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This has just been my experience so far, but I've found that it is way easier to get a good score in the science units whilst arts subjects seem to mark really harshly. Why is there such a discrepancy? People always used to tell me that arts was the easiest course.

Hi, so i have been doing SIT232 (Object oriented development) this trimester and, I was going for credit grade, and i missed 4 due dates of pass tasks, first two (no discussion only video demonstration) were purely because my ontrack was not opening at all and i thought i have 2 days left to complete ill come to check if my ontrack is opening tomorrow.

It didnt open next day as well and the due date passed, and then i thought okay i might as well record my ontrack not opening the day next to the due date and i sent it to my unit chair and she said “as it is recorded after the due date we wont consider it”. I genuinely didnt know that they wouldnt consider it because i didnt expect it to not work until the due date passed. Then the other two pass tasks i submitted them on time and i missed the discussion because i was feeling feverish and couldnt go upto uni which is 40 minutes bus ride at 8 in the morning so i thought ill discuss it next week, i agree it was my fault i didnt let unit chair know. So unit chair said that Only 3 pass tasks would be considered in the redemption week.

So i kept writing to the unit chair saying i dont wanna fail over something which i had no control over, and i have been getting HD in all rest of my units and im not faking anything. She said she is closing the matter and wont entertain it. So next week to the tutor i asked that if i would be failing he said you have submitted the work but discussion wasnt completed so they would not mark it complete 0 but half.

I went to student central and also talked there, they said they cant do anything about it for now as i shoulfve recorded the evidence before due date, and its too late in the trimester for special consideration, and if i fail i should come straight without wasting time to them and then we can work something out.

I just wanna ask if anybody had faced same situation or if they know, i would be passing or not. The tutor said that there is not a totally possibility that i might fail, he didnt seem sure that i would pass either.

Deakin offers a plagiarism checker to submit your work to before you submit it to the actual drop box. I submitted a fake assignment completely done with AI to see how the AI checker actually works. It came back with a similarity summary and without an AI summary
Does Deakin actually check for AI? or does it not give me the option to see it?

PSA to anyone out there, if you make a booking for a room, can u PLEASE leave at the time of ur booking.

It's awkward enough to ask u to leave.

I'm currently sitting outside my room, booked at 1500, it's now 1515 and still no movement...

I'm taking my first law elective next trimester, I'm looking to avoid an elective with an exam. Also, does anyone have any suggestions for easier law electives to help raise my WAM?

Hey guys, recently for an assignment my grade was changed and they referred it to student integrity stating that substantial portions were drafted using Ai.

I emailed the unit chair and he said that what was flagged was only 52 words out of 3525.

Just wondering how likely it is that they formally accuse me of using ai over that little of a percent being flagged?

For context, I’m a first year psych undergraduate student, so I have no idea if this struggle continues into 2nd and 3rd year. But I have found myself struggling immensely with the structure of all my classes assignments. Every single one of my assignments is worth 30-50% of my grade, it’s making me terribly stressed and demotivated at learning. I even have assignments worth 50% of my grade due on exam days that are also 50% of my grade!

I used to feel like learning was my favourite part of studying and receiving feedback, however, every bad/subpar grade feels like a major threat to my academic existence. I’m less concerned about “how can I improve?” and rather “how can I even pass?”. On top of that, I’ve been receiving grades and feedback a week, or even just a day, before my next assignment submission date — giving me little to no time to digest the feedback and properly implement it.

Is anyone else struggling or is it just me? How do I cope with this?? Is the assignment weighting more spread out in later semesters or years, or is it largely the same?

Hi Everyone,

I was a student at Deakin University in 2023-2024 and during this period straight after high-school was hospitalised several times.

During the period of hospitalisation my laptop was taken away from me as well as other devices under the Mental Health Act, which meant I could only use the device a few hours a week UNDER SUPERVISION of a TEACHER, who were not always available at the hospital - or didn’t specialise in the subject which meant I was not “allowed” to study that subject for the day because they didn’t understand the mental impact it would have on myself.

