Freshers

[Drsatan]

I know this is a bit late, being at the end of Freshers Week, but are there any members of this forum currently at uni?

Just for the record, I'm at Exeter Uni, doing BA History, and would like to meet any fellow railway enthusiasts there.

 

[Daimler]

I'm actually off to Uni tomorrow - Freshers week is only about to start!

 

[Bayum]

I've had freshers...

And I dislike Uni already. The lack of money to buy my books and materials etc isn't helping me much though either =/

 

[Swift-Deere]

Freshers week has just Finished for me

Am At Lancaster University (is anyone else?) doing Sociology

whats more the campus is right next to the wcml

but lectures start tomorrow

 

[Jordy]

I arrived here on Saturday, freshers this week then lectures start a week today (Monday)

 

[Pumbaa]

I'm not a Fresher, but I am back at Uni to do a Masters in Physical Geography and Geology, at Liverpool.

 

[Max]

Just finished my second week at Sheffield, studying town planning and urban studies!

 

[mumrar]

Freshers week? Had no idea we had so many Americans on this forum . Are you all looking forward to prom night? All of the hot chicks will be dating a Jock anyway, so you'll be left with the fugly ones. Can't think of anymore American rubbish to put in this, but suffice to say, I have no idea why we're so keen to be America? Especially those in further education, it's a step backwards

 

[The 158 Man]

Rubbish! America's a far better place than this excuse of a 'country' that we live in!

 

[Swift-Deere]

Rubbish! America's a far better place than this excuse of a 'country' that we live in!

Agreed, especially small town and rural America is better

 

[gordonthemoron]

it was called freshers week when I went to uni in 1978, so nowt new.

It was still crap though

 

[mumrar]

Rubbish! America's a far better place than this excuse of a 'country' that we live in!

You wouldn't be saying that if you were suffering their credit crunch, out of work then you broke your leg in an accident and had to pay to have it fixed. Land of the free? Utter crap, people here need to realise it's not like being in the OC or American Pie

 

[37401]

Are you all looking forward to prom night? All of the hot chicks will be dating a Jock anyway, so you'll be left with the fugly ones.

we had one of those at the end of school, I never went but I got the general idea it was s**t, only one of my mates went...on his own...very funny

 

[Swift-Deere]

we had one of those at the end of school, I never went but I got the general idea it was s**t, only one of my mates went...on his own...very funny

We had one at the end of high school and that was ok espesually as me and my friends went there in a American Frieghtliner truck lol

We had one at the end off college to which was awesome but the only down side was it was in liverpool meaning we had the travel all the way there from our town lol

 

[37401]

We had one at the end of high school and that was ok espesually as me and my friends went there in a American Frieghtliner truck lol

If I went to mine i would arrive with this on the back of a truck

 

[Geezertronic]

people here need to realise it's not like being in the OC or American Pie

Depends, if you are on about American Pie: The Naked Mile then freshers week might be worth getting involved in

 

[Mojo]

it was called freshers week when I went to uni in 1978, so nowt new.

Indeed, it's always been called "Freshers' Week" as far as I'm aware, certaintly for the past 30 years at least.

 

[37401]

at college we dont have freshers week, infact what on earth is a freshers week? I can only go on what ive seen in Animal House

 

[devon_metro]

at college we dont have freshers week, infact what on earth is a freshers week? I can only go on what ive seen in Animal House

A week to get pí$$ed of course

 

[37401]

A week to get pí$$ed of course

ahh cool

 

[gordonthemoron]

it's better when you're a freshers' week helper (i.e. second year), we got free beer for having to put up with the freshers

 

[37401]

a week where you get p***ed? kinda like a diesel gala then but without all the bellowing?

 

[Max]

Colleges don't tend to have freshers weeks I don't think. Fairly sure it's just universities.

 

[37401]

Colleges don't tend to have freshers weeks I don't think. Fairly sure it's just universities.

nah, Mine didnt

 

[gordonthemoron]

Colleges don't tend to have freshers weeks I don't think. Fairly sure it's just universities.

probably

 

[dan_atki]

Besides, if you think 'Freshers' Week' as an American term is bad for universities - why do so many of them insist on calling holidays 'vacations'? I have a Christmas vacation, an Easter vacation, and a Summer vacation...

 

[me123]

Most colleges in this area seem to have orientation weeks, where they go and get all the admin stuff done, but no-one I've met has a Freshers' Week. Probably because there's not a union at most colleges, though.

Dan, I have vacations. I also have "semesters" due to the Uni's new policy on Americanization (sic). It's actually screwed up my course big time, with a block of study being split over Christmas and another being split over Easter :roll: We also have terms. Term 1 is semester 1, and Terms 2 and 3 (split by Easter) are semester 2.

 

[dan_atki]

Dan, I have vacations. I also have "semesters" due to the Uni's new policy on Americanization (sic). It's actually screwed up my course big time, with a block of study being split over Christmas and another being split over Easter :roll: We also have terms. Term 1 is semester 1, and Terms 2 and 3 (split by Easter) are semester 2.

Sounds all too familiar... the fact a semester is split over Xmas is stupid - 10 weeks this side of the vacation, two the other side, then exams! The Easter one is normally smack bang in the middle of the semester, which isn't so bad.

Our terms are defined by the vacations. Semester 1 is split over Terms 1 and 2, Semester 2 over the rest of 2, and 3. Apparently both semesters and terms are needed for administration purposes rather than dropping the terms (which bear no relevance to the course).

Then again, that affects all 25000 students here rather than just me.

 

[Tom B]

We had one at the end of high school

Whilst I hate Americanisations, that one has been used in Britain for years - most secondaries in Scotland are "high schools".

 

[37401]

at my college we have holidays, no freshers, nothing, we have terms and we have christmas, we dont do exams (BTEC national diploma) and we dont like cricket

whats more the campus is right next to the wcml

I think I can beat that on my second day we went to a place called blackwell court, right next to the likey Incline, I saw 60040 and many many voyagers and turdostars, you could hear them from miles away!