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Ok, so you've spent the last 2 months doing sod all, the results are now in, you know which university you'l be going to. You now have about a month to sort out EVERYTHING, from seting up student bank accounts, to deciding what to pack.
The fateful day is drawing nearer and nearer, there doesn't seem to be enough time to sort it out. Before you know it, you'll be going out for one last drink with your mates before you all move to different parts of the country.
It's very daunting. How do I know all this? Because I did exactly the same thing 3 years ago and I'm moving back for my final year this saturday, and I have piece of advice:
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!!
University is fantastic. Well, it can be fantastic, it's what you make of it you see. If you go, and sit in your room all day, and not make an effort to meet people and do things, I imagine it could be quite boring. But it IS worth the effort.
Don't worry if you are normally quite shy, remember, no one will know anyone else either. You're all in the same boat.
As soon as your parents have dropped you off, get talking to everyone. Knock on everyone's door, and speak to as many people as you can, all go down the pub, people talk more when they've had a few drinks!
As for the lectures, well, I wouldn't like to say how many hours week you'll have, it depends on the course. I'm doing elecronic engineering, and I had 16 hours per week. I knew someone doing business, and they had about 7 hours a week. One of my mates did chemistry and he ad 27 hours per week, so it all varies.
One thing I would say though, is try and put some effort in during the first term. It will be difficult, going out clubbing and getting to bed a 4 am, then going to a lecture at 9 is hard to do, but worthwhile. Universiy is a great place, and you don't really want to throw it all away by getting crap grades as you're out drinking all the time.
But you will do a lot of drinking. We went out every night for the first 2 months when I was ay uni. Which gets expensive, so it is handy to have a part time job, if you had one during your A-levels with a supermarket (like I did) they normally transfer you if they have a branch near by. It's worth asking, or try and get your parents to help out with some cash.
All in all, university is a great time of your life. Everyone is there because they want to be, so you lose all the dropouts who think they're hard, they go and work for McDonalds or something, and you're left with people who want to study (and drink).
You'll meet a lot of new people, possibly even a future partner, so just go with an open mind, have fun and don't worry about it. But, most importantly:
DON'T FORGET THE HEADACHE TABLETS!!
The fateful day is drawing nearer and nearer, there doesn't seem to be enough time to sort it out. Before you know it, you'll be going out for one last drink with your mates before you all move to different parts of the country.
It's very daunting. How do I know all this? Because I did exactly the same thing 3 years ago and I'm moving back for my final year this saturday, and I have piece of advice:
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!!
University is fantastic. Well, it can be fantastic, it's what you make of it you see. If you go, and sit in your room all day, and not make an effort to meet people and do things, I imagine it could be quite boring. But it IS worth the effort.
Don't worry if you are normally quite shy, remember, no one will know anyone else either. You're all in the same boat.
As soon as your parents have dropped you off, get talking to everyone. Knock on everyone's door, and speak to as many people as you can, all go down the pub, people talk more when they've had a few drinks!
As for the lectures, well, I wouldn't like to say how many hours week you'll have, it depends on the course. I'm doing elecronic engineering, and I had 16 hours per week. I knew someone doing business, and they had about 7 hours a week. One of my mates did chemistry and he ad 27 hours per week, so it all varies.
One thing I would say though, is try and put some effort in during the first term. It will be difficult, going out clubbing and getting to bed a 4 am, then going to a lecture at 9 is hard to do, but worthwhile. Universiy is a great place, and you don't really want to throw it all away by getting crap grades as you're out drinking all the time.
But you will do a lot of drinking. We went out every night for the first 2 months when I was ay uni. Which gets expensive, so it is handy to have a part time job, if you had one during your A-levels with a supermarket (like I did) they normally transfer you if they have a branch near by. It's worth asking, or try and get your parents to help out with some cash.
All in all, university is a great time of your life. Everyone is there because they want to be, so you lose all the dropouts who think they're hard, they go and work for McDonalds or something, and you're left with people who want to study (and drink).
