Societies at uni?

started looking into the societies offered by the unis I applied to.
There are a few good choices for me at each uni was wondering how much of a time commitment are societies at uni?

Is it advisable to only join one? I'm so indecisive with things like this.

started looking into the societies offered by the unis I applied to.
There are a few good choices for me at each uni was wondering how much of a time commitment are societies at uni?

Is it advisable to only join one? I'm so indecisive with things like this.

started looking into the societies offered by the unis I applied to.
There are a few good choices for me at each uni was wondering how much of a time commitment are societies at uni?

Is it advisable to only join one? I'm so indecisive with things like this.

started looking into the societies offered by the unis I applied to.
There are a few good choices for me at each uni was wondering how much of a time commitment are societies at uni?

Is it advisable to only join one? I'm so indecisive with things like this.

Hiya!

I think joining a society is a great opportunity to meet friends who have similar interests as you! However, it can be quite a commitment depending on what society you join. Usually during freshers you can join different societies and have a free taster/ trial session. I found this useful to see what society i liked/disliked

Sam- Official Student Rep

Hi, Societies are one of the best parts of uni, its great for meeting friends and for keeping busy! It depends on the type of society how much time you will spend on them. Sporting societies, usually meet once a week for training and another few hours for socialising, more academic societies are usually an hour a week. If you drop them a message, I am sure they will be more then happy to tell you!

I have joined 2 and it takes up some time because I am a president and a vp so I have to organise them but just attending a few wouldn't be too bad and you can always leave if they get to much! Good Luck

Hiya!

I think joining a society is a great opportunity to meet friends who have similar interests as you! However, it can be quite a commitment depending on what society you join. Usually during freshers you can join different societies and have a free taster/ trial session. I found this useful to see what society i liked/disliked

Sam- Official Student Rep

Hey @ChasenStars

At a lot of universities during the first week of term -Freshers- societies will do a lot of recruiting. You can use this opportunities to chat to members and the committee and get the 'vibe' of the society. Often you'll salon be able to attend free taster sessions to see whether it is for you before comitting.

As for joining multiple societies I know a lot of people do, myself included, you just need to decide how active you want to be within one, for example I have part of the committee for the Pole fitness society at Reading this year and it does take a lot of my time. But joined another society this year so I could have just turn up to the session without having to be involved in the planning.
In addition there is such a range of societies that the commitment and time needed for each is very varied. Some will meet multiple times a week, some just once or twice a month.

Have a look around during the first few weeks at University but don't stress about it before! And you can also always join different societies next year if you want to!

Zoe
Second year Biological Sciences and student ambassador

Completely depends on the group.
Some groups are more intense others less so (their will be a freshers fair where you can ask the committee who run the group about how much time they take up/what they do). Some groups expect high participation others are take it or leave it.

Generally id say 3 groups in first year is a good amount with the knowledge that realistically 1 of them probably wont pan out depending on the people/group culture/the scheduling.

As a student I used to be a member of 2: a sport team and a society. The sports team was very intense and required lots of commitment but also provided lots of social events and has lots of people, the society I was part of was pretty casual I had very minor involvement and basically showed up when I could.

But to give you an idea with the sports team I was probably training 3-4 times a week for 2 hours at a time, + matches, gym with teammates and socials 1-2x per week (mostly drinking), so the sports team pretty much becomes a very large part of my non-academic life.
Vs a society which probably 2 hours per fortnight and I would only show up like 50% of the time.

yeah i doubt i'll be involved with any sports team and probably wouldn't join more than 2 . I have a tough time meeting people so want to make sure I'm opening myself up to opportunities to make friends in first year as much as possible without stretching myself to thin.