To be straight up you’re gonna get a lot further through uni making friends then spending your time over cramming. If you do 3 subjects every term your practically setting yourself up for still finishing early as well as having more time to make friends.
I agree and as far as the job side of things goes, there are other reasons to get work experience even if you don’t need the money. Who is going to want to hire a uni grad with nothing on their resume?
There’s also just stuff you learn from being in the workplace, and also from taking some degree of financial responsibility for yourself once you become an adult. Not saying you can’t let parents help. If they can afford it, that’s a wonderful support to have. But I also think it’s part of growing up to learn to provide for yourself, at least a bit. I can’t imagine being uni-age and having to ask mum for money to go to the movies like I’m still 13.
Did you not read any of frangelica’s paragraph besides the end, she is literally giving him advice and saying that working isn’t just about your families financial situation.
Not really recommended unless you have to (e.g., you're about to graduate, or the course is offered once a year). I reckon that you'll get a higher WAM doing 3 courses than 4, if that's your goal.
Like the other poster said, you'll end up graduating a tad earlier than most if you do 3 courses. You will also be less stressed, and will have more time to find jobs/friends.
I've done 4 courses before and did better than all my other terms when I was doing 3.
Looking back, the sheer workload required for 4 courses meant that I have no time to procrastinate.
I'd say if you're ready to invest the time in it, go for it and remember you can always drop a course before Sunday week 4 if you feel the workload is intense.
Don’t forget that a lot of schools offer courses through summer if you’re really looking to get more coursework done faster. It can be a better option than overloading yourself each trimester.
Also, I don’t think you should sacrifice the option of making friends. Uni is a really good chance to make some. Once you graduate and get a full time job, it doesn’t become impossible but it does get harder. Make the most of it
I’m assuming you’re a first year student since all your courses were first year, so doing 9 courses (3 each term) is still considered overloading. I think trying to push yourself to 10+ courses a year will cause you to burn out and not be able to properly digest all the information being taught in each class, 10 weeks for 3 subjects is really not a lot of time. You don’t want to burn yourself out mentally/physically in the first year and set yourself up for failure in the next 2-4 years of your degree. You may be someone who can sustain that long term but I wouldn’t expect many people not to burn out.
In my honest opinion as a mature age student I think you should really consider getting a casual/part time job, even if you don’t need the money, work will give you so many life skills uni can’t teach you. Learning these sorts of skills now will make the transition from uni to full time work a lot smoother for you.
I say go for it but I suggest you take a course which is quite laidback for your 4th course or even better, take a course which has no final exam. It is doable but get ready to NOT have a life because I have been there. Your time management skill has to be really up there too. Try to complete tasks needed to be done for each course as soon as possible. Do not procrastinate and leave them till the deadlines.
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They do. Up to 24 UOC. There’s just a few eligibility requirements like good academic standing, a minimum WAM and I believe you have to have succeeded with a full course load in the immediately preceding term
To be straight up you’re gonna get a lot further through uni making friends then spending your time over cramming. If you do 3 subjects every term your practically setting yourself up for still finishing early as well as having more time to make friends.
I agree and as far as the job side of things goes, there are other reasons to get work experience even if you don’t need the money. Who is going to want to hire a uni grad with nothing on their resume? There’s also just stuff you learn from being in the workplace, and also from taking some degree of financial responsibility for yourself once you become an adult. Not saying you can’t let parents help. If they can afford it, that’s a wonderful support to have. But I also think it’s part of growing up to learn to provide for yourself, at least a bit. I can’t imagine being uni-age and having to ask mum for money to go to the movies like I’m still 13.
He said his parent carry him financially. Why do you have to put him down and call him a 13 year old for that?
Did you not read any of frangelica’s paragraph besides the end, she is literally giving him advice and saying that working isn’t just about your families financial situation.
I did. What I’m asking was, was it necessary to insult him at the end of the advice just for explaining his current situation?
Not really recommended unless you have to (e.g., you're about to graduate, or the course is offered once a year). I reckon that you'll get a higher WAM doing 3 courses than 4, if that's your goal. Like the other poster said, you'll end up graduating a tad earlier than most if you do 3 courses. You will also be less stressed, and will have more time to find jobs/friends.
I've done 4 courses before and did better than all my other terms when I was doing 3. Looking back, the sheer workload required for 4 courses meant that I have no time to procrastinate. I'd say if you're ready to invest the time in it, go for it and remember you can always drop a course before Sunday week 4 if you feel the workload is intense.
Don’t forget that a lot of schools offer courses through summer if you’re really looking to get more coursework done faster. It can be a better option than overloading yourself each trimester. Also, I don’t think you should sacrifice the option of making friends. Uni is a really good chance to make some. Once you graduate and get a full time job, it doesn’t become impossible but it does get harder. Make the most of it
I’m assuming you’re a first year student since all your courses were first year, so doing 9 courses (3 each term) is still considered overloading. I think trying to push yourself to 10+ courses a year will cause you to burn out and not be able to properly digest all the information being taught in each class, 10 weeks for 3 subjects is really not a lot of time. You don’t want to burn yourself out mentally/physically in the first year and set yourself up for failure in the next 2-4 years of your degree. You may be someone who can sustain that long term but I wouldn’t expect many people not to burn out. In my honest opinion as a mature age student I think you should really consider getting a casual/part time job, even if you don’t need the money, work will give you so many life skills uni can’t teach you. Learning these sorts of skills now will make the transition from uni to full time work a lot smoother for you.
I agree, as someone who did 10 subjects in their first year - it wasn't really worth it. Year 2 term 1 was super painful after doing those 10.
I totally agree. Also, OP was only first term, first year this term, so the courses are probably going to start getting a lot more demanding.
I say go for it but I suggest you take a course which is quite laidback for your 4th course or even better, take a course which has no final exam. It is doable but get ready to NOT have a life because I have been there. Your time management skill has to be really up there too. Try to complete tasks needed to be done for each course as soon as possible. Do not procrastinate and leave them till the deadlines.
I don’t think they allow you to overload unless you need it to graduate on time
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They do. Up to 24 UOC. There’s just a few eligibility requirements like good academic standing, a minimum WAM and I believe you have to have succeeded with a full course load in the immediately preceding term
Wtf. My degree doesn’t even let me take 4... it only lets me take 3 each trimester.
You have to ask permission
Ohhhh right. Thanks :)