You'll meet a lot of new people, possibly even a future partner, so just go with an open mind, have fun and don't worry about it. But, most importantly:
DON'T FORGET THE HEADACHE TABLETS!!
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Aimar wrote:
> I'm starting UNI on monday, gonna live at home and drive there
> everyday. I guess its gonna be harder for me to make friends becasue
> of that...but i know a few mates that are doing the same thing so it
> shoudnt be too bad.
I did the same last year, it is a bit harder to make friends but the trade off is that you always have the option of doing what you want to. Be doing the same this year as well.
I always think the temptation at Uni is to end up just going along with stuff even if you don't really want to. At the end of the day though it's about doing what you want to. The first Uni I went to (The University Of Birmingham) was where I made the mistake of doing the opposite. I've never really liked drinking, or clubbing. but, fuelled by the stuff UCAS said about what you should be doing, I went along with everyone else, five nights in a row, drinking and clubbing. I'd like to say I enjoyed it, but I didn't, by the fifth night I was totally depressed because it seemed the only way to make friends was to drink with them. A week later I ended up leaving the university and going home, I was ill and later found out (according to a doctor) that I'd probably been on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
What's the point of this cheerful little story ? You can try to hard, do what you want to do and be yourself, because that's how you meet real friends. If you normally like clubbing and stuff then go for it, I'm not saying thats wrong. I'm now at a local university and much happier, I have a small (10) group of friends and we all get on well and want to do well, and I don't go out clubbing/drinking when some of them do - they know that and respect it, which makes them real friends in my book.
I'm not sure about Your Honours summary of Uni, certainly kow that where I'm at a hell of a lot of the "look at me I'm great" brigade still thought that of themselves at the end of last term, and that a fair few people (despite needing 24 points for the course) were there just to avoid working in a job, which can be frustrating as lots of courses involve group work and you often get put into groups by lecturers during seminars, so don't sit near anyone who looks like they don't care.
I think it's a bit easy to say don't worry about it, because if it's your first year you probably will in some way worry.
So here's my advice for what its worth, it's natural to worry about all sorts of things when you do something big like this and the best way to get over it is to do what makes you feel comfortable. If you don't like where you are then talk to your parents or somewhere on campus - usually student support services - and don't be afraid to change your mind. Make sure you are happy where you are because if you're not it's not worth it and there are plenty of other universities or you could take gap year and reapply for the next years intake somewhere else.
Summary ~ Have fun, be yourself, and make sure you are happy, and you can't go wrong.
~~Belldandy~~
> I'm starting UNI on monday, gonna live at home and drive there
> everyday. I guess its gonna be harder for me to make friends becasue
> of that...but i know a few mates that are doing the same thing so it
> shoudnt be too bad.
I did the same last year, it is a bit harder to make friends but the trade off is that you always have the option of doing what you want to. Be doing the same this year as well.
I always think the temptation at Uni is to end up just going along with stuff even if you don't really want to. At the end of the day though it's about doing what you want to. The first Uni I went to (The University Of Birmingham) was where I made the mistake of doing the opposite. I've never really liked drinking, or clubbing. but, fuelled by the stuff UCAS said about what you should be doing, I went along with everyone else, five nights in a row, drinking and clubbing. I'd like to say I enjoyed it, but I didn't, by the fifth night I was totally depressed because it seemed the only way to make friends was to drink with them. A week later I ended up leaving the university and going home, I was ill and later found out (according to a doctor) that I'd probably been on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
What's the point of this cheerful little story ? You can try to hard, do what you want to do and be yourself, because that's how you meet real friends. If you normally like clubbing and stuff then go for it, I'm not saying thats wrong. I'm now at a local university and much happier, I have a small (10) group of friends and we all get on well and want to do well, and I don't go out clubbing/drinking when some of them do - they know that and respect it, which makes them real friends in my book.
