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paigek3:
What’s USU?

EEEEEEP:

--- Quote from: paigek3 on March 01, 2018, 08:32:57 pm ---What’s USU?

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University of Sydney Union =)

They manage clubs, events and other things on campus

Potatohater:

--- Quote from: EEEEEEP on March 01, 2018, 08:37:47 pm ---University of Sydney Union =)

They manage clubs, events and other things on campus

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Damn you beat me too it! But yah, what E6P said  ;)

Potatohater:
11/03/18 - The first week and potential friends?

Ok so I was planning on reducing the frequency of posts here so you're not always bombarded with my initial impressions of uni, but that back fired cause I wrote A LOT. You have been warned #soznotsoz

Wow! I've been at uni for a week now, by which I mean 3 actual days on campus, since my Friday's are only pracs and I had no pracs in week 1 (Got to run off to Taronga zoo instead!) So here's how the week went...

Monday
Open me!
I overestimated how long it takes me to get to uni, now that I have a defined deadline to be there and the train only runs every half hour. This resulted in me being an hour early, and despite all the aimless wandering around on campus it wasn't all that bad since I ran into my engineering friend as she rushed off to her chem class, and coincidentally saw 2 other acquaintances. The reason I note this is because I'm sure this won't be a common phenomenon, particularly in the early stages when there are so many people I don't know.
Note to self: Don't catch the 9:50 train for a 12pm lecture. Maybe try the 10:50 one?

Then there was the lecture. There were several people I considered approaching but chickened out everytime and sat in an empty row by myself, pulled out my book and
"Hello"
A short Lebanese girl in glasses sat next to me and we started talking. Yay! Could she turn into a friend?
The lecture was just the usual introductory stuff of coming to lectures, doing the readings and how to use Canvas. Afterwards though, there was a department BBQ, and the new friend and I kinda got lost trying to find it as we were just talking and following random people. The wrong people it turns out. Once we found the BBQ she left, so I grabbed a sausage, listened to the talks and went home too. I met 1 person, and that's enough of an achievment for me right now.

Once I got home I attempted to start my OLE modules, but was so disheartened by where to start. It was in that moment I remebered somthing I was told at orientation.
"The system let's you do things not allowed by the course."
I'd brushed it off at the time, but now, now I was gonna double check that. Was it really right to be doing 8cp of OLE units? Turns out no. I was 6 cp short for the year. I moved an OLE over to sem 2 and After a brief consultation with the handbook added an elective of.....
Creative Writing!Perfect! I refreshed my timetable and ARGH! My Thursday isn't free anymore which at the time was so upsetting and frustrating because I'd had my hopes up for a 3 day uni week every week. I did all that I could do, moved my seminar to a better slot and accepted the fate of a Thursday lecture. In hindsight though, I don't think the Thursday class will actually be that bad, may actually be a blessing in disguise, an incentive to come and play Quidditch...
So now my 1st sem units are Performance, Geography, 3 OLE's and Creative writing
Wednesday
Open me!Today was my 1st geography lecture and I was kinda falling asleep during the most important part - the infomation on which our 1st assignment is based. Afterall, it was a 2 hour lecture and I was stuck in my seat the whole time, watching lecturers talk... But yes, 1st geo class and BAM! Assignment due in a few weeks so I should get working on that...
We then had a geoscience meet and greet BBQ. I noticed a girl who looked as awkward as I felt and thought about approaching her, but she beat me to it, so we talked for at least 15 - 30 mins, interrupted by the awkward silence of just smiling at each other and the lecturer who came over for a bit but left soon afterwards, probs because we were pretty quiet. I am kicking myself though that all I know is her 1st name, and have no way of contacting her so RIP to ever finding her again in the lecture theatre (especially cause it's in the Seymour centre)
I then accidentally bumped into a friend of vetinary aspirations and hung with her until...
I auditioned for "SLOT 3"
This is especially signifficant cause not only is it my first commitment to SUDS (Sydney University Dramatic Society) but also
I hate auditions
But I know it is unfortunatley neseccary to land roles in productions so you gotta do what you gotta do. And as my friend pointed out, I'd regret it if I didn't.
This, however, was not an ordinary audition. It was much more casual and fun, phew! That being said I did still leave with my head spinning and an incredibly vauge recollection of how I went. For this audition process we just played games and then did 2 rounds of workshopped readings in either pairs or singles. The 1st round I was in a duo, the 2nd I did a monolougue, and I did it last. Hence, the nerves and spinning head. I ended up getting in, cause everyone gets in, now it's just a matter of what part they've given me, which I'll find out whenever rehearsal starts I guess.
Thursday
Open me!Today I was only timetabled in for a 1 hour lecture, but I was there for longer than that. I arrived 1.5 hours early, but this time it was on purpose. I met up with "vet friend" and we got a free sausage on eastern avenue and a $2 one from the quidditch club, where we met up with "engo friend" and another friend doing science.
I then went to my ENGL1014 lecture, like a good girl, unlike "science friend" who skipped her physics lecture. Although I was getting sleepy in this lecture too, I am so glad I added this unit as it sounds very demanding but also very interesting and beneficial to my writing.
Afterwards I went to my first quidditch training session wit "engo friend" and "science friend" which was quite fun up until the point I had to leave to go to work, about 45 or so mins from the end. I reckon this will be a good incentive to come to Thursday lectures, I might even ask the mum of my student if we can push her lessons back half an hour or so just so I can stay for the whole session.
Overall thoughts

Overall uni still feels quite surreal, especially cause it's such an odd routine and I havnt been too inundated with work yet, just a writing task, a few readings and a geo assignment so far, which is pretty manageable. It's weird though, how there are so many people on campus so you're never alone, but it can get pretty lonley. I do like being alone sometimes, but at others I do crave seeing a familiar face and having a bit of a chat, even if they are people I know from highschool and never really talked to at the time. That being said, I'm not exactly going out of my way to meet new people too much just yet, since starting out as the little fish in the big pond all over again has naturally put me in the awkward and shy mode that most people meet me as, but find that it's only temporary if they hang around me enough. At the moment I'm quite happy that I've met a few new people from outside my highschool - people I met at Mardi Gras, Quidditch, SUDS, and of course, my lectures. Hopefully I'll meet people in my pracs next week too!

In the meantime, the improvisation of life continues  :)

paigek3:
What’s OLE?

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