact, since they have to drive a long way for me to get to uni, they encourage me not to go often haha

[nabbiechan]

Don't you guys get tired though just by travelling?

yeah sometimes travelling is pretty boring, which is why you should to minimise the number of days you go to uni haha, or if you have useless lectures and stuff, just don't go to them and put all your tutes on 1 day

I like this idea. Haven't actually thought about that.

how many days a week do you usually go to uni?

[TrueTears]

1

[IntoTheNewWorld]

1

holyshit

[nabbiechan]

1

;0. What time do you go home? 

[zhenzhenzhen]

LMAO

[TrueTears]

start at 9 finish around 4:30 not too long, i just have all my tutes on friday + 2 lectures, i dont go to any maths lectures (useless lectures ) and i dont go to any commerce lectures (i watch both of them online) i spend the rest of my time studying @ home reading lots of commerce and 2nd 3rd year maths books that monash prescribes

[nabbiechan]

Oh that's why it was only one day. I don't like studying at home though -- my mum will pick on me if she sees me. In other words, she tend to make me do all the house chores, and hence, my studying time is reduced.

[Muuru]

No offense, but why are a number of you STILL worrying about what your parents think? Come on, now, you're all at uni, which means you're all 17 or 18 at the least. That's when you guys should be starting to cut the umbilical cord and taking control of your lives. If you need to take a day off because you can't be bothered travelling four hours to get to a one-hour lecture, just do it without worrying about "parental approval."

Anyway, I also live in the west and need to travel four hours daily (two hours each way). Like TrueTears, I also try to cram all of my tutorials in 1-2 days and end up skipping all of my lectures. I've found that I perform just as well in every unit irrespective of whether I attend the lectures or not (in the Arts faculty anyway). Last year, I managed to cram all of my tutorials into one day (9am-6pm) and I found that it was far too mentally draining, even with a one-hour break in between. I was completely buggered by 4pm and ended up nearly falling asleep a few times in my last tutorial of the day. Two days per week is perfect for me.

After nearly two years of travelling from Werribee to Monash, I've gradually become accustomed to a routine of reading and sleeping on the trains.

[kendraaaaa]

Jesus Christ. It takes me 20 minutes to get to Monash, I think I might stop complaining about my travel hahaha.

[mystikal]

Oh that's why it was only one day. I don't like studying at home though -- my mum will pick on me if she sees me. In other words, she tend to make me do all the house chores, and hence, my studying time is reduced.

go to your local library and study there then and then come back home when u are done

[methodsman]

Jesus Christ. It takes me 20 minutes to get to Monash, I think I might stop complaining about my travel hahaha.

+1

[hard]

No offense, but why are a number of you STILL worrying about what your parents think? Come on, now, you're all at uni, which means you're all 17 or 18 at the least. That's when you guys should be starting to cut the umbilical cord and taking control of your lives. If you need to take a day off because you can't be bothered travelling four hours to get to a one-hour lecture, just do it without worrying about "parental approval."

Anyway, I also live in the west and need to travel four hours daily (two hours each way). Like TrueTears, I also try to cram all of my tutorials in 1-2 days and end up skipping all of my lectures. I've found that I perform just as well in every unit irrespective of whether I attend the lectures or not (in the Arts faculty anyway). Last year, I managed to cram all of my tutorials into one day (9am-6pm) and I found that it was far too mentally draining, even with a one-hour break in between. I was completely buggered by 4pm and ended up nearly falling asleep a few times in my last tutorial of the day. Two days per week is perfect for me.

After nearly two years of travelling from Werribee to Monash, I've gradually become accustomed to a routine of reading and sleeping on the trains.

lol man we're the same people... 2 hours of reading and sleeping on the trains is a nice habit ive developed over the course of 1.5 semesters ALTHOUGH i get soo depressed if i have to leave uni past 5 o'clock it's all dark, empty and i hate catching the train to flinders from huntingdale at night its full of freaks

[98.40_for_sure]

If you sleep on trains... don't you get your stuff stolen?! and/or headaches from reading on a moving train?

[zhenzhenzhen]

nah nobody steals shit and just gotta face the direction the train is moving