first day worst day (2 Viewers)

[Jago]

if you actually need to spend 10 hours/week for a subject, you're not studying right (or you're a complete dropkick)

 

[Smithereens]

if you actually need to spend 10 hours/week for a subject, you're not studying right (or you're a complete dropkick)

depends on the degree?

 

[erm]

Meeting a few people here and there but most still sticking to their high-school groups.

 

[Jago]

depends on the degree?

Nonetheless 10 hours/week is quite extreme

 

[tommykins]

Meeting a few people here and there but most still sticking to their high-school groups.

hahahaha same, i was with my group for the ENGG1000 project but then they jst disappeared with high school friends before i could gather names+phone+msn or what not.

 

[erm]

rolfl some of those engg1000 designs were wacky. Lol at those who popped their balloons before they were tested. And lol at those shit designs that actually worked.

 

[jenecis]

hahahaha same, i was with my group for the ENGG1000 project but then they jst disappeared with high school friends before i could gather names+phone+msn or what not.

lol, yeah, perhaps people are prefer the familiar...?

I just hope that it won't be like that forever. Pretty boring if people stick with the same group of friends. I thought uni was about meeting new people, broadening horizons etc...not sticking with high school cliques

 

[tommykins]

rolfl some of those engg1000 designs were wacky. Lol at those who popped their balloons before they were tested. And lol at those shit designs that actually worked.

*raises hand* ironically we had our initial design with 4 balloons and thta didnt work.

once we aciddentially popped our balloons it worked.

so lol.

 

[Omie Jay]

when i did it last year, none of our balloons popped, no water spilt at all, design was thought up and made by me and one other dude, the rest were either internationals who didnt talk, or randomz who mentioned an idea for the sake of mentioning it, and idea not being used.

 

[tommykins]

when i did it last year, none of our balloons popped, no water spilt at all, design was thought up and made by me and one other dude, the rest were either internationals who didnt talk, or randomz who mentioned an idea for the sake of mentioning it, and idea not being used.

hahhaa ironically our intenrational kid said the most stuff.

 

[Omie Jay]

...just the accent probably wasnt understandable

 

[tommykins]

HAHAHAHA his name was like Siu-Chen (pronounced sew-chen) and i thought it was STEVEN.

LOL

 

[_santa]

4th day into uni still not going well. I have talked to my parents and I concluded that I will just follow the flow this semester hoping for nothing more than a pass. I asked my mentor and other uni people and they all say passing is pretty easy so long you put in a reasonable amount of effort but I am not really sure what they mean by that.
The course outline suggested 10 hrs per subjects a week, is that it?

If it makes you feel better, I'm even worse than you...Being an international student means 'do it or die' for me The first 3 days were major sh*t but it got better (gradually....) so don't worry! So many ppl have made it through before us so why can't we, right?

 

[darkwolfzx]

my general work schedule:

1) do tute questions (1-2 hours)
2) go to lectures and tutes 3-6 hours. If I'm in a good mood I make harmless fun of my tutor
3) go through and make consolidated notes on lectures afterwards 30-60min
4) Organise stuff (procrastination hazard though, 15 min)
5) watch tv, hang out with people (usually from dinner till late)
6) if theres an assignment, work on it, figure out what you might have problems with.
7) go to work (8 to 16 hours pw)

Repeat in any optimal order.

 

[shinji]

I'm sure you guys will find people who are willing to be friends with you.
Not everyone asian you encounter is the nerdy type who doesn't like to socialise, etc.

 

[chewy123]

I cant bear it anymore, quantitative method so freaking hard, there's no help and no answer and exam so soon>< uni so unbearable.....i just wanna bury myself somewhere

 

[Uncle]

while everyone is doing tute questions on lagrange multipliers and extreme values im onto vector calculus and path integrals.

take that.

grad.
div.
curl.

so much changes in these first few weeks.

hahhaa ironically our intenrational kid said the most stuff.

becass he is da smelly fob hu can esplain eferysing.

I'm sure you guys will find people who are willing to be friends with you.
Not everyone asian you encounter is the nerdy type who doesn't like to socialise, etc.

Yes.

I cant bear it anymore, quantitative method so freaking hard, there's no help and no answer and exam so soon>< uni so unbearable.....i just wanna bury myself somewhere

commerce

 

[Omie Jay]

theres always help.

Always ask ur tutor in tutorials if u dont understand something, no matter how stupid it may seem. If you're finding it very hard then theres a good chance that others are too.

Find out how much each exam/assessment is worth, so you know that if u fail one thing but its not worth that much then it doesnt matter too much, and if something is worth a lot then study up for it.

Then again, you have till 30th March to drop out of the course without having to pay for it if you think you might fail it, so if you DO think so, drop out and start it again in second semester, if its offered.

 

[meilz92]

wow thanks for sharing that depressing experience, i feel depressed now.


so what happened in the end?

 

[chewy123]

^lol that was quick...
well, in the end you just get use to it (there's no other way)...I admit when I posted this I was not my usual self..things eventually get better but every now and then I still miss my old high school life.