I had completed two subjects during this period and failed one. I barely scraped by the others.

The one I had failed was due to the fact the teacher was not experienced in the area; thus they did not know if it was safe for me to complete the work.

I also suffered from severe malnutrition and mental capacity - and was new to University as I was fresh out of high-school, and a first generation student.

I had contacted Deakin in 2025 to request a review of my mark however, Deakin has a specific policy where you must request remission of debt first before you can even be considered to have a grade withdrawn.

My first application was rejected as the situation was supposedly not out of my control and my documentation did not align with the dates - despite providing further documentation on my second application (which was in line with the dates) it was still rejected and thus, the outcome was final.

This meant I was unable to request a revision of my grade due to extreme circumstances simply because my first date did not align (it was inconsistent) - I also had no idea what I was doing.

And my second application was rejected, again for the same reason. Which meant the decision was final.

I had several letters from my GP and the hospital, as well as a summary of how significantly impaired I was and EVERY single hospital admission I had experienced. In which perfectly aligned with the dates needed to miss withdrawal dates, also - this was the last thing I was thinking about considering I barely had the capacity to think for myself.

I have been directed to literally every single department with everyone saying the outcome is final because it was rejected by the remission of debt team, in which is not even what I was initially seeking.

I have had no one acknowledge the severity of my issue or the impact it has had on my mental health.

Deakin has absolutely no respect for students mental health and I have seen this time and time again. I am now a student at Monash University and I am certain if I was to approach them with an issue like this: in which I have in the past, they would assist me immediately.

Although I understand that people experience these things with other universities. I have never heard of it not being solved once this much documentation was received.

I was hoping to request if anyone had any advice on how I can further escalate this and also warn anyone with significant health or mental health issues, to be weary of applying to this school as they will not even consider trying to understand you.

I know this may seem long-winded and silly, but given my future aspirations and postgraduate applications approaching, my GPA will be significantly impacted by this failure mark - I have also worked so incredibly hard as many will understand to not be a victim of my mental health or circumstances and despite my emotions, try every day to actually be a better version of myself.

I have now recovered from anorexia nervosa which is incredibly difficult and would love if any other student experiencing something similar - with this university or another could please reach out to me.

Thank you!

I applied for special consideration for one of my units exam, if I have already passed the exam but I have a special consideration for the exam do I still need to re sit it?

I have an access plan with the drc. However next trimester I will need to start doing exams.

I want to update my access plan to have adjustments for exams, but I’ve never done exams at uni and don’t know what to add. Additionally I would like to know what adjustments you received, or ones you know are available.

For reference I have ASD, ADHD and specific learning disorders.

Hey guys, 1st year Bsc Student here at Deakin Uni.

I was just wondering how the exams work and all.

For me, it says "EoUA" for both SLE111 and SLE115, and says "Online" for mode. Does that mean my exams are still supervised by someone from my webcam and screenshares?

Cus I heard only "Online Exams" do that instead of EoUA.

Pls help!! Cus Im sooo confused. 😭

I submitted an assignment 4 days prior to the due date, didn’t use AI and had made sure I followed the rubric, yet I received a 0%, with no resubmission email or email about academic integrity concerns. What do I do? I care about my grades and I really don’t want to pay for the subject again to retake it.

I figured if I was mistakenly flagged for AI I would’ve received a resubmission email or something of the sort. Is this a mistake? Has this happened to someone before? I have contacted the unit chair asking about it but I’m just concerned about what this could mean for my course completion.

Does Bachelor of Education (primary) have exams? I have been told so many different things and I can’t find any offical information on it!!

Hi guys, I saw a post that really resonated with me (Ways to force myself to attend units? Women in STEM specific : r/Monash) and unfortunately my essay was over the limit hahah. Can @ reddit pls fix this

Screenshot 1: Reddit not allowing me to post a response ffs [1]

​I'm a STEM girlie (in cs, math, physics and stats, so very, very male dominated courses like you)!

