whats the timetable like?

[Laura]

hi,
I've been accepted at St Andrews to read Psychology next year, and fair enough if im doing a Psychology degree then i would expect to have an hour of contact time a day for psychology, but not for geography and my other subject (as yet undecided) too!! Is the timetable really that hectic, and are you really expected to read 50 pages of the textbook BEFORE the next lecture (for each subject)? if so how on earth do you do it, and still manage to socialise too?
Oh and whats the town like for socialising? I've been up to visit but didnt really get a chance to see what went on in the evenings....

[Prophet Tenebrae]

The amount of work that schools prescribe is about 10 times what they think is necessary because they know the average student will do about a 10th of the average work.

Wong can tell you about a hectic schedule with his 18 hours of practicals every day.

[mary]

ok you'll normally get 1 hour for each subject a day, 50 pages of reading for pschology?(spelling) my arse my friend passed it and she only went to three lectures!!!

[Rrrr]

It's not that bad! You'll have 3-4 hours of lectures/classes a day, maybe a few more if you have a practical (a couple hours lab work) you don't have to read the textbooks before the lecture, that reading is udually just for extra reference, read it after the lecture if you didn't get something, or if you study best like that. You'll be done by 5 or 6 pm, you may have a morning or afternoon off, heck, I have a whole day off on wednesday (and i still can't get the essay done- natch)

[Rrrr]

Wow, I only went to three lectures too. i passed, your not talking about me are you? that would be odder than odd. I don't know anyone called mary. anyway.


[hr]"We can't condone your violent motives so we'll have to force ourselves to forget they exist."

[mary]

im talking about kelly, my names mari, just hit the wrong key when i registered oops

[Rrrr]

nevermind, not me. ah well, that could've been mad. anyway, clever girl.

[hr]"We can't condone your violent motives so we'll have to force ourselves to forget they exist."

[Mr Comedy]

1st year, go to the lectures and you'll pass. Come to me if you need any help with geo. Reading wise, you can read to clarify any points in the lecutures you have miised or not understood, Its all standard grade/GCSE stuff anywhoo.

[niall]

hee hee, i'm supposed to have tutorials eery afternoon, never go to them!! first year is piss tho, listen to Mr Comedy!

[hr]its a spoon!

http://www.tastyspoon.com

[Wong]

As the Prophet said (and I knew he was going to say that), I'm a first year with an impressive number of hours per week - 24 at last count. I take two Chemistry modules and one Computing.

Those are made up of:
13 hours of lectures (though a few people never go to them, print out the web notes and pass easily that way)
9 hours of practicals - six hours of Chemistry and three hours of Computing, though these often take a shorter amount of time than expected
2 hours of tutorials, which have to be prepared for beforehand (and when I say "have to be prepared for" I mean "avoid doing any preparation for and bluff my way through").

This is what I get for taking three Sciences, though - if you're doing Arts then the timetable is a lot less crowded, apparently. And none of the lectures are strictly compulsory.

[hr]And I see the lies and I hear the cries
And the marching of the people
As they go to war, Heaven knows what for
God, I think I've had enough now

[rubbermuffin]

I am a first year with 9 hours a week -
3 tutorials
6 lectures.

Wicked!

[hr]'I said I'd enjoyed talking to them a lot, too. I meant it, too. I'd have enjoyed it even more though, I think, if I hadn't been sort of afraid, the whole time I was talking to them, that they'd all of a sudden try to find out if I was a Catholic.'

[Biitchboy]

All psychology lecture notes are on the internet, so you never have to go to a lecture. As for the practical/statistics class, there may be a very small amount of reading to do for it, but it's hardly anything.

Second year, it doesn't get much harder, the notes are still on the web, the practical/statistics class are still easy, and the fortnightly tutorials are VOLUNTARY. Don't go to them, they even give you voluntary essays. Such a joke.

[hr]If I gave a shit, you'd be the first person I'd give it to.

[flarewearer]

it's very easy to say "i'll get them off the internet" but from my experience, getting to the lectures still helps, even if you do fall asleep in them. subconcious learning, it works too!

[hr]-I hate to be such a f*cking dumbass, but are we actually at war, I mean did we ever declare war?

-Declare war?! Who has time to declare war when there are so many bombs to drop!

[Mr Tickle]

[s]flarewearer wrote on 12:07, 27th Mar 2003:
it's very easy to say "i'll get them off the internet" but from my experience, getting to the lectures still helps, even if you do fall asleep in them. subconcious learning, it works too!


So where were you yesterday, the day before etc...

p.s. did you pick up notes for me today?

but i agree having slept through loads of lectures, subconcious learning is very impressive.

[hr]
Are you tickly? if you are, be afraid, be very afraid.

[Emil]

Hi Laura,

I will also start this autum reading psy.

I you like send me an e-mail.
my e-mail adress is

un-egeh@online.no

Best wishes,
Emil

[Anon.]

[s]Unregisted User Emil wrote on 11:14, 27th Mar 2003:
Best wishes,
Emil

Will you be accompanied by your detectives?

[flarewearer]

[s]Mr Tickle wrote on 12:21, 27th Mar 2003:
[s]flarewearer wrote on 12:07, 27th Mar 2003:[i]
it's very easy to say "i'll get them off the internet" but from my experience, getting to the lectures still helps, even if you do fall asleep in them. subconcious learning, it works too!


So where were you yesterday, the day before etc... [/i]

i was subconciously and telepathically at the lecture from the comfort of my own bed


[hr]
-I hate to be such a f*cking dumbass, but are we actually at war, I mean did we ever declare war?

-Declare war?! Who has time to declare war when there are so many bombs to drop!

[Laura]

thank u guys ok so as long as ur not a really conscientious workaholic then it sounds ok
Is it true that the psychology exams are multiple choice? (no wonder ur freind passed by only going to 3 lectures...)
I think i have managed to narrow my application for accommodation down so that i will b in either University Hall or Melville, (by saying that i want standard, catered, large hall and getting a doctors note saying that i cannot b in a 'smoking' hall). do you think that its likley that i'll get placed in one of these halls or are they likely to stick me in a random one?

[Okocim]

I'd like to give you an answer to that question, but sadly it is beyond the capacity of most mere mortals to understand how the minds of accomodation services work.

[The_Farwall]

[s]Unregisted User Laura wrote on 10:03, 28th Mar 2003:
a doctors note saying that i cannot b in a 'smoking' hall

Are there really such things as smoking and non-smoking halls these days?
[hr][s]"Y'know, there's only one way to make the pain stop.
Hurt someone else."
-Angelus[/s]