I'm not sure about Your Honours summary of Uni, certainly kow that where I'm at a hell of a lot of the "look at me I'm great" brigade still thought that of themselves at the end of last term, and that a fair few people (despite needing 24 points for the course) were there just to avoid working in a job, which can be frustrating as lots of courses involve group work and you often get put into groups by lecturers during seminars, so don't sit near anyone who looks like they don't care.
I think it's a bit easy to say don't worry about it, because if it's your first year you probably will in some way worry.
So here's my advice for what its worth, it's natural to worry about all sorts of things when you do something big like this and the best way to get over it is to do what makes you feel comfortable. If you don't like where you are then talk to your parents or somewhere on campus - usually student support services - and don't be afraid to change your mind. Make sure you are happy where you are because if you're not it's not worth it and there are plenty of other universities or you could take gap year and reapply for the next years intake somewhere else.
Summary ~ Have fun, be yourself, and make sure you are happy, and you can't go wrong.
~~Belldandy~~
I really want to go already but I have to work real hard at my A-levels first...owww...:-(
I'm not going to next year
Was at Glasgow Open Day today and the place rules... checked out the two Unions as well.
Only trouble is I can't get in halls of residence and it takes ages to get there using public transport and also living at home means harder to meet new people and harder to get drunk all night as I'll probably need to go home some nights.
Should be great though... 50p for shots at the Union... nice :)
I'm looking forward to meeting new people.. talked to few new people today in social science bit including one Radiohead fan who was female and vert attractive
YAY
Was at Glasgow Open Day today and the place rules... checked out the two Unions as well.
Only trouble is I can't get in halls of residence and it takes ages to get there using public transport and also living at home means harder to meet new people and harder to get drunk all night as I'll probably need to go home some nights.
Should be great though... 50p for shots at the Union... nice :)
I'm looking forward to meeting new people.. talked to few new people today in social science bit including one Radiohead fan who was female and vert attractive
YAY
The best advice I was given when I was off to university was the take:
A doorstop, to prop your door open, because lots of places especially halls of residence have doors which shut themselves. This way your room looks more welcoming to other people arriving or passing by
A big tub of chocolate and
Lots of alcohol. I took white wine, to bribe people to come into your room.
Well it certainly worked for me
I envy you all. Uni is the best time of your life.
A doorstop, to prop your door open, because lots of places especially halls of residence have doors which shut themselves. This way your room looks more welcoming to other people arriving or passing by
A big tub of chocolate and
Lots of alcohol. I took white wine, to bribe people to come into your room.
Well it certainly worked for me
I envy you all. Uni is the best time of your life.
Craw wrote:
> And the countless people who you'll meet in the first month or so and
> think they're great, only to find out a few weeks later that they are
> in fact complete tos$ers.
Oh yeh, that happened to me when I started college.
That guy ended up with a fat lip and £400 out of pocket.
*ahem*
I'm starting UNI on monday, gonna live at home and drive there everyday. I guess its gonna be harder for me to make friends becasue of that...but i know a few mates that are doing the same thing so it shoudnt be too bad.
> And the countless people who you'll meet in the first month or so and
> think they're great, only to find out a few weeks later that they are
> in fact complete tos$ers.
Oh yeh, that happened to me when I started college.
That guy ended up with a fat lip and £400 out of pocket.
*ahem*
I'm starting UNI on monday, gonna live at home and drive there everyday. I guess its gonna be harder for me to make friends becasue of that...but i know a few mates that are doing the same thing so it shoudnt be too bad.
And the countless people who you'll meet in the first month or so and think they're great, only to find out a few weeks later that they are in fact complete tos$ers.
Ok, so you've spent the last 2 months doing sod all, the results are now in, you know which university you'l be going to. You now have about a month to sort out EVERYTHING, from seting up student bank accounts, to deciding what to pack.
