2nd year genetics (BMOL20010)

p-nut

Am I the only one thats absolutely lost

Really dreading having to sit this exam, there's no way i'll be able to write 3 A4 pages on the long questions, waffle or no waffle!!

fatal

lol no you are most certainly not the only one who is lost...........
Ive spoken to so many people this week who are really not in good shape for it.Theres SO much to learn and once i study one thing really well,i forget the last thing which i studied lol.Its the one exam which i'm DREADING.

It didnt really help either when she removed many of the past papers from the net.Luckily I knew people who had them downloaded before she took them all down.Out of the 40 MCQs on each past paper, I managed to answer a max of something like 15 correctly on any one paper.

Come to think about it,exactly this time next week I will be in the exam hall pulling my hair out

seraphimvc

cheers mate:D be calm....feel free to have me to crush on mars with you...:p

grahhh....those notes are the worst notes on earth!!!

p-nut in 2nd yr science?ha,glad to know that one more boardies around:)

and for that 3pages/500words for EACH essay question...that's just plain illogical!!even if i put the whole explanation from a book,no way to get near 3 pages,max will be 1 and half page,unless you write/draw big writing/diagram...

so i say,just put down everything and stuffs ya know for the damn question.....will be fine....emmm...

lizzyvera

The Campbell book from 1st year covers it in enough detail to pass and makes the harder stuff MUCH easier to understand because it actually explains what all all those proteins and factors etc are.

fatal

ah damn..bit late to be going back to that first year campbell book now...dammit!!!
im just learning it off from a biochem book....understanding isnt the hard bit,learning it is

woop

Ah p-nut you know Im Fooked!another 2nd sciencian here

campell and reece is good for the first few lectures, but after that well its just mad......soo much work for so little understanding twould drive you mad, hard to have patience when its like that

check out his last lecture he says if youre able to write essays on four topics you should be alright, so Im just gonna research them for the next week, the lectures slides are just terrible though just randomn words and diagrams that take half a year to decipher

Heres hoping!

p-nut

yeah i've been slowly making my way thru all the stuff in that biology book aswel, think i just left it a bit too late:rolleyes:

and @fatal, would be great if ye could sort me out with some of the other papers:D...although do ye think the one she did give us has a good chance of being fairly similar to the actual test??

CrazyPolly

Ah here....don't be complaining. BMOL is the easiest module I have this semester so count yourself lucky...

seraphimvc

CrazyPolly wrote: »

Ah here....don't be complaining. BMOL is the easiest module I have this semester so count yourself lucky...

to ease our pain,do tell your nightmare/s!:D

p-nut

CrazyPolly wrote: »

Ah here....don't be complaining. BMOL is the easiest module I have this semester so count yourself lucky...

ooohh that must be a right stinger hehe

CrazyPolly

Stinger is not the word...

I've a couple of modules with medicine students, gastrointestinal tract physiology and mechanisms of disease, a 3rd science cardiophysiology one...and frigging biostatistics. Is anyone else doing that one? You think BMOL lecture notes are a joke? My god....biostats are farcical!

It's my own fault though...I should have picked an easier course...

p-nut

CrazyPolly wrote: »

Stinger is not the word...

I've a couple of modules with medicine students, gastrointestinal tract physiology and mechanisms of disease, a 3rd science cardiophysiology one...and frigging biostatistics. Is anyone else doing that one? You think BMOL lecture notes are a joke? My god....biostats are farcical!

It's my own fault though...I should have picked an easier course...

ah it will be worth it...i hope.

thats what i keep trying to tell myself anyway:rolleyes:

seraphimvc

CrazyPolly wrote: »

Stinger is not the word...

I've a couple of modules with medicine students, gastrointestinal tract physiology and mechanisms of disease, a 3rd science cardiophysiology one...and frigging biostatistics. Is anyone else doing that one? You think BMOL lecture notes are a joke? My god....biostats are farcical!

It's my own fault though...I should have picked an easier course...

mate,are you doing biomedical?:pheard me a friend doing biomed and she has that nasty boring biostat too:p and a 3rd science subject?are you in 3rd yr or doing that as an elective...?if that's your elective...goodluck to ya...must be tough to do them all in such a short time:cool:

blame the modularization!!

CrazyPolly

mate,are you doing biomedical?heard me a friend doing biomed and she has that nasty boring biostat too and a 3rd science subject?are you in 3rd yr or doing that as an elective...?if that's your elective...goodluck to ya...must be tough to do them all in such a short time

Yup...I am indeedy. Who do you know? There's only 8 of us so I'll know her...
Nah I'm in 2nd year...we just have 3rd year modules...the bastards.

ah it will be worth it...i hope.

thats what i keep trying to tell myself anyway Today 20:19

Not if you fail darling!

