Science GY301!!

Smitty2

Just wondering if anybody here did that course, could they please gimmie some info about it? Did they enjoy it, did they find it hard? I need to decide if im accepting it soon! Sorry if im posting this in the wrong area im new to this.

skelliser

ya i did it up to 3rd year then specialised.
1st year pretty easy goin same kinda standard as L.C science subjects, most people fail physics tho, even tho its pretty easy! so if ya havent done physics go to those lectures!
lots of labs aswell which are good
2nd year
begin to specialise abit more, more labs, course gets harder etc
3th,4th more specialisation into the field u want to get into.

overall the course is great, the campus is savage and the town is hoppin!

genericgoon

Im doing this course aswell. Cant wait as it was my first choice( ended up with 540 points, all that time spent studying wasted) :rolleyes:

sallyally

havn done it..but goin 2..woooohuuu roll on september..come on da science geeks!:D:D:D

genericgoon

sallyally wrote:

havn done it..but goin 2..woooohuuu roll on september..come on da science geeks!:D:D:D

with the points at only 280 I reckon we might have a lot of ppl who had it low on their lists in there maybe

Don't fail first year like me.Failed Physics and did well in every other part of the course but did not not get Pharmacology.:(

sallyally

want low on my list at all..all i had dwn! had nearly twice da points i needed
btw tanx 4 da advice mr dazzler..physics s supposed 2 be lotz of ppls downfall n first yr..wrkn my ass off n dat one den

Its grand.Enjoy forst year and your first freshers week and your first rag week.Dam you first years,ye are going to have a good year!:)

sallyally

i know:D:D:D:D:D even mre excitn when u put it like dat woopppaaaaaaa!:rolleyes: i guess dat yr of torture sat s da leavn cert is all worth it

When do first years start?8th of September?We start a week earlier.Ye are lucky.I am flying striaght from America on the Sunday and starting on the monday!:9

sallyally

ouch!! jetlag..wont b 2 nice!! startn da 10th for us..so da web site tells me!

Enjoy.
Please use these boards throughout the year.They get very quiet!
If anybody has any other questions to ask.Don't hesitate,just ask!:)

sallyally

ahh tanx again...*virtual Hug*..ur so friendly!!

dapto1

I'll be coming straight from Electric Picnic. Ugh.

1st Science is fine, just go to most of your lectures and tutorials and get your exam papers early.

kevmy

I did the course. Started 5 yrs ago (or was it 6? I forget). Anyway doing postgrad in Physics now.

Physics in first year not that hard. Most people have not done it before, imo it has one of the smallest step ups from LC, but it is essentially 2 LC years condensed into one.

If you have not done physics before go to the lectures and defo go to the labs. You get 30% overall for labs and tbh a monkey could pick up 15% of that. Just make sure you go regularly and you'll be fine.

The lectures are boring and one lecturer in particular is not good. Overall though not that hard but you have to pay more attention to it than the rest if you haven't done it before

genericgoon

I did Biology and phys/chem so at least I have a base for all of them.

oneofakind32

kevmy wrote:

The lectures are boring and one lecturer in particular is not good. Overall though not that hard but you have to pay more attention to it than the rest if you haven't done it before

*Cough* Tom Glenn *Cough*
The great thing about undinominated science is there's so much choice. Go for group C (Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Biology) if you want to keep your options open in 2nd year (at least half for all first years do). If your more sure of what your interested in doing look at the other groups, there's Computer Science, Earth and Ocean Science, Maths Physics also on offer.
I went down the physics and maths road myself after trying my hand at computer science and EOS.
My advice would be take a look around, check out a few lectures, as far as know you can change around your options in the first month or so though you will be asked to make a decision at the advisory session (make sure not to miss that and talk to as many people as you can at it)
Kevmy is right physics can be though if you haven't done it in LC

kevmy

oneofakind32 wrote:

*Cough* Tom Glenn *Cough*

I didn't want to name names in case it put people off but....

I think there is probably one of him in every department though

Prob shouldn't talk about the esteemed professor.He has access to a computer too.;)