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Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
strawberries:
Hello I'm strawberries
I graduated VCE in 2015, took a gap year, and now I'm a first year at The Australian National University in Canberra :)
My degree is pretty complicated to explain, so let's just say I'm doing a kind of specialized arts degree :)
subjects I'm takingLast semester I took intro courses in philosophy, politics, international relations and international security. In winter I took a course in political theory/philosophy, and this semester I'm doing a course in political economy, a course about how to write political science essays, and another intro course in IR (continued course of what I did in sem 1). I really enjoy what I'm doing in uni (although it's kinda hard!)
last semesterLast sem was quite ok! Do have a distinction average, which is ok, and I've literally learnt so much last sem! (although I've forgotten quite a bit, but still)
Uni social life is quite difficult though
But strawbs, what do you want to do after your degree?Honestly I have no idea, in terms of future study, there are many things I'd consider. Perhaps honours in either international relations or political science, maybe a masters degree in this area? I'd also like to do a PhD but yeah, still early days yet :P (also love to explore other fields)
Also, have been considering a UoM JD for a while, don't know if I should start prepping for LSAT yet, as I'm still not 100% sure I want to go, and idk if I want to spend a long time studying a law degree. Have also wanted to do an MBA before...but yeah I'm so ambitious :P
Part of me just wants to get out of uni asap
In terms of career, I would probably like to work as a diplomat tbh (ideally but not realistically though, although my career ideas will probably change over time). Getting into DFAT is very competitive, so yeah.
Also I'd like to be a politician one day, but just as a job not as a career (still need to work out my political affiliations first).
I'd probably like to start up my own business or be a CEO or something, and I'd love to be working in somewhere like London or NYC #onecandream
I have a problem aiming high rather than realistic so tbh I have no idea what I'd realistically be able to do
diary today (22/8):
- had a tutorial and a lecture (very confused)
- I read like a tiny little bit for my essay that's due in a month, but yeah, spent a lot of today eating and doing chores :(
- i'm pretty happy I finished my readings last week for my political science lecture tomorrow :) (even though I'm still fairly confused)
I do have a long to-do list though: mainly just making more notes, I took notes of my readings all sem but I need to make them neater and combine into a doc so I get a booklet :)
yep...this post turned out rather long...and I spent time doing this...rather than doing actual work :P #procrastinationwins
K888:
The quality of thread titles here is top-notch. I take credit for starting the trend ;)
Great read! I look forward to following this throughout the rest of semester, strawbs :D
brenden:
Yaaaaaaaaas strawbs!
strawberries:
ahh 23/8 - not so productive in terms of work but I did go shopping and buy some groceries today!
today I only had an evening lecture, was quite okay :P
I also did a tiny bit of reading for my IR essay, I even wrote some paragraphs but chances are I'm probably not gonna use them as I'm not even close to finishing my research (but I just get into the habit of writing before I've finished researching)
ps. word limits need to be reasonable. 1000 words is not enough to get information across
Coffee:
--- Quote from: strawberries on August 23, 2017, 09:21:20 pm ---ps. word limits need to be reasonable. 1000 words is not enough to get information across
--- End quote ---
Try a word count of 750. ;)
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