>I say at the start of every semester, THIS is the semester I will rock up to every class... then at the 2nd or 3rd class I decide attendance is not for me.

This sentiment is something everybody has regardless of gender. However, I will say that most of the research on educational psychology has been conducted on and by white men, so there probably is some bias in education in the sense that the world is made for white men (I realised this quite young, and got very, very, very depressed). However, I think we need to acknowledge the work and effort that brilliant people in all various fields have completed, so we now consider a less biased sample space when conducting research. Anyway sorry for the nerdy yap haha.

>It's mostly a combination of the fact that the TAs often appear untrained or not friendly

Okay, I've been at a few universities in Australia, and have had all kinds of TAs. You said they often *appear* untrained or not friendly. This indicates to me that you yourself aren't putting proactive work to critically engage with the content. And, that's OK! Learning how to learn is the ultimate outcome of university.

>sometimes I can't understand the lecturer's accent

This has happened to me before, and it is a lot of work to self-learn through whichever medium you like the best. However, some things are out of our control, so you either cop it and complete the unit and get a HD, or you don't try and get a mark lower than you were expecting.

>I work quite slowly (distracted by class noises etc) and often need to finish outside of class, or the in person resources are easily accessed online and I don't really see the point in showing up.

As a neurodivergent person, this sounds like it could be ADHD. Everyone has a little bit of neurodivergence in them, but if the symptoms are excessive then it could be ADHD. Or perhaps some other confounding variable impacting your ability to concentrate.

Never in my life have I met a combination of straight up rude and/or creepy people in FIT units. I always attend the first few classes and they usually make us participate in some sort of group activity. On multiple occasions I have had people hitting on me, staring or frequently glancing over at me, talking over me in group discussions and being intentionally rude for no reason. I just met these people! I attend uni to learn! On one particular occasion, I was participating in a group activity when the guy scribing intentionally ignored my points, and when another guy repeated the *exact same thing* he'd write it down. It seems like something easily brushed off, but this is not a rare occurrence.

Ok, this paragraph is a big one to respond to. So, I'm going to split it up line by line for clarity:

>Never in my life have I met a combination of straight up rude and/or creepy people in FIT units.

Unfortunately, welcome to STEM, and FIT. As a high-performing woman in any industry, there are bound to be incidents like this to happen. And STEM is especially bad for women representation (and all the other unfortunate consequences due to historical patriarchal society) in developed Western countries. However, Australia is trying to make a change. And Victoria has consistently been one of the most progressive state and territories to live in (only really behind Canberra). Out of them, Monash has had one of the most progressive open-minded stances I've seen in any University I've had the unfortunate pleasure of having to liaise with.

Fun fact iirc: Monash has the largest female IT portion in the southern hemisphere at 29% as of Sem 2, 2025 Bcs Orientation (I can't remember if it also had the largest number of women, cuz percentage neq to number kids!)

TLDR: Monash FIT not perfect but very gord compared to all other countries rn

I always attend the first few classes and they usually make us participate in some sort of group activity. On multiple occasions I have had people hitting on me, staring or frequently glancing over at me, talking over me in group discussions and being intentionally rude for no reason. I just met these people! I attend uni to learn!

Yeah, you summarised my own personal experiences and observations very well. Yeah, the type of people (mostly men in the context of STEM) who do this are usually lacking social awareness due to a variety of reasons. However, I have had to learn the hard way that I am not responsible for their behaviour and actions because we are *adults* and here to learn. I found myself in a loop of self-blame, because my childhood friends stated that if they did not know me, they would think I am "down bad" for them, when I am just being polite and nice. And multiple men have misunderstood my politeness or niceness as romantic interest. The ones who tend to make those types of conclusions also tend to be the men who rage, target and harass me when I do not return their affections. I have spent a huge portion of my life catering to these men out of fear and playing n-dimensional-D chess. What I mean by this is: pretending to like them romantically when I actually dislike them, then acting in a way that they would not find appropriate for a romantic partner. This means that they "leave" happy, wishing me all the best, and I can rest assured that my predictions will probably not happen. Unfortunately, this subconscious coping method of dealing with this type of sexism has had a huge and very horrible impact on my life. And I hope that my post here can provide some sort of "wake up call" to any woman who relates to this all too well.

