University

I will be starting at UoShef soon! Not even two weeks any more! We're still trying to sort out the module issue, as we've been having trouble with pre-registration and module selection.

My course has three core modules; Korean Language I, Korean Language II and The History of Korea. On top of that, I have to take 40 credits of approved modules. My choices are The Languages and Writing Systems of Asia, Modern Chinese History and Chinese culture and society. Well, this is only if they let us take 70 credits on the first semester and 50 on the second, as we have 20 points for an unrestricted and I wanted to take Travel Writing! I'm not sure if the course still exists though, and if it doesn't I need to find two 10 pointers. I was debating on German or something similar, but we will have to see! We can change our modules for a week or two, so I might have to do a bit of jiggling around.

If I have to admit it, I'm actually really scared. I'm older than most people I've met on my course so far and they all did A-Level's while I did Access. I'm worried I'm not smart enough or something for the course and I will fall behind. I mean, what if I get there and suddenly find I'm not learning anything at all? I guess a part of me is still a little excited, but I am literately sick with nerves. I've been trying to find ways to calm down, such as writing a story or two, but I can't concentrate on them. So I decided to find some TV programs to prepare myself for University but I can't concentrate on them either and have to pause sky+ to stare at the TV like "What the hell am I doing?"

But the good thing is, I seem to have made friends already. This is the part I struggle with ever since I started school. During college I only really made two friends and one more who was like a friend, but not. I'm having dinner with one of them and her kids on Saturday and she's pretty awesome so I hope she'll notice my panic and just tell me to calm down. She's always there for me like that.

The past few years on Korean Studies there have only been up to three students, but so far we've met five (including myself) and another one who is possibly joining us. That is all we know of online, so we could end up with a pretty large group. I'm not sure if this scares me or not. My least favourite class in college was English because there were so many of us. The language classes will have 'outsiders' in but.... ah, I don't know why I'm freaking out. Two of these people are really nice and one of the Japanese studies people is nice too, so that's at least three friends!

I get people asking me a lot about getting into UoSheff with Access, or Access courses in general because, even though they have existed for a while, they're only just starting to get popular. I may make a post later on to link people to when they ask me. I have to admit it's a bit tiresome to write the same thing out all the time.