Otago HSFY chat - archive

[Cathay]

Have you guys all brought your labcoats? Or is that something we get told about during the pre-lec on friday? Surely we won't need labcoats on the very first day... right?

Don't panic, they'll tell you all about labcoats at the preliminary lecture.

No labs in the first week... Except for HUBS. I actually did need a labcoat on my first day. I bought it after they talked about it in the preliminary lecture on Friday. But at the same time I could easily have gone that morning (no labs on Monday morning - I was in the first stream for HUBS, which is Monday afternoon) because as froot already said, it honestly takes <5 minutes to get to the link, buy a labcoat, and go back.

 

[juna]

Hey guys! So I am finally at Carrington, but I have already encountered a problem- I am sharing a room this year, and my roomate and I both want to study in the room. I get distracted really easily, and apparently so does she, so we can't be in the same room as each other. SO- where do I study? I thought about going to the library, but the study rooms, they have to bee booked, don't they? and they get really busy during exam time, and also can use them for only two hours? Errrrr help! I honestly don't know what to do... The study rooms in Carrington aren't that ideal, because its just a big room with chairs and desks and are used for tutorials, etc. (I think).. I would really appreciate some ideas.

 

[Cathay]

I thought about going to the library, but the study rooms, they have to bee booked, don't they? and they get really busy during exam time, and also can use them for only two hours? Errrrr help!

Those rooms are officially Discussion Rooms, and are designed so that you can take a group of people for a study session that involves discussions. They're not intended to be booked by people who just want extra quiet studying. (EDIT: But as GG said, you can if you want.) It's impractical and/or against the rules (if you book >2 hours) to try and book out discussion rooms all the time just to study by yourself.

I would've thought I'm easily distracted, but it turns out that the first floor of the science library, which is not even officially a quiet study area, tends to be quiet enough for me. Just give the common areas of the libraries a go first, before you seek to arrange for being alone. Generally the libraries are quiet enough (though this depends on the time of the year, the time of the day, and which floor of which library.) Also, the 3rd floor of the science library is designated to be a quiet study area, so if other places are deemed not quiet enough you can give that a try.

Also, if your room has space for two people to study at the same time, I would advise at least giving simultaneous studying a go before you give up.

If you really can't stand having anyone near you while you study, that could become problematic, because towards exam time, even in the library you're bound to have people next to you, and they may or may not be very quiet.

PS: Depending on the college, you could be wrong to think you'll be guaranteed silence if you're studying in your own room, too.

 

[greenglacier]

Often you can find a quiet study space in Carrington - the tutorials (which run for up to 3 hours in the evening) are the only exception, but even then it's fairly rare for study centre+heriot 1+heriot 2 to all be in use. In the evenings you'd probably want to use the libraries (that's what most people who are flatting do anyway!) - central library is amazing to study in (and really close to Carrington), or you could go to the med library (which is equally close and normally pretty quiet). I often go to a library when I'm procrastinating because I find it easier to stay on task there.

You are allowed to book out group study rooms in the libraries for your personal use if you want, but only for 2 hours/day - still, that might work well for you if need be (study in the study centre during the day, and in a group study room in one of the libraries while tutorials are on).

 

[brin]

The central library really is quite good for studying, particularly anywhere on the second floor.

 

[frootloop]

The central library really is quite good for studying, particularly anywhere on the second floor.

^This ( [MENTION=9540]juna[/MENTION] ). I studied in central library all year last year, the only time you'll ever have trouble finding a seat is within a week of exams, in which case there are like 6 other libraries (sci lib is barely ever full to capacity, and there's hardly a soul in the new library near the teacher's college).

 

[juna]

Thanks guys, I will try both the med library and central library! I was slightly panicky before, but I suppose its how I make it- I'm sure there will be plenty of places that I can go to and study. Also, what time do the libraries open and close? Is is different for weekdays and weekends?

