UNSW chit chat thread (13 Viewers)

[si2136]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

From a non-biased perspective, trimesters are less helpful towards students seeking for internships, as it disadvantages them from completing their degree early upon failure. On the other hand, trimesters allow students to finish their degree earlier, where the university allocates a third semester by forcing a 'summer school'. However, this program is unnecessary since capable and willing students can just overload and do summer school, which this new system disadvantages all types of students. In the end, everyone will get used to it, but it could be a point of consideration when choosing universities, where USYD doesn't do this system, but UTS and UNSW does.

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

you'll still have the same time as we do in the normal semesters but less holiday time at the end of the year. really the only thing that is going to affect is whatever you do in the summer holidays.

You can even do an internship concurrently with studies. You can pick 1 or 2 distance subjects in the 3rd semester and have an extremely long internship from end of 2nd semester to beginning of 1st the next year

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

and 4 weeks for stuvac/exams is pretty generous. You'd have a good decent break between semesters anyways

 

[Flop21]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

it doesn't really affect anyone, it will just take a bit of time to get used to the new system

Um, I feel like I've made it clear it effects me. I will be doing internships every year. I need to be doing 8 subjects a year to graduate on time, doing only 6 makes me not graduate on time. Not doing an internship hurts my job opportunities.

 

[matchalolz]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

I used to not give a f*** about trimesters because I work full time but on the off-chance that I quit or something I think it'll srsly mess things up

 

[Squar3root]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Um, I feel like I've made it clear it effects me. I will be doing internships every year. I need to be doing 8 subjects a year to graduate on time, doing only 6 makes me not graduate on time. Not doing an internship hurts my job opportunities.

if you do an internship every summer that will only put 1 semester behind if you decide to do 6 subjects in 2019. 1 semester is not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things

 

[D94]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Why don't students just do 4 courses per trimester, instead of 3? Or 4 courses for 3 trimesters, thereby freeing 1 whole trimester.

I'd say it's easier to do 4 courses in 10 weeks than 5 courses in 12 weeks (if you were going to overload now).

If you're an average or above student, doing 4 courses in 10 weeks is more or less the same as 4 in 12 weeks.

 

[Queenroot]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Why don't students just do 4 courses per trimester, instead of 3? Or 4 courses for 3 trimesters, thereby freeing 1 whole trimester.

I'd say it's easier to do 4 courses in 10 weeks than 5 courses in 12 weeks (if you were going to overload now).

If you're an average or above student, doing 4 courses in 10 weeks is more or less the same as 4 in 12 weeks.

idk man I consider myself above average but it definitely takes me time to grasp concepts
also mid sem break helps a lot

 

[D94]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

idk man I consider myself above average but it definitely takes me time to grasp concepts
also mid sem break helps a lot

I know it's not ideal, but there's very few options other than this or extending your degree. You'd be hard pressed to convince a company with a structured internship program to cut it in half for you. I guess you could take 2 courses in the first semester then 4 in the following. You could probably complete your internship (say it's 10 weeks) by the end of week 3 at uni, so as long as you choose courses that don't have assessments due that early, it might be doable.

 

[Flop21]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Someone help me with discrete math

I am so behind.

 

[KingOfActing]

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Someone help me with discrete math

I am so behind.

Message me!

 

[RenegadeMx]

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Message me!

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[matchalolz]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Are discrete math lectures recorded at all?

 

[KingOfActing]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Are discrete math lectures recorded at all?

I think they're all recorded (at least my stream is)

 

[matchalolz]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

I think they're all recorded (at least my stream is)

Does your lecturer write up equations on the board that doesn't get filmed by the recording? Because I know that happens with one of the subjects I'm taking rn

 

[KingOfActing]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Does your lecturer write up equations on the board that doesn't get filmed by the recording? Because I know that happens with one of the subjects I'm taking rn

I had Catherine Greenhill for the first few weeks and she would write on paper with a projector that was recorded, I haven't checked for the guy we have now but he doesn't really write much in lectures

 

[D94]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Does your lecturer write up equations on the board that doesn't get filmed by the recording? Because I know that happens with one of the subjects I'm taking rn

Normally, nothing gets 'filmed'. It's a recording of the computer display, but that can be changed between the computer output or an external device such as a projector.

 

[KingOfActing]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Is it bad that my worst subject is SCIF

 

[matchalolz]

Re: UNSW chit chat thread 2017

Normally, nothing gets 'filmed'. It's a recording of the computer display, but that can be changed between the computer output or an external device such as a projector.

I had Catherine Greenhill for the first few weeks and she would write on paper with a projector that was recorded, I haven't checked for the guy we have now but he doesn't really write much in lectures

Thanks for the responses, I was just asking because the lectures are spread out over four days and I don't think I can go to it

 

[integral95]

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Is it bad that my worst subject is SCIF

No, it's a pretty useless course. The only good part of the course when I did it last year was the interview with Libo Li (apparently it's been shown in the tutes this year?) Rest of it was just explaining bullshit and hoping for the best.