Category: Study
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I wish I could afford to procrastibake like I did in high school. (Victoria)
By which I mean I don’t have he funds; screw what I can afford academically, I’ll still find a way to procrastinate. So here we are in swotvac. My last class was Wednesday so if I was a good student I would be knee-deep in studying right now. But I’m not. I have, however, visited […] -
Pre-exam doom: 6 ways to get studying (Simone)
As we near the chaos and turmoil and cramming of exam/assignment time (if you didn’t realise this already, I’m really sorry to be the one to say that it is week 11, and looking at that exam and essay timetable is now a necessity. Sigh.) I thought a few handy hints on just getting the job […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/05/20/pre-exam-doom-6-ways-to-get-studying
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Before O-Week and after Y12, I set out some high goals to achieve this year in uni (Kiryll)
To upend the cliff-hanger, I didn’t quite meet them. Because, what’s more comfortable: making reams of notes or watching The Matrix? Like a helium balloon, my élan fizzled out to trudge the smudged line between staying afloat and sinking in a hedonistic quicksand. Last week during a 3 hour break between lectures, I perched my […] -
Remember that time I had a 2000 word essay due in three (full uni) days and have only opened a possibly useful website? (Victoria)
I wish Criminological texts weren’t so dull. I mean, the content can be pretty interesting and I actually liked doing my last assessment but now the thought of reading a good handful of academic crim texts makes me wanna stay in bed forever. This is probably why I stay in my pjs all day every […] -
A view from the streets (Kiryll)
After a hiatus that saw me suspended from action and breaching every code of blogger practice, I have returned. One test done, one essay submitted to the black hole of Turnitin. Uni is certainly here to stay and its routine has ossified. From that, I decided to bypass the academic chronicles and spoke to my […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/04/13/a-view-from-the-streets-kiryll
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Sitting on the floor of the Spot eating a cold croissant and a hot coffee. (Victoria)
Call me crazy but I actually prefer my coffee cold. Well, cool. I’m not even talking iced coffee I just like all my coffee with mostly milk. It’s more refreshing than a hot drink. Also, everyone knows croissants are better hot and buttery but I cbf giving instruction to the cafe so it’s really my […] -
I have slipped entirely back into old habits. (Victoria)
I’ve gone home for the Easter Break and it’s almost like I’ never left. I mean Mum’s rearranged rooms and now there’s my sister’s super comfy double bed in place of my back-breaking single. What I mean is, I’m sitting in bed, in my old bedroom, switching between studying and internetting while fighting off a […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/03/29/i-have-slipped-entirely-back-into-old-habits-victoria
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There is a reason I take lecture notes by hand. (Victoria)
Yesterday after getting in late to my Reason lecture we had a twenty minute talk on how to use the library directory etc. and I though there’s no harm in me turning on my laptop until the actual lecture starts, right? Wrong. I spent the entire lecture gossiping with an old friend on Facebook about boys […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2013/03/21/there-is-a-reason-i-take-lecture-notes-by-hand
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How to study for psych (and eat chocolate) – (Simone)
There is much to celebrate when one has successfully reviewed a lecture on the LMS for Mind, Brain and Behaviour 1 before the actual lecture has occurred! Maybe this sounds a little sad, or a little nerdy, I’m not sure. All I do know is, when you’ve spent a couple of hours with your non-matching […] -
'Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not' (Simone)
I write to you, kind people of this blogsphere, with ‘Man vs Wild’ going on on SBS behind me. My family are hooked on it, sitting on the couch beside me, eyes wide, hoping Bear Grylls will successfully cross the blizzard of snow. “How’s he going to do it, Simone?!” Dad asks me in what […]
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