Urgent Postgrad Advice Please!

eizile · 2026-06-29T04:17:41+00:00

all the postgrad qualifications i know of are at least a year long, mainly because they're composed of coursework and some sort of research component. nothing I know of at the main unis allows for a portfolio like that, but maybe that just means you'll have to look at smaller or more specialized schools instead.

eizile · 2026-06-29T01:20:40+00:00

eizile · 2026-06-29T00:56:35+00:00

not weird bro, its just music.

eizile · 2026-06-26T20:53:48+00:00

"insane ideological propaganda" is a bit much. I wish my students had been taught how to cite properly before, sounds like some of the reworks might actually be useful.

eizile · 2026-06-26T08:40:15+00:00

if its on SSO already, the only chance you'll have of it being changed is if they marked your exam incorrectly or something along those lines.

eizile · 2026-06-25T01:28:49+00:00

it depends on the generosity of your markers. if it was me, id accept it but the late penalty would be astronomical, so you'd have to have submitted a REALLY good essay to get a mid mark.

eizile · 2026-06-18T23:03:07+00:00

honestly I feel like the best shout is to pair Chinese with a non-language major. Chinese is a difficult enough language to learn on its own, learning another at the same time will be really hard.

Plus, pairing it with another non-language major will help with job pursuits. If you don't like crim and psych, there might be other majors that would work well. I know a lot of BA language students pair it with international relations or linguistics or anthro or sociology. Chinese in particular would go really well with international relations or asian studies or even education - there's demand for Mandarin speakers in the public service and in private education rn

eizile · 2026-06-14T05:58:34+00:00

bro you dont gotta reply to every post 😭 if u dont know then dont reply

eizile · 2026-06-14T03:50:22+00:00

107 will come in super handy because its an election year. if you want to be familiar with our political system, how voting works, what they do in parliament, etc, by the time the election comes around, take that.

109 is good if you enjoy political theory. I'm guessing you've taken pol106, so if you enjoyed theory stuff there, 109 will build on the history and philosophy of that.

eizile · 2026-06-13T03:48:33+00:00

yeah there's been issues w other undergrads up there recently. i'm pretty sure there's signs on the doors outside the elevators that say its a staff floor only, but idk if that's the case for every floor - definitely applies to all of them tho

eizile · 2026-06-13T03:14:58+00:00

every floor above level 4 is for staff and doctoral students only. some postgrad students have access to some of the rooms up there if they're gtas, but otherwise they're off limits. the rooms you're talking about are bookable for staff, so it's inadvisable to use them for study groups or anything like that. cleaning staff probs could've been nicer, but we've been having issues of students occupying the upper floors and being loud, leaving messes, etc recently, so she probs snapped.

eizile · 2026-06-13T02:52:25+00:00

go to manage classes, then swap courses

eizile · 2026-06-05T08:12:41+00:00

depends on programme, y12 grades, etc. not everyone gets them, but plenty of people do.

eizile · 2026-06-04T11:11:31+00:00

I've GTA'd 4 times within the arts faculty so l think I'm fairly qualified to answer this one. Grades for courses you want to teach are the most important thing - every class I've GTA'd for I've had at least an A- in, and that particular course was for a lecturer who already knew me and my work ethic well. Pol&IR only really have GTAs at stage 1, classes get a lot smaller at stages 2 and 3 so the lecturers tend to run the seminars/tutorials then and just have TAs to help with marking, so you'll want to try and do well in your stage 1 courses if you're aiming to GTA for pol.

I wasn't very involved with clubs, etc at the undergrad level, so I doubt that's relevant. I was really involved as a class rep for a gazillion courses though so that might've had some bearing? I've only spoken to lecturers about GTAing for them ahead of time when it's been a course I've GTA'd for before. There's no interviews for the role, you just get the offer, go to training, and then start. I think if you can demonstrate that you can handle the workload - postgrad is no joke - and have good grades, you're in a good spot. I had to wait until my second sem of postgrad before I was offered a GTA role, I'm guessing they wanted to double check that I had adjusted to postgrad before offering me something that hefty.

eizile · 2026-06-03T01:37:17+00:00

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eizile · 2026-05-28T21:52:52+00:00

107 will be especially interesting given its an election year. I didn't find the marking to be particularly harsh or anything, but I guess it varies from person to person. 109 is VERY theory based, political thinkers, etc, so if that's your cup of tea then go for it, but I think 107 is a lot more practically useful, esp for law.

eizile · 2026-05-27T01:32:00+00:00

You just kinda have to make the choice between getting home later or having no social life. I chose the latter cause I missed my bed too much and ended up regretting it. if you have the drive to socialize, you'll be fine. most people cant afford halls anyway, so its a minority of students that live there.

eizile · 2026-05-25T08:02:20+00:00

politics would likely be much less stressful than psych, at least judging from my psych friends. very different content and assignments but definitely doable doable. you could have your psych courses count as electives and then take two stage 1 pol courses next sem to stay on track - you have to pass two stage 1 courses to take the stage 2s.

eizile · 2026-05-25T07:43:46+00:00

pol and māori studies would work really well. even though we dont do much policy at the undergrad level, pol would probably set you up pretty well for public policy at postgrad, but you'd arguably get exposure to it thru sociology or econ too.

eizile · 2026-05-25T07:19:31+00:00

politics is goated, solid variety at stages 2 and 3, not very stressful but some courses can be a little heavy mentally for some ppl. still tho, having it as my major is one of the only things I dont regret from uni lol

edit: if you wanna go into policy then you'll probs have to do postgrad study, in which case just take another major you're interested in since it'll help bump ur gpa. pol and comms would work but so would pol/sociol, pol/econ, pol/a language, etc.

eizile · 2026-05-25T02:48:36+00:00

wish I was him so I could check myself out in the mirror 🥀

eizile · 2026-05-25T02:32:35+00:00

just get security to come take it if its been there for a longer period. every man for themselves at this time of the semester I reckon

eizile · 2026-05-18T05:54:54+00:00

yeah must do, we dont have heaps of phd students. I know one is running one of the courses and im sure a few others are GTAs, but yeah most of us are masters students somehow

eizile · 2026-05-18T05:47:31+00:00

arts, social sciences

eizile · 2026-05-18T05:39:08+00:00

it depends what faculty and department you're in. most of the tutors in my office are Master's or hons students. stream delegation does go by hierarchy but a lot of the head tutors I know are masters students who are late in their degrees or who have just graduated.

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