Uni life crisis xD

[eeps]

http://www.theage.com.au/national/tertiary-education/first-year-a-survival-guide-20120116-1q267.html

The article above may be worth reading.

[happycat]

Hope I survive crunch time

[EvangelionZeta]

Honestly, uni is just about being organised and understanding your limits.  Plan out your week - write up realistic figures for how much time you'll need to spend on any given subject, and work out also how long you'll need for co-curricular/social activities, etc.  Having an organizer is immensely helpful, and if you're anything like me, it might get to the point where you pretty much can't live without one.

On another note, I would half agree with and also qualify TT's statement. Doing well in uni means hard work, whether it is cramming or (more advisably) a consistent approach throughout a the semester. With that said, you definitely don't have to give up all of your social life. Instead, I would appeal to the old maxim about uni - study, socialise, sleep, pick two of the three, and you're set. I've always been relatively big on sleeping (even in year twelve, I would almost always get at least seven hours), and at uni it's not uncommon for me at all to pull all-nighters or near-sleepless nights.

[86]

I've always been relatively big on sleeping (even in year twelve, I would almost always get at least seven hours)

Woah what? 7 for me isn't near enough, I guess everyone has their own definition of a good sleep..

I am for ~8-8.5; it really helps the waking up and getting out of bed process, which I absolutely cannot stand if I've been deprived of sleep.

[DisaFear]

I've always been relatively big on sleeping (even in year twelve, I would almost always get at least seven hours)

Woah what? 7 for me isn't near enough, I guess everyone has their own definition of a good sleep..

I am for ~8-8.5; it really helps the waking up and getting out of bed process, which I absolutely cannot stand if I've been deprived of sleep.

Same, I need a good sleep too. Don't know how so many kids in VCE/Uni sleep 5-6 hours and do well. If there's one thing that drives me hopping mad, it's getting less than 7-8 hours sleep

[Starlight]

Got to have 8 hrs + to survive.

[pi]

6+ is sufficient imo (for yr12).

[Water]

I've always been relatively big on sleeping (even in year twelve, I would almost always get at least seven hours)

Woah what? 7 for me isn't near enough, I guess everyone has their own definition of a good sleep..

I am for ~8-8.5; it really helps the waking up and getting out of bed process, which I absolutely cannot stand if I've been deprived of sleep.

Same, I need a good sleep too. Don't know how so many kids in VCE/Uni sleep 5-6 hours and do well. If there's one thing that drives me hopping mad, it's getting less than 7-8 hours sleep

See, in VCE, you didn't need to use a lot of brain power, so 5 - 6 hours sleep would suffice. The travel time wasn't too much, you had a locker, you could sleep in class cause content moved slowly, so the physical exertion wasn't bad as well. In Uni, holy fuck. 1 hour travel, breaks, in which you more often than not are using  to keep up with your studies, the weight of your books continuously being luggaged and the burden of paying attention in lecture to keep up with the content. Uni definitely takes a greater toll mentally. So there, that's how I survived VCE with 5 - 6 hours sleep, and left it till the weekends for the big sleep ins.

Uni, you really need your sleep, its important. Yeah, fuck you Uni ): JKs. Love it.

[mpathy]

Some guy said that the key to VCE success is sleep. Is this true? It makes sense that if you are studying hard you need a lot of time to let your brain create the neural connections needed to absorb that information and learn it, and sleep does just that.

[iamtom]

Sleeping heaps helped me succeed.

Then again I'm lazy.

[happycat]

Often, I get hungery after lectures. I often need a snack before or after.

[Truck]

Totally anecdotal evidence, but the past couple years I've been really iffy on getting enough sleep, pulling all-nighters for work / generaly staying up late etc etc. Anyway, in Year 12 I've been getting a lot more sleep and avg'ing around 8.5 hours a night on weeknights so far, and I can almost certainly say I've been absorbing and understanding the information much faster this year.

*Disclaimer: I've also actually been trying and studying this year so that is probably a significant error in my hypothesis haha.

[Greatness]

Yeah sleep is like fuel that drives me lol If i get a shitty night sleep, i will be in a shit mood the next day and tired shitless... But a good nights sleep just makes you feel awesome Always aim for around 8 hours, but probably averaged 7 hours last year.

[taqi]

What's really unnerving me is the time before the exams, when they continue teaching you new material/handing out assignments and junk, while we have to study for exams. And the motivation to study has been lost...especially because nobody is telling me exactly what I need to do - so I have no real goals to achieve (eg. finish chapter 1 questions or something).

[86]

What's really unnerving me is the time before the exams, when they continue teaching you new material/handing out assignments and junk, while we have to study for exams. And the motivation to study has been lost...especially because nobody is telling me exactly what I need to do - so I have no real goals to achieve (eg. finish chapter 1 questions or something).

Honestly, being this independent is driving me mad, and it shows in tutes and labs where I don't know what the fuck is going on. I'm keeping on top of assignments, readings, electronic homework and so on but overall this is really unhealthy mentally (for me, at least). This whole uni thing is so ambiguous the only kind of study I can get myself to do is to read read and read. I really wished there was set work that was actually assessed (no, not assignments; like textbook questions more so for repetitive practice, yes it sounds like VCE) on a regular basis, because otherwise, there's just no sense of urgency and I end up in an absolute mess.

Oh, and the fucking Melbourne model doesn't help either. Just let me be an engineer ffs and stop putting so much pressure on me to get into the Masters program.