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Otago HSFY chat - archive

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juna said:
Is it normal to be feeling overwhelmed? I feel like everything is so confusing and so many things to remember with its own little rules, and getting lost between lectures..... *sigh* And I see what they mean about keeping on top of things- I'm already lagging behind.
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It's normal to be lagging behind a bit.
 
Cathay said:
It's normal to be lagging behind a bit.
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But how do you stay on top of things? There seems to be so much to do, and learning the lecture slides are a lot harder than I expected- things just won't stick in my head, and it seems to take a lot longer than what I anticipated. And I am tired like ALL the time.
 
juna said:
But how do you stay on top of things? There seems to be so much to do, and learning the lecture slides are a lot harder than I expected- things just won't stick in my head, and it seems to take a lot longer than what I anticipated. And I am tired like ALL the time.
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Use weekends to catch up. Generally towards the end of a week I would be increasingly behind. Admittedly when there's a terms test on Saturday, it's not unusual for me to be completely behind on the entire week's notes. Just try and catch up - try to keep the gap between you and lectures at some steady level - it doesn't have to be zero, but you don't want it to be getting wider all the time.
 
I'm freaking out about HUBS, the lecturer goes so fast, and I try to copy down all the extra notes, but always seem to miss a considerable amount. But the slides themselves are quite information- heavy, too. For the exams, would we be okay if we learnt what is just on the slides?
 
I think for HUBS the labs and the lectures are the things you should focus on the most, but my sister did say that a few (emphasis that it was only a few things out of the many readings) things in the readings have been tested in the past.

Also, make sure you're not writing long hand and remember that lecture slides can be accessed on blackboard later in the day so don't write down everything on the slides if you're too rushed!
 
juna said:
I'm freaking out about HUBS, the lecturer goes so fast, and I try to copy down all the extra notes, but always seem to miss a considerable amount. But the slides themselves are quite information- heavy, too. For the exams, would we be okay if we learnt what is just on the slides?
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Yep, it has been said a few times by med students on here who have done HSFY that as long as you know the info on the slides you're ok. There might be 1 or 2 questions on the exam which are based on external material or simply what the lecturer says, but don't worry about that.
 
Quick question, is PHSI191 @ 12 (Just after cels) held in Quad 2? I just can't be bothered rushing over to the big lecture place and ending up right up the back.
 
juna said:
But how do you stay on top of things? There seems to be so much to do, and learning the lecture slides are a lot harder than I expected- things just won't stick in my head, and it seems to take a lot longer than what I anticipated. And I am tired like ALL the time.
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1) It'll come to you, nobody got good at wrote-learning in less than a week. 2) Tired all the time since Monday? :p I'd suggest taking a little bit of time just to chill, HSFY only gets more content-dense as you get into the semester, it isn't going to get any easier, so it isn't worth stressing yourself out over week one's stuff. It isn't a sprint-race, it's a marathon, so just go steadily at a pace you can keep up for an entire year, and you'll be fine.

juna said:
I'm freaking out about HUBS, the lecturer goes so fast, and I try to copy down all the extra notes, but always seem to miss a considerable amount. But the slides themselves are quite information- heavy, too. For the exams, would we be okay if we learnt what is just on the slides?
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Yes, the HUBS lecturers go fast (just wait till repro in HUBS192, where one lecturer goes through 50 minutes worth of content in <20minutes...), but as has been pointed out, the slides will be available on blackboard if you can't keep up. For what you write down during the lecture, if you have to choose between writing down what's on the slides, and writing down the stuff that the lecturer says that isn't on the slides, write what the lecturer is saying (because that's something that it's way more time-consuming to go back and find later, it's a lot easier/quicker to read some slides than listening to an entire podcast).

lulwut said:
Yep, it has been said a few times by med students on here who have done HSFY that as long as you know the info on the slides you're ok. There might be 1 or 2 questions on the exam which are based on external material or simply what the lecturer says, but don't worry about that.
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Agreed re: textbook readings, there shouldn't be more than one or two marks in an exam based on those. As for 'what the lecturer says', you'd be surprised, especially if the seemingly random stuff they're 'rambling' about happens to be their area of research....
 
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Agreed re: textbook readings, there shouldn't be more than one or two marks in an exam based on those. As for 'what the lecturer says', you'd be surprised, especially if the seemingly random stuff they're 'rambling' about happens to be their area of research....
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Ah okay, we haven't really had any lecturers go off on random tangents yet, it has largely been all just reading from the slides with a bit of extra info.
 
lulwut said:
Ah okay, we haven't really had any lecturers go off on random tangents yet, it has largely been all just reading from the slides with a bit of extra info.
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Don't forget the cells lecturer and his awesome frog facts!! xD
 
Hey guys, is there a way to change the format of our lecture slides so that they don't print out as slides? I find them quite small and cramped, and would rather have them being printed out in a normal notes format. Thanks.
 
juna said:
Hey guys, is there a way to change the format of our lecture slides so that they don't print out as slides? I find them quite small and cramped, and would rather have them being printed out in a normal notes format. Thanks.
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I don't think so, sadly :( They don't come in powerpoint form so you can't just print them out as they appear in actual lectures
 
HUBs was good again, not so much information this time. How did everyone fare today?
 
not bad, hubs was better than I though (only 2 pages today!).

though not looking forward to the cells reading tonight (its like 28 pages x.x)
 
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