by andrew qiu | Nov 14, 2022 | Arts, Campus Life, Communication, Computer Science, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Study tips, Uni hacks
Around this time last year, at my high school graduation, one of my teachers ended his speech with a line that went something like: “If you felt this year went by quick, the next 40 will too”. I’m only 1/40 of the way there (as of 2022), but it feels like only...
by andrew qiu | Nov 7, 2022 | Inside Word 2021
Universities don’t often introduce all-new degrees, but this year’s a bit different at UoA. If you’ve seen some of my other blogs, you’ll know that I study a conjoint between Communication and Computer Science. I’ve already written about the latter, so here’s some...
by andrew qiu | Oct 14, 2022 | Inside Word 2022, Study tips
Conjoint degrees: the University’s answer to students being indecisive about their future. Just kidding. It’s more than that – but if you are indecisive about your future, like I was last year, a conjoint degree is a pretty good solution! In short, a conjoint degree...
by andrew qiu | Sep 9, 2022 | Arts, Campus Life, Communication, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
Last weekend, for the University’s Manawa Mai Open Day, I had an opportunity to pop down to the basement of OGGB – the main building of the Business School – for a little bit of communicating… as a student ambassador for the Bachelor of Communication. Basically, this...
by andrew qiu | Aug 22, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Study tips, Uni hacks
Online learning. I’ve done it before. You’ve done it before. And at UoA, you’ll do it some more. Okay, actually, that isn’t entirely true – the University of Auckland, for one, holds all their classes in person nowadays and is probably hoping to keep it that way – but...
by andrew qiu | Jul 21, 2022 | Computer Science, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Science, Uni hacks
Somewhere at the very start of the year, an early lab for one of my classes asked something along the lines of “Why are you studying Computer Science?”. For a little introduction to me, this is what I said: “I’m doing a Computer Science conjoint with...
