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Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

University of Alberta. Paleontology.

 Goliath wrote:
Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

I did biomedical engineering at Sheffield - there are a few game stores around the place and there is a wargaming society at the university (though I never attended it). From what I remember some of the gaming stores give a discount to wargaming society members (I am pretty sure the one on the top floor of the Orchard Square did (the small shopping area just before you walk onto the main pedestrian area at the end of West Street)).

I don't claim to be an expert, and it was a few years since I was there, but if you want to know anything about Sheffield/university/engineering, drop me a PM.



I'm currently doing an MSc at Keele.

I'm of to Bath Spa this Sunday...
Should be a laugh.

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Goliath wrote:
Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

I did biomedical engineering at Sheffield - there are a few game stores around the place and there is a wargaming society at the university (though I never attended it). From what I remember some of the gaming stores give a discount to wargaming society members (I am pretty sure the one on the top floor of the Orchard Square did (the small shopping area just before you walk onto the main pedestrian area at the end of West Street)).

I don't claim to be an expert, and it was a few years since I was there, but if you want to know anything about Sheffield/university/engineering, drop me a PM.



I'm currently doing an MSc at Keele.

Is that the one near TK Maxx? I've been there twice, never really got to explore either time, so I only really know my way from the mechanical engineering department to dominoes, and the long way from the engineering department to the students union.

Still in the master program of OFO

 Goliath wrote:
Is that the one near TK Maxx? I've been there twice, never really got to explore either time, so I only really know my way from the mechanical engineering department to dominoes, and the long way from the engineering department to the students union.

Yeah, it is the one upstairs on the right of TK Maxx (as you look at TK Maxx). They used to have a bits draw there which was pretty awesome, and they had lots of 2nd hand models too.

If you go out of the main entrance of the engineering department (the doors facing St Georges Church) and essentially just keep walking forward (though you can walk round the right or left of the church, or even through the grounds) and cross over the tramline/main road you get to the union in about 5 minutes.

Not sure if you are interested but there is a forbidden planet if you go from the TK Maxx onto the main highstreet and turn right, following the non-pedestrian street past the fountains on your left. Keep going and it will eventually be on your left down near the end.

If you are interested in materials science or biomedical engineering and get the choice to select modules, check out the MAT modules and look for Dr John Haycock - he is a really nice guy and does some good modules, especially if you are interested in bioreactors or nerve cells and so on. You will almost certainly have some biomedical engineering students in some of your MEC lectures, so tell them I said hi and for them to do his modules whenever they can

Also, avoid advanced mechanics of solids (I think it is either a 3rd or 4th year MEC module) like you would avoid the plague unless you are freaking awesome at maths.

I'm off to Strathclyde on Saturday for freshers

For some reason English uni's go back later in the year

Im at a community college, i thought i would be able to transfer to a UC next year, but it turns out its going to be two years. And im not going to be able to go the the UNI i wanted.

What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

I think they are what colleges are to us and normal colleges in the US are unis here

3rd and final year at Teesside uni here studying Computer Games Art !

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:
I think they are what colleges are to us and normal colleges in the US are unis here

Oh...
Well that makes much more sense...

 purplefood wrote:
What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

Community colleges are--more or less--trade schools mixed with university for an Associate's Degree, usually used by individuals like myself to get an Associate's before transferring to a 4 year school for a Bachelor's Degree.

University of Quebec in Montreal.

Currently doing a compressed semester in one month.
It's like a month long finals week.

I feel guilty taking the time to type this.

 Goliath wrote:
Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

YOU MUST NOT FAIL THE EMPRAH!

no seriously, you must not fail him. Evaluate what you have due when, and how much everthing is worth. If you have an assignment worth 5% one day, and a midterm the next..... and you don't have time for both, then screw the assignment. Losing 5% is better than losing 30%.

Also, your firends, family and loved ones: say goodbye to them.

Also : kiss your minis goodbye, you will not see them again for a looooooong time.

Algonquin college taking biotechnology.

No idea what I'm to do with it.

 Goliath wrote:
have been to

I got my BS in Chemical Engineering many moons ago at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA.

 Goliath wrote:
So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

That's normal. It's one of those steps you take in life, moving away for college. Afterwards, there may be moving across the country for your job, or even out of the country. Just another chance to meet new people and experience new things. Also, new chicks.

Enjoy it. Study hard, but leave time for gaming and chicks.

Make a better fuel substitute?

I'm in York University in Ontario. I brought my orks

 Kanluwen wrote:

 purplefood wrote:
What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

Community colleges are--more or less--trade schools mixed with university for an Associate's Degree, usually used by individuals like myself to get an Associate's before transferring to a 4 year school for a Bachelor's Degree.

Go Kanluwen! I did that and now I'm edumaketed more goodr!

And always remember: people like me will be your profs.

 dogma wrote:
And always remember: people like me will be your profs.

Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Simon Fraser University. Criminology & History.

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

I took engeering.

Year One: Rocks
Year Two: Sticks
Year Three: (keystone course) Tying Rocks to Sticks

I'm a part timer as I also work in engineering, but I'm back into my 2nd year of BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, just finishing up so II can move onto my Honours.

 Frazzled wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

I took engeering.

Year One: Rocks
Year Two: Sticks
Year Three: (keystone course) Tying Rocks to Sticks

this killed me. excpet I can see that there's the extra stage of "strings" in there somewhere for me.