Been wondering when you start.
Don't forget the first of anything is scary but you will do fine as it's want you want.
Don't forget you will not be the only mature aged student and the others will keep you young
Take some tuckshop money cos you will want to have coffee with your new uni friends.
Smile a lot - you will meet lots of people, don't be afraid to say "Sorry I've forgotten your name".
Oh - and do yourself a Big Big favour - go to the library and book yourself in for their how-to courses - if you do it now you'll be a couple of months ahead of everyone else who will leave it until mid-semester when they are in a panic about their assignments. Never be scared to walk up to the Ask Here or the Reference desk, that's what the staff are there for!
Rivlas - LOL im glad the others will keep me young - cause at orientation day i was starting to feel a bit old!
Marydean - I forgot about tuckshop money! LOL might have to raid DH's wallet! im thinking im going to become a coffee drinker soon??? thankyou for ur tips they are great - exspecially the library one i haven't step foot into a library since who knows when! oh and I can never admit to ppl that i have forgotten their names so im going to have to work on that one!
What does one usually eat at uni? i can't take ham sandwiches got nothing to keep them cool in!
PPL will bring lunch and eat it sitting down wherever there's a patch of grass, a seat or some stairs, either that or go to the refectory, tends to be pretty noisy and busy in those though!
Definitely check out the refectory, but many ppl will bring their lunch so you can too, it's not daggy to bring a lil insulated lunch box with you. You can get away with anything when you're a mature age student LOL.
The students union will probably be giving out showbags or something similar - grab one - it will usually contain really "useful" stuff like free drinks vouchers for the local pub, a condom, various pamphlets on safe sex, and a list of all the activities where you can get really drunk. But more importantly it will probably have a student diary in it (or there will probably be a pile of them sitting around somewhere) and probably a list of all the services that are available to students - like counselling, loans, second hand text books etc as well as a campus map. (It may also have a choccie in it...)
MD is right - do a library tour and if they offer a tour of the computer facilities do that one too.
I always used to carry a muesli bar - it saved buying something from the shop - and it is amazing what hungry work studying is.
Also - in your lectures - make sure that by the end of the first lecture in every subject you know the contact details of the lecturer - if they don't give them ask them at the end - usually a good way is asking how they prefer to be contacted if you have a query - most will give you their email address.
And, if you are given a list of "recommended reading" go to the library right away and borrow at least a few of those books. It will give you an opportunity to see what they are like and decide if you want to buy them or not. Nothing worse than forking out a fortune and finding that you don't like a particular book. It used to be a rule that any text book that was used ina course had to have a copy on "shot loan" (usually between 2 hours and 2 days) in the library which means that you don't have to buy all the text books they want you to - just get the ones that you absolutely need or think that you will actually use.
Wow good luck on your 1st day Take your lunch, I always do.. Too expensive otherwise! They may have a communal fridge.. They do at TAFE.. My lunch has not been stolen from me as yet lol..
Just thought i would let you all know how i went!
Well, i didn't get lost, wasn't late to any classes, took everything in, and loved every second of it (except maybe Biology).
I so can't wait for tomorrow! Bring on the next 3yrs!!!!
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(they don't make good ice coffee hehehe)
hope it's a fantastic day! Think of all the new people you will meet etc have a great day
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