How hard did you work at University?

I've worked by arse off during the first two years of my degree. Until a few months ago, I never thought I'd be able to finish it due to my health. Now I'm doing fine, so I'm damn well going to make the most of my final year and aim for a first.
 
Gideon Lorr said:
I've worked by arse off during the first two years of my degree. Until a few months ago, I never thought I'd be able to finish it due to my health. Now I'm doing fine, so I'm damn well going to make the most of my final year and aim for a first.
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Go for it, that is what I did.

Got the first so the effort was worth it, and a lot of the stuff was just plain fun. I continued working on some of the projects long after the hand in date!
 
joeyjojo said:
Crammed for 3 months every year before exams, got a 1st by 0.1%. You've got to play the game :cool:
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I got a 1st by a similarly small amount, makes every minute of work feel that is paid off:D

I didn't really cram so much at the end, Actualy, close to exam time I wasn't doing more than 30 hours a week - i preferred to spread my work load over the full 12 months as much as possible, although it is obviously hard to do much in the summer.

A lot of freinds were doing crazy 80-90 hour weeks and doing 24hr stints to cram before an exam. Could never do that, day before some of my exams I would play some sports and go to the pub for an hour to relax.
 
I did economics and found it quite easy but i think that is because i went to a former poly and they didn't do any maths in their economics and it was more research & social study. Struggled to get a job in Economics because I failed all the pre-screen maths tests now working in completely unrelated job.
 
Not very hard myself, and now I realise how bad it was to have that attitude of "coasting through"

I totally understand why employers don't want to hire graduates. If they can't even keep their houses clean how the hell are they going to work hard at a job? You just arn't, university seems to teach you bad diets, drinking excessively and a poor work ethic.

I had to unteach myself the poor work ethic habit just by going mental cleaning my room/house all the time, doing tasks AS SOON AS I thought of them etc etc not putting stuff off.

Basically uni taught me a whole bunch of bad habits I had to unwire and I think 99% of most students when I see their houses I Wasn't alone.
 
I think it's going to be a bit hard for me when I go in September - nobody telling me to get off games and do some work.

Oh well, it's just teaching yourself some form of responsibility for yourself.

Should be a laugh though, but I know that the lectures have to be taken seriously, especially in Computer Science.
 
Number_25 said:
I think it's going to be a bit hard for me when I go in September - nobody telling me to get off games and do some work.

Oh well, it's just teaching yourself some form of responsibility for yourself.

Should be a laugh though, but I know that the lectures have to be taken seriously, especially in Computer Science.
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Best decision of my life was to COMPLETELY quit games cold turkey. Don't touch them now at all in any form.

That **** is like crack.... no different. (Former WoW player)
 
sp1ke said:
Best decision of my life was to COMPLETELY quit games cold turkey. Don't touch them now at all in any form.

That **** is like crack.... no different. (Former WoW player)
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I know how bad it can be for WoW players, I used to play RuneScape and the amount of hours I wasted on that was incredible.

I now average out about 30hours a fortnight (and that's all games) - it's not bad considering that I'm doing nothing at the moment.
 
not very hard at the beginning but when I came close of being kicked out from University and me realising that I would have wasted 3 years on nothing I made sure that I would not repeat this mistake...so I studied very hard and finished with very good grades. Got my first job after writing one application; so it all worked out at the end....
 
I'd say that i worked hard and finished with a decent mark but i don't think i approached it with the 'right' mindset and I didn't get the most that i could have out of my degree. If i was to repeat it now i'd approach things with a little more caution and make sure i kept my eyes on the 'bigger picture at all times. It's important to keep asking yourslef if you're actually learning anything rather than just plodding on with assignments and making sure they're in on time.

Personally i think there is some advantage to doing a degree as a mature student rather than dropping yourself in it at 18. My advice for anyone going to University is University hands allot of opportunities to you on a plate, whether they're social, academic or professional so take advantage of them while you're there.
 
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I did absolutely bog all for 2 years on a sport science course and got kicked off.

Have spent the last 4 years studying part-time whilst working full-time and just finished with a 2:1. I did put time and effort in the second tme, probably because my employer was paying for it but I could never put the time in that was demanded of you for a first. Maybe if I continue to a masters I'll push myself harder for a first....
 
1st year - barely turned up, even slepped through one exam.
2nd year - didn't do too much throughout the year then really turned in on 1 week before the start of exams.
3rd year - worked hard on the important pieces of course work, revised 10+ hours day 3 weeks before the exams through to the last.

Came out with a comfortable 1st, but then I did go to an ex-poly :p
 
Worked exceptionally hard
Thursday nights were genrally fun in the first few years afetr that no alcohol any night before a clinic
We went to the pub for the odd beer
 
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