Nimbus2000
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study group? meee tooo! 
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Otago HSFY chat - archive
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chococroissant
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19th Feb as well 
Im in Carrington!
Im in Carrington!
bobby190
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19th Feb as well
ooooh carrington, quite a competitive college and a motherload of kids got into med in 2010 and I think last year was lower but still pretty high. Important not to get freaked out when others are just chillin all the time and casually bringing home the A+s(applies for any college). Although since your on mso its probably safe to assume you will be one of those.
I'll probably need a way to procrastinate this year, so I suppose occasionally showing up to an HSFY study group might actually be a semi-productive way of doing so 
But yeah, if you guys need a hand every so often then I'm happy to at least try to be of help.
But yeah, if you guys need a hand every so often then I'm happy to at least try to be of help.
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+1 from me.I'll probably need a way to procrastinate this year, so I suppose occasionally showing up to an HSFY study group might actually be a semi-productive way of doing so
But yeah, if you guys need a hand every so often then I'm happy to at least try to be of help.
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papermoth
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I'll probably need a way to procrastinate next year, so I suppose occasionally showing up to an HSFY study group might actually be a semi-productive way of doing so
But yeah, if you guys need a hand every so often then I'm happy to at least try to be of help.
Right, well you can help next years lot... as for you guys here and now I'm a bit more altruistic than froot and cathay and I'll help you.
No, no please hold your thanks
PedanticRight, well you can help next years lot... as for you guys here and now I'm a bit more altruistic than froot and cathay and I'll help you.
No, no please hold your thanks
I keep forgetting it's 2012 already, it'll be December before I get used to it.
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Ever considered doing Law? This excellent attention to detail would be great for being a lawyer.Right, well you can help next years lot... as for you guys here and now I'm a bit more altruistic than froot and cathay and I'll help you.
No, no please hold your thanks
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papermoth
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Ever considered doing Law? This excellent attention to detail would be great for being a lawyer.
Hehe... have you forgotten that time you and froot tried to get my attention in bioc, apparently you guys called "papermoth" a billion times. It was a fluke, detail hates me :|
Yay! It's great when lurkers actually sign up and post!
You're at uni now. Stationery lists are definitely a thing of the past! No ones going to be looking over your shoulder to check that you've got the right stationery, that you're taking notes, etc.. It's all up to you.
You mean like refill paper and pens, etc, or textbooks? The university bookshop has the HSFY prescribed textbook list there, and I'm pretty sure the individual subjects tell you what books you need during the introductory lectures. Things like lab/tutorial coursebooks are given to you either in or before your first lab/tutorial.
As for actual stationary, you will need: Paper. Pens. Pencils (MCQ tests need pencil, they're computer marked). A rubber. A calculator (Get a uni approved one, some subjects only let you take these into exams). And that's about it (?).
You're at *uni*, it's all about independence. No one will tell you what to do or check if you've got the right stuff - no one really gives a damn. What you "need" depends on how you want to study.
Other than a pen for labs (lab books are provided), some dark (B, 2B, 4B) pencils for MCQs, some pens for exams, a university-approved calculator (Casio FX-82 is approved, that "graphics calculator" stuff isn't), an eraser, and maybe a ruler, it's all up to you what you want to get, and what you do with them.
PS: A common mistake is to think that university is like school but with harder stuff. Wrong. Uni stuff is not necessarily harder. Also, unlike school, whether you study, how you study, whether you take notes, how you take notes, is entirely up to you - no one will hold your hand. University study is entirely self-motivated, which means your grades reflects how much YOU want to study for that course more than how much your teachers want you to (uni lecturers don't give a rats arse what you do), and (in most cases) how much your parents want you to.
PPS: In the first lecture of HUBS191 (which for some of you, will be your first lecture at university, like it was for me) you'll be told that a uni trains independence. Don't dismiss this statement as I have. It'll be especially useful in epi.
[offtopic]All I remember from the first lecture of HUBS was being shocked that the first lecture of the year contained more examinable material than any high school class I'd ever been in
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