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[sikeveo]

our lecturer said there would be no scaling at all, so does that mean if you get 80 raw, you will get a D? Because the Labs seem fairly easy, and he said the average was around 70-80% ?

 

[jemsta]

yeah the averages for the first two labs were pretty high...i think around 75-80%
all i know is that only maths scales and im not too sure about geos1701
maybe not worry about it now
just concentrate on doing the best you can

btw have you guys nearly completed the water use assessment yet?

 

[Survivor39]

A lof of the course don't scale anyway. BIOS1201 doesn't scale. Don't expect too much scaling, if any, from BABS or BEES.

 

[sikeveo]

Yeh, I know, they were pretty high. As long as my raw marks dont go down.

Survivor, do many courses get scaled down? (i.e. raw mark of 80 goes to final mark of below 80?)

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

yeah the averages for the first two labs were pretty high...i think around 75-80%
all i know is that only maths scales and im not too sure about geos1701
maybe not worry about it now
just concentrate on doing the best you can

btw have you guys nearly completed the water use assessment yet?

No. The report writing is actually proving to be a lot easier then I anticipated though. It's going to be hard to keep it under 1500 words max.

 

[Survivor39]

Yeh, I know, they were pretty high. As long as my raw marks dont go down.

Survivor, do many courses get scaled down? (i.e. raw mark of 80 goes to final mark of below 80?)

It is highly unlikely they will scale you down. You will most likely end up with your raw mark in BEES/BABS, that is, your final mark should be your raw mark over the entire course. Although they did scaled up 1 or 2 marks in Advanced Genetics/Genetics, which really didn't make much a difference anyway since the assessments were dodgey..

 

[sikeveo]

For the geos1701 exam is Coastal Processes and Landforms included in the mid session?

 

[jemsta]

i think they gonna test u everything right up to the last lecture we had...which is the coastal landforms and processes
im not saying that it might be in it but i wouldnt want to risk not studying for it

 

[jemsta]

btw how are you going to study for this exam.....do questions from the textbook?

 

[sikeveo]

memorise the notes. and bits from textbook.

quick qu; normal activity over the pacific is with trade winds which are south easterly, however wtf is up with this diagram then?

http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/clfor/cfstaff/nnn/walkercirc.gif

 

[jemsta]

by the way is there any past papers on this subject?

 

[sikeveo]

nope, as he just reuses last yrs exam with some changes. I have no idea how much i should memorise. My study isn't going very well

 

[CMJ]

hey guys,

My memory of the mid session exam was the multiple choice was fairly straighforward, short answers were ok and like if you refer to examples and diagrams that's useful and there was one longer response. Generally, it wasn't too bad the exam.

When i studied for it, i went through the lecture notes and made sure to understand the key concepts and terms and referred a little bit to the textbook.

Anyways, good luck with it

 

[jemsta]

yay bit of a confidence boost
not that uve studied that much.....the last lab report is still pissing me off >,<

 

[sikeveo]

Mine is due on wed

 

[jemsta]

oh by the way, which day are you going on the field trip?
im going on the 21st may and i need someone to accompany me the whole day >,<
all my friends are going on saturday

 

[sikeveo]

That's the day im going 2 days after my birthday!

edit: is the lab from before the holidays due this week? As we dont have labs this week.......

 

[jemsta]

apparently u just hand in the lab at the mid session exam or something

 

[Nebuchanezzar]

David said before the break to hand it to the BEES office before the exam, seeing how we don't have labs this week.

 

[sikeveo]

daaaaaaaaaaaamn, the lab is hard. Bloody wave mechanics stuff

edit; the lab was easy compared to the exam!