Hi there, for those who don't know me, my name's Rey and last year I graduated as dux of my highschool with a 96.05 atar and documented the whole thing via a vce journey journal so thought I'd continue the trend.
This year I'm moving to Melbourne to study a bachelor of arts at the university of Melbourne, double majoring in psychology and gender studies.
My classes for this semester include:

  • science, philosophy and society

  • sex, gender and culture

  • understanding society

  • food for a healthy planet

Outside of school I love cosplaying, gaming, reading and cooking.
I can't really think of what else to say right now so I hope everyone's doing good

    • FH

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      Rey_of_sunshine bachelor of arts twin's 🤞🤞. all the best for the year!! i have a few friends studying at unimelb too so if you're in a distinctive cosplay outfit i might see you when i visit them 😭😭😭

          FH don't know how often I'll cosplay on campus but if you happen to come during a convention weekend it is quite likely, I think it'd be really funny if we happened to see each other and never realise lol. Honestly part of my mind is still convinced you look just like Conan grey lol.
          I hope your year goes great too and congrats on getting into the course you wanted (bachelor of arts ftw)

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            Yo Rey!
            Melbourne University is a great city campus, be sure to explore it in your free time. I went there on a school trip in Year 12 and was amazed by its size compared to LaTrobe Bendigo. Sounds like a great line up of classes for the first semester too. I recommend going to O-Week especially, it's very important for first year students, and a great opportunity to make new friends

              FinFin-3rdYearUni yeah I'll definitely be doing all the o week stuff. I'm lucky enough to be living in uni accommodation so I'll have full access to the campus pretty much whenever which will give me lots of time to explore and meet people. The campus is beautiful but definitely pretty big so chances are I'll get lost a few times while figuring it out lol

                It's official. Rey is a Melbourne resident with roomates that are absolutely awesome. My new room is cute with pretty decent storage for uni accommodation and the view is spectacular.
                Still can't believe I'm here tbh

                21 days later

                Haven't been on here for a while so in summary: the 2 weeks of 3 weeks of living here before uni started were scholarship program orientation (it's got development activities as well as financial support) then a week of accommodation orientation and then official o week. My scholarship program has a small but close cohort, there's been some interpeople drama but I haven't been involved in any of it and everyone is still really nice to each other.
                I started drinking and learnt the hard way how much being hungover can suck lol.
                All the activities I've gone to have been pretty fun though.
                O week was kind of boring the first half but the second half was fun because that's when our student union was running stuff so there were more clubs and freebies. I joined a fair few (arts society, psychology society, dancesports (I'm starting ballroom lessons lol), vegan society (I'm not vegan but my dad and best friend are), bubble tea society, pirates, friends of unnatural llamas, chocolate society and consistently amazing kitchen endeavours (or CAKE). Plus I'm going to go to some of the student union queer department events (already went to an ace one and it was chill).

                People at uni are really nice but it's easy to feel stuck in the same few conversations (what's your name, major, where are you from) so I forget a lot of names.
                I've had 3 lectures so far (food for a healthy planet, understanding society and history & philosophy of science) and so far HPS is my favourite but they're all interesting. Tommorow I have a lecture for my final subject (sex, gender and culture).
                I genuinely love my time table because I'm not in a single day before 10 am and I'm in every day (not everyone's thing but personally I like having the routine of something daily). Plus my schedule is quiet enough I've been able to fit in my clubs/extra curriculurs so far.

                Overall I love it up here, I know it'll start getting more stressful and obviously some bits are hard (fitting in, making proper friends and stuff) but overall I'm happy where I am

                  Rey_of_sunshine glad you're enjoying uni!! i relate to the conversation thing, it does get quite dull but hopefully now that classes have started that you meet more like-minded people that make conversation making much easier!!

                      FH hopefully. I'm thinking clubs is probably going to be where I get more socialising but fingers crossed i find good people in my tutorials

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                          Rey_of_sunshine tutes are quite fun + are great to meet people (speaking anecdotally). also clubs are where you'll meet the most like-minded people (once more, speaking anecdotally).

                          hope the rest of week 1 runs smoothly!!

                              Rey_of_sunshine
                              It's great that you're getting involved in being an adult, as well as focusing on studies. A bit obvious, but it's not a great idea to drink a lot the night before classes or an exam. It is very good that you've joined a lot of societies and different clubs. It seems like your uni has loads to choose from. It's hard to break out of those conversations. Try asking other stuff, like if they live on campus, what hobbies they have, etc. As you get into classes and collaborate with others, you'll strengthen connections.
                              ommgggggggggg, the best thing about uni is that not all classes start at 9AM, so you don't have to fight peakhour traffic. I live near a primary school, so the 9AM class starts are tricky to battle. You'll have plenty of time to work out schedules, get into routines and such. Eventually, you won't need to look at your timetable to know when and where everything is.
                              Uni will eventually get harder, but you'll find your groove and stick too it

                                  FH hoping so too, it's been a blast so far and I'm loving all my clubs for socialising. I've made a couple friends so far
                                  FinFin-3rdYearUni yeah i don't plan on drinking too much on uni nights so will be keeping myself in check as much as possible lol. Yeah unimelb has a lot of clubs/society's so it's been amazing so far. The lack of 9 am classes are genuinely phenomenal, sleep ins every damn day plus like very low commute time makes it amazing. Yeah, it'll definitely get harder than now but I'm excited for it, at the moment at least lol

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