Could someone explain what to expect...

[BabyDubsEverywhere]

Hi all :)

I have just completed Access and will be starting my degree in september... I have no one in RL to ask about things work without sounding like a total muppet, so thought I would sound like a total muppet here instead :)

What happens?

Introduction week...is it just drinking or is it worth going to? What happens then? Will i need to do/take anything?
What are lectures like? Is it someone standing up front and talking at me for two hours whilst i furiously scribble notes? (this is what i imagine purely from tv shows )

Any advice to offer about being a mature student??

Oh, if it makes a diff...
28yrs old, Married, 3 children, (youngest will be 2 months old when i start! eek!)

University of Birmingham, Ancient & Medieval History...

TIA :)

Hi, well done for getting on your course!

I'd definitely go to the organised lectures/meetings in induction week. You will get all the information about your course and your tutor group.

You will also meet your fellow students, when I first started the mature students seemed to gravitate towards each other!

There are a lot of drinking/social events advertised if you are so inclined. As it's Fresher's Week, the surrounding area is full of young and beautiful people handing out flyers/free condoms/other crap. It's like running a gauntlet! (Be prepared for them to offer you one then withdraw it sharpish when they realise you are 'old' )

Lectures are how you imagine. You will become an old hand at taking notes. They usually put the lectures online now so you can go over it at a later point in more detail.

Oh, and as you are a first year you must go in to register on the start date to release your student finance/loans.

Good luck!

Thankyou for replying, I am excited and terrified in roughly equal measures at the moment so it helps to have an idea of what is going on :)

At one of the open days with a friend and we were confused for parents...nice! haha!

Thankyou

Ooh glad I spotted this. I'm starting in september as a ancient mature student too. Am bricking it it. Totally.