Perfect, thank you!
I've enrolled in my units but I'm having second thoughts about what I want to study/major in. I know I need to decide ASAP so I can take the gateway units for that subject but I just don't know.
Not having friends and just general anxiety/depression isn't helping either.
Hey Coffee, my B.A. @ Monash bud.
Remind me: what are you enrolled in? And why the second thoughts?
A couple of quick comments on that:
(1) I think it's
really, really hard to know what you study at this point, considering you've literally not even had one lecture yet! If it's any consolation, heaps of people will be in the same boat. I really had
no idea what I wanted to study (I wasn't even sure on Arts) at the equivalent time, and I didn't even have Linguistics as a unit at this point (in which I ended up majoring and pursuing Honours).
(2) On a related note, I don't think you need to decide
ASAP. It's *ridiculously common* for people to change their units around in the first couple of weeks of semester, so don't feel as though you need every single element planned right now.
And I'm sorry to hear that things generally just aren't going that well. From experience, Monash is pretty good on the whole free services deal - I'd recommend making the most of those services if you're struggling (feel free to clarify here or PM). If I were still on campus, I'd totally offer to meet and buy you a delicious cup of your namesake, but I'm sure the friends will come.
Like, not going to lie, I found the first semester or two super tough for a number of reasons, and they seem to reflect the ones you've spoken about pretty nicely (lack of friends on campus, general anxiety/depression, uncertainty regarding units and future) - but things 100% got better (to the point that I
loved uni, hahaha), and I really hope that they will for you, too.
EDIT: Oh, and everybody should join LingSoc!