As a "fresher" tomorrow

10-10-2005 10:52pm

0 Hours of Lectures! But then there's this full time job I'm doing.

Agent Smith · 11-10-2005 3:27pm

i have 8 hours in total.....

Fantastic

snorlax · 11-10-2005 3:34pm

i get marked by fellow students on evaluation sheets on our performance in group activities, worth a grand total of 1 % of my overall degree(ppl can be easy or hard markers so it's quite subjective), it really sucks girls marking girls and you can see what people are giving you if you peek, the talons are drawn at dawn

and im only on day2.

Pet · 11-10-2005 5:47pm

Fishie wrote:

I have 17 hours of actual lectures it would appear, but I have yet to find out how many labs and tutorials I am going to have

Hahahaha!! At first glance you think "Oh, 17 hours, that's not too bad". But then you realise you've got 3 hours of labs for each of Geog/Geol, Chemistry and Biology, and an hour tutorial for each...

Thirdfox · 12-10-2005 9:06am

I've got nine hours of lectures (and 40 hours of fun library time!)

Nietzschean · 12-10-2005 9:52am

i've no clue how many lectures i have, either 18 , 15 or 12 depending on how lost i get..

Scarinae · 13-10-2005 8:50am

Pet wrote:

Hahahaha!! At first glance you think "Oh, 17 hours, that's not too bad". But then you realise you've got 3 hours of labs for each of Geog/Geol, Chemistry and Biology, and an hour tutorial for each...

That's 29 hours, which is still less than school

snorlax · 13-10-2005 8:55am

yeh but factor in all the study and it is as bad as school.

Nietzschean · 13-10-2005 9:23am

well more hours than school , and effort and stress

ApeXaviour · 13-10-2005 9:26am

Ah no JF science is easier than 6th year school if you've an aptitude for science, but every year you go up the work doubles so... yeah, have your fun now fishie, party like it's 1999..

But if you're used to getting 85%-98% in most subjects, prepare for a surprise. It just doesn't happen here.

Nietzschean · 13-10-2005 9:34am

welll....there is that one guy in my class who averaged 86% last year....... needs like 54% this year to get a first in his degree the ****er.........

Thirdfox · 13-10-2005 11:07am

I thought that the highest you can get is 75-78%? (Well at least that's what my tutor/mentor said)...

Nietzschean · 13-10-2005 11:14am

errr, why would that be true at all? if that was the case would they not just translate 78 to 100 and make everyone look better?

sleepingbeauty · 13-10-2005 1:29pm

a girl in my class got in the 90's in the schols, think it was near the hundred mark..possibly highest in all the schols exams or one of anyway- thats dedication, i know i wouldnt have the patience to study that hard :eek:

Nietzschean · 13-10-2005 2:26pm

she get the toronto scholl? highest in college gets it every year.... one of the maths guys(diff one) got it in my year

John · 13-10-2005 5:30pm

Thirdfox wrote:

I thought that the highest you can get is 75-78%? (Well at least that's what my tutor/mentor said)...

70 to 80% is what they give a really good answer. Above 80% is exceptional. Above 90% is for people who really really really know their stuff and are quite possibly mini-Einsteins.

ApeXaviour · 13-10-2005 6:33pm

Serenity wrote:

she get the toronto scholl? highest in college gets it every year.... one of the maths guys(diff one) got it in my year

Yeah, tkachev ( http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~tkachev/ ) got 96% overall in JS TP two years ago. Also got the toronto prize. He's so smart I reckon he has hidden psychokinetic abilities like those itchies of the future whose brains vibrate and send axes at old scratchy..

Nietzschean · 13-10-2005 6:44pm

Ah yeah Lennon, smart fella alright.... the Toronto scholl is pretty much dominated by maths/tp... afaik for about the last 16 years its been one or the other

punka · 15-10-2005 2:18pm

sciencey types do have an advantage in the toronto schol as most arts exam papers can get a max of 80&. or 90& for language papers, i think.

Nietzschean · 15-10-2005 2:25pm

so the artsy heads always say..........................

PHB · 16-10-2005 8:34am

No arts student will ever get a mark above 85% cause its just not possible, so Toronto schol is always go to the science end.

ApeXaviour · 16-10-2005 12:55pm

Serenity wrote:

so the artsy heads always say..........................

I'd agree with them Ian. Math-esque subjects IMO are the easiest to fail, but also the easiest to do well in. Tis one reason I do it, can't stand subjective marking.

Nietzschean · 16-10-2005 12:57pm

never said i didn't..... they just seem to bring it up all the time...

Pet · 16-10-2005 5:50pm

Toronto schol? Explain?

ApeXaviour · 16-10-2005 7:38pm

Toronto prize (it's just a name afaik, prob has some history behind it) is awarded every year to the person who recieves the highest average grade in the scholarship exams.

Pet · 18-10-2005 3:48pm

Does it get you any advantages over the regular vanilla schol?

David19 · 18-10-2005 6:34pm

From the college calendar:

St Patrick’s Benevolent Society of Toronto prize:
This prize, established in 1987, is funded by St Patrick’s Benevolent Society of Toronto. The prize is awarded for the best performance in the annual scholarship examination to recognise excellence in scholarship. Value, approximately €1,142.76.

18-10-2005 6:44pm

It's gone up a whopping 24c in the 2005/6 Calendar

Nietzschean · 19-10-2005 7:47am

planning on going for it next year myth?

snorlax · 19-10-2005 9:02am

Myth do you know someone called Cathal from the year below you in civil engineering?

19-10-2005 10:19am

I don't think so...(to both)

As a "fresher" tomorrow

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