Campus Life
First Week of Medical School – Part One
The first day medical school! What a throwback. It was definitely an experience. Much of the day was spent going through what to expect from medical school and how it all works. The highlight for us was the Whakanoa ceremony in the Human Anatomy Lab. Everyone was...
Starting Uni 101 – Q&A
Hey all, I hope you have been doing well. Today I thought I would make a Q&A video with some current first years for you to get an understanding of what uni is like. In this video, we also made some very delicious banana chocolate chip muffins! As always if you...
Waking Up Early (And Why I Can’t Do It)
I am loving being back at Uni! I really missed the clear structure, the socialising, the face-to-face contact with lecturers, and being able to spend all my money at Shaky Isles. Bliss! Being a third-year Arts student, the best parts of my degree are discussing and...
Mental Health: How to Take Care of Yourself
Over lockdown, my inbox was flooded with emails expressing concern over students’ mental health. Uni in general can be stressful, depending on how much time and emotional investment you put into it. Living away from home can be scary (though I’ve come to love it)....
Move in day Vlog – Waipārūrū Hall
This vlog is of me moving from Christchurch to Auckland to start my degree. It shows me moving into the new Waipārūrū hall and me getting settled in a new city.
Dear First Year and Future me
Dear First Year and Future me, “The older you get, the wiser you get,” I’m unsure if that is an entirely accurate quote but you know what I’m going to go with it for the purpose of this blog post. It’s too late for me to go back and change things to reflect what I...
How to budget: life lessons 💸💰
Eeeeek. Money. Budgeting. Bleugh. (From a student's perspective) Budgeting at uni is not fun. Budgeting in general is not fun, but when you're a student and can't have a full time job it becomes imperative that you become good at managing where your money is going....
University is kinda hard?
University is the biggest part of my life at this current point. With that, it brings great challenges. Too much of something isn’t healthy, and i think that finding balance is the only way you can maintain it. Sometimes things come up which push you behind and it...
Law School: Love or Hate it?
Throughout high school, students wanting to go into law are told all about how competitive it is, the difficulty, the amount of reading required and that the slim chances of getting into part two and beyond. As a result, I had my eyes set on one thing, and that was...
First v Second
Looking back on first year, only positives come to my mind. Whether I have blocked out the bad memories of the stress of trying to get into law, late night assignments or homesickness or the fun of living within a few metres of all my friends...
reasons why YOU need to come to open day
As an anxious student in my final year with a few options for the upcoming year, I found looking at images of facilities and brief description on course outlines not so convincing for my decision making. That's when open days come in handy. Personally, I was...
Friendships for dummies
Now before you start calling me a dummy back, let me clarify that it’s just a reference to the ‘for dummies’ instructional books series 😂 However a better title might be ‘Friendships for dummies, from a dummy, because honestly, I don’t know what I’m talking about'....
What I’ve learned in my first semester of Uni 🤷♀️🎱☕
So, time for a life update: morning classes suck, kale smoothies are a great pick-me-up, hall food is actually pretty good and flatmates are awesome. University is definitely easier than high school for anyone wondering. I didn't actually believe that it was true...
Interview with exchange students! Part II
Welcome back to the second installment of 'Interview with exchange students!' If you missed Part I check it out here: https://www.theinsideword.ac.nz/2019/06/interview-with-exchange-students-part-i/ Without further ado: https://youtu.be/UaUmcjHO8F8 Check...
Interview with exchange students! Part I
This one's for all you incoming exchange students to the University of Auckland! I've been lucky enough to be placed into a flat with two lovely American exchange students, Jordan and Madison, and as the title suggests, I'll be grilling them for information that I...
