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Studying at uni

NAS63316
over 4 years ago

Hi everyone!

I'm  about to start my last year of uni (for the third time) and thanks to the wellbeing department, I'm being referred for ASC diagnosis. Even being taken seriously enough that I'm being referred is great and it now makes a lot more sense as to why I've struggled so much with my final year in the past.

What I wanted to ask of anyone who is doing/has completed a degree or similar, particularly for an essay-style subject, is what sorts of things help(ed) you with the reading and research for your assignments? I really struggle to understand what academics are getting at, and filtering out the extra information that, while interesting, is not really relevant to what I'm doing, just adjacent. When taking notes, I so often end up noting pretty much everything, which  defeats the point of taking notes. This has made my dissertation a huge struggle and I so want to finish it!

Any tips and tricks? (And as an aside, what other things do/have you found difficult about studying and getting assignments in? How have you overcome those?)

Thanks, everyone!

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  • over 4 years ago in reply to Kimblee90

    My degree title is Classical Civilisation, which, if you're unfamiliar (I get lots of blank looks at the phrase!), is kind of similar to ancient history. I could have done a lot more Roman stuff over the years but my modules have all been ancient Greek literature or language, with some history as well (:

    The uni has been as supportive as they can be, which I'm really grateful for. All of my lecturers have been so understanding with late essays and rearranged tests, or missed exams that I've been able to resit. I just haven't been able to understand why I've had so much trouble with third year until I started doing some research on ASC and realising how much of it fit. Even without an official diagnosis, I'm starting to see where the problems really are and that means I can start to overcome them (: and all of the departments I need are being so helpful and supportive with all of it now as well.