Posted by alexandra_k on November 8, 2014, at 16:57:59
In reply to Re: two down, posted by alexandra_k on November 7, 2014, at 17:05:07
law tomorrow. it will all be over tomorrow lunchtime. c'mon law, don't totally screw me over. if i don't get a B average (if i don't get entry to health science for next year) I really don't know what the hell i'm going to do...
i'm getting a better grip on next year. have re-found a useful forum. some annoyingly successful people on about how 'easy' everything is. some more genuine people... some people who struggle... it is useful for me, anyway. have picked up odd little bits. a site where people review papers... the papers i've done... mostly agree with the reviews. very thoughtful reviews. the papers i haven't done... most interesting to read the reviews.
i certainly am doing the right thing in having a health science rather than bio-med year next year. the second semester... you need to keep a B+ average across the year in order to apply... but with respect to your GPA they rank applicants on the basis of their grades only for the 4 core papers. so the 4 papers that are different between the Health Science / Bio-Med options only count for your B+ average requirement. So... You need to not fail them. But people freak the f*ck out about bio-chemistry. And some people freak out about physics, too. The more time you are spending learning the kreb cycle (and so on) the less time you are spending learning your lung and heart physiology for the Medsci paper that really matters...
Instead of Bio-Chem and Physics I will get Health Psychology and another population health paper. The health psychology one is... deja vu social psychology. The stanford prison experiment, attachment theory, attributional style etc. The other one is a more qualitative repeat of population health. Crap on a bit about health inequalities in this country etc etc. A LOT less time consuming than the kreb cycle or thermodynamics would be...
And first semester instead of bio101 I'll get a health systems paper - which seems to be management / economics. You know, they will teach us how to check our email and stuff hehe. So very much more interesting than evolution :)
Next year... My aim is for a lot of the core 4 to be... Reminders. I'm hoping to get good exposure to the content over summer, even though I expect I won't get a whole heap done in the way of memorizing particular things. Probably not much point until I see which particular things they want us to memorize, anyway. I know I won't have much time / inclination to be reading books during term time. Using them as reminders... That is what works, though. Especially for the times when the lecturer has a bad day / their explanation is confused.
I think I'm going to be okay. I am looking forward to next year... It will start off hard and get easier as the people drop off...
Biology... A lot of people were talking about transferring to other institutions. Not getting good grades. Becoming aware that getting C / B- grades persistently wasn't going to get them into a job out the other end of their degree. Transferring to tech, typically. To a practical course. Nursing or whatever.
That's where the rowdy masses go... That's why 2nd year is different... Next year will be the same...
I guess I just need to think that: It is good to be surrounded by them insofar as it makes me look better. The only trouble is how hard I find it to function around them...
Reviews suggest that a lot of people think that chemistry labs are random. Some Olympiad / Scholarship kids doing really badly in their labs and some students who get C+ for their theory tests getting full marks for them... The thing to do is to... just suck it up, really. The 'really badly' is still a pass... And you just have to hope you do well enough in the theory...
It is... Reassuring to me... That I'm not the only one who struggles a lot with them. Reassuring to me that reviews I've seen match my assessment of courses I've done. Reassuring to me to read reviews of future courses and hear what people are saying. Reassuring to me that I'm finally coming home to people who are like me enough for me to feel at home. People posting pictures of their ideal study environment... I'm happy, yeah. C'mon law... Don't ruin things for me...
Time to learn about the freaking treaty...
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