University Thread

[Hallatia]

:lol: I dropped different things because I hated them and wanted to pursue things I had some passion for or enjoyed or whatever

 

[Red Bear]

Last session of Uni, a cool 9 hours of face time. In a row.

My entire week is 8:30-5:30 on Monday's, no break.

 

[BDR]

That would kick arse, sure Monday is f**king hell but you have a whole free week.

I managed to cram everything into Wednesday Thursday Friday (early finish on Friday too) so I can't complain.

 

[Apey]

Jeez 9 hours total? That's pretty good. I'd love to knock all that over on a single day.

First semester I ever did at Uni started with a 9 hour Monday, 9:00am - 6:00pm with an hour break somewhere, but I had another 18 hours spread across Tuesday - Friday...

Strange that my 1st semester ever had the most contact hours. Even last semester when I was doing an extra subject had only ~ 20 hours.

 

[Monk]

In spring session of last year, my Mondays went for 12 hours. 8:30am till 8:30 pm. There were like 3 one hour breaks in there though.

 

[Red Bear]

That would kick arse, sure Monday is f**king hell but you have a whole free week.

I managed to cram everything into Wednesday Thursday Friday (early finish on Friday too) so I can't complain.

Jeez 9 hours total? That's pretty good. I'd love to knock all that over on a single day.

First semester I ever did at Uni started with a 9 hour Monday, 9:00am - 6:00pm with an hour break somewhere, but I had another 18 hours spread across Tuesday - Friday...

Strange that my 1st semester ever had the most contact hours. Even last semester when I was doing an extra subject had only ~ 20 hours.

Yeah it's pretty good. Only two subjects, cos i've spaced the last couple years out a fair bit (cos it was going to take another two years anyway, may as well space it out).

Just a shit monday!

 

[Red Bear]

In spring session of last year, my Mondays went for 12 hours. 8:30am till 8:30 pm. There were like 3 one hour breaks in there though.

I had an 8:30-8:30 day with a one hour break, at 9:30. That was f**ked.

 

[Valheru]

Jeez 9 hours total? That's pretty good. I'd love to knock all that over on a single day.

First semester I ever did at Uni started with a 9 hour Monday, 9:00am - 6:00pm with an hour break somewhere, but I had another 18 hours spread across Tuesday - Friday...

Strange that my 1st semester ever had the most contact hours. Even last semester when I was doing an extra subject had only ~ 20 hours.

I think that is normal. From memory my 1st year was the most intense in terms of contact hours. 4 days a week for both semesters and the days were quite full as well. As the years went on the contact hours dropped.

 

[Hallatia]

no doubt how Cliffhanger felt

 

[Red Bear]

Got on a desk with the smart chick who gets HD's for my hard subject, good tactical move I think.

 

[Hallatia]

finally finished my research proposal within the guidelines of the university I'm applying to. Sort of, I stretched a few of them, but I just sent it to the guy who will supervise me, he will tell me if I need to change anything and what adjustments I need to make.

I still need to submit the HDR application and a scholarship application *sigh*

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

I look back on my time at Uni with a lot of pride. I struggled big time in my first year.

I graduated in July last year with a Bachelor of Commerce major in Marketing from UOW. I went from scraping passes in my first year (also failed one subject and got a pass conceded in another), to getting HDs at the end.

I now work in the public sector doing Corporate Communications and Change Management and absolutely love my job.

My advice is not to be so willing to give up with Uni. A little bit of hard work goes a long way. Also surround yourself with good people at Uni. You're more likely to study hard when the people you spend time with are studying hard as well.

 

[Apey]

In contrast to the last post my motivation is running at an all time low and I haven't attended a class since week 4, currently week 8... I f**king hate it all

 

[ME SO HORNBY!]

In contrast to the last post my motivation is running at an all time low and I haven't attended a class since week 4, currently week 8... I f**king hate it all

You need to make the hard decision I did. Whether to continue Uni or drop out and do something else with your life (there is nothing wrong with dropping out if it's for the right reasons).

After a year of hating Uni I sat back and asked myself a few questions:

1. Is this what I really want to do?
2. Am I giving it my best shot?
3. Can I be successful in completing my degree if I do give it my best shot?

I decided to keep going and I am so happy I did. I realised I was just being lazy and have completely turned my life around since. I realised that laziness gets you nowhere in life but a bit of hard work gets you where you want to go.

 

[Apey]

You need to make the hard decision I did. Whether to continue Uni or drop out and do something else with your life (there is nothing wrong with dropping out if it's for the right reasons).

After a year of hating Uni I sat back and asked myself a few questions:

1. Is this what I really want to do?
2. Am I giving it my best shot?
3. Can I be successful in completing my degree if I do give it my best shot?

I decided to keep going and I am so happy I did. I realised I was just being lazy and have completely turned my life around since. I realised that laziness gets you nowhere in life but a bit of hard work gets you where you want to go.

Think my biggest problem is that I needed a year off as I was already burned out after the HSC but I didn't take it. I've now been there for 4 years in what was supposed to be a 3 year degree (changed degrees a few times) and struggle to care about it any more. This is my last semester though so I figured I'd just try and get through it and be done with it.

Being able to still get reasonably good grades (5.9 GPA or something) and being a lazy prick at the same time doesn't help my cause tbh.

I completely agree with what you said though. The answers to question 1 and 2 are no, question 3 is yes but for the wrong reasons, lol.

 

[Monk]

Apey you're a a pro. If only there was a degree in Mario Kart.

Im still plodding along like an Engineering lad. Lots of minecraft time.

 

[Pete Cash]

I have an arts degree (a MASTERS even !!!!!) and a bunch of other things. I worked as a teacher for a bit but now I work for the government. Doing an arts degree was great. No regrets. I feel that I am lucky compared to a lot of people I know who took arts because some of them aren't really doing much with it but I love my job. Also I met my girlfriend in some history subject we were studying. Thats pretty nifty.

I am pretty tempted to go back into academia. Based on highly strung some of the posters in this thread have been I feel that working as an academic would be an interesting way to f**k with people. I used to things like make patterns in multiple choice tests when I worked as a teacher to make the kids doubt the answers as a pattern formed.

 

[Cliffhanger]

The lecturer who made that shit exam is getting fired for being a shit lecturer and tutor.

 

[RHCP]

I used to things like make patterns in multiple choice tests when I worked as a teacher to make the kids doubt the answers as a pattern formed.

:lol: Brilliant.

 

[Red Bear]

Have about 4 days of uni left, 3 assignments or so, motivation all time low. Just need to finish this crap and i'll have a degree but struggling at present.