How many societies did you/will you join at Uni?

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Currently considering:
Snow Soc (ski/snowboard)
anime and manga
chinese
debating
finance/investment
compsoc

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clonedmemories

I did far too many...

College level:
Welfare Committee
Choir
Chamber Choir
Theatre (including being President and Community Officer for a year and two years respectively)
Media Society
Rounders
Nail Art (including being President for two years)
Scholarly Journal

University Level:
Swing Dance
Anthropology
Applied Social Sciences
Kink (including being President for one year)
Student Productions (film-making)
Theatre
It Happens Here
LGBTa

This is all in addition to two regular volunteering roles and other positions held within college that weren't linked to any specific society. Not all of the above were huge commitments, but they took up plenty of time all together!

And about my degree? I still graduated with a 1st..

Reply 22

username738914

Original post by clonedmemories

Please tell me you got a kickass job after uni.. This type of time management skill is bloody impressive, and is exactly what employers look out for.

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clonedmemories

Original post by Princepieman

Please tell me you got a kickass job after uni.. This type of time management skill is bloody impressive, and is exactly what employers look out for.

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I'm actually starting a PhD in October straight from my undergrad! Though hopefully after that employers will still be interested should I wish to enter the world of work rather than academia.

Reply 24

username738914

Original post by clonedmemories

I'm actually starting a PhD in October straight from my undergrad! Though hopefully after that employers will still be interested should I wish to enter the world of work rather than academia.

The impressiveness continues.. Congrats on the PhD offer :smile:

Keep it up, because that kind of drive is exceptional, seriously.

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Reply 25

clonedmemories

Original post by Princepieman

The impressiveness continues.. Congrats on the PhD offer :smile:

Keep it up, because that kind of drive is exceptional, seriously.

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Thank you! Really, I just have a lot of interests and the knowledge that I produce my best work under pressure, which means that unless I have an assignment due in <3 days, I've got mostly free time. And I've always just been keen for stuff, so if it's there and sounds interesting and fits with my schedule as things stand, I might as well give it a go!

Reply 26

KeyboardNinja

Original post by ckfeister

I'd socialise ofc, but not on social events.

Again, as someone else said, you will really miss out if you don't join at least one. Joining a society at my uni was probably the best decsion of my life so far.

Reply 27

Napp

Let me make this easy for freshers. You will join many because they bribe you with vouchers/free food you might attend one or two a couple of times but in general you will get bored and say sod it.

Reply 28

asinghj

Can anyone enlighten me with this society that you keep on talking about?

Reply 29

username2752484

I want to join Korean and japanese because I speak both languages so would be awesome to have people to speak it to :smile:

Also want to join the caving society because I tried caving once and LOVED it so much

I don't think I'll join more tbh... don't really wanna join a business related society because I'll have enough from my degree

Reply 30

thenextchemist

Baking society!!

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Reply 31

newsunflower

I'm going to join societies that'll give me a good shot of meeting guys tbh, so subject societies such as law and economics.

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Reply 32

Fox Corner

Feminism and Baking socs :cake:

Reply 33

jackien1

Original post by Skittles_Lime

I'm also looking forward to joining Aikido! It'll be something new and cool to do but I don't like pain, what to do?

I'm looking to join 3-5 societies. So far I have: Aikido, Badminton, Anime and a cultural one probably, not sure though

Oh ho ho. There's a **** ton of pain in the locks. But you're supposed to slowly lock and let go when the person taps anyway so it shouldn't be that bad. But be careful if you don't have a good partner.. I once nearly cried from the pain because my partner was really ****ing me up with sankyo.

Reply 34

BB8

I'm planning on joining:
Women's football
Athletics (if I enjoy it during the 'trial period' which I think is the first 2 weeks - atm I run solo and don't compete so it would be a bit of a change in that for me)
Either filmmaking or student media, but probably not both
LGBT+

Reply 35

Katarvi

Cat Society, Tea Society (SocieTEA) and Archery Society!

Reply 36

drandy76

Original post by Katarvi

Cat Society, Tea Society (SocieTEA) and Archery Society!

Do you guys prepare teas and compare flavours etc, or is it tea ceremony stuff?

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Reply 37

Katarvi

Original post by drandy76

Do you guys prepare teas and compare flavours etc, or is it tea ceremony stuff?

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I haven't got to uni to join yet but on the website it says they meet up once a week to try out different teas and eat biscuits :h:

Reply 38

smashpopbang

Original post by Bloom77

Do you pay to join the societies there and then?

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It will depend on the uni, but at mine there's normally no fee for the first couple of sessions. After that you pay and they are normally around 10 -30 quid for the year unless they are a charity then they are free.

Sports is different at mine you can have a taster session at any time, and then if you join you pay £40 for the year. However you get a basically free gym pass, weekly professional strength and conditioning classes, unlimited sport massages and other treatments, and professional coaches including quite a few team gb coaches as theres quite a few olympians at my uni. So it's worth joining just for that

Reply 39

kasumikat

im hoping on joining 6 societies but i might mainly stick to 3 too (one sports society to keep me fit, one society of my interest and another society to help with my studies)