The fateful day is drawing nearer and nearer, there doesn't seem to be enough time to sort it out. Before you know it, you'll be going out for one last drink with your mates before you all move to different parts of the country.
It's very daunting. How do I know all this? Because I did exactly the same thing 3 years ago and I'm moving back for my final year this saturday, and I have piece of advice:
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!!
University is fantastic. Well, it can be fantastic, it's what you make of it you see. If you go, and sit in your room all day, and not make an effort to meet people and do things, I imagine it could be quite boring. But it IS worth the effort.
Don't worry if you are normally quite shy, remember, no one will know anyone else either. You're all in the same boat.
As soon as your parents have dropped you off, get talking to everyone. Knock on everyone's door, and speak to as many people as you can, all go down the pub, people talk more when they've had a few drinks!
As for the lectures, well, I wouldn't like to say how many hours week you'll have, it depends on the course. I'm doing elecronic engineering, and I had 16 hours per week. I knew someone doing business, and they had about 7 hours a week. One of my mates did chemistry and he ad 27 hours per week, so it all varies.
One thing I would say though, is try and put some effort in during the first term. It will be difficult, going out clubbing and getting to bed a 4 am, then going to a lecture at 9 is hard to do, but worthwhile. Universiy is a great place, and you don't really want to throw it all away by getting crap grades as you're out drinking all the time.
But you will do a lot of drinking. We went out every night for the first 2 months when I was ay uni. Which gets expensive, so it is handy to have a part time job, if you had one during your A-levels with a supermarket (like I did) they normally transfer you if they have a branch near by. It's worth asking, or try and get your parents to help out with some cash.
All in all, university is a great time of your life. Everyone is there because they want to be, so you lose all the dropouts who think they're hard, they go and work for McDonalds or something, and you're left with people who want to study (and drink).
You'll meet a lot of new people, possibly even a future partner, so just go with an open mind, have fun and don't worry about it. But, most importantly:
DON'T FORGET THE HEADACHE TABLETS!!
The fateful day is drawing nearer and nearer, there doesn't seem to be enough time to sort it out. Before you know it, you'll be going out for one last drink with your mates before you all move to different parts of the country.
It's very daunting. How do I know all this? Because I did exactly the same thing 3 years ago and I'm moving back for my final year this saturday, and I have piece of advice:
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!!
University is fantastic. Well, it can be fantastic, it's what you make of it you see. If you go, and sit in your room all day, and not make an effort to meet people and do things, I imagine it could be quite boring. But it IS worth the effort.
Don't worry if you are normally quite shy, remember, no one will know anyone else either. You're all in the same boat.
As soon as your parents have dropped you off, get talking to everyone. Knock on everyone's door, and speak to as many people as you can, all go down the pub, people talk more when they've had a few drinks!
As for the lectures, well, I wouldn't like to say how many hours week you'll have, it depends on the course. I'm doing elecronic engineering, and I had 16 hours per week. I knew someone doing business, and they had about 7 hours a week. One of my mates did chemistry and he ad 27 hours per week, so it all varies.
One thing I would say though, is try and put some effort in during the first term. It will be difficult, going out clubbing and getting to bed a 4 am, then going to a lecture at 9 is hard to do, but worthwhile. Universiy is a great place, and you don't really want to throw it all away by getting crap grades as you're out drinking all the time.
But you will do a lot of drinking. We went out every night for the first 2 months when I was ay uni. Which gets expensive, so it is handy to have a part time job, if you had one during your A-levels with a supermarket (like I did) they normally transfer you if they have a branch near by. It's worth asking, or try and get your parents to help out with some cash.
All in all, university is a great time of your life. Everyone is there because they want to be, so you lose all the dropouts who think they're hard, they go and work for McDonalds or something, and you're left with people who want to study (and drink).
You'll meet a lot of new people, possibly even a future partner, so just go with an open mind, have fun and don't worry about it. But, most importantly:
DON'T FORGET THE HEADACHE TABLETS!!
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