Typical Student Day

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  1. King CalZ's Avatar
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    Typical Student Day
    So just wanna get a feel of what its gonna be like next year.

    What do you usually do in a typical day and at night?


    Cheers
  2. ily_em's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Today: wake up at 12, bum around on TSR for ages, finally get the energy to do my washing, chat to friends then write up an assignment. Now waiting for dinner to cook (haddock from the reduced (destroyed boxes/ nearly out of date) frozen section of Sainsburys because I'm poor :sigh:)
    Last edited by ily_em; 02-11-2010 at 20:37.
  3. bearfaced's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Wake up at 9am. Decide to skive 2 hour biology lecture as the Powerpoints are on Blackboard anyway. Watch daytime tv-Jeremy Kyle and This Morning. Go into uni for boring afternoon tutorial. Then wait 45 minutes in the dark and freezing cold for the crappy uni bus service which at rush hour is always late. The bus is meant to be every 10-15 minutes. Order pizza. Watch Simpsons, Hollyoaks and Masterchef. Drink a nice cup of tea. Go to bed.
  4. Mm_Minty's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Woke up at 8.30, went back to sleep and enagged in a snooze battle with alarm lasting until 10.30....
    had tea whilst doing not much on the internet, went to lunch, finally ended up vacuuming my room, had a peek at my assements and suchlike....edited my vlog, watched the road to el dorado, dealt drugs (gave paracetamol to my friend) at dinner, more not doing much on the internet.
    I'm sure the less geeky people are going out or something less loserish like that :p:
  5. King CalZ's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    (Original post by bearfaced)
    Wake up at 9am. Decide to skive 2 hour biology lecture as the Powerpoints are on Blackboard anyway. Watch daytime tv-Jeremy Kyle and This Morning. Go into uni for boring afternoon tutorial. Then wait 45 minutes in the dark and freezing cold for the crappy uni bus service which at rush hour is always late. The bus is meant to be every 10-15 minutes. Order pizza. Watch Simpsons, Hollyoaks and Masterchef. Drink a nice cup of tea. Go to bed.
    whats the afternoon tutorial about can i ask?
  6. Hoody555's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    I usually get blindingly drunk and drive my car into things. Or people.
  7. BrushieDuck's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    7.00am - wake up, shower, facebook.
    8.00- breakfast
    8.30 - either walk to first lecture or back to my room for an hour if they start at 10.
    9.00 - First lecture/lesson/seminar (most days)
    10.00 - Head to library to do homework.
    12.30 - meet up with friends for lunch/chatting.
    2.00pm - More lectures.
    4.00-5.00 finish lectures for the day, get the bus back to halls (I'm usually tired by this point!)
    5.30 - text my mates to see if anyone wants to get dinner with me.
    6.00 - get dinner with people.
    6.30 - come back, check post, go back to my room to check email and stuff.
    7.00 - finish any homework not done yet. Once that's done, play The Sims or watch tv.
    9.30 - shower and wash hair, usually more facebook/internet/sims/tv after that.
    10.00-11.00pm bed.

    Then again, I'm boring!
  8. The Cornerstone's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Most of the responses so far suggests that a typical day is a easy lazy day.

    Can't wait to go to uni
  9. Gemini92's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Wake up at 7.30/8.30 depending on when first lecture etc. starts. Hit snooze and go back to sleep for another 45 minutes. Get up and go to lectures/lab etc. Buy lunch in union shop and eat in bar with friends. Go to afternoon lectures then go home and spend most of the evening doing homework or playing games on the internet.
  10. MetalheadA7X's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Well it can go 2 ways.
    Way 1;
    Wake up with a hangover/comedown
    Shower
    breakfast/lunch
    Lectures
    Home
    Do very little
    Sleep

    Way 2;
    Wake up at 4pm with a hangover/comedown
    Already missed lectures.
    Laze around in sweatpants and a vest
    Do very little
    Sleep.


    That's my uni life.
    Amazing how I am getting 2:1's
  11. ily_em's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    (Original post by The Cornerstone)
    Most of the responses so far suggests that a typical day is a easy lazy day.

