Communal University Journey Journal

[HasibA]

Depends I think, I worry my work ethic will die down due to the course getting harder and other commitments like having a job.
But on the flipside, I may get better in future years since I know what the courses want.
I'll get back to you in a few years time to give you a definitive answer.

hmm fair enough, i have multiple jobs (lots of hours) right now and i guess im not too organised haha, hopefully with experience i do better and i learn from first year.

Sorry to hear you've been ill Tashhhaaa, but this is literally how I feel and I'm only in my first year! Undergrad is just going to fly by so quickly.
HasibA, it might be helpful to think about why your work ethic is so poor. Do you not like your course? Lack of discipline, etc.?

i'm not sure, i'm starting to think i chose the wrong course haha i'm not too sure tbh maybe lack of discipline, i'm definitely not perfect in terms of discipline, but i feel like its not that my course is hard or getting hard, might be i don't enjoy it and might seek a transfer... ahhh but i really the end job opportunities that my current degree gives ahhhh its like i like the final job, but the degree structure im not too happy with :/ might give it a semester or two

[Joseph41]

not sure if i hate uni or hate my work ethic IN uni haha

how common is it for students to do better in 2nd/3rd year etc. than 1st hah -__-

I did. I don't think it'd be too uncommon.

[spectroscopy]

would you recommend that subject? easy enough??

Yeah I'll probably write a review soon but I think it's the easiest subject I've ever done including vce subjects. every day u just write a 600 word summary of a section of the lecture slides

[AngelWings]

Date: 13th October

Today's events
- Ran in late to my lecture because the bus broke down; thankfully it broke down right outside uni
- Went to collect my first ever scientific poster in print (It was fabric!)
- Submitted said poster.
- Wrote a pitch for said poster.
- Went to chemistry tutorial
- Ran late to a meeting with my supervisor, because tutorial ran slightly late
- Went to poster conference and mingled, discussing my research project.

So close, yet so far! Just two more orals, a big report and three exams... then I'll be done with my undergrad degree!

[Joseph41]

Date: 13th October

Today's events
- Ran in late to my lecture because the bus broke down; thankfully it broke down right outside uni
- Went to collect my first ever scientific poster in print (It was fabric!)
- Submitted said poster.
- Wrote a pitch for said poster.
- Went to chemistry tutorial
- Ran late to a meeting with my supervisor, because tutorial ran slightly late
- Went to poster conference and mingled, discussing my research project.

So close, yet so far! Just two more orals, a big report and three exams... then I'll be done with my undergrad degree!

So exciting! When do you finish officially?

[zofromuxo]

Date: 13th October

Today's events
- Ran in late to my lecture because the bus broke down; thankfully it broke down right outside uni
- Went to collect my first ever scientific poster in print (It was fabric!)
- Submitted said poster.
- Wrote a pitch for said poster.
- Went to chemistry tutorial
- Ran late to a meeting with my supervisor, because tutorial ran slightly late
- Went to poster conference and mingled, discussing my research project.

So close, yet so far! Just two more orals, a big report and three exams... then I'll be done with my undergrad degree!

What is a poster conference?

[tashhhaaa]

24/10

i told myself i was coming to uni to study but i'm sitting on a couch in the physics building listening to the weeknd

swotvac/10

[zofromuxo]

24/10

i told myself i was coming to uni to study but i'm sitting on a couch in the physics building listening to the weeknd

swotvac/10

That was always SWTOVAC's purpose: Not to study, but cram the day before the exam

[Sine]

24/10

i told myself i was coming to uni to study but i'm sitting on a couch in the physics building listening to the weeknd

swotvac/10

GOAT??

[tashhhaaa]

That was always SWTOVAC's purpose: Not to study, but cram the day before the exam

Update: I downloaded all my lectures

So that was my only achievement today HAHA

GOAT??

defINITELY
I'm going to his show in December...!!!!!

[AngelWings]

Update: I downloaded all my lectures
So that was my only achievement today HAHA

At least that's better than nothing!

What is a poster conference?

Usually it's people presenting their research as posters over snacks and sometimes a drink (no such luck for us). Students ranging from undergrad to postdocs, researchers and an assortment of science-oriented people stop by to discuss the posters and what research they've been doing. I guess one way to imagine it is to think of an art exhibition opening, where people talk about science instead and are a lot more casual.

So exciting! When do you finish officially?

Last exam is on the 10th November. (I should probably stop procrastinating and go back to actually study for them!) 

[sweetiepi]

Update: I downloaded all my lectures

So that was my only achievement today HAHA

This was me today, I feel this on a spiritual level haha.
(My laptop died when I nearly finished downloading my lectures at the local library </3 )

[zofromuxo]

At least that's better than nothing!
Usually it's people presenting their research as posters over snacks and sometimes a drink (no such luck for us). Students ranging from undergrad to postdocs, researchers and an assortment of science-oriented people stop by to discuss the posters and what research they've been doing. I guess one way to imagine it is to think of an art exhibition opening, where people talk about science instead and are a lot more casual.
Last exam is on the 10th November. (I should probably stop procrastinating and go back to actually study for them!) 

Cool. What research project did you present?
Did you have a chance to look at other people's posters?

[tashhhaaa]

At least that's better than nothing!   

But now I actually have to watch them </3 no excuses

This was me today, I feel this on a spiritual level haha.
(My laptop died when I nearly finished downloading my lectures at the local library </3 )

Noooo ((( sending you good study vibes so that doesn't happen tomorrow

[AngelWings]

Cool. What research project did you present?
Did you have a chance to look at other people's posters?

The one I was just working on - we just finished it - was on population genetics modelling.
As for other posters? Yes I did. Super interesting stuff!

(Side note: The recent Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded for, essentially, the sleep-wake cycle of flies, something my lecturer was discussing just weeks before it was announced.)