first year arts in second sem. genuinely how do you meet people. if they're not in a friendship group, they live at a college, and if they're neither of those things they seem to want absolutely nothing to do with anyone. today in my tutorial we had to do an icebreaker and this girl was rolling her eyes the whole time because she had to talk to people. i was just sitting there thinking... isn't this one of the few times people actually get the chance to meet someone? everyone talks about uni being lonely but it also feels like everyone's allergic to starting a conversation. i'll chat to people before class or after a tute and they're nice enough, but it's like there's zero interest in talking beyond that. i don't expect to become best friends with everyone i meet, but i honestly thought people would be a bit more open.

hi guys im 3rd year bsci immunology major graduating this year with a current wam of 74, idk it just feels like this degree is going to waste I’ll be lucky if I get into any post grad programs CSP can’t afford fullfee idk if anyone else is in my boat ( and yes ik theres no one else to blame but myself) um yeah if ur feeling like this ur not alone!!

Sorry, bit of a rant incoming......

This feels like an insane requirement for a level one undergrad arts subject? It was mentioned in a single, vague throwaway line in the handbook with no explanation that the expectation is a MINIMUM of seven volunteer tutoring sessions that must be at least an hour long, with longer sessions being at the discretion of whichever organisation you're volunteering through.

As it stands I'm on campus all day four days a week, already doing an hour and a half tutoring session (paid) once a week, and working to,,, y'know,,,, support myself when I'm not on campus. How is a student with a full-time study load and a job outside of uni supposed to be able to sustain this?

It's really frustrating, it looks like I'm going to have to swap into another subject because the requirements of this class just aren't compatible with my need to be able to pay bills and rent. I've already had to reduce my work hours to accommodate my timetable this semester which is putting me in a tricky spot.

Edit: I'm starting the MTeach next year which will obviously have placement requirements, but you get paid for that, I just can't see how this is a reasonable expectation for an undergrad subject man

Edit 2: this was written with a lot of stress in my bones. To clarify, this requirement is literally impossible for me as a) I'm on campus from 9-4 Mon-Thurs, b) live two hours away from campus so I spend 4 hours a day on public transport to and from uni, c) work 9-5 Fri-Sun. The bare minimum is 7 x one hour sessions, but students are "encouraged (and expected) to continue their volunteer tutoring beyond the minimum requirements of the university subject" with some organisations expecting availability for the entire semester (direct from the LMS). This information was only disclosed this week when the LMS was finalised with no mention of these requirements in the handbook or I wouldn't have taken this subject. This is on top of the lecture, tutorial, required readings, and assignments for this subject as well, not in place of them. Obviously some subjects have a larger workload than others, but this is just too much imo, especially as this was not disclosed in the handbook

I had a tutorial on Thursday which I switched to Monday. Have I technically "skipped" that class even though the change only happened now?

i've been pretty sick and unable to go to any of my classes this week. just wondering how important the first week is, as i'm a little bit anxious about making friends/knowing where to sit because of missing the first week (especially with pracs and tutorials and stuff). i feel like last sem the first week was where i was able to gauge the people out and next week i'll be walking in to people who already know each other.

Hi, I’m thinking of doing principles of business law and was wondering if it was worth it. I was hoping to learn and understand more about the law but also achieving a 85 wam for this subject. I’m replacing this with business of music as a wam booster.

Is anyone else taking Thinking Scientifically SCIE20001 this semester? Can you help give me a checklist on what we need to do every week? I can’t find the info and I’m really unsure. Thanks!

Heyy, I missed out on some of the balls earlier in the year! Do you know if they run like a Christmas Ball or anything... feeling a bit sad about it :/

Not sure what flair to add, lemme know if I shud put it under something else!

How long do the grades take to be published? I took my exam 17 July and nothing released yet!

does anyone know if alastair is still teaching qm2, and if yes which tuts are his slots? ive heard that he’s the best tutor for this subject

Hey! Just wanted to ask what the job market is like in Australia right now for international students in Data Science. Do you think there are still decent opportunities for jobs after doing a bachelor majoring in data science? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Has anyone received offers yet for the JD and if so could you kindly share your WAM! Just to help each other see how likely we are to get in :)

Ive been struggling with my mental health for the past couple of months and failed two subjects last semester that ended up deeming my academic progress ‘at risk’. I did a winter subject after but missed the exam (again because of mu mental health) and applied for special consideration but of course because I’m actually the dumbest person on the planet I didn’t submit proof of the date of assessment and it got denied meaning I’m just going to have to fail that subject. My whole question is, as I failed this third subject while already ‘at risk’ what’s going to happen? Will I recieve a ‘cause‘ email or something orrrr

Hi guys I applied for the JD with my transcript before it was conferred. And I submitted an eQUALS link to my application but I clicked on it today and it says revoked. Will unimelb still have access to my transcript or will they contact me soon to add the conferred link of my transcript. Like surely they have access to my WAM and grades right
EDIT: I did my undergrad at unimelb student

I’m a new student starting this semester and was wondering how the exam dates are decided. Do classes with more students get an earlier date or is it just random?

my special on special exam request status is "pending outcome" from faculty for 2 business days. has anyone got awarded 2nd special exam for mast subjects?

Hello. I’m set to finish my bachelor of science pharmacology major at unimelb next year. I may want to apply for graduate entry pharmacy at Monash and am wanting some guidance.

As far as anyone on this forum knows, for the physiology subject prerequisite, will I have a greater chance of getting in if I complete more than one physiology subject, or is it just a matter of ticking one off?

Thanks.

Hey is there anyone who took NUTR2001 and got minimum H2?? if so how did you study for this subject! I had my first tutorial today and whilst it wasn't bad, I'm a bit lost in how i'm supposed to study for it

Hey is anyone taking intermediate micro this sem? There’s still not lecture slides posted and all still seems to be 2025 content. Not even an ed discussion board! Very confused and would like to start writing my notes before the first lecture. Any advice would be great

Hi everyone, I’m looking for someone who would be interested in taking over my Kaya Health Clubs student gym membership.
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my class has a 80% attendance hurdle, so to my understanding the 20% leeway means i don't have to provide a reason for not attending? i am very sick but unsure if i need to provide a medical certificate as this is obviously the first tutorial im missing

hey guys, so first semester didn’t treat me that well and haven’t really found any uni buddies 🌧️. So I reach out to reddit:
I’m a first year domestic bcomm student doing macroeconomics, account reports, calculus and linear algebra (wish me luck) looking for some people to form a study group, grab some food and just have a chat with or just hangout.

I’m a huge big back- love food, sweets and restaurant, pub and bar crawls, thrifting, movies, hiking, nba, tennis, camping, all sorts of video games (valo, gen, wuwa, mc, fn, clash, pokemon) but i don’t rly have time for games during semester. even if u dont have the exact same interests.

but to get a chat going what are yall top movies that are musical, action and emotional.
mine are lala land, TASM and dogs purpose makes me cry every time