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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #45 on: November 15, 2017, 04:37:40 pm »
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15th Nov

- finished my last exam today!! had 3 days in a row of exams!!
can say I (hopefully) finished first year (until results come :P and hopefully no supps)
- personally I still don't feel that 'relieved' but yeah, I actually sorta wanna start learning again already? #whatanerd
- over the next week I'll finalize my exchange preferences and get the college to sign them off before I send my application...I just don't know what my GPA will be like so not sure if it's worth considering competitive ones
- also consider what subjects/units/courses I'll be taking next year. I applied for a degree transfer but I may not get it and I may not want it...decisions
will most likely be taking a summer intensive unit

also interesting to think this time two years ago when I was finishing year 12 I didn't think I would be here doing what I have done :o
I also feel a lot less pressure and stress of the importance of uni compared to VCE? (despite harder work)

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« Last Edit: November 15, 2017, 04:39:59 pm by strawberries »
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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #46 on: December 05, 2017, 06:17:34 pm »
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random update for no reason cos I can

- last week, I finalized and submitted my applications for exchange
- got my results last week, did better in Sem 2 than Sem 1...but still sorta wish I did better. But I did meet the GPA required to go on exchange to restrictive partners :) - but still doesn't mean I'll get it though :/
- now I'm really in holiday mode and sleeping a lot. also working a fair bit too. now I really don't want to go back to uni tbh.
- sorta deciding what courses to take next year. possibly considering a degree transfer but not too sure yet - I wouldn't find out if my transfer application would be successful until like a week before class starts so idk :/

I should probably get into a better routine, do some cooking, read some books and prepare myself for 2nd year I guess?
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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #47 on: December 05, 2017, 06:37:04 pm »
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random update for no reason cos I can

- last week, I finalized and submitted my applications for exchange
Yay, so exciting! Where are you thinking of going again?

I was choosing modules earlier for my exchange today. Aah, I'm so excited. ;D

- sorta deciding what courses to take next year. possibly considering a degree transfer but not too sure yet - I wouldn't find out if my transfer application would be successful until like a week before class starts so idk :/
What degree are you thinking of transferring to? :)

Enjoy your holidays, Strawberries. Well deserved. :)

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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #48 on: December 05, 2017, 08:54:03 pm »
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Yay, so exciting! Where are you thinking of going again?

I was choosing modules earlier for my exchange today. Aah, I'm so excited. ;D
What degree are you thinking of transferring to? :)

Enjoy your holidays, Strawberries. Well deserved. :)
thanks Coffee! hope you're all well ;D

so I decided to apply to universities in USA, Netherlands, China, Canada and Czech Republic in that order. we'll see where I get :)
I'm thinking of doing something like Asian Studies, not too sure if I'd do it though :P
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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #49 on: January 01, 2018, 02:56:29 pm »
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1st Jan 2018

idk if anyone'll read this but yeah w/e

Happy New Year! :D

anyways, now onto my uni journal. i'm so indecisive...
dunno if I should take 3 or 4 courses this semester. if I take 4, idk what to do as my fourth one? so many decisions!
also, if I do go on exchange next sem it really affects my course structure.
discovered our timetables are up and it looks like I have a 5-day timetable this semester with the 3 courses I've locked in :( (vs 4- and 3-day timetables last year)

also a week to go till my summer course!

hope everyone's having a good holidays,
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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #50 on: January 24, 2018, 02:13:02 pm »
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24th Jan

- finished my summer course last week :D
- our assessments included tutorial participation & discussion and a group seminar presentation and I am satisfied with results I guess
- however, we still have a takehome exam to complete as well as an essay, I am a bit nervous because I'm not too sure if I've fully understood the content and I don't think I can ask the lecturers regarding this :P
- there are so many essay topics to choose from, I'm leaning towards a few but I'm still undecided. it's due in like 3.5 weeks ://
we also have to analyze data from election studies which is sorta confusing but I'll play around with it when I finish my exam!

