First Year Diaries

Welcome to Melbourne Uni’s online journal of student experiences. The First Year Diaries is comprised of a team of first year bloggers who post regular updates to keep us informed about their life as university students. Here you can find information and images about the day-to-day reality of being a uni student.

Latest posts

  • Post Mid Sem Break Check In Check Out
    by Pepper
    (or, a series of unrelated observations) It’s Pepper! You would not believe the amount of half-written blog drafts I have sitting around collecting dust already. It seems I’ve been yearning for a writing project, and now that I have one, I’m so pleased that I don’t know what to do… Read more: Post Mid Sem Break Check In Check Out
  • Existential crisis counter: I
    by Betty
    Three days into the mid-sem break: one day’s worth of public holiday, two days worth of weekend, and all I had done was shut myself up in my room with my timers and coffee and go in circles with my philosophy essay (due on the Monday at midnight). I only… Read more: Existential crisis counter: I
  • Meet the Blogger: Lily
    by Lily
    I don’t feel like introductions are my strong point. I freeze up and forget everything there is to say about myself. But I’m a firm believer that every person is a fascinating microcosm of ideas, ideals, histories and dreams, so I should refrain from selling myself short and keeping information… Read more: Meet the Blogger: Lily
  • Assignments Galore
    by spremaratne
    Don’t worry I’m not going to be complaining about how I need to figure out supply and demand curves or how I need to somehow make my balance sheet actually balance, but I am going to say that the assignments really did sneak up on me. When the assignment dates… Read more: Assignments Galore
  • Being an NPC is nice
    by Betty
    I look around the grand cavernous mouth of my first ever lecture theatre, and not a single face do I recognise. Not one single face in that field of faces lit sharply by the too bright alternating white and yellow lights.  Do you know what this means? This means no… Read more: Being an NPC is nice
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