 

[Profiterole]

Does anyone know what modules/topics are covered in Chemistry and Hubs?

 

[frootloop]

Does anyone know what modules/topics are covered in Chemistry and Hubs?

Chem: Can't remember, @Cathay will know.
HUBS191 (since I'd assume that's the one you mean) : Musculoskeletal, Nervous system, immune system... And there was something else (edit: Endocrine)
/hasdeletedHSFYfrombrain

 

[Cathay]

Chem: Thermodynamics, kinetics, redox, organics, macromolecules.

 

[Nimbus2000]

why are mid-sem exams on a SATURDAY? .

 

[greenglacier]

why are mid-sem exams on a SATURDAY? .

To make you suffer. Why else?

 

[Cathay]

why are mid-sem exams on a SATURDAY? .

Other than to make you suffer, good luck fitting >1200 people into lecture theatres on a weekday... And Wednesday night ones aren't hugely popular either...

(At least they didn't make it Sunday morning exams, right?)

 

[Nimbus2000]

To make you suffer. Why else?

Other than to make you suffer, good luck fitting >1200 people into lecture theatres on a weekday... And Wednesday night ones aren't hugely popular either...

(At least they didn't make it Sunday morning exams, right?)

aaaarghk makes sense... so HSFYers arent the only ones subject to this silly weekend exam business? what time are they usually on? I intend to turn up in my pjs, if the exams are on any earlier than 2pm.

 

[Cathay]

aaaarghk makes sense... so HSFYers arent the only ones subject to this silly weekend exam business? what time are they usually on? I intend to turn up in my pjs, if the exams are on any earlier than 2pm.

Not by a long shot. Any well-populated paper is bound to have weekend or evening tests. Also, try to call them tests - they're either terms tests or mid-semester tests. We like to reserve the term "exam" for the Final Exam.

They're either 10.30am or 9.30 am, you'll be told the details in like 3 days at your preliminary lecture.

 

[papermoth]

aaaarghk makes sense... so HSFYers arent the only ones subject to this silly weekend exam business? what time are they usually on? I intend to turn up in my pjs, if the exams are on any earlier than 2pm.

[offtopic] My health-sci hero was this guy who turned up to an 8am lecture in his pjs and robe haha! [/offtopic]

 

[Nimbus2000]

okies cath, "test" it is then

also, I was looking at this post in the 2011 Otago HSFY Ranking Scores and Offers Thread... and just out of curiousity... what's the deal with the BIOC department? Why did they allocate random marks to everyone last year?

 

[Cathay]

also, I was looking at this post in the 2011 Otago HSFY Ranking Scores and Offers Thread... and just out of curiousity... what's the deal with the BIOC department? Why did they allocate random marks to everyone last year?

They didn't "randomly allocate", and most people's marks were correctly reported on the first go.

What presumably happened was that a glitch in the system caused some marks to be associated with the wrong person - i.e. you got 91, the next person on the roll got 87, and your PIMS shows 87 instead of 91 - so they had to pull everyone's marks and spend the weekend checking everyone's everything to make sure everyone's got the right marks.

 

[Nimbus2000]

Where are my fellow HSFYers? Haven't see you guys on in awhile lol. what i mean to ask is, (excuse my over eagerness) but how quickly does stuff come up on blackboard? I got all over-excited on monday after course approval and looked at everything on blackboard... and found stuff for CELS I know this is really weird, but I got SOOOOOOO excited. I fully looked through everything MULTIPLE TIMES. Hopefully, i'm not the only one though... :/ lol

 

[frootloop]

Where are my fellow HSFYers?

Drinking/general O-week festivities

what i mean to ask is, (excuse my over eagerness) but how quickly does stuff come up on blackboard?

Either before (not HUBS, by the amount of whinging our cohort did about it) or within a few hours of the last stream of that lecture. Can take a little longer (like, a day or two), especially with the 'guest' lectures and such.