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Hi,

we have a meeting with the professors during Orientation, I was wondering what would be an intellegent Q'n to ask them?
 

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Doomah said:
Hi,

we have a meeting with the professors during Orientation, I was wondering what would be an intellegent Q'n to ask them?
Don't be affriad to ask anything that you want to know, it's a bit hard to help more specifically since we dont know what your doin and yeh try to address them by their title till they say they dont mind being called by something else.

You dont have to ask them anything super intelligent you could make yourself look worse or stupid if you do and screw up. Ask tell them about research opportunities, tell them about your major and why your doin it if they ask, etc. Just be friendly and try to socialise with them it's not like their gonna rip your head off or anything.
 
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the course i am going to is pretty small, so yeah i think they will remember me....

i really got nothing to say to them, other than just to introduce myself and talk about the weather.
 

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do some research so you know what you're talking about
Dont say stupid shit like "is the course good"
If you're not sure, just say hi, introduce yourself and say you're looking forward to the course.
 
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Evilo said:
do some research so you know what you're talking about
Dont say stupid shit like "is the course good"
If you're not sure, just say hi, introduce yourself and say you're looking forward to the course.
^^Yeah that's really all there is to it. Chances are they won't remember you unless they're your tutor or you're forever coming to them asking questions for assignments or something. Or if you have < 30 people in your course.
 

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oo and dont ask them what 'textbooks' are needed, they cover this in the first lecture - and you'll be the 9,873rd person to ask them.
 

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"I give great head" ?

Not really sure what you want to achieve, they'll see hundreds of thousands of students, and they really couldn't give a rats ass about you till you start doing honours/postgrad, and they can rake in the moneyz
 

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I did one of those sniff laughs. You know, an acknowledgement that it's funny but not really ha-ha funny.
 

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Ask them about their research.

Seriously, Professors love to talk about their research. Even gay stuff like chemistry education.
 

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jb_nc said:
Ask them about their research.

Seriously, Professors love to talk about their research. Even gay stuff like chemistry education.
you: sooo... i've been playing guitar hero 3 lately. anything you've done these holidays... like research?
professor: (fast) OH GOD YES!! right now i've nearly finished my 540 page thesis on the phenomenon of markov chains incorporated with Monte Carlo methods for analysing the disaggregated volatility in equity-
you: yeah... i'm gonna go over here now.

*takes 5 steps away professor and whips out mobile phone trying to look preoccupied*
 
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jas0nt said:
you: sooo... i've been playing guitar hero 3 lately. anything you've done these holidays... like research?
professor: (fast) OH GOD YES!! right now i've nearly finished my 540 page thesis on the phenomenon of markov chains incorporated with Monte Carlo methods for analysing the disaggregated volatility in equity...
you: yeah... i'm gonna go over here now.

*takes 5 steps away professor and tries looking preoccupied*
If your professor doesn't play Guitar Hero 3, immediately drop his class.
 

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mine talks to me about his new BOSE system..

i just im around mine a lil too much
 

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jas0nt said:
you: sooo... i've been playing guitar hero 3 lately. anything you've done these holidays... like research?
professor: (fast) OH GOD YES!! right now i've nearly finished my 540 page thesis on the phenomenon of markov chains incorporated with Monte Carlo methods for analysing the disaggregated volatility in equity-
you: yeah... i'm gonna go over here now.

*takes 5 steps away professor and whips out mobile phone trying to look preoccupied*
xDDDDDDD
 

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at my UTS orientation day..the HEads of the university got up all fancied dressed like...so when I got my chance to talk to them .. well

Him: Hey there fella, fresh meat for science eh?
Me: *nods over enthusiatically*
HIm: Got any questions about the uni or ur course?
Me: Yeah U know that robe ur wearing..? Does it come in Hetero?

yeah woulda been better if I had said "YEah Im looking forward to my classes so I can learn to clone my self and have sex with my self..Yeah Some Erisus on Erisus Action. A combinaaiton of wekird like uve never seen before..."
 

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Erisus said:
at my UTS orientation day..the HEads of the university got up all fancied dressed like...so when I got my chance to talk to them .. well

Him: Hey there fella, fresh meat for science eh?
Me: *nods over enthusiatically*
HIm: Got any questions about the uni or ur course?
Me: Yeah U know that robe ur wearing..? Does it come in Hetero?

yeah woulda been better if I had said "YEah Im looking forward to my classes so I can learn to clone my self and have sex with my self..Yeah Some Erisus on Erisus Action. A combinaaiton of wekird like uve never seen before..."

You didn't say that, and it would not have been better with the other option.

wtf is wrong with you man.
 

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