Otago HSFY chat - archive

[geeoftee]

LOL! Most uni degrees are full of essays, big, long ones with much opinion forming and APA referencing required, much worse than high school essays, high school essays are nothing compared to uni essays. My 300 level papers I was writing 5,000 word essays ....

[offtopic] I do hope those 300 level papers were in a non science type essay (ie. a legal essay or something). 5,000 words to write a science paper in a 300 level course is a piece of cake. You pretty much dont have to summarise anything or be succinct at all --> just write a bunch of verbose diarrhea and bam you are done. If you look at biomed research, essay or review topics tend to maximise at 3000 words (unless its a specialist doing a super review of a couple of massive topics in Nature). Most primary research tends to be around that too unless its an extended piece like someones full M Phil thesis or abridged PhD report. Trying to condense a 300 level paper biomed essay into 1500 or 2000 words is the challenge. Less is more when it comes to science.

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[Sam]

[offtopic] I do hope those 300 level papers were in a non science type essay (ie. a legal essay or something). 5,000 words to write a science paper in a 300 level course is a piece of cake. You pretty much dont have to summarise anything or be succinct at all --> just write a bunch of verbose diarrhea and bam you are done. If you look at biomed research, essay or review topics tend to maximise at 3000 words (unless its a specialist doing a super review of a couple of massive topics in Nature). Most primary research tends to be around that too unless its an extended piece like someones full M Phil thesis or abridged PhD report. Trying to condense a 300 level paper biomed essay into 1500 or 2000 words is the challenge. Less is more when it comes to science.

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[OFFTOPIC]yeah damn peasants not even doing a science degree..[/OFFTOPIC]

 

[Zion]

What books do you need for HSFY guys? Should you have all of them? Which ones do you think are the must-have?

 

[Sam]

What books do you need for HSFY guys? Should you have all of them? Which ones do you think are the must-have?

Personally, I've used none of mine so far. However, I know plenty of people who really like using them to study. The courses will try stress how important pre-readings are but they're mostly a waste of time IMO (I think I lost a single mark from not reading the textbook). If you like to read books to learn then they're a great resource.

 

[Profiterole]

What books do you need for HSFY guys? Should you have all of them? Which ones do you think are the must-have?

Don't bother with the chemistry textbook, it's useless. They have a lot of questions but most of them are either written really badly or beyond what we need to know.

 

[Wongtong]

What books do you need for HSFY guys? Should you have all of them? Which ones do you think are the must-have?

I recommend PHSI191 .. you pretty much don't need to attend the lectures with this book, it's tailor made for the course.

 

[Bluerock]

What books do you need for HSFY guys? Should you have all of them? Which ones do you think are the must-have?

Hubs book I use regularly, not for pre readings but it's helpful to orientate around anatomy. Didn't touch Cells, used chem once but it was far too in depth for chem191, and Physics I used purely for the homework tests, all my notes came from the lecture note book you buy at the start of the year.

 

[methylisothiazolinone]

What books do you need for HSFY guys? Should you have all of them? Which ones do you think are the must-have?

I reckon you might at least need the textbook for Epidemiology (HEAL192) as it is quite useful in helping you to wrap your head around the essential concepts and some of the interconnections between them.

On another note, [OFFTOPIC]to all who're doing MAOR102, all the best for your essay submission tomorrow! Hope you guys get the grades your effort deserves and then thereafter, full steam ahead for MAOR and HUBS terms![/OFFTOPIC] 3 more weeks to midsemester break! (Time sure flies..)

 

[Wongtong]

Jeepers, gave me a fright to see that my assignment said "42%" matching (referring to how similar my essay was to other people's essays) when I submitted it.

Thankfully it was just my referencing that matched.. imagine if I got in trouble for unknowingly writing something similar to someone else!

 

[Proshot]

Jeepers, gave me a fright to see that my assignment said "42%" matching (referring to how similar my essay was to other people's essays) when I submitted it.

Thankfully it was just my referencing that matched.. imagine if I got in trouble for unknowingly writing something similar to someone else!

Your not the only one mate, got 22% matching and I had to change my underwear

 

[Profiterole]

Jeepers, gave me a fright to see that my assignment said "42%" matching (referring to how similar my essay was to other people's essays) when I submitted it.

Thankfully it was just my referencing that matched.. imagine if I got in trouble for unknowingly writing something similar to someone else!

Got 37% matching, was quite a fright >.>

 

[Sam]

Good stuff!

 

[Caesar]

Hey guys do you know if we need to apply for the papers involved in each professional health sci course after submitting our online application? i.e. MICN201 etc?

 

[keypadlocked]

Hey [MENTION=5278]Caesar[/MENTION] , this sounds dumb, but where did you go to apply? I mean, after you logged into the system and everything.
Thanks!

 

[Caesar]

Hey @Caesar , this sounds dumb, but where did you go to apply? I mean, after you logged into the system and everything.
Thanks!

I'm sorry but this is a competitive course... you'd better find out yourself.

Jokes XD It's just on the "current students" page of the uni; you apply for MB ChB second year and it kind of redirects you to the questions you need to answer for health-sci professional programs.

 

[greenglacier]

Hey guys do you know if we need to apply for the papers involved in each professional health sci course after submitting our online application? i.e. MICN201 etc?

No. Online registration for next year shouldn't close until mid January, so there'll be time to enrol after offers come out.

 

[Sam]

I'm sorry but this is a competitive course... you'd better find out yourself.

I think it makes for good S1 practice.

 

[keypadlocked]

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I think it makes for good S1 practice.

I can't help but be a bit offended by this (whether or not you intended for it to be). I acknowledged that it seemed a stupid question and I was a bit hesitant to post the question, but as I wasn't sure where to go, I thought this would be a safe enough place to ask. I'm not one to start up internet debates, but I just felt that your comment was kind of unnecessary. Cheers.[/OFFTOPIC]

 

[Sam]

[OFFTOPIC] I can't help but be a bit offended by this (whether or not you intended for it to be). I acknowledged that it seemed a stupid question and I was a bit hesitant to post the question, but as I wasn't sure where to go, I thought this would be a safe enough place to ask. I'm not one to start up internet debates, but I just felt that your comment was kind of unnecessary. Cheers.[/OFFTOPIC]

It's a joke bro, relax. I wasn't even mocking you at all, not the intent. Sorry if you took it that way.

 

[miss_universe]

lul, I have asked you before, can you please refrain from trolling/ making non serious posts around the forum. I won't mind the off comment, but I think you do it far too often and it can lead to misunderstandings such as this.

Cheers!