#first year uni student

[socstudies]

03-09-22

Yesterday I visited my university for a welcome event and I loved it so much! I made a few friends and explored campus for a few hours. :) I also tried a caramel hot chocolate on my way home which I also loved.

#gilmore girls #trackanthroblr #anthroblr #anthropology #fresher #freshman #starting university #university #first year uni student #gilmore girls studyblr #studyspo #studyblr #gilmore girls studyspo #anthropology studyblr #uk studyblr #rory gilmore #luke's coffee #gilmore girls moodboard #moodboard #study moodboard #studyspo moodboard

[luminous-studiess]

in life updates: decided to enroll in a notoriously difficult class this semester. civil law is my achilles heel, and i also wanted to force myself into better study habits and time management. last week, i took the midterm and braced myself for a fail: despite improvements in the way i prepared for class and spoke during cold calls, i'd still been struggling over the semester. after the exam ended, i went and checked the schedule for dropping classes. one week later. dear reader, i passed.

#sam screams #seriously what the fuck guys after finding out my grade i went to the bathroom to cry #the same bathroom i cried in when i found out i failed my nth exam in first year #anyway people are like flowers they bloom in their own time #studyblr #study aesthetic #study motivation #studyspo #lawblr #uni #coffee #college student #studygram #books #dark academia #chaotic academia #law school

[zivazivc]

Does Hed help Les with grooming his back?

This is a really old ask about this post. And the answer is yes, definitely!

I ended up drawing them back in their room in Vibe City because I've been thinking a lot about them growing up there lately. This is a little before Les gets kicked out (big fight with dad) and they end up traveling around with Flea who is at uni at this point. (Flea isn't a local, he moved there because of uni a couple of years prior, and that's when Les and Hed met him. He is the only other mixed/non-fully funk troll they know at that point.)

In the drawing Hed is studying for a test. He's in the second year of high school when he drops out. This upsets and angers Les because he has good grades but Hed insists that they should form a band (like they used to talk about when younger) because he is secretly shit scared of letting Les live alone and fuck off to who knows where. - At this point in time Vibe City is pretty much grounded in the same location most of the time, and if Les doesn't have work, he likes to spend his time in the suburb/woods outside the city where he takes care of his beetle van, Scaab. And Hed is aware Les has been itching to leave the city for a while already...

This has been an unexpected mini lore dump, thank you for your time :P

#trolls #dreamworks trolls #ex bandmates #les #hed #flea didn't mind dropping out of uni bc dude was there for the student life and not much else lol #traveling around and playing at small gigs sounds like a better use of his time (his moms don't agree but he's 21 and can do what he wants) #i think rock and funk societies have similar school systems to ours and that their societies look the most like ours (to some degree) #pop trolls have elementary school but then what they call high school is just apprenticeships. and they have no higher education #answered #my art #trolls oc #vibe city is grounded because the king and queen aren't looking for their lost son yet (maybe they aren't even married yet?) #it's still quite a few years before the twin eggs are laid #also i think this is the first time i mentioned scaab by name #yes his name is scaab no i don't have a picture of him but i have tried drawing him plenty of times and i can see him in my head

[winryrockbellwannabe]

How to survive your first year in uni

(from a 3rd year student that only learned all this this past semester)

(applicable to other stages of your academic life, ofc, i was needing this advice rn in the end of my bachelor's)

1. Find ways to be interested in all classes.

Being it by watching documentaries/movies, wanting to be the smartass that knows quantum physics in family reunions, or wanting to tutor your crush on maths (not me doing that to learn integrals lol). You have to at least find a short term motivation to study for that class. That's the most important bit to be able to study it. But of course you also have to be interested in your classes, so try to watch tv shows about it to make it look cooler. (me watching big bang theory and realizing I understand some physics equations)

2. Find other people who are also interested in your classes

For example, this year in radiations class, i would have given up on being on track with the classes if my friend wasn't a master in radiations. They always answer my curiosity questions, and give me fun facts, so it helps me be interested in it. Also, other people's enthusiasm about a course is going to make you so much more excited about it.

3. Ask questions to your teachers.

I promise it won't be dumb. And even if it is, i promise it won't be in the top 10 dumbest questions they ever had to answer in their career.

My rad prof said in our first class that a master's degree student had once asked her what is a photon, and she answered bc there is no shame. (he was a comp sci undergrad, so he genuinely didn't know) That helped me feel more at ease asking her questions tbh, bc now i feel like every question is valid.

4. Don't worry if you are unsure about your future.

Everyone is. The only ppl that aren't unsure are the Rory Gilmore's of this world that had the same dream for so long that they don't even know if it's still their dream or not.