Also, semi rant here but I'm sort of upset that I can't enrol in a Diploma of Languages right now due to changes in Commonwealth funding. Like, I completely understand that they may not be able to "afford" it, I just wish we were known about it earlier :( I was really keen to go into depth into learning a language
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« Reply #51 on: January 31, 2018, 05:16:20 pm »
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31st Jan

wow already one month into the new year :o feel like it just started

I submitted my exam a few days ago, I do have an essay due in 2.5 weeks. I started very basic ideas/researching ~3-4 weeks ago, but because I've been so busy with my exam, I haven't started it until like today (lol oops). I hate myself.
Really indecisive about topics now. One I want to do is similar to the exam and I'm worried if I did the exam wrong that my essay will be wrong..:/

week 1 starts on the 19th. I still haven't fully decided what subjects I want to do. I'm pretty sure I'll begin learning a language (French), but the others...not too sure haha
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« Reply #52 on: February 20, 2018, 04:17:17 pm »
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20th Feb

- it's been a while! Idek if anyone's gonna read this haha.
- This week is week 1, last week was o-week and I've been really sick over the past 2 weeks :(
- I got an extension for my essay for my summer course. I'm happy with my mark I got in the final exam though :)
I'm hoping I can do equally well on my essay. #gettingthere
- This semester I'll be doing 4 subjects (#scared) - one on political theory, one for international relations, one about the EU and introductory French language. Really excited for learning stuff but also scared of the workload!
I'm already like super behind *shivers*
- I got approved next semester to study in Europe for exchange! :D super excited, hopefully it'll work out!

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24th April

been over 2 months, time for an update I guess? :P (if anyone's gonna read this)

So it's week 8 already, had our midsem break not long ago, also had a few assessments as well. I'll be honest, I haven't been doing too well and I have been struggling :/ I really don't know why. Sometimes I procrastinate and get unmotivated but most of the time I put in a lot of effort and don't see results.

assessments
I don't know what I should write haha...I have 2 essays due in <2 weeks (one I will probably be writing on theories of the EU formation for IR, and the other will be on theories of the European Parliament for my EU subject but I might change my mind on the second one lol) and I haven't finished researching/drafting yet...I also have a politics essay due in like <3 weeks and I will probably be comparing the ideas of Hobbes/Locke/Rousseau (which I need to re-read or at least read Sparknotes so I make sure I fully understand haha). I haven't even thought about finals yet...I feel like I need to start making notes already but idk :/ haha
right now
With French, I feel like that's the one I'm putting in the least effort in but I still find it qutie okay cos we get online homework (modules) each day and I complete them right after class most of the time. I did scrape a HD on my midterm/first test which we got back today but I made so many silly errors. With my other subjects, I seriously feel like I don't have enough background knowledge but idk if it's just me haha...like I've done okay on the assessments so far...and I generally seem to 'get' what they're saying in class, but I don't feel like I know enough extensively.
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Also, I'm super hyped about going on exchange next semester!

Re non-academics, I am really uninvolved in clubs and extracurriculars, I really dunno what to do because everything seems 'full' already and I don't hear about anything. I probably should get involved re resumes/future careers, but I also feel like I don't have the time?

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13th may

cannot cut down my essay. haven't even finished researching/writing (done about 2/3rds-3/4s?) but am like still 400-500 over the limit :-\
oh yeah and it's overdue tomorrow :) :) :)

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13th may

cannot cut down my essay. haven't even finished researching/writing (done about 2/3rds-3/4s?) but am like still 400-500 over the limit :-\
oh yeah and it's overdue tomorrow :) :) :)

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Heya strawberries!
I reckon you can do it! ^_^

Best of luck for getting this essay done! <3
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3rd June

Well exam period has begun last week!
I only have 2 exams this time, which is lucky, and they're also spread 1 week apart! (my previous exams were all on consecutive days).
Last Friday, I had my politics exam. I really don't know how I went...it was an open book exam and everyone else brought in prepared essays whereas I just wrote it on the spot (cos I was lazy) so... :-[

Last week I also got 2 essays back (politics & IR) and was thrilled to get a HD for both of them :o I really wasn't expecting it but I did put in a lot of effort. :) after receiving those marks back I was slightly more confident I guess? idk, I just really hope I don't continue to fuck up my GPA...
This Friday is my IR exam - I'm actually really scared because this course is so hard with a lot of theoretical applications.

