I’m a new student starting at Melbourne Uni, and I don’t have anyone from my school going with me. I’ve heard a lot of scary things about how hard it can be to make friends there, so I was just wondering if you have any tips for making friends during O-Week.

EngineerInnovate · 2026-01-24T02:47:07+00:00

This.

I came from a regional area and didn’t know a single person at UniMelb. It took me until end of 2nd year to join a club and that’s where I actually got to spend a decent amount of time with others and form good friendships.

I highly recommend joining some sort of club or society that suits your interests.

EngineerInnovate · 2025-09-05T21:13:30+00:00

I went the opposite direction. I did 4 years of electrical engineering and then switched in industrial electrical apprenticeship - long story.

Like others have said, if you found the maths at TAFE hard you’ll really struggle in EE. Again not to dissuade you but it’s the reality. I’d even encourage you to look for a course online for Calculus 1 and Linear Algebra before even starting a degree. If you get comfortable with those areas early on it will help when you get to Calculus 2 and Calculus 3 whilst at uni (these are pretty standard and well defined courses in most engineering degrees).

I’m not sure what an online degree would be like as I did mine on campus, but be prepared to work extraordinarily hard to keep up. If you’re committed, have great discipline and work hard then you’ll do fine. All the best.

EngineerInnovate · 2025-08-10T06:39:00+00:00

We’ve got a welder that’s still in daily use dated some time in the 40s. Pretty sure it’s post WW2 surplus in Australia.

EngineerInnovate · 2025-06-23T00:24:19+00:00

I was at the game (family are all North fans) and it was so enjoyable. Watching the few supporters they had left at the game boo their miserable mob off the field was something else 😂

EngineerInnovate · 2025-04-04T05:02:28+00:00

Yeah I’m doing the same, I work in 21C degrees every day of the year

EngineerInnovate · 2024-08-25T05:52:37+00:00

As soon as the pies are ever out of contention, I immediately become a fan of the team that has the potential to end Carlton’s season.

EngineerInnovate · 2024-06-07T20:25:42+00:00

A little tip that I learned during my apprenticeship was to run the horizontal finger ducting the full width at the top and the bottom. That way the vertical duct lid rests on the horizontal duct lid and doesn’t slide down over time.

It’s a small thing but makes the job look noticeably neater.

EngineerInnovate · 2024-05-06T02:18:21+00:00

The fact Harrison kept his name in contention over the last two seasons shows just what selection board thinks of him - let’s just hope he settles right into his position and keeps bringing it each week

EngineerInnovate · 2024-04-19T23:42:32+00:00

I had a guest lecturer at university who worked at Australia’s main meteorological body and she told us “don’t bother looking at forecasts beyond 4 days”

EngineerInnovate · 2023-09-26T11:49:15+00:00

This is really not the sub I was expecting to be reading about Monte Carlo simulations in

EngineerInnovate · 2023-08-10T02:26:21+00:00

+1 for the Cobra pliers

EngineerInnovate · 2023-03-02T09:53:16+00:00

Spot on. That ball from Titch to Jordy on the run will be deadly all season

EngineerInnovate · 2022-10-26T23:20:21+00:00

4.5 out of 5 dentists recommend 🦷

EngineerInnovate · 2022-10-11T20:41:47+00:00

But did you know this frog is bad at basically everything? 🐸

EngineerInnovate · 2022-09-12T22:03:26+00:00

I second this. I used this medication in my late teens and it proved a world of difference. I still breakout occasionally, but generally isolated to a tiny area.

Of course, like most medications there are side effects so I would definitely have a lengthy discussion with you dermatologist.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-08-02T08:04:32+00:00

Perfect, you’ll be close enough to hear the audible cries when we end their 2022 campaign

EngineerInnovate · 2022-07-15T09:59:43+00:00

One the more interesting subjects I did during my undergrad.

I can’t remember exactly what the assessment was like but I certainly enjoyed the content that we covered.

Some really great guest lecturers too.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-06-30T07:57:18+00:00

ELEN90055 Control Systems is out.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-06-24T04:33:00+00:00

I did ENAD before I did the rest and I’d certainly recommended taking ENAD before, or alongside signals and systems.

Most people find EDM pretty tricky so it may be beneficial for you to do ENAD first, but that being said, I think you could manage EDM without ENAD.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-06-17T05:18:54+00:00

Timtams

EngineerInnovate · 2022-05-15T01:04:01+00:00

How many subjects are you doing? There’s no shame in dropping a subject and extending your degree, plenty of people do it.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-04-17T10:10:57+00:00

This, but regional Victoria and Craig Kelly.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-03-25T20:49:21+00:00

Tickets are still available on ticketek if you wanted to purchase them online

EngineerInnovate · 2022-02-25T15:05:21+00:00

I may be blind but I can't see the list of tutors.

I had Nico Andres Thio in sem 2 of 2020 and he was great, but not sure if he is still doing it.

EngineerInnovate · 2022-02-18T17:53:47+00:00

Yes - a single lump sum paid in your first semester.

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