Tag: Transition
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Week 9 Update (Muso's POV)
Three quarters into semester two, annnddddd I’m struggling. I had many family commitments during the first few weeks into semester two. Then, things started to go down. I still kept up with my assignments, with improvements of having grades with H3 to even H2A in my written assignments, but not with Aural just quite yet; […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/09/21/week-9-update-musos-pov
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Things that Music Students Say/Hear
I feel a little down, and trying to survive this semester till mid semester break. Normally, I would write a mid semester summary, and other things, but I don’t think I’m in the right state to do so. So, here’s a funny post, and hopefully it makes people’s day. Note: I swear a lot in […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/09/15/things-that-music-students-sayhear
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Our Magic Student ID Card (FOR VCA AND MCM STUDENTS)
So, we had a duo and duet pianists coming into one of our masterclass, who was students at the con. They were pretty much performing their set lists for their recital, which they were last Friday. It was all interesting, and great to hear… Until when she said, “Did you know that you can use your student […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/08/27/our-magic-student-id-card-for-vca-and-mcm-students
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Audition Experience/Expectations
August – the time of when applications open to apply for music courses. The time when you get anxious of applying. The time when things get intense. Oh, Nicole remembers. YES! It is that time of the year! Future first year/transfer music students, here me out! Auditions can be nerve whacking, and that’s okay! If […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/08/14/audition-experienceexpectations
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HAPPY FIRST WEEK BACK!
New semester, new me Seems legit to say that, isn’t it? Hahaha. But actually… I hope I survive this semester. Hahaha! Hey guys! I hope you had a grouse, first week back! My first week back wasn’t too bad, but it was nice to be back in uni! Surviving my first semester of uni was […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/08/02/happy-first-week-back
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Reflecting Back in the Past Part 3
It was a crazy, heavy semester, with an intense workload. We all laughed, we all got frustrated, but we all survived, with a celebratory dance and bevs. Semester One Nicely summarised about our first semester, right? Hahaha. Here’s my mini reviews on each of the subjects I took in Semester One! CORE SUBJECTS Music Performance […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/07/12/reflecting-back-in-the-past-part-3
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Reflecting Back in the Past Part 1
When I was waiting for my examiners to call me into the examination room, I was focused on giving myself one motivating speech then there was this question I asked myself, “HOW THE HECK DID I GET THIS FAR?”. “You can do this Nicole. You’ve worked so hard for this.” “YES I CAN DO THIS! Oh […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/06/29/reflecting-back-in-the-past
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Study Tips (Bella)
Hi all! Well, SWOTVAC is upon us, and I have spent most of my day today studying for MBB (Mind, Brain and Behaviour). Since I am revising memory and how it works… I thought I would give you all some study tips for the upcoming exams! Reorganisation First of all, it has been proven that […] -
Assignments… (Bella)
Guys, I just submitted my last assignment for the semester! This is a short post of happiness. Hope everyone’s assignments are now completed, or close to it, and they have been relatively enjoyable, despite being work (and stressful), haha! I’ve found it challenging and interesting tackling the university assignment as a First Year. Definitely still […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/05/20/assignments-bella
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Is UniMelb disability friendly?
For the past two weeks I have been on crutches, and it has forced me to consider whether getting around UniMelb is easy for physically disabled people. The short answer is: no. After the first Monday of hobbling back and forth across campus to classes and study areas, I realised that I very rarely see […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/first-year/2015/05/16/is-unimelb-disability-friendly
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