Back for Seconds

Welcome to Melbourne Uni’s online journal of student experiences beyond the first year. Back for Seconds is comprised of a team of second year (and beyond) 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 (not so new) uni student.

Latest posts

  • lingering exam stress hello?
    by Betty
    Yesterday I realised that the very next day, I had both an 8:30am linguistics exam and a 9am korean exam. Uh oh- My korean coordinator had told us that we might have clashes, as the korean exams aren’t really ‘exams’, they’re just online and 45 minutes long, and they’re not… Read more: lingering exam stress hello?
  • i’m great at ruining things 😀
    by Betty
    i have three purple-grey scars in the middle of my cheek because i picked at this one spot of acne over and over throughout my short fiction tutes at the end of last semester then through my figure in performance tutes on thursday afternoons this semester and finally i have… Read more: i’m great at ruining things 😀
  • It’s week 9??
    by Betty
    This semester’s slipped through my hands. Compared to semester one, it feels like nothing’s happened. Semester one was hell. I made so many super unhealthy choices. But I miss it so much. In semester one I had three creative writing units at once. When I chose all of them I… Read more: It’s week 9??
  • Caffeine addiction incoming?
    by Betty
    A few Thursdays ago in my Korean class, I was very, very tired. My vision kept splitting and spinning, and most of the things my tutor was saying weren’t reaching my head, and my lungs had filled with heavy goop so that it was hard to breathe. I wanted to… Read more: Caffeine addiction incoming?
  • Made a new friend yippee
    by Betty
    Some updates and random thoughts 🙂 (I know half the semester’s already gone by since my first blog 😅. On the first day I wondered if I’d get slapped in the face again by uni. I definitely have been.) Right now I have three main commitments. There’s uni, my job… Read more: Made a new friend yippee
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