By the way...is anyone else not using a textbook for studying? All I'm using is the stuff on blackboard. The genetics and biochem books have far too much excess crap.....

p-nut

CrazyPolly wrote: »

Yup...I am indeedy. Who do you know? There's only 8 of us so I'll know her...
Nah I'm in 2nd year...we just have 3rd year modules...the bastards.



Not if you fail darling!

By the way...is anyone else not using a textbook for studying? All I'm using is the stuff on blackboard. The genetics and biochem books have far too much excess crap.....

yeah i've found the campbell and reece biology book is fairly good for the genetics, explains everything in much simpler terms:cool:

seraphimvc

CrazyPolly wrote: »

Yup...I am indeedy. Who do you know? There's only 8 of us so I'll know her...
Nah I'm in 2nd year...we just have 3rd year modules...the bastards.



Not if you fail darling!

By the way...is anyone else not using a textbook for studying? All I'm using is the stuff on blackboard. The genetics and biochem books have far too much excess crap.....

jaysus...2nd yr with 3rd yr module...;)you should see that's coming early enough then...i feel so lucky now:D

i am indeed using printed notes holding in hand study:D have campbell bio and grisham's boichem,do i bother to look at them near exams?no...i dont need extra pressure...cause' you wont be able to eat them all(that make me feel insecure)...too much stuffs we dont need...

p/s:i actually know 2 girls doing biomed,they are in my Pharm practical lab on tuesday:Ddidnt talk much to them tho...they are sitting beside me and Fatal!wonder if you are one of them?lol

fatal

Anyway..............................back to bmol!!!
It seems as though she has put one past exam paper back on blackboard.Is it the other which you are lookin for nut?
This time next week il be celebrating;)

seraphimvc

fatal wrote: »

Anyway..............................back to bmol!!!
It seems as though she has put one past exam paper back on blackboard.Is it the other which you are lookin for nut?
This time next week il be celebrating;)

dude....how long have you not checked bmol on BB...?:Dthat 2006 past paper has alway been there since ages ago...

fatal

seraphimvc wrote: »

dude....how long have you not checked bmol on BB...?:Dthat 2006 past paper has alway been there since ages ago...

thats only one yea?
I have two...theres possibly a third aswell...
If i could get my head out of these biochem books I would check out blackboard more often:mad:

froosh69

BMOL 20010 is the devil...absolute nightmare...AND the exam is on a saturday!!!

woop

Im still finding it tough Im preparing answers but its just so difficult/badly explained/boring. that its taking ages.........seriously struggling, at least I feel everything else is achievable but this! grr and I dont even think Ill ever use it

actually a while back somebody who had done this module a while back said not to worry about it, wonder what trickery they had up theyre sleeve?:rolleyes: they also said something about bmol tutorials which I got panicked(spelt wrong) about:o

seraphimvc

woop wrote: »

Im still finding it tough Im preparing answers but its just so difficult/badly explained/boring. that its taking ages.........seriously struggling, at least I feel everything else is achievable but this! grr and I dont even think Ill ever use it

actually a while back somebody who had done this module a while back said not to worry about it, wonder what trickery they had up theyre sleeve?:rolleyes: they also said something about bmol tutorials which I got panicked(spelt wrong) about:o

bmol tutorial?!there is no such thing....hypno frog....no such thing....

seriously tho...:D

fatal

seraphimvc wrote: »

bmol tutorial?!there is no such thing....hypno frog....no such thing....

seriously tho...:D

there are online tutorials for it on blackboard...

seraphimvc

fatal wrote: »

there are online tutorials for it on blackboard...

u mean that self assessment eh?:Dmight show u something about that assessment tomorrow,funny;)

fatal

seraphimvc wrote: »

u mean that self assessment eh?:Dmight show u something about that assessment tomorrow,funny;)

Alright then,Im dying to see it
In the meantime good luck with biology in the morning

p-nut

seraphimvc wrote: »

u mean that self assessment eh?:Dmight show u something about that assessment tomorrow,funny;)

fatal wrote: »

Alright then,Im dying to see it
In the meantime good luck with biology in the morning

I take it you guys kno each other?
Does everyone from 2nd year posting on here know each other?? I kno woop, not sure if kno any1 else.

fatal

p-nut wrote: »

I take it you guys kno each other?
Does everyone from 2nd year posting on here know each other?? I kno woop, not sure if kno any1 else.

Theres only a few from second year science that post in here.Come to think about it,Vince and I only found out that we were in the same course from browsing boards

Raphael

I don't know most of you, but then again I'm denominated TP - Well known fact that we don't have friends.

fatal

Raphael wrote: »

I don't know most of you, but then again I'm denominated TP - Well known fact that we don't have friends.

