What was the biggest shock to you when you got to uni?
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Original post by somemightsay888
The immaturity of 18/19 year olds which surprised me; Students still saying "lol ur gay m7", laughing at the word "penis", etc. Stuff I'd have found hilarious in year 6.
One of our lecturers told us we were not allowed to confer with eachother during normal lectures, 3 hours of silence for 4 months has been maddening. In the end I gave up attending her lecture and still did well in the exam. Surprises me that that someone would make adults do the whole sit in silence thing.
The lack of urgency shown by lecturers; this is a good thing, you become self motivated but it took time for me to adjust. The temptation to think "oh it's alright, I only need 40%, I'll do it tomorrow" is strong and I fell into that mindset for an assignment. Never again.
One of our lecturers told us we were not allowed to confer with eachother during normal lectures, 3 hours of silence for 4 months has been maddening. In the end I gave up attending her lecture and still did well in the exam. Surprises me that that someone would make adults do the whole sit in silence thing.
The lack of urgency shown by lecturers; this is a good thing, you become self motivated but it took time for me to adjust. The temptation to think "oh it's alright, I only need 40%, I'll do it tomorrow" is strong and I fell into that mindset for an assignment. Never again.
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I think my biggest shock was how much I loathed most of my flatmates by the end of first year. I had two friends in a flat of 10! The others were utterly filthy to the point were I couldn't stand being in the kitchen, or cleaned up everyone else's mess with no thank you's whatsoever. They were rude and would always steal food from our cupboards/ fridge. Before I moved out at the end of the year, I went home for a week and came back to find someone had stolen all of mine and two of my housemates kitchen stuff and cupboard food. It was a huge shame, I was always told that some of my best friends would be my flatmates! :[
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Just how little work was required to pass.
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Original post by Arieisit
What uni?
I want to know too
I actually did get confused as to how to use the shower, yeah 
The fact that no-one really cares if you pass or fail. It's all your responsibility.
I think that was an excellent life lesson, reinforced by later events that happened while I was at university.
Only lecturers who you become familiar with (e.g. your assigned tutor) will tell you to work harder if you get bad results. I remember my tutor Tibor having a right go at me for forgetting my assignment one day.
I'll also never forget being hungry on the first night because I'd forgotten to cook! That was pretty sad and a bit of a shock. Luckily my dorm neighbour Tim knew how to cook and let me have some of his food.
Because of a legal loophole, EU students study for free in Scotland, so it was pretty surprising and cool to meet so many people of different nationalities. Made it really interesting. I just learned to get on with people from all walks of life.
Other than that I think university fit into my previous conceptions of it. Everyone studied hard and partied hard. I only briefly experienced the partying side of university and the *ahem* other things associated with it
I think that was an excellent life lesson, reinforced by later events that happened while I was at university.
Only lecturers who you become familiar with (e.g. your assigned tutor) will tell you to work harder if you get bad results. I remember my tutor Tibor having a right go at me for forgetting my assignment one day.
I'll also never forget being hungry on the first night because I'd forgotten to cook! That was pretty sad and a bit of a shock. Luckily my dorm neighbour Tim knew how to cook and let me have some of his food.
Because of a legal loophole, EU students study for free in Scotland, so it was pretty surprising and cool to meet so many people of different nationalities. Made it really interesting. I just learned to get on with people from all walks of life.
Other than that I think university fit into my previous conceptions of it. Everyone studied hard and partied hard. I only briefly experienced the partying side of university and the *ahem* other things associated with it
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Original post by Kaiju
Staffordshire University, somewhere between Sept - Dec 2013, Yarlet Hall.
Some guy invited a friend from outside of Uni, proceeded to **** in an oven and cook it.
For reference Yarlet is a male-only Hall with 17 people on a floor along one big corridor (I think? I was in a different bit of accommodation)
Some guy invited a friend from outside of Uni, proceeded to **** in an oven and cook it.
For reference Yarlet is a male-only Hall with 17 people on a floor along one big corridor (I think? I was in a different bit of accommodation)
Jesus Christ, im from Stoke-on-Trent and when i read the "****ting in an oven and cooking it" part i thought straight away "that sounds like something straight from staffs"
The biggest shock for me was how much free time I was given. Maybe it was just my course or the fact that the halls lifestyle makes you spend loads of time socialising, but either way, all students are given very long holidays, reading weeks and some weekdays without any contact hours at all.
It's important to use your time wisely and this is a really good article explaining how, because free time really is a gift, you can use first year to become vastly more employable and improve your CV: http://www.talentcupboard.com/employability/5-things-to-improve-your-employability-in-your-first-year-of-university/
It's important to use your time wisely and this is a really good article explaining how, because free time really is a gift, you can use first year to become vastly more employable and improve your CV: http://www.talentcupboard.com/employability/5-things-to-improve-your-employability-in-your-first-year-of-university/
Discovering the sheer breadth of the hard-working to lazy spectrum.
- Ohh, I posted on this thread a year ago-ish!
- Ohh, I posted on this thread a year ago-ish!
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