Yeah. Attendance. Apparently actually attending lectures is helpful if you want to have any chance of passing.

MESSAGE TO ANY PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS: Seriously, go to lectures if you possibly can make it, don’t get really far behind and then have to chase people for copies of notes, and frantically have to check Moodle every five minutes in case something else has been discussed that you didn’t know about because you weren’t at lectures.

 Yeah, it’s scary when you fall behind and think you can’t catch up. I’ve scared myself into going to lectures this week as my attendance was abysmal last week. Okay so I did have a lot of other things to be dealing with last week, but I’ve decided that I want to pass this year. I’ve caught up on everything in chemistry… Biology I’m just waiting for lecture notes to go on Moodle and for maths I’m getting a copy of notes from a classmate and I know what the homework and such is, so I’m going to be okay. *Phew*

Apart from that, we got exam dates published last week. Which is scary in itself, but I’m not best chuffed with my dates. I have all three of my exams on the first three days of exam time. An exam a day for three days, then a week and a half off. I suppose I should be thankful for the time off where most of my flatmates will still be stressing about studying, but this means that I will have to knuckle down and study during New Year etc. because I simply don’t have “study leave” as such.

On another (happier?) note, I’m going to see my advisor on Thursday to discuss the dropping of maths, because I am that bad at it, and I don’t enjoy it. I love biology and chemistry, maths depresses me. So I’m considering my options for picking up another subject in January. Options so far include: Forensic Medicine, Psychology, Exploring the Cosmos, and I don’t know what else. Hmmm… *thoughtful face*

 I’m going to read a textbook. :0