University Thread

[Hallatia]

everyone's in Queensland!:crazy:

 

[Twizzle]

I'm as close as I can get to Queensland without being in Queensland

Haven't had the necessary lobotomy yet so I can cross the border.

 

[dogslife]

Too many Parra fans up here as it is

 

[Hallatia]

I don't think I've met any yet

 

[dogslife]

One of my my "mates" and you that I know of. As I said, too many

 

[Mong]

No probs. Good luck for Fedcon, you'll be OK.

Const was the one i was looking forward to most this semester but turned out to be the one i liked the least and done the least well in

 

[Hallatia]

Too many Parra fans up here as it is

you've never met me
And, hold on, I know one as well and I have met him and I think there a re few from the Eels forum

 

[dogslife]

You can tell when exams are just about over. What was barely being able to find a spare computer two weeks ago has turned into being here virtually alone

 

[Red Bear]

Finished yesterday, had 4 exams in three days after one last week. Think I might've pulled off one of the all time cramming efforts to pass everything.

Providing i did pass everything two subjects and i have a degree

 

[Mong]

Then the fun stops

After today i have 4 weeks off from Uni and 4 weeks off from work (providing i don't f**k up completely today and have to do a supp exam). Was going to play heaps of golf and drink heaps of beer.

Then i remembered there is a new born in the house so playing little golf, getting little sleep but still drinking lots of beer and watching lots of sport seems much more likely.

 

[Cliffhanger]

If it wasn't for my f**king allergic reactions I would have been done two weeks ago, would have got to camp at the mountains for climbing and got to have a weekend at the snow for a mate's 21st.

First world problems.

 

[T.T]

write your mates a letter lol

 

[PaddyBoy]

Just got my last set of results back, passed everything, never want to hear the term "Assertive discipline" ever again.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Why do all of you just aim for a pass? Anything less than a distinction fills me with shame.

 

[Red Bear]

Man, Physiology and Anatomy is kicking my arse. Trying to get it all in over the next few weeks so I nail the exam.

I am only on 59 per cent at the moment, making it my worst subject by a long shot, the exam is worth 45 per cent of my final mark, I want at least a credit for the unit, but the goal is a distinction, which will take almost a miracle, the unit included six hours of lectures tutes and practicals a week and our teachers still struggled to get through the content.

All this because our university decided that all students have to do two shithouse community related artsy crap courses. Because our course is an exercise science course the coordinators decided that they would force our bio teachers to condense physiology and anatomy into one mega subject rather than keep it at two.

We also lost one of our industry experience units, all this for crap that is going to have absolutely no relevance in our future careers.

It annoys me because I am loved learning physiology and anatomy and hate that it feels like we rushed through it.

When I did it in first year Anatomy was the first half of the year, physiology the second, now they've combined the two subjects but still do it over 12 months.

Then the fun stops

Nah, I'll be back at uni eventually to get a degree that can get me a decent job. Next year should be good fun

 

[Frederick]

Started 3 degrees at uni...didn't finish any of them. Couldn't settle into uni at all, and hated full time study and earning shit money in shit jobs. Scored an engineering traineeship 2 1/2 years ago...studying for an advanced diploma in technical engineering and getting paid fairly comfortably to do so. Also only have to work 4 days a week, the 5th is used for a study day. Life is sweet

 

[T.T]

Why do all of you just aim for a pass? Anything less than a distinction fills me with shame.

it just becomes too much of a burden to attend lectures and put in the weekly study especially when its not compulsorary.

if i had my time over again i wish i achieved a credit + average

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Why do all of you just aim for a pass? Anything less than a distinction fills me with shame.

Each to their own, but lets be honest here: Few employers in very few fields really care about the marks in your transcript.

The one piece of paper for the degree is all they want to see.
After that, it's all about how you respond in the interview. Better study generally gives better answers, true, but humour, honesty and humility are equally useful traits in an interview scenario.

 

[Mong]

Why do all of you just aim for a pass? Anything less than a distinction fills me with shame.

With my workload i am happy with credits although aim for distinctions, either of those and i am happy, am yet to get a pass grade. Although after yesterdays constitutional exam i might be struggling to get better than a pass, the second part of the last question after taking wild guesses at the head of power in the constitution they were breaching i ended up just writing "i did this question last, clearly i don't know what i am doing" and then added a .

Maybe i will get a sympathy mark? :lol:

 

[Cliffhanger]

My pride won't let me. I guess I am too competitive for my own good, I want to get the best marks.

Also, if don't get a credit average I won't get into masters, depending on the demand I might need higher than a credit average.