You're still changing, literally during my first year i had two different mental breakdowns thinking I chose the wrong degree. Which was just the stress and uncertainty speaking, bc im still very much enjoying my degree lol. (and the funniest bit, one of those mental breakdowns was me thinking i wanted to switch for computer science, but now i think that wouldn't do it for me. I changed my interests so much since then)

5. Make time for friends.

Both your "old" friends and trying to meet new ones. It will help you not to go insane during exams period lol. Also, try to talk to students from the years above you, they'll have so much advice to give you (you just have to say you're a newbie in uni, and they'll literally start rambling about their 1st year mistakes, at least that's what me and my friends do with the new kids lol)

#ill update this if i remember more tips #aj rambles #studyspo #studyblr #study blog #stemblr #stem student #study blr #adhd studyblr #adhd study things #adhd study tips #first year student #uni student #uni studyblr #uni tips #idk how else to tag this

[hella1975]

just think this time tomorrow ill be publicly indecent in a spoons somewhere. i am so strong

#ONE MORE EXAM. WE CAN DO THIS. I WILL BE DONE IN LITERALLY LESS THAN 24 HOURS NOW #AND THEN THE NEXT EXAM SEASON ISNT UNTIL MAY. COME ON GIRL #we have such a fun plan for tomorrow though bc the consensus has just been 'we need to get fucking mangled after this exam' #like i havent been out-out in WEEKS the closest i came was the end of december for a hometown house party of all things #i didnt even go out for nye. let's all take a moment and consider the implications for someone like me NOT GOING OUT ON NYE #so i am OVERDUE a good night out and then on top of that ive had exams be SO fr #and also this is the first year where my main friendship group (i.e not my housemates but my actual social circle) #are ALL econ students like there's about five of us and we all do econ and yeah two of them ive been mates with since first year #(the girl is my best mate at uni and is always who im on about if i talk about a 'girl on my course' and the lad is the one i lived with #in first year and have kind of got a thing with now?) BUT THE OTHERS ARE NEW ADDITIONS AND THAT'S SO FUN #so we're ALL gonna tip out of that exam and then me and her are gonna go back to mine to get ready bc am i fuck doing make-up #before that exam. the STATES i have shown up in these past few days i think the invigilators are worried about me #and then we're meeting the lads at the pub and starting there and THEN going spoons bc it's me and the girl's tradition #(calling her just 'the girl' is so funny. woman 🫵) after exams to buy each other mystery shots at spoons and we HAVE to drink them #and then one of the lads really wants to go to a karaoke bar for some reason?? so that might be in my future #AND THEN we're going clubbing. im so ready. take me home vodka shots. the end is near please please please #hella goes to uni

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

sharing one of my all-time fave poems totally not because I spent the last hour crying uncontrollably over graduating <3 LMAO

LISTEN I LOVE YOU JOY IS COMING!!!

Text version here.

#when rachel cries it's bad because rachel doesnt cry!!!! #you ever........ grieve for a location <3 #it's not like I'm even obsessed with the city I live in rn but #a younger version of me was #and it's not like I even like my degree now #but a younger version of me did!!!! #not the impending future looming upon me lmao #my last class will likely be tuesday (likely because I might... skip some LMAO) so I'm just... in it #writing session at the starbucks turned into writing session at the library's coffee shop #which I used to go to every week to visit a friend in first year & I loved it #which then turned into writing in the student union building which might be one of the last times I ever go there #& my last week of classes ever starts tomorrow #umm not it coinciding with holy week um that's very lonancore of you university #I OBVIOUSLY live very far away from my uni city so I'll probably never come back here ever again #the autism is rlly autisming about this LOL #to everyone else graduating this month... #LISTEN I LOVE YOU JOY IS COMING

[fortunaestalta]

#artists on tumblr #ai artwork #alternative #fantasy art #fantasy occupation #“First Year Uni Student Taking Peat Bog Archeology”

[divkazkdovikde]

so… i got enrolled for the next semester of uni and holy shit. i just saw what courses i’ll be having and lemme tell you- i want to fucking die. can someone tell me what was going through my head when i was deciding where to apply for uni? and why did i thought that agrobiology faculty was a good idea? no i just had to go and choose one of only two chemistry based programs there were. i mean look at this. i won’t catch a single moment of break with this

what the fuck have i gotten myself into

october isn’t far enough

#i mean first year was pain in the ass but this? #im ​gonna die #i dont even like school that much #or chemistry if were being honest #i just didnt know what to do #jesus christ #studies #university #uni #academic life #academic validation #chaotic academia #uni struggles #uni stuff #students

