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#3
30th December 2010, 11:25
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Re: National Union of Students, benefits ?
They misprinted the date on my shu nus card so I got 2 extra years, apart from discounts I used the union library now and again
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#4
30th December 2010, 22:42
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Re: National Union of Students, benefits ?
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 in total i did 4.5 years at uni and only bothered with the NUS card the 1st year as it seemed to be "the thing to do" turns out i used it about 3 times and never bothered again, i found id rather pay full price a couple more times than have my photo took  Quote:
 ) although i didnt do the full thing i experienced quite a few elements of it, i did join the society for our course so did the meetings and attended some of the events. I also was friends with a few guys who lived together and spent a hell of lot of my time at their house (mostly as i needed help but sometimes socially too) weekends of going nuts at a computer screen  the 4 of them was renting a house just outside the campus and at 1 point was asked to move in but declined as i didnt feel comfortable with sharing a house with some mates it was also bloody cold! I probably should have pushed myself and done it, but as i dropped out of that course the year after id have been back with my parents anyway. I thought that seemed the easier side of uni life, personally i found the going into uni worse  buildings packed full of people and our lectures was in rooms with like 200 other people in. I was very uncomfortable taking notes while other people could see me, soo many people and then you hear people laughing and wonder if its at you , it felt like school but on a much larger scale. Despite rooms with 200 people in i was sat on my own for probably the first 6-7 months i guess this would have been avoided if id moved onto the campus but it did force me to open up a little when i finally did start talking to some people (or well they started talking to me)Ah the 2nd university, not much of note, it wasnt on an actual campus it was near a college but in its own little building probably only 150ish people tops in the entire place so that wasnt too bad my class was 7 people  That was easy enough, except the damn presentations but ive already strayed away from the topic enoughI'd say it changed me as im better than when i was in college and spent most of the day staring at the floor, but i reckon it would have changed me a lot more if id done the "full thing" which given the chance id perhaps like to, but as i already have a degree and a stack of debt i dont feel like any more! |
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#5
6th January 2011, 20:58
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Re: National Union of Students, benefits ?
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, however all the houses my mates lived in during uni its like they have never heard of central heating...i dont know if it was a money issue or what but i dont enjoy sitting around playing games at 8-9pm in my coat i dont know if i would go back if i had the choice to..., although it sounds like im younger than you i can appreciate that committing to 4 years+ does indeed sound very scary! it never bothered me at the time when starting the last course as i was 21 and felt still pretty much like a teen still. with 25 being 2 months away i feel old and find 4 years a much more daunting figure I guess the experience would be different for everyone, your course may only be a small class as i say my 2nd uni there was barely more than 15 people in the room at any time and although the presentations made me nearly throw up before hand, 15 is a hell of a lot more appealing than 200  . From a social point i dont know which would be more useful i know the university scene has the whole "package" but im just thinking...if i had never done the uni thing in total id have had 6 years (2 at 1 uni, a gap - ie fail year and 3 at my next uni) in a work enviroment which could possibly have been better for my SA..who knows
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