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dolbinau

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Were there any orientations today? People share your experiences.
 
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Is orientation compulsory?

I've got work on Friday, and I need to know whether or not I should call in sick.
Does anyone know what actually happens?

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No not really, but its a good way of meeting people you are going to be in classes with :).
 

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Not compulsory, but highly recommended.

Its basically a tailored day set up by students to introduce you to the uni and procedures at uni etc
 

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What do you mean by procedures? Like how the assessment system works etc?
 

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I seriously would go... I had to give up a day of work to go last year but it was seriously worth it... I met a girl who I shared 3 subjects with and we ended up having study groups, found out the procedures with assessments etc. Just go... it's only one day... and having a mentor could be really useful... unfortunately my mentor was an absolute dud, but the majority are great.
 

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So what time should we get there? The website says registration begins at 8:45am but does this mean nothing will start to 9:30?
 

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So what time should we get there? The website says registration begins at 8:45am but does this mean nothing will start to 9:30?
8.45-9 is a good time to get there, I know a few groups are doing things as part of the registration so you won't be sitting down bored :)

Psych, Ling and Teaching tomorrow, cya there :)
 

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I went to the Human Sciences (psych) one today, which was pretty awesome :) All the MQ students were incredibly helpful and nice, and it was a great way to become more accustomed to the uni. During the initial lecture sessions, we had a few random outbursts of entertainment from the students (kudos especially to the guy who dressed up as a pirate :p ) which broke up the blocks of info quite nicely.

So yeah... I'm really happy I went :D

AsyLum, were you taking one of the groups today?
 
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I went to the Human Sciences (psych) one today, which was pretty awesome :) All the MQ students were incredibly helpful and nice, and it was a great way to become more accustomed to the uni. During the initial lecture sessions, we had a few random outbursts of entertainment from the students (kudos especially to the guy who dressed up as a pirate :p ) which broke up the blocks of info quite nicely.

So yeah... I'm really happy I went :D

AsyLum, were you taking one of the groups today?
Hoorah! That's so good to hear. :)
 

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I went to the Human Sciences (psych) one today, which was pretty awesome :) All the MQ students were incredibly helpful and nice, and it was a great way to become more accustomed to the uni. During the initial lecture sessions, we had a few random outbursts of entertainment from the students (kudos especially to the guy who dressed up as a pirate :p ) which broke up the blocks of info quite nicely.

So yeah... I'm really happy I went :D

AsyLum, were you taking one of the groups today?
I was the guy in the blue shirt wandering around the backgrounds :)
 

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^ how bad is the traffic if i want to get to mq at 8.45 and am travelling along mona vale road?? do you really think you'd need to leave at 7
 

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Where are you coming from? I'm coming from Pymble
It's really really bad but 7 might be overkill.
I really don't know what time to leave though.
If it's raining you gotta leave earlier cos its gets worse.
I work down that way and the traffics still bad at 9.30ish...takes me around 30 mins to get from Pymble to the small line of shops on Lane Cove Rd/Mona Vale Rd.
 

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oh right im coming from newport so all the way along mona vale road. i think ill leave by 7 30
 

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I don't think it's too bad from like Terrey Hills to West Pymble...it's past that that starts getting really bad. Although if it's raining sometimes at like 8ish I look out my window and I can see that traffics banked.

But yeah 7.30 should be ok for you.
 

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this is a random question but if u do comm/law. do i have to go to both the law and the commerce academic orientation days??
 

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I'm attending the Busi Eco one on Friday. Dang 8.45 is soo early. What happens if we come late o.o ?

Oh and I have a question: I'm doing B Applied Finance / B Eco, so what area of study am I considered to be under? Finance or Economics? The reason why I got sort of lost on enrollment day =[
 

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this is a random question but if u do comm/law. do i have to go to both the law and the commerce academic orientation days??
Commerce, Law have their own thing
 

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