[pikslasrce]

im going to do it for real this time (drop out and get a job)

#my bro got himself a job at some idk tech startup that works w u.s. moving companies and theyre still hiring so im thinking like #what the hell ill give it a shot id have to get training first anyways so if i dont like it ill just say 'this isnt for me buh bye' #and i mean. i could always quit after a few months etc. but uni?? im quitting that shit for good i am NOT coming back... #ill just wait till october and then just. not enroll for the next year.. #which also gives me time to use the lovely student benefits (health insurance) before i drop out... #ive been putting off making those appointments so like. best to take advantage of it while i still can #and also the plan is to take a graphic design course or sth so i can have at least an online certificate or sth for employability #so if all else fails im going into graphic design and illustration NOT CLICKBAIT. hopefully some ppl i know could even get me into somewher #hashtag networking pays off #piksla.txt

[gotstabbedbyapen]

First day in university: Everyone already expected me to know how to function and got mad when I failed their expectation.

Many days in university: I pretend to know what I'm doing and hope no one will notice my crippling anxiety.

#university #my problems #my ramblings #if you can't tell i'm a first-year student and already want to retire from everything #i don't want to bore you guys with my uni struggles #but these days have been... not good #i'm just trying to get by :'D

[haunted-medievalist]

in news from grad life, my supervisor asked me about phd plans today and upon hearing i want to take a few years to do various non-academic things before i start one, immediately produced an application form for a scholarship to study abroad in iceland for a year? like this was not remotely on the radar of what i was planning for next year but tbf i hadn't actually planned that much, and i was initially looking at a master's programme in iceland before i settled on the one i've actually ended up on, so... why not! could be living in iceland this time next year! sometimes niche, half-buried teenage dreams do come true!

#it is a scholarship to study the first year of the BA in icelandic as a second language #and i think after that year you can choose whether to reapply for the scholarship and keep going with the rest of the degree or not #i have other vague post-masters ideas such as enrolling in a 6ish month long creative writing course i've had an eye on for a while #but that is online and could theoretically be done alongside a uni course in icelandic #if anyone following me for whatever reason knows anything about being an international student in iceland i am eager for advice #spending my evening hyping myself up and going down study abroad research rabbit holes #15 y.o. magnus studying a beat-up second-hand icelandic grammar book on their school lunch breaks is thriving rn #oh i am also taking very *very* beginner's icelandic classes at uni alongside my master's this year but it's not certified/accredited #i don't even think the teacher is qualified i'm p sure they just enlisted the first icelandic man they found who happened to be in the city #rambles

[breakerofcurses]

uni is so weird bc i see people around whom i perceive to be more alike me than the people i hang out with but i love my friends and at this point learnt that friendship is not always about common interests and also it's been 2 yrs and it slightly feels awkward to meet with new people just now when most of them found their friend groups

#hey guys i was depressed last year can we break the ice. again #ok it's certainly normal to meet w new people that sounds stupid. also i heard from a friend that two students who didn't even interact #during their uni days met for the first time after graduation & got married. wow #alumnis from her school

[tracle0]

Next - here Previous - here First - here

#crow comic #art #artist #artist on tumblr #original comic #original art #I'd like to add a note here explaining the panel with just the flag of England #from that I mean to. Discuss how the influx of Christianity twisted England especially into being power hungry and corrupt #something something monarchy as a power of the church. something something beating the celts out of their home #I can't remember exactly what my thoughts were but I'm 99% sure it was along those lines. Hence the. Flag of England #st. georges flag??? I want to say??? Lemmie check #yea st georges flag cool #anyway. #current update is I might not be able to go to uni after all :)))))) #oh actually this links to this comic #I made this during a college course I did that basically let you get a level 3 or level 4 in art media and design #this comic had no end input into it but I did make it as part of my final major project. Should have been graded - was not due to COVID #(I made it in 2020) #I got a level 4 which is the same as the first year of uni in the UK. Cool! Cost me nothing to attend #however now I'm applying for a student loan I'm. Not able to get one. Because I already have a foundation/year 1 qualification #and the student finance body won't give you a grant for re-doing a foundation year #is what I can understand from what I've found out #I need to call someone up about it but everywhere is shut until tuesday so. Wait until Tuesday I guess??? #sigh

[randomnameless]

Musing about something with a friend :

In this support, Claude and Leonie discuss about self-sufficience :

Rivers full of fish, trees bursting with fruit, mushrooms ready to harvest all over...

It's the kind of place where you can really be self-sufficient. Guess we can thank the goddess for that.

