It's the beginning of January which means the return back to University for many students (myself included). I came back to Newcastle on Sunday with a very heavy case. Luckily the conductors were nice and helped me on and off the train because I needed it! (Especially with me wearing heels which probably wasn't the cleverest of ideas!). I don't even know why my case was so heavy, my excuse is because I'm a girl!
I've missed Newcastle so much over Christmas, the people, having my own little routine and the social life! But one thing I haven't missed is my freezing cold student house. That is probably the major downside of moving back here in January because I loathe the cold! I am also one of those unlucky students who also has exams, boo! None of my housemates have them which isn't fair at all! I love and hate University. I love everything about it apart from actually attending lectures which is the whole point of going to University in the first place!
At GCSE and A Level, I was the quiet, hardworking girl who was super organised and punctual and never handed anything in late. All the hard work paid off in my exams and coursework so I ended up with decent grades. Since moving to University, I have lost some of my organisation (probably because my mum isn't there telling me to do things everyday even though she is just a phone call or text away so I do get the odd motivational speech from her) as well as my motivation to attend classes. I don't think my past teachers would believe me if I told them! I haven't missed a coursework deadline as I would never do that in a million years but when it comes to revising for exams I just can't be bothered! I think it's because last year I was in first year so I knew my grade wouldn't count towards my actual degree so I did as limited work as I could to pass the year (which is 40%). I ended up with a high 2:1 at nearly 70% so I did surprisingly well at the lack of work I did!
Now that I'm in second year I need to get out of the mindset that I only have to pass but this year actually counts so its time to buck my ideas up next semester. I recently got a grade back for one of my first courseworks of the year and it wasn't too good if I'm honest! I need to stop watching TV series' and actually do lots of work in future!
At the minute I am halfway through my exams (hence the lack of posts). I had a Medical Microbiology exam yesterday and a Metabolic Biochemistry exam today so ever since I arrived back in Newcastle I have been revising for most of the time. Since I got back, the only social life I have had is seeing my boyfriend that I hadn't seen in 3 weeks and that was only for a few short hours wah! I think my exams have gone okayish so far but I'm one of those people that stress in exams and end up forgetting things! I have another 2 next week. I have a Haematology and Transfusion exam on Monday and another Medical Microbiology exam on Wednesday and then I am free from University work! But only for a week then it's back to hard work. I am actually going to try and attend most lectures this semester as I think I need to if I have any chance of passing this year!
I thought I'd have a night off revision tonight to give my overly-worked brain a rest (its not used to the amount of work I've been doing these last couple of weeks!). I took time this evening to finally order myself a juicer which I will be testing with recipes so expect a post about that in the upcoming weeks!
For now I am going to catch up on some much needed beauty sleep and then its back to revision all weekend and up until Wednesday. I am going to be a total stress head! Roll on Wednesday night when I'm finally free!
Have you returned to University/School/College this week? Are you unlucky enough to have exams like me?