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Well exam period has begun last week!
I only have 2 exams this time, which is lucky, and they're also spread 1 week apart! (my previous exams were all on consecutive days).
Last Friday, I had my politics exam. I really don't know how I went...it was an open book exam and everyone else brought in prepared essays whereas I just wrote it on the spot (cos I was lazy) so... :-[

Last week I also got 2 essays back (politics & IR) and was thrilled to get a HD for both of them :o I really wasn't expecting it but I did put in a lot of effort. :) after receiving those marks back I was slightly more confident I guess? idk, I just really hope I don't continue to fuck up my GPA...
This Friday is my IR exam - I'm actually really scared because this course is so hard with a lot of theoretical applications.

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Good luck strawbs! That's really great to hear that you did well on those pesky essays. You're almost there (until next semester *groan*) :P
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So it's been nearly 3 months since I last posted! I got my results for semester 1 and in just under 2 weeks ago, I left Australia and flew to Europe for my exchange semester! :D

I did okay last semester I guess? I did increase my GPA, but my WAM (even though ANU doesn't have an official wam) went down. That semester was hard, glad it was over. I was also quite happy to get HDs in political theory and French :) But pretty much since then, I went back to Melbourne and have been super lazy.

I started classes at my exchange university this week. The work seems quite intense and I am going to a liberal arts college so there's lots of readings you have to do (like actually have to) :-X
hopefully I'll have enough time to travel to other countries & cities too! :)

I don't know if anyone's gonna bother reading this but if anyone has any questions or comments feel free to reply and I am willing to talk more about my exchange if anyone's interested lol (even though I only just started it)

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Re: Are you pickin' up what i'm Putin down? - strawberries' university journey
« Reply #59 on: February 10, 2019, 03:11:46 pm »
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10th February 2019

it's been almost 6 months since I've posted...but wow...it's been quite a 5.5 months I must say :)

semester 2, 2018:
so I spent mid august to mid jan in europe doing my exchange semester. was amazing. visited 20 countries. once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. if anyone is ever considering exchange, i would strongly recommend it. i did have my downs but i definitely do not regret it at all. met so many people from around the world, saw so many sights, tasted great food and did so many things i wouldn't usually do! to think even 12 months ago that i would cruise the baltic sea, walk around the red square in moscow, climb the eiffel tower, visit the colosseum, see oia santorini at sunset, ride a gondola in venice, cruise along the danube river...the list goes on! it was also my first white christmas and i also loved experiencing the european christmas markets! i could ramble on about my trip! (i'm actually considering doing another exchange in next year, but we'll see when time comes :P)

in terms of the actual academics, my grades were not too good, but luckily they don't count towards my gpa :P (another reason why you should do exchange people!!)

this year
now...this year...i have to take uni more seriously. i honestly haven't been in the mood since returning from europe. i was in such a euphoric state over there that now being back feels kinda...depressing?
i have a decent gpa, but i still want to maintain it. i'm still not 100% certain on what courses i want to take this year but they're all going to have to be politics courses (i'm kinda sad not to be doing french anymore. whilst i liked it i didn't work very hard while i was on exchange and i still want to continue learning the language somehow)
the only thing is i don't really want a 'career' in the political science/IR field anymore, but i still have interest in my degree so idek what i'm doing by sticking it out :P

it took me forever to secure accommodation back in canberra, especially because i wouldn't be guaranteed on campus housing. i lived in a studio apartment on campus last year which was super convenient (but not super cheap) but i got a very late offer to live in a single dorm which i'll be moving into in a few days. it is cheaper but less convenient, but much more social so hopefully it works out :)

I keep saying i'll take part in more clubs and extracurriculars. maybe i'll stick to it this year? who knows.
I probably need to start looking at relevant work experience and perhaps internships.

I guess that's it for a 5-month update
If you read through all of this you're amazing and ily <3  :-*
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