To which Claude replies, with all his wisdom :

Eh, I dunno. I'm more inclined to thank the bountiful earth than the goddess for such things.

The goddess may offer spiritual guidance, but she doesn't fill our bellies, that's for sure.

Then Leonie says :

Not a very noble-sounding thing, to disregard the goddess and honor the land.

Now this support rolls on misconceptions, and it might be an easter!egg, but Rhea’s Halloween alt in FEH answers to some of those questions (tfw we have to rely on FEH because GW put her in a fridge).

About Claude’s answer, it’s hilarious to note that this support comes after the player most likely already finished Dedue’s quest about seeds, and know the greenhouse in Garreg Mach functions with “magic”.

Magic that, in FE16 at least given the circles, comes from Sothis herself. So in a way, Leonie is right, Garreg Mach is self-sufficient (only when it comes to veggies!) because vegetables grow thanks to Sothis’s gifts.

So Claude saying “she doesn’t fill our bellies” is... in this specific situation, completely wrong - Sothis does, through her magic and teachings. Byleth can “infuse seeds with magic” for free in the greenhouse.

So when Claude says

Nature is a blessing that knows nothing of borders. The goddess is the goddess, and the earth is the earth. They should both be revered for what they are.

After saying the Goddess is only here for spiritual support, he’s dead wrong - both nature and the Goddess are to thank for Garreg Mach’s limitless supply of food.

As for Leonie being worried about disregarding the Goddess, a certain someone in a certain game says :

The people of Askr may not worship the goddess, but they give thanks for nature's bounty all the same. Whether by the goddess's grace or our own hands, the harvest we reap ensures our continued prosperity. It pleases me to see that this truth is alive and well even outside of Fódlan. We must continue to guide others so that the smiles brought by this bounty never disappear. Today was a valuable reminder of gratitude and joy that I shall treasure for many years to come.

aka Rhea doesn’t give a fuck whether people thank the goddess or the land or whatever for the harvest, so Leonie’s reservations were unfounded to begin with!

#FE16 #you'd think if Rhea had supports half of the supports of the cast would vanish #at times Claude in his supports really comes as a first year uni undergrad student #who thinks he knows everything and wants to educate people he thinks are bigoted #or backwards #but knowing the lore and the background he is the one who ends up looking like the biggest clown #it's sad in a way

[mainfaggot]

had a moment of whimsy followed by a moment of genuine irritation

#i went outside for 20 mins bc i felt like crawling out of my skin and thought swinging alone in the windy weather would maybe help me calm #down just a bit. like a little tiny bit #for the first 5 mins i felt like my heart would burst from the anxiety of being in my neighborhood and ppl seeing me through their windows #i get so weird about existing in public (has an anxiety disorder) #i started swinging aggressively and started calming down a bit #then this little kid got onto the swing next to me and his dad started pushing him #and i could hear the kid laughing through my headphones blasting music #i started smiling without realizing and then made eye contact w the kids dad while smiling 😭 #and tjen i took off my headphones bc i felt obligated to say hello just to be polite idk! #and i was like aww how old is heee so cute #the kid was 5 #and then the dad was like how about yourself? i went: im 20 haha #and he was like. Oh? i thought you were like 12 years old. 🤨 #PLEASE? #and then i was like haha yeah! i get that a lot! (no i don't?) #im actually a uni student #and he asked me what i was studying so i said psych #and he was like yeah youll need a masters there arent any jobs in that with just a bachelor's #and i was like I know right! ill probably get a PhD haha the job market is so horrible! #and then he was like so you live at home? and i was like yeah its so much cheaper! #and then awkward silence i said nice to meet u and got the fuck out of there #like why did he have to tell me i needed a masters Bitch I KNOWWWWWWWWWWWW my life is already falling apart dont remidn em 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #it was way more wholesome when i jjst smiled silently at him and his cute ass chuld #z.post

[12romy]

Wow, one of my students is scared of nothing.

I caught him using his phone during the exam so I obviously write "malpractice" in red on his copy, and take his phone. Then, when he gives back his copy a while later, I notice him taking the phone from the desk and trying to sneak away (the exam was still going, so I was watching the rest of the class). Of course, I stop him, and I take back his phone because he'll have to meet with the head of department to get it back. Then, I look for his copy amongst the pile. I look for the bright red "malpractice" and I can't find it. BECAUSE HE HAD CROSSED IT OUT. Completely covered it in black ink, thinking he could get away with this.

Obviously, he's in big trouble.

#i swear the nerve of this guy #and we're talking first year uni student #personal #teaching #a small part of me is kinda impressed #i wish i had his confidence #anyway he got caught so