bobby190
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I think semester time starts including O-week. Yeah summer school is on right now.
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I think semester time starts including O-week. Yeah summer school is on right now.
Another question for you guys. What times do you find work best for study, when you feel your work is most effective? I've heard before about early-risers on average having more success at university than those studying late because you're more alert and thus studying more efficiently. What works for you?
Are you sure it's not because early-risers actually make it to class?
I simply cannot sleep if I went to bed before 11pm, so having been an early riser for much of HSFY (because I was scheduled for 8am lectures, and it's a lot easier to get free parking when you get there before 7.45am), I've consistently been sleep deprived, and never really studied very efficiently during the week because as common sense may have suggested, just because it's early in the day and you're up already, doesn't mean you're more alert than if you got up later in the day and actually had enough sleep. (Think of it this way, if you usually get up at 9am, and one day you had to sacrifice a few hours of sleep and get up at 4am to catch a plane, would you really be more alert for the rest of the day?)
Without trying to sound too dismissive, you'll have to work out what time you study best. Just because it works for someone else doesn't mean it works for you, in fact, even if it works for the vast majority of human beings, it still doesn't mean it'll work for you. According to the VARK site, your learning style has >18 dimensions, including temperature, lighting, time of day, food consumption, background noise, etc, and your learning style 1) is more or less unique to you, and 2) may be constantly evolving.
Also, the fact that it's "on average" means it's just a statistical correlation between "getting up early" and "getting good marks". I don't know very much about statistics, but correlation doesn't imply causation, and as you'll find in HEAL192, there could be a lot of different reasons why the correlation exists, other than there being any causality.
Thanks Cathay. I'm much the same when it comes to sleeping early! You're right when you say that before other factors, without enough sleep you have little shot at studying well. I see what you mean about studying being an individualised process, but given how many HSFY students start early, I was wondering how easy people find it to shift into new study patterns modeled around their timetable, or whether they find it better to work around their pre-existing preferences. It sounds like the latter worked for you, I think?
Yes, I understand when you say that correlation does not imply causation. The validity of an inquiry that determines the 'effectiveness of study' seems dubious to me (and surely there would be too many other variables to account for with a decently sized sample of students), but that was just intended as anecdotal discussion I've seen in the media in the past.
Yes, I understand when you say that correlation does not imply causation. The validity of an inquiry that determines the 'effectiveness of study' seems dubious to me (and surely there would be too many other variables to account for with a decently sized sample of students), but that was just intended as anecdotal discussion I've seen in the media in the past.
This is really interesting, thanks a lot.
As Cath said, different times work for different people. I can barely form coherent sentences before midday, and work quite well at sort of 10 or 11pm, don't know if that's just me... Just experiment a little at the start of the semester, and find out what times/study strategies work well for you, rather than worrying about what works for everyone else.
epikness
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I might be the odd one out... I actually feel fresher in the morning. I study before heading out for my 8am lectures or in-between them and take an afternoon nap.
You should have a HSFY information booklet that came with your course approval pack, and it should have outlined the procedures of the English Diagnostic Test, and it also should've told you what time you're sitting it (which depends on the first letter of your surname.)
Ben
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How come? You know how easy it is, and it hardly takes any time..
[offtopic]Also, pre-welcome to hatbox in 2 more posts.[/offtopic]
Nimbus2000
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yes i was wondering this too! Whilst I was browsing across trademe for HSFY books, I found someone selling their labcoat with 2 of the books, will we be needing to buy one of these for HSFY?
Ben
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Yep a labcoat is needed for all labs besides physics (I think?), but they're easily + commonly purchased on campus, in The Link.
You'll need your first aid certificate... in August. If you're going home at all between the semesters or even in the middle of the first semester, probably safer to keep it home until then, wouldn't want to lose it or anything.
Lab coats can be purchased at the Archway Shop for (in 2011) $40.90. You might think to bring your own, but be aware that the ones at Archway Shop have a big UO logo on the breast pocket, and I've yet to see someone with a labcoat without it. I'm not saying you should conform, I'm just saying be aware that you will look different to everyone else
And you should be very cautious about buying someone else's labcoat as a bundle deal with textbooks - how do you know their size fits you? How do you know the condition of the labcoat?
Stationery (E for envelopes, my computer class teacher said - stationary means not moving
) you can either bring or buy here. Do note, however, that what stationery you buy is entirely up to you, there will not be any lists nor guidelines, you're at uni now.Nimbus2000
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haha yes! lol no wasn't planning to buy theirs, just wondering whether we needed one, and my step was to ask where we could buy it... but that's already been answered! thanks cath, and BEN!
Ben
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Profiterole
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Does anyone know where you can get tutors? Is it arrange-by-yourself, or can you get a list of possible tutors somewhere?
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