I can now say I am a first year university student! A new chapter in life begins and with it comes so many new people, opportunities and experiences. I'll continue to bring you along as best I can as I see where life takes me in the next couple of years. But for now, I'll share some uni tips that I had to learn the hard way in my first few weeks.
- Always try and find your classes at least a few hours before. Do not be running around with twenty minutes to go and not even realising if you're on the right side of campus! And if you're someone who's chosen back to back classes, make sure you know the distance between them. A map is a great starting point but you won't truly know how far away a class is unless you walk it yourself.
- Write your lecture notes before your lecture if they give you early access. Although writing your lecture notes during class keeps you awake and focused, I find its really hard to keep track of what the lecturer is saying especially if the slides don't really reiterate what they are trying to teach. At times, I just stopped writing the slides and listened but that forces me to go back over them at a later time and creates extra work. Take a few hours in your day before to write notes so then you can add important things the lecturer says during your lecture!
- Look up where the bathrooms are. Although they're everywhere, they can be hard to find and I nearly got lost trying to find one in a building that I had never been in.
- Don't immediately assume that you and university will fit together like two puzzle pieces. This will mean that you'll stop asking questions and assume you know everything. When you struggle, you're more likely to consider the entire picture and gain a better uni experience! Just take it one day at a time and sooner or later, this experience will be a distant memory. Make the most of it while you can.
Follow along to hear more about my university journey :)
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