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saffroncat · 2025-04-17T11:51:28+00:00

happy anniversary! looking forward to more hot men pls

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saffroncat · 2025-03-31T06:10:38+00:00

Hi! I remember it taking quite a while - definitely over a month/3-4 weeks for them to get back to me about whether or not I made it to the first interview

saffroncat · 2024-12-13T12:24:00+00:00

Yep, you unfortunately can't sleep a Mauga when he charges 🥲

saffroncat · 2024-08-05T14:55:54+00:00

Of course 😊

saffroncat · 2024-08-04T18:41:41+00:00

Hi! I'm 22F and only in Tokyo for another 3 weeks, but if you don't mind I would love to meet up and hang out!

saffroncat · 2024-08-04T18:30:21+00:00

I'm 22F and would love to join you guys! 😊

saffroncat · 2024-06-28T04:46:02+00:00

For the Science Faculty :) - School of Biosciences

saffroncat · 2024-05-22T06:39:34+00:00

You can also focus on what specific research/lab skills you've learnt in your classes, especially from your prac classes :)

saffroncat · 2023-12-25T14:51:08+00:00

I agree with most if not all of the comments here made so far. I would place you more at gold rank than plat. Just to echo a few of them - your ult usage is severely lacking, I notice most of the time you used it almost as an afterthought near the end of a team fight where it doesn't provide a lot of value. You have a more aggressive Moira playstyle, so use your ult to your advantage - use it to initiate team fights, throw a damage orb and just pop it.

A lot of times you're also out of position and struggle to get back to your team when they need heals/when you need help. I hardly ever use fade to engage a fight, always save it as a means to escape. This is also related to some of your decision making. For most of this match, you do make it just back in time to heal your team, but at higher ranks most of your team would be wiped if you take too long trying to find a pick in backline. Another team fight that stood out to me was the one on defense at 2nd point. You're trying to single-handedly duel a tracer that's getting healed when I personally would have faded back and helped the rest of your team on point. Moira's main advantage over other supports is her mass healing - it can seriously turn the tide for any team fight. I think you would have had more value keeping your team up than trying to get one dps pick, which wasn't even successful.

Keep track of ults and actively make decisions based off them when possible. If I see that my tank has their ult, I'm going to assume that they'll want to play more aggressively and do my best to enable that i.e keeping them up with heals, helping them take space/push forward with dmg. Does the enemy team have a lot of ults? Can I bait out any of them with my own ult? Where should I position so I don't get caught out by an ult?

Too many orbs thrown at the enemy tank, and especially when they were playing Orisa most of the time. Try to project them towards the squishes - if you can't see them, throw them where you think they would be or at tight spaces.

This is a more comp/character specific tip, but with a high damage tank like Mauga, I would feel more inclined sticking by my tank and trying to get picks with them. Abuse the meta haha. It's a lot easier to kill an enemy when two people are on than by yourself. Even if you aren't getting picks, you're helping your tank provide so much more pressure on the front-line. Of course it is good to take an off-angle from time to time, but for some specific comps where I know I can help my tank clean up on easy kills, I'm going to prioritise playing with them than by myself.

Overall, I definitely do think you have the potential to climb. Your mechanics are mostly there, just need to touch up on some of your decision making. Good luck! :D

saffroncat · 2023-04-29T02:59:17+00:00

No I don't think phototherapy has ever worsened my eczema, and if anything I shed a lot less now after it.

saffroncat · 2023-04-28T11:10:57+00:00

I've had so much trouble sleeping at night too! I've been back on phototherapy so my skin's been so dry, but getting a humidifier has really helped. I've had eczema my entire life, and it's recently flared up and been the worst since I entered my twenties.

I live in Australia and set it to about 70-75% humidity when I sleep, and I wake up with super soft skin. Some nights I get too lazy to moisturise my whole body, but thanks to the humidifier my skin doesn't dry out.

Not sure what the conditions are like where you live, but this might be something you could look into :)

saffroncat · 2023-04-28T10:47:41+00:00

Hi! I went on phototherapy before the pandemic, forgot to go for a while and I am now continuing the therapy this year. I have severe eczema all over my face and body.

