by Sophia Schulz | Aug 22, 2022 | Campus Life, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
Hello there! My name’s Sophia, aka the idiot who travelled halfway across the world to start university during a pandemic. To give some context: I’m an 18 year-old Canadian-born half-Kiwi queer-identifying mechatronics engineering and design conjoint student. If that...
by andrew qiu | Aug 22, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Study tips, Uni hacks
Online learning. I’ve done it before. You’ve done it before. And at UoA, you’ll do it some more. Okay, actually, that isn’t entirely true – the University of Auckland, for one, holds all their classes in person nowadays and is probably hoping to keep it that way – but...
by isabelle | Aug 19, 2022 | Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Medical & Health Sciences, Science, Study tips
It’s that time of semester where it seems like everything is happening, all at once – assignments are due, tests are on the horizon, and there’s just so much to be done. While there’s no doubt uni is stressful, there are many positives to think about – and they...
by aishani | Aug 2, 2022 | Accommodation, Campus Life, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Medical & Health Sciences
I have yet to experience a crazier time in my life than first year uni. The fresher experience is hectic to say the least and expressing that time coherently is a difficult task. But as the saying goes, a picture speaks a thousand words, so I thought what better way...
by andrew qiu | Jul 21, 2022 | Computer Science, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Science, Uni hacks
Somewhere at the very start of the year, an early lab for one of my classes asked something along the lines of “Why are you studying Computer Science?”. For a little introduction to me, this is what I said: “I’m doing a Computer Science conjoint with...
by aishani | Jul 19, 2022 | Accommodation, Auckland Life, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022
If you have read any of my other posts, you may have picked up that I am a HUGE fan of lists. So, with semester 2 well underway, I thought what better time than now to compile a bucket list of fresher activities for all my first-year readers. Get plagued by freshers...
