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Uni Stuff => General University Discussion and Queries => Topic started by: 2317 on October 24, 2010, 11:30:11 pm

Title: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: 2317 on October 24, 2010, 11:30:11 pm

Yeah, going to Singapore and am likely to miss O-Week for uni. So is it important? what happens there? are you seperated into your courses?or is it just everyone new to uni as a collective group? Is this when you make most your uni friends?

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: Fyrefly on October 25, 2010, 10:05:46 am

Depends on the uni, but I think most unis separate you into faculties (I mean, Monash might have something like 8000 new students... can you imagine squishing them together?).

O-Week is pretty important in terms of making friends, joining clubs, and generally settling in to uni.
You also get a whole lot of administrative information that's good to have.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: rustic_metal on October 25, 2010, 09:04:40 pm

Depends on your uni. If it's Melbourne or Monash, O-Week is where you make heaps of friends, go on pub crawls, join clubs, go to barbeques, etc. You definitely miss out on a fair bit if you're interested in that, but you don't even have to go all week if you're not. If it's one of the other unis, there isn't as much of that anyway so there's no real pressing need to go.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: gemgem49 on October 25, 2010, 10:09:16 pm

If you're actually going to get into the clubs/social things I guess, yeah. Otherwise, not at all.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: collundo on October 25, 2010, 11:13:26 pm

O-Week is overrated. Seriously will not make a shit of difference whether you are there or not.

Unless you are desperately wanting to go on pub crawls with a bunch of uni gimps

Definitely not worth missing/cutting short your holiday.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: rustic_metal on October 25, 2010, 11:38:47 pm

Quote from: collundo on October 25, 2010, 11:13:26 pm

Unless you are desperately wanting to go on pub crawls with a bunch of uni gimps

Hey now, no need for that.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: IntoTheNewWorld on October 25, 2010, 11:42:45 pm

Quote from: collundo on October 25, 2010, 11:13:26 pm

Definitely not worth missing/cutting short your holiday.

this.

Seriously. You shouldn't feel like you have to cut a single day of your holiday for O-week.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: shinny on October 25, 2010, 11:43:18 pm

Quote from: SmRandmAzn on October 25, 2010, 11:42:45 pm

Quote from: collundo on October 25, 2010, 11:13:26 pm

Definitely not worth missing/cutting short your holiday.

this.

Seriously.

Seconded. Plenty of other opportunities afterwards.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: zhenzhenzhen on October 25, 2010, 11:52:50 pm

+1 yes

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: TrueTears on October 25, 2010, 11:54:16 pm

Quote from: SmRandmAzn on October 25, 2010, 11:42:45 pm

Quote from: collundo on October 25, 2010, 11:13:26 pm

Definitely not worth missing/cutting short your holiday.

this.

Seriously. You shouldn't feel like you have to cut a single day of your holiday for O-week.

So true.

Title: Re: Is O-Week Important?
Post by: TrueLight on October 26, 2010, 12:05:23 am

http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,10272.0.html

no not that important. just get the free stuff

for me it wasn't when i made most of my friends

Quote from: shinny on October 25, 2010, 11:43:18 pm

Quote from: SmRandmAzn on October 25, 2010, 11:42:45 pm

Quote from: collundo on October 25, 2010, 11:13:26 pm

Definitely not worth missing/cutting short your holiday.

this.

Seriously.

Seconded. Plenty of other opportunities afterwards.

thirded?