WE NO LONGER NEED TO COP THIS BEHAVIOUR!!!

ESPECIALLY IN AUSTRALIA, AT MONASH!

MONASH HAS A STRICT NO TOLERANCE POLICY!!

On one particular occasion, I was participating in a group activity when the guy scribing intentionally ignored my points, and when another guy repeated the *exact same thing* he'd write it down. It seems like something easily brushed off, but this is not a rare occurrence.

Yeah, unfortunately this Neanderthalic behaviour is a type of sexism (covert maybe I can't remember the right word off the top of my head). I have experienced this myself many, many times, so I've just decided to play into this haha. I dress however I like (which is in feminine clothing), and I let judgemental people place me into a box. I act like an airhead and pretend I don't know what you mean, and then when it comes time, I pull the rug under you hahaha. It's quite satisfying being the underdog!

In addition, the people who are in my opinion, worthwhile to interact with are those who are able to make unbiased judgements based on what they have observed rather than circumstantial evidence. It kind of becomes a "are you worthy of my attention" test?

Now, my official response to this would be:

1. Talk to the person directly. I know this can be hard, but sometimes people fail to realise their own mistakes. Sometimes, our overthinking is wrong, and the only way we can find out is by talking to people.

Post-edit & Aside: Oh, I just realised I have a tendency to email lecturers instead of emailing my TAs first, whoops. Also, I'm pretty sure I'm using "Aside" in a different context, but hey, English is a living language, and the meaning of a word is just what society considers it to mean.

Screenshot 2: A friend expressing his opinions after I first posted this [2]

2. If 1. fails, and you do not see any active efforts to change, then email the CE and express your concerns. You do not need to name names, but just say, hey this happened to me in this class. Any competent and caring CE would respect your request for anonymity and perhaps make an announcement or post if they think this is an important issue to be addressed.

3. This is pretty nasty protocol and procedure. I'm not going to go into the details, but you only go beyond the first supervisor (e.g. your TA or CE) if you are unhappy with how things were dealt.

In a male dominated unit, I expected some general misogyny, but it seems like it just gets worse the further into my degree I get. (3rd year)

I think this is cuz of IT faculty. I tend to find the more educated a person is, the more likely they are to be able to remove their own personal biases and empathise with people better. Which is why the people that have changed the world or made a meaningful contribution tend to be the people who didn't "fit in". My point is: for cs third year most of the people in there are there to just finish their degree (cuz of sunken cost fallacy) and thus are not the type to actually have critical thinking skills to even comprehend their own faults (Dunning-Kruger effect haha).

Are there any suggestions from people who have also experienced this? How do you put up with it?

Anyway, rant done, I would just like to say I have personally suffered events such like this at the hands of a TA. And this TA may be teaching my core second year unit. I am under the impression he also socially isolated me from an entire community (related to my degree) out of anger I did not reciprocate his feelings (I applied the same strategy but met my bf so I was able to tell the truth and say I have a bf haha). Context aside, I did not. I spiraled into drinking as a way to cope with the insomnia, with the inevitable doom that something may happen because of his actions, and I cannot control it.

If you're reading this (cuz ik you know this is my account, and ik you monitor Monash reddit), fuck you. We are the same age, yet you act like a fucking toddler. You are one of the most narcissistic, self-deprecating, pick-me guys I have ever met. And, I have met a lot online, and now I understand how they are able to "appear" normal; it's because men like you mask their true intentions and only reveal it when they feel like they can take advantage of you without any consequences. But I'm sorry buddy, you picked the wrong target, because I will fight back if you take advantage of my tolerance.

