UNSW Chit Chat Thread (6 Viewers)

[faisalabdul16]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

well there is O-Week when no offical classes run so you could find out where your classes are before hand

and that's not a problem. lectures and tutorials start 5 past and conclude 5 to giving you 10 minutes between classes (for walking, getting coffee/food, etc)

personally I like having consecutive lessons

Okay that's good! Yeah i think on the first day of O-week I might just go around and find all my classes before i engage in the fun.

hmmm any tips for uni?

 

[CaptainPrice]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Square, you're always on bos, how can you still survive at uni?

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Okay that's good! Yeah i think on the first day of O-week I might just go around and find all my classes before i engage in the fun.

hmmm any tips for uni?

this thread may help: http://community.boredofstudies.org...sion/333148/if-you-were-first-year-again.html

Square, you're always on bos, how can you still survive at uni?

I barely scraped by 1st year tbh. when uni resumes I will be limiting my time on BoS and replacing it with work and actually studying lol

 

[CaptainPrice]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

this thread may help: http://community.boredofstudies.org...sion/333148/if-you-were-first-year-again.html


I barely scraped by 1st year tbh. when uni resumes I will be limiting my time on BoS and replacing it with work and actually studying lol

I'm actually sad to hear that

Square... <3

You've been such an inspiration tbh,

 

[faisalabdul16]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

this thread may help: http://community.boredofstudies.org...sion/333148/if-you-were-first-year-again.html


I barely scraped by 1st year tbh. when uni resumes I will be limiting my time on BoS and replacing it with work and actually studying lol

I think first year will be a bummer for most people and there marks probably won't be reflective of their legitimate and actual attitudes as they're still in holiday mode and because of the common misconception that goes around where first year is "high school revision" and a bit extra.

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

I think first year will be a bummer for most people and there marks probably won't be reflective of their legitimate and actual attitudes as there still in holiday mode and because of the common misconception that goes around where first year is "high school revision" and a bit extra.

yes definitely. When I came into PHYS1121, my attitude was "this is all high school stuff, I don't need to study" and I was still in "HSC-mode" where I thought I didn't have to do much to get decent results and tbh I didn't do much study. nek min fail and have to do the course again and it also stuffed up the flow of my degree

but yeah you should definitely take 1st year more seriously

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

this is probably the most helpful I've been in any thread ever lol

 

[CaptainPrice]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

I hope that doesn't happen to me, I'm aiming for full hardcore mode (highest WAM I can achieve), create a decent amount of leeway in case future me is partying' too much (doubt it)

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

I hope that doesn't happen to me, I'm aiming for full hardcore mode (highest WAM I can achieve), create a decent amount of leeway in case future me is partying' too much (doubt it)

engineering parties LOL

 

[faisalabdul16]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

yes definitely. When I came into PHYS1121, my attitude was "this is all high school stuff, I don't need to study" and I was still in "HSC-mode" where I thought I didn't have to do much to get decent results and tbh I didn't do much study. nek min fail and have to do the course again and it also stuffed up the flow of my degree

but yeah you should definitely take 1st year more seriously

Yeah i will be, especially after i found out that WAM is the accumulation of your marks in the entirety of the degree.

I hope that doesn't happen to me, I'm aiming for full hardcore mode (highest WAM I can achieve), create a decent amount of leeway in case future me is partying' too much (doubt it)

hahaha same, hopefully maximum WAM attainable

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Yeah i will be, especially after i found out that WAM is the accumulation of your marks in the entirety of the degree.

yep it is. iirc level 1 courses are treated differently or something to higher level courses or something

but also remember to enjoy your time at uni

 

[faisalabdul16]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

yep it is. iirc level 1 courses are treated differently or something to higher level courses or something

but also remember to enjoy your time at uni

What's iirc?
What's level 1 courses and etc?

 

[CaptainPrice]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

engineering parties LOL

Yes.

My future indian buddies and I will drink sherbet till the night's dusk. We will help each other study and learn difficult concepts.

And if things get a bit more frisky, maybe we'll even bring out the lan cables for a bit of fun

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

What's iirc?
What's level 1 courses and etc?

iirc == if I remember correctly // do you even internet?

level 1: something like http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2015/PHYS1131.html
level 2: http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2015/MTRN2500.html
level 3: http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2015/MTRN3500.html
level 4: http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2015/MTRN4230.html

it's just the 1st number in the course code

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Yes.

My future indian buddies and I will drink sherbet till the night's dusk. We will help each other study and learn difficult concepts.

And if things get a bit more frisky, maybe we'll even bring out the lan cables for a bit of fun

okay then

 

[4025808]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Yup, just a warning to those doing engineering or a discipline that requires physics - PHYS1121/1131 will be the death of your first year unless if you spend a considerable amount of time studying/leeching quiz answers off others and actually doing past papers in order to prep for the final exam.

Iirc, I spent a good two weeks from knowing almost nothing to getting a near HD by studying around 1-2 past papers a day. And that seriously paid off. So as I said, spend considerable time during week 13/stuvac as it's very helpful - if you pass the final its better than having to do the supplementary (which is harder).

 

[CaptainPrice]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Square pls don't judge, it's been a compsci dream of mine since a few months back

Writing algorithms by leaning on to each other, solving highly complex discrete maths problems under the trees

So please, and UNSW doesn't judge

 

[CaptainPrice]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Yup, just a warning to those doing engineering or a discipline that requires physics - PHYS1121/1131 will be the death of your first year unless if you spend a considerable amount of time studying/leeching quiz answers off others and actually doing past papers in order to prep for the final exam.

Iirc, I spent a good two weeks from knowing almost nothing to getting a near HD by studying around 1-2 past papers a day. And that seriously paid off. So as I said, spend considerable time during week 13/stuvac as it's very helpful - if you pass the final its better than having to do the supplementary (which is harder).

I was nearly going to pick up Physics, settled for statistical maths or computational design instead

I didn't want to die in my first semester haha

 

[4025808]

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I was nearly going to pick up Physics, settled for statistical maths or computational design instead

I didn't want to die in my first semester haha

Were you planning to do a physics major? :O

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015.

Square pls don't judge, it's been a compsci dream of mine since a few months back

Writing algorithms by leaning on to each other, solving highly complex discrete maths problems under the trees

So please, and UNSW doesn't judge

wat

I can't judge if I don't understand what you're saying