    Can't wait to go to uni
    Tuesday is my day off, that's why I did nothing :P I actually have a pile of reading (300-400 pages total, probably) and a piece of coursework, and notes I should be making. Typical student day is lazy because we're lazy; if you wanna get the grades then do the work (which I will do. In 5 minutes. Honest.)
    Last edited by ily_em; 02-11-2010 at 21:22.
  12. Quail's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Usually:
    Wake up
    Cry about being awake
    Force self out of bed
    Stumble into shower
    "Breakfast? Hoho breakfast is for the weak"
    Go to lecture
    "I AM SO HUNGRY"
    Hunt down a tasty morsel to eat
    Forget everything from lecture
    Bumble off home/ get a tube somewhere fun
    Doss around for hours on end
    Consider making dinner
    "Grapes and yoghurt it is"
    Get invited out
    "Sleep or social life?"
    Go out on the basis that you'll only have one drink and then go and start assignment
    Find out it's a cheap night at the Union
    Roll home
    Look in purse and cry
    BBC iPlayer
    Attempt to sleep
    Fail
  13. allieee's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    woke up at ten today, but can wake up later on most days if I don't force myself out of bed.
    Showered, had breakfast, did some reading in my room whilst also going on facebook.
    Went to seminar with my friend, on the way back went to the shop and bought myself some OJ and cereal bars... i've now eaten all the cereal bars
    came home, started my essay, facebook, essay, facebook.
    made dinner and bummed around in kitchen with housemates.
    now back in my room trying to finish essay..

    students have a very easy life!
  14. King CalZ's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    how about weekends guys? friday night, what do you get up to and what time do you end up getting some sleep?
  15. polka_dott's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    today...
    up at 7AM to shower, wash hair and breakfast
    9am lecture
    10am seminar
    back to room at 11am (actually did tidying :eek:)!
    12pm went got lunch
    1pm lecture
    2pm subgroup meeting
    2.20pm Shopping
    5pm dinner
    6pm phoned home (we spoke for 40 mins! :eek: good thing endless minutes)
    7pm looked at some work/printed off some stuff
    8pm ate some food
    9pm dossing around basically

    Usually it would include going to gym and some socials but I am a bit sick at the moment and on antibotics.. not really feeling like clubbing/anything too strenuous
  16. polka_dott's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    (Original post by King CalZ)
    how about weekends guys? friday night, what do you get up to and what time do you end up getting some sleep?
    Well the last friday night was a bit boring for me as I stayed in and went to the gym early sat then did some food shopping and went to town on the saturday night as it was a flat mates birthday... got home about 3AM and slept in til 11AM and made myself get up as I had quite a lot to do that day (washing, uni work, cleaning blah blah)
  17. Broderss's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    on an early day:

    get up at 8
    have a shower
    eat toast
    leave at 5 to 9
    do lecture
    get some lunch
    hang out with people waiting for next lecture
    get home
    make tea
    go over lectures/do some work
    smoke weed
    go down to pub/bar/club/have people round
    get a kebab
    go home
    sleep
  18. xStaceyy's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    woke up at 8pm, got the 8:55 train.
    had a history lecture at 10-11am.
    went for lunch at the union with my friend, then went to starbucks.
    then headed up the the library to sit for 20 minutes before going to my politics lecture at 1-2pm.
    straight after i had an economics lecture 2-3pm.
    after that i went to the library and went on facebook and stuff.
    then i started my history essay plan, had something to eat and then finished my essay plan.
    got the 7pm train home, went on the computer and thats my day up until now
  19. ilovemeow's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    Wake up at like 8/9 go into uni for 11
    2 hour lecture then mosy on down to the library and try to do work with friends in the library for an hour or so, doesnt work so we all get lunch,and then head back to our rooms to waste our lives away on facebook/tsr or go home and sleep.
    (and yes we are those annoying people that talk in the "silent area" of the soas library)
  20. psychocustard's Avatar
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    Re: Typical Student Day
    An early day:
    wake up around 0700
    shower
    breakfast
    leave by 0820
    do whatever I have to do on campus
    come home
    doss about online/wii/watching Jezza
    maybe do a bit of work
    doss
    sleep around midnightish

    off day:
    get up around eleven
    go downstairs, make cup of tea
    get back into bed and doss online whilst drinking my tea
    shower
    lunch
    work a bit
    doss
    sleep.

    Simple
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