Anyway, personal anecdote aside, I am still suffering from the consequences of his actions. You reap you sow.

If I have to just pull through it - any suggestions on elective units that don't require in class participation/quizzes/marked labs to pass? Don't really care what field, as long as I don't need to rock up (or pre-reqs)

I don't have any particular courses in mind with these requirements, but I do have a list of people who I think actually care about women (this is in no particular order btw and defs not a comprehensive list):

Post-edit aside: I just realised I could've created a table to categorise this better, but I can't be fucked haha.

For Mathematics:

- Tim Garoni

- Todd Oliynyk

- Julie Clutterbuck

- Victor Villalba Rojas

For Physics (ngl I think the physics department is one of the best departments for this stuff, but I haven't interacted properly with a lot of them and honestly don't remember their names):

- Scott Findley

- Lincon Turner

- Sam from PHS2061 labs

For IT:

- Pierre Le Bodic

For Arts:

- Andrew Junor

Course specific:

FIT1045

- Andrew Cain

FIT1058

- Rebecca Robinson

- Alejandro Stuckey De La Banda (guys I had to open up my Monash email to make sure I didn't butcher his last name lmfao)

- Graham Farr

- Thomas Hendrey

And ngl, there's probs a lot of staff I can't even name off the top of my head. There's also a lot of students (but I would need their permission before I doxx them publicly like this)

Anyway, my point is you are the heroine of your own story. As with media, we can watch the heroine go down her journey but usually (apart from games etc.) we can tell that her actions, words, and perspective do change how she interacts with the world. So, your actions can and do change the world you interact with. Mask, but do not do it at the expense of your own health!

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Screenshot 3: Me implementing my own advice (so I don't come off as a hypocrite hahah) [3]

​Anyway, signed:

The spiraling female science/cs student hahaha

Anyway, if you would like to come hang out or meet me, a few of my friends, we are organising a student-run poker event in Week 12 Friday at 6pm (29/05). I hope we can make a good event with the little time and resources we have left. Of course, it is not a guarantee this event will happen, and there is no pressure whatsoever to reveal who you are.

https://discord.gg/KqKkgJ82

Screenshot 4: My own reflection on my own behaviour and how my actions and behaviour affect people [4]

References:

[1] Ways to force myself to attend units? Women in STEM specific : r/Monash

[2] AA #real-general-proper-:sweat_smile: at 4:51am on 16/05

[3] AA #real-general-proper-:sweat_smile: at 5:20am on 16/05

[4] AA #real-general-proper-:sweat_smile: at 5:29am on 16/05

similarity is 55 am I cooked?I have not even done anything I have cited everything paraphrased everything despite that.what do I do now?

Hey everyone!! I’m starting at Deakin next term for T2 doing Engineering at the Waurn Ponds campus, and I’d really love to meet some new people before classes start

I studied at RMIT for about a year and a half, but decided to switch degrees, so I’m super excited but also a little nervous starting somewhere new.

I’d love to chat with anyone who’s also starting Engineering, studying at Waurn Ponds, already at Deakin, or just wants to say hi and maybe be friends!! Feel free to message me anytime :)

ps have a amazing day if ur reading this

Hey I’m considering studying online due to my work schedule, I was wondering what it’s like studying online vs on campus? Thanks

Hey,

I’m doing an arts degree and I have been having some trouble making friends or genuine connections in my course.

I’m curious to know if this is normal? Is it just a hard thing to do in arts courses/Deakin courses? Or is it just the way uni is these days?

Thanks 🙂

Hello!
I am 28, with a baby and I am about 2 weeks away from completing my Dioloma in Community Services. I am wanting to continue studying, and I’m looking at the Bachelor of Social Work Online.
I would like to study FT whilst also being a STAHM.
Is there anyone who has done this already that can comment on their own experience? I don’t need to be told that it’s going to be challenging, as I feel like that’s sort of obvious. I just am searching to see if anyone else has done this? The courses seem pretty intimidating but my dream job is on the other side of this degree :(