Study Tips
Dedication to Organisation
One week and 3 tests are what stands between me and 2 weeks of freedom. Freedom from multiple chapters to read a night, the 8am wake ups for politics lectures and the guilt of watching Netflix when I should be studying. In order to make it through this...
Onwards & Upwards
This last week I finish up my exams, sort out all the stuff I need for next year (which was way more stressful than I anticipated), and start packing to head back home (across a bunch of seas to that obscure country in Southeast Asia). But before that, SURPRISE...
Thoughts ????????
Lately, I've been reminiscing a lot about home and the people I've left behind. One memory in particular that I seem to keep going back to is when my mom took my sister and I to New York City to watch Aladdin on Broadway. It's my favorite Disney movie, you see....
[cue the Legally Blonde “Watch Me Shine” montage]
Tate's got some (more) study tips to help you out with First Year Law!
Anything can happen.
Recently I have found myself really not myself. I have been on and off sick for a while and now my body just seems to have hit by a train. These last couple of weeks have been interesting though as some unexpected things have happened like I THINK I'M SWITCHING...
Studying to learn and learning to study
Studying is one of the most important skills you could ever hope to attain either before or once you’re in Uni - the ability to nap for less than 10 minutes and at any location is also an art of University survival, however that deserves a blog of its own. So for...
The Big Weeks
Tate talks about the big weeks, the rough times, the deadlines that seem to cling to each other like stragglers at a party who don't know anyone else.
Classroom Etiquette
One thing that’s super different between university and high school is the classroom size. Lectures for first year Engineering are huge, usually held in the largest (around 600 seats) lecture theatre available. Sometimes even that’s not enough and there are...
Specialisation Corner: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Nothing’s quite worse than realizing you’ve forgotten everything to do with electric circuits from high school despite getting straight Excellences in Physics. Who knew that 6 months without having to think about which-component-lags-the-current or what hand rule...
Finals Preparation (!!!)
I’m currently sitting in front of my gate at Shanghai International Airport, waiting to board my 15-hour flight to New York City. With five hours to go until my plane arrives, what better opportunity than now to reminisce about the last month of exam preparation...
Remembering to Breath
Stressed. Stressed. Stressed. This single word thrums against my skull over and over again as I try and study. Some would say that this is a telling sign of a headache. My pretentious, overworked ass, on the other hand, has convinced itself that it is the...
Specialisation Corner: Chemical and Materials Engineering
Weeee, so semester’s finally in full swing. I have a super packed calendar already and tests start cropping up next week, and every week after that so YAY! Oh, and assignments and labs GALORE. Isn’t that exciting? Of course, nothing’s more exciting than taking a...
A Uni Musical
For probably just about all of us Disney movies have been a stalwart through a large part of our lives. So its natural that after six months at university some of those theme songs that permanently live in the recesses of our brains began to resonate quite...
Mid-year resolutions
As one of my favourite podcasters once said, I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions in the traditional sense. Nobody I've known has ever managed to stick to them. That’s not to say that goals aren’t important, they are. However, one year is way too long a...
0 TO 100 REAL QUICK: FIRST YEAR ARTS (1)
Tate gives you the rundown on the three arts papers she took this semester: Classics 110, European 100, and Art History 109.