First year at uni and hate it! (1 Viewer)

[Strawbaby]

I think the reason so many people (including me) feel like uni is killing them is due to two reasons.

Firstly, most days i finish at 5 and it freaking hurts when i remember i used to finish at latest 2 - 3:30 in yr 12. Finishing so late drains my energy and im just pissed of by the time i get home - and on top of this i cant help but think how much worse it will be when day light savings ends (dark by 5:30!).

Secondly, the travel time! Most people had a significantly shorter distance to school. It took me 10 mins to get to school, now it takes 1 hour +.

uni is some thick shit.

Ahaha, yesterday I started work at 8am, then went to uni and finished classes at 8:15pm. Buck up. Finishing at 5 is practically early.

 

[jirwin]

I think the reason so many people (including me) feel like uni is killing them is due to two reasons.

Firstly, most days i finish at 5 and it freaking hurts when i remember i used to finish at latest 2 - 3:30 in yr 12. Finishing so late drains my energy and im just pissed of by the time i get home - and on top of this i cant help but think how much worse it will be when day light savings ends (dark by 5:30!).

Secondly, the travel time! Most people had a significantly shorter distance to school. It took me 10 mins to get to school, now it takes 1 hour +.

uni is some thick shit.

As someone else has aid, 5pm is early. I don't finish TAFE until 9pm on a Thursday, 7.30pm on a Monday. Granted I don't start until 2.30 and 1.30pm respectively but my friend who goes to uni is there from 8.30am till 7pm on a Wednesday (with an hour or two break)

By the time I finish TAFE I'm pretty tired, and the idea of having an exam at 5.30pm is horrible (happened last night) so I understand what you mean by draining your energy - travelling doesn't help. But just think, when you finish at 5pm, I'm not even starting my second class yet.

 

[tanna]

It is difficult I suppose. I know I'm used to a 10min walk to school, back home at 3:30, study, free time and sleep routine.

But with uni, it's a 6:30 wake up, 6pm return home most days, and the days in which I finish early, I'm working til 9:30. It's a dramatic change for a lot of people I know, but I'm sure we'll all get used to it eventually - it'll get easier

 

[spazamataz]

I actually like my hours.

I only go for 2 hours on mondays and tuesdays, then a 1:30 start, 7:30 finish on wednesdays, and a 2:30 start, 6:30 finish on thursdays!

And Wednesday night is student night, so essentially I come back home, have food, then leave!

 

[scarybunny]

Haha well no, it doesn't get easier.

But you do learn to work smarter, rather than harder.

I mean, I looked at my workload this year and cringed a little, but I know it'll get done so I'm not stressing out too much.

 

[Absolutezero]

I know some of the performance people living on campus!

First names?

 

[cassiecocaine]

Getting up at 530 three days a week is harder than I thought it would be. So is working two jobs. I think mine is more a case if working out my priorities and moving closet to uni/getting my liscence. There are heaps if people who have it harder than me.

 

[melsc]

I think the reason so many people (including me) feel like uni is killing them is due to two reasons.

Firstly, most days i finish at 5 and it freaking hurts when i remember i used to finish at latest 2 - 3:30 in yr 12. Finishing so late drains my energy and im just pissed of by the time i get home - and on top of this i cant help but think how much worse it will be when day light savings ends (dark by 5:30!).

Secondly, the travel time! Most people had a significantly shorter distance to school. It took me 10 mins to get to school, now it takes 1 hour +.

uni is some thick shit.

Honey, life in the real world is the same if not harder. Get used to it.

Personally going in early/finishing late doesn't bother me that much. I do a day where I need to be at campbelltown at 9am for a class 9-12, then at macquarie 2-6 for lectures and tutes, yeah I feel like shit at the end of the day but meh my uni week is pretty much over, plus I know thats just 1 hr more than a normal working day.

 

[Omar-Comin]

Honey, life in the real world is the same if not harder. Get used to it.

Personally going in early/finishing late doesn't bother me that much. I do a day where I need to be at campbelltown at 9am for a class 9-12, then at macquarie 2-6 for lectures and tutes, yeah I feel like shit at the end of the day but meh my uni week is pretty much over, plus I know thats just 1 hr more than a normal working day.

honey don't be so harsh, there's a big difference between the type of work a halfwit sociology/law student (i.e. you) has to do, and the work a real student has to do.
Mahdi try getting up earlier and getting your uni work done before 6pm, then you can relax.

 

[melsc]

honey don't be so harsh, there's a big difference between the type of work a halfwit sociology/law student (i.e. you) has to do, and the work a real student has to do.
Mahdi try getting up earlier and getting your uni work done before 6pm, then you can relax.

1. You have no idea how much work inside or outside of uni. My contact hours may be less but I am pretty sure that I qualify as a real student by my excessive reading load + 2 days of work a week + my honours thesis + mooting + being overloaded in terms of units but I know you're the type of person who will still maintain I have it easy.
2. the post I quoted wasn't complaining about the workload, they were complaining that they were finishing later than 2-3pm.
3. I wasn't saying I worked harder, all I was saying was grow up the real world is full of 9-5 days...it doesnt get easier

I wasn't trying to be harsh but in my experience a lot of first years need some tough love, I know the transition is hard, I am currently mentoring 1st years but I'd rather teach someone the lesson now then have the lesson taught the hard way.

As has been said above it doesn't get easier BUT you learn to deal with it all better, better manage your time etc...

 

[scarybunny]

Yeah nobody tells an honours student that they don't know what work is.

 

[witide]

Gosh, this is my second year and I'm loving it. It may be demanding at times, but at least I have an interest in what I'm studying.

 

[meilz92]

i hate
uni
so
much
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i really do.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

I'm rovin' it!

 

[spazamataz]

First names?

Lockie. Actually, thats all I know, and theres some girl in one of my tutes, but I dont know who she is! lol

 

[Sokolov]

UNSW is the best uni there is.
no other university in australia matches the pride and joy of unsw's engineering.
also the uneven terrain.
but there are more asians than blacks.

only dumbasses and fucktards go to usyd.

I hate uni so much, I hate the amount of work, I hate the travel.

I did fine in HSC, but I'm struggling so badly at uni and its only been 3 weeks.

I like my course but I can't keep up at all

Why did noone warn me. FML

sucked in.

now you can dive into a pond of piranhas

 

[Absolutezero]

Lockie. Actually, thats all I know, and theres some girl in one of my tutes, but I dont know who she is! lol

Ah, I know Lockie. Good guy. The other girl is probably one of the two I mentioned.

 

[cassiecocaine]

stay positive everyoneeee

 

[mahdi]

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

unles ur doin engineering/science stop ur bitchin'

Im not bitching man. Everyone seems to think i am. I know starting at 9 and finishing at 5 is normal and is what people have to do for work. Im just saying its a big change from school and im not used to so many hours of work and travel. And lol im doing engineering.

 

[zaxmacks]

Uni is rad.