[CHAT]: Transitioning to higher education
Year 12 is over, you've got your results and you're sitting there thinking: what happens now?
Lectures, tutorials, majors and minors - the lingo used in the glossy pamphlets can seem like jibberish at first.
Then there's the other worries you might be having: How will I make new friends? What do I do if I'm not enjoying my course? Is it possible to pay attention in lectures without falling asleep? (Hint: it's not :P)
So whether you're just starting out or you've been studying forever, join us here at 8pm AEDT on Monday 23rd January, or click reply to start the discussion now!
@FootyFan26are you interested in going to uni/tafe? 🙂 if so what do you think you want to study?
hey @FootyFan26 happy to have you along and reading anyway! Won't be long till it's could be you right?
Also @Asche please give me your coffee insight, i NEED to know. I drink coffee always haha
@Stealth_ninjaI really have no clue what I want to do. I'm pretty lost atm but I just want to focus on doing well in VCE. @May_
I think thats totally normal @FootyFan26! I dont think i really knew what i wanted in year 11, sometimes im not sure what i want NOW haha but awsome that you have a goal to work towards. I think that's great 🙂
I'm worried about choosing the right course I guess. I don't really know what I'm doing so I guess what I have to do is learn from others and ensure I look into things before I choose something. I'm so lost with VCE subjects I don't know how I'm gonna handle all the unni/TAFE courses. 
I had no idea what it meant either when my sis and mum kept mentioning them. 😛
and I allowed to join back in? Or does everyone here want me to leave too?
I'd love for you to join back in @loves netball, are you back at uni/tafe this semester? What are you looking forward to?
It just gives anxiety to a bunch of young children for their schooling lives. It's practically a memory test.
I concur! @Alison5 Definitely no measure for your true intelligence or abilities!
Actually, on topic, I think maybe that was the shocker for me at Uni. I was used to doing relatively well at school (i guess cause i was just memorising stuff) and then I had to do hardcore physics and it was awful. I really struggled and then had really bad self-esteem cause i just felt really stupid. But masters is completely different, I think its maybe cause i care about it a lot. Sometimes i dont do that well but i dont think i mind as much
I know a lot of people used their ATAT etc to get into a similar area course then after a year change to a course that they wanted to do that needed the higher ATAR - doesn't always happen though
For those of us that aren't at Uni/TAFE/Work etc.
What is one piece of advice you would give?
Or what is one thing you would have liked to have known before you progressed to higher education?
How do you make friends at uni or tafe?
I guess create a study group with people in your class/group/tute whatever you call it. 
I'm not really of any use to @Alison5s question though. Look forward to reading the answers.
From my experience it is easier to make friends during practical classes where you are forced to work in groups and group assignments and it got easier each year, and in that time I was more familar with some people. I made a really good friend doing a biomechanics group assignment - she's my name sake except she lives in another country now so I don't see her 😞