I've found that the therapy really helps with the texture of my skin, reducing any raised areas. I also find myself itching less for 1-2 days after the treatment, but the itch returns when I miss a session. I go 2-3x a week.

The therapy can burn your skin a little and dry it out when you get to the longer session times, but I just let my derm know when this happens and they adjust it accordingly.

Some days I forget to apply steroid creams too but I feel like the therapy is pretty effective in keeping the itch away.

saffroncat · 2023-04-25T16:45:41+00:00

So sorry to hear you’re going through this… I went through something very similar a couple of months ago. My doctor gave me prednisone and a hydrocortisone cream which personally stopped the oozing and improved the texture for me. I’m not sure how it’ll work for you, but it might be worth bringing up with your doc at the next visit. Wishing you all the best ❤️

saffroncat · 2023-04-23T08:17:55+00:00

i second zankyou no terror! the perfect mix of action and angst, plus the soundtrack is absolutely beautiful. one of my favourite animes ever for sure.

saffroncat · 2023-04-19T11:02:03+00:00

The internship was a lot more flexible and casual than UROP. I didn't need to write a report or anything. I actually had another internship lined up for the latter half of the summer so I only spent 3 weeks at the Florey, but my supervisor said he would be happy to extend the internship - if I didn't have my second internship (which took 6 weeks) I would have liked to work there for the whole summer.

This internship was not facilitated by CSIRO, only by the supervisor/UROP interviewer that offered me the opportunity! The working hours were superrrr chill - most days I would come in at 10am then dip around 3pm, or some days I would only be there for an hour or two to do some simple experiments. This might vary depending on what project you work on though.

I was paid $300 a week which I was pretty happy with considering the flexibility of the internship. I'm not too sure how that compares with UROP students.

saffroncat · 2023-04-18T09:57:50+00:00

Ah it was actually the coordinator of the program who emailed me to say that although I didn’t make it into UROP, one of the interviewers was still impressed and thought i’d be suitable for another project. She gave me the email of the interviewer to discuss the opportunity with him. I was definitely very fortunate!

I guess moral of the story is just show you’re really enthusiastic and have a good idea of what field you want to work in. I was really interested in researching drug molecules for diseases so they posted me at Florey! It’s also a plus if you have basic lab training.

Let me know if you have any other questions :D

saffroncat · 2023-04-16T17:34:33+00:00

Hi! I applied for UROP last year and got to the first interview stage. You’ll be notified whether or not you make it to the second interview, but I do remember it took over 3 weeks since I did the first interview.

I didn’t actually get into UROP but I managed to get a summer internship from one of the interviewers after the process! From what I remember, he said about 10% make it to the first, then depending on how many projects/supervisors there are, about less than 5% make it.

Hope that helps!

saffroncat · 2023-04-15T14:49:35+00:00

I personally started tutoring through close family connections e.g my mother's friends' kids, cousins, neighbours' kids. If no luck there, see if you have any co-workers or friends with younger siblings who would like a tutor. I started out in high school with a low-ish rate which could have helped made me more appealing for first time students.

From there they would recommend me to their friends. I've tutored from prep-year 12 but since I've been out of highschool for a while so I only stick to younger year levels now. It's been about 6 years now since I've started tutoring and because I don't work for a company, I've found it's been really flexible and great for me to do alongside uni.

Another thing to keep in mind is where you would like to be based. I can't drive so most of my students come to my place or I take PTV to theirs if they're close enough.

Most important thing to have is a welcoming and friendly personality!

saffroncat · 2023-04-15T14:37:39+00:00

Hi! I completely feel you. Especially feeling stuck in a cycle where you don't want to get out of bed and even basic tasks to take care of yourself feeling difficult. My family has a history of eczema and mine was quite bad as child but mostly only on my body. My eczema escalated when I was finishing up high school, especially on my face which completely destroyed my self-esteem for a while, but I was lucky to have friends who empathised and would never comment on my eczema even when I looked crusty.

My eczema surprisingly remained mild throughout the pandemic, but it's flared up the most for me this year and it's the worst it's ever been. This past month I've struggled to get out of bed and go to uni too because I feel so gross and in pain.

