I can't register for tutorials for one of my subjects because they all have a question mark next to them saying 'there will be 4 more places available 19th of feb"
What is this?
Also i'm in my 4th year and will take a 1st year subject this year. Im nervous as i have social anxeity. Do you think they people in my class will look at me weird because ill be older then they are?
80% of places for first year subjects were released on Tuesday, and the remaining 20% will come out on the 19th. If you hover over certain tutorials, it should tell you '3 more places will be made available' or something like that. Just log on at 10am on the 19th and make sure you grab a good spot; it might also be worth checking back intermittently over the next two weeks as people might drop out of the subject or change their times around, so a few more places might open up.
With regards to doing a first year subject - don't worry! With the exception of mature age students who are 40+ it's really hard to tell people apart by age at uni
I highly doubt you'll stand out in your tutorials - the majority of my subjects were done out of sync from my degree level and I did more second year units in my 1st and 3rd year than I did in my actual 2nd year. The only way people will know is if you tell them, or if the tutor invites it in an introductory discussion, but you could still quite easily deflect that by talking about your subjects or career goals instead of just which year you're in. Most people forget those introductory statements by Week 2 anyway... I know I do.
Plus, even if they do know,
they're first years (in their very first semester too) so they're more likely to think 'omg a 4th year; he's so worldly and experienced and smarter than me' as opposed to 'huh? why is a 4th year in a 1st year class?' If you don't really want to socialise in tutes, then you can just concentrate on your work and do your own thing, but if you do want to chat and are worried people will judge you, you could actually use your age to your advantage. One of my Level 1 subject tutorials had a few 3rd year students who had majored in the area a lot of us were interested in, so they'd usually be asked a heap of questions about uni experiences and what they thought of their subjects, and not in a 'you don't belong here' way, but in a 'teach us your wisdom - tell us your stories!' kind of way
Being a kind person and having interesting things to contribute to discussions will make way more of an impression than what stage of your degree you're at, so I wouldn't stress
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