On a Monday, I