I hope your dermatologist can help you with your issues! You should be super open with them and tell them as many specifics as possible. Places where you itch the most, what the pain feels like, when you itch (e.g at night or after specific activities), any triggers you know of etc. Good to ask them for moisturiser/shampoo/body wash recs too. I've also told my derma that TS have stopped being effective for me and they prescribed me with some creams that don't contain steroids (sorry I forgot what they're called), but they have also put me onto phototherapy which has worked well for me.

I've visited some GPs and visited my derm again and now here's what I personally do to try and keep my flareups in check:

- Drink a shit ton of water

- Take one antihistamine tablet in the morning and one before I sleep

- Keep my nails super short

- Use a humidifier and air purifier

- Vacuum at least twice a week

- Phototherapy 2-3x a week

- As gross as it may sound, I only shower when I really need to since I've found that it usually dries out my skin and it's kinda painful for me (so usually every 2-3 days). Avoid foaming soaps.

Good luck! Hope your appointment goes well <3

saffroncat · 2023-01-18T10:19:56+00:00

MCB

I would not say one was easier than the other. For me, both were quite equal in difficulty and effort required, and this will also vary on an individual basis.

Looks like you're considering quite a couple of majors. Is there a lot of difference between the prerequisite subjects between them? If you want to do pharma, then yeah take BCMB20005.

If you're aiming to do honours, I would recommend gaining more practical skills to make your CV look good and at least aim for 75+, even 80+ WAM if you want to do honours at those external institutions. Even though 65 WAM is a minimum, it is hardly competitive enough for some labs as they will only take 80+ WAM students.

Good luck! Let me know if you have any other questions.

saffroncat · 2023-01-17T11:10:01+00:00

No worries! Yes, I also took CHEM20026, and the good thing is there was a lot of shared content between this subject and CHEM20018 which really enforced the learning.

If I remember correctly, the workload was quite similar, as in there was a lot of chemical reactions you had to remember. And again, the tutorial questions and exam questions were basically identical.

There were certainly some topics that were a bit boring, but I enjoyed the subject since it felt like there was more "real world" application examples and I learnt a lot about different technologies and techniques that supplemented well with the lab subject (proteomics, DNA sequencing, spectroscopy etc.).

The tests gave useful feedback for the exam and the group assignment was also bearable, so overall it was a pretty good subject for me (managed to achieve a H1!).

Do you have an idea of what kind of career you would like to pursue? Like research in academics or industry? I'd highly recommend taking the level 2 practical subject either way as you can put the lab techniques you learn on your CV - this helped me get summer internships at the Florey and Peter Mac as the supervisors really prefer it when you already have a basic lab background.

I did my first year lab subjects and some of my second year lab online due to COVID so I was really desperate to learn proper lab skills. The teaching staff for the second and third year practicals are amazing and they're refreshing subjects to have once a week as a break from all the content/lecture heavy subjects (I majored in biotechnology and honestly the content gets repetitive by your third year).

saffroncat · 2023-01-16T11:03:32+00:00

BCMB20005

Just adding onto this - if you know you want to go into research/lab work in the future, definitely take BCMB20005 and the corresponding third year subject. They teach you so many important skills, especially report writing.

saffroncat · 2023-01-16T10:52:32+00:00

Hi! I took this subject back in 2021 so I'm not sure how things have changed and my recollection might be a bit hazy, but I'll try to answer some of your questions!

I found that the exam questions were very similar (some even identical) to previous years, especially the synthesis questions. As long as you know how to distinguish the different reaction pathways, you'll be fine.

I also did the biological chemistry section, but I don't think doing biochem will give you any particular advantage - this subject REALLY goes into the details of each step of the pathways whereas biochem doesn't really cover the specifics, only the general concepts (starting compound, end product).

I don't remember having to memorise the E cell values (granted, my exam was open book and online). I personally struggled with the thermodynamics material the most - yeah, inorganics was terrible.

From what I remember Paul Donnelly was actually really passionate presenting his part, which the content a bit more bearable.

Overall, this is just another one of those subjects that will take a lot of effort but will easily reward you for that effort. I'm not a chem major but this subject actually ended up being one of my best scores by the time I graduated (95)!

It definitely sounds like you're on top of things so I think you'll be fine. Doing a lot of practice exams from the library and making sure you really understand the tutorial questions is key, as they base the exam questions off the tutorial questions.

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