Nope,not on here we don't
What are you denominated in?Im denominated in pharmacology.Basically just have to pass exams in first and second year....I love it:D

Raphael

TP - Theoretical Physics. Go team scraping through!

fatal

Raphael wrote: »

TP - Theoretical Physics. Go team scraping through!

If i hadnt gotten pharmacology I would have been doing that.O the thought of it:eek:

Raphael

Ah TP is great. If you like Maths... And Physics... And Mathematical Physics...

So, what's Pharmocology like? =p

fatal

Raphael wrote: »

Ah TP is great. If you like Maths... And Physics... And Mathematical Physics...

So, what's Pharmocology like? =p

I did physics for the LC and loved it,HATED maths though.I know a guy doing TP in trinity and ive heard some scary stories about it.Then again he is in trinity:p
Pharmacology is grand.I didnt do biology for the LC so maybe im lagging a little behind the rest.The modules are tough but interesting.If you put the work in you'll be fine....we'll so my mentor said;)

seraphimvc

Raphael wrote: »

I don't know most of you, but then again I'm denominated TP - Well known fact that we don't have friends.

dude...i am pretty sure we did talked few times last year....while in maths modellingI...:ohows physic 2nd yr goes?you still have that legendary man in maths modelling?:p*off topic*

and Fatal....no mentioning real name in forum ya know?:pya,some time around this time is our 1st anniversary?!time sure just ticking away...

p-nut,i am pretty sure we will meet up *officially* face to face some days;)and hopefully Raphael will show up too!heard he is a busy man...;)

Edit:
told fatal about the self assessment today,if you guys did the test before 10th,then you may wanna go back and check again,few changes in questions/answer from the professor.

Chakar

Is it just me or is there an inordinate amount of innuendo in seraphimvc's posts?

fatal

Chakar wrote: »

Is it just me or is there an inordinate amount of innuendo in seraphimvc's posts?

I thought that I was the only one that noticed;)

Raphael

seraphimvc wrote: »

dude...i am pretty sure we did talked few times last year....while in maths modellingI...:ohows physic 2nd yr goes?you still have that legendary man in maths modelling?:p*off topic*

Yeap, we did, and I have him next semester for fluid dynamics, should be fun.

p-nut

.....help me.....:(

seraphimvc

p-nut wrote: »

.....help me.....:(

morning hun:D

edit:
too bad i am gonna leave now,taking bus from ratoath!see ya in the exams!(altho i wont know which one is you:))good luck!

seraphimvc

Chakar wrote: »

Is it just me or is there an inordinate amount of innuendo in seraphimvc's posts?

now tell me what exactly i have done...?:p worthy enough to let you type a reply here for me?i haven't got a clue what you mean...hmm...maybe my brain will get normal once this fecking bmol is finished...:cool:i just like these tiny dots......

Raphael wrote: »

Yeap, we did, and I have him next semester for fluid dynamics, should be fun.

fluid...hmm....tasty...huh?sorry about that,i mean sh!te,heard fluidity stuffs are hard!well,i am kinda forbidden to do anything near physic now,wont see him in lectures anymore...didnt see you much in school either this year!

p-nut

seraphimvc wrote: »

morning hun:D

edit:
too bad i am gonna leave now,taking bus from ratoath!see ya in the exams!(altho i wont know which one is you:))good luck!

you're from ratoath?!!! Jeez yer only a stones throw from me.

Well that was horrible, i was home and all by 2:10:(

woop

ah you had studied the stuff that came up..............unlike me, I studied everything that didnt come up , phage biology, pcr, dna recombination

and well I failed it..........wrote a paragraph on one of the questions has to be said I didnt put in the work in time though:o

fatal

The MCQs were a bitch.The only two things which I covered properly were dna replication mutation and repair and transcription.Fortunately both came up and I wrote no less than 8 pages on question 3.Whoever is correcting it may have to find the answer in those 8 pages
Such a relief to get it over and done with.Feels like the exams are over already!!!!!!!

mloc

had a friend asking me about this last night, was it at 12 today? hope the paper went ok!

seraphimvc

happy it is finished...:pjust got home now...

hmm..i think i did ok...studied so much and come out so little...my strategy was kinda make everything 'balance'...not so great not so bad...in such a short prepare time(hell,revision time took me about 4/5 hours!!)while i was in exams...everything kinda mixed up:phopefully things turn out well...

MCQ is a bitch...seriously,why do they bother to ask so many minor unimportant stuffs?i mean it is way so unpredictable than last year paper!!i am like feck it,i was just guessed sooo many questions...:o

ah,a relief really...finally i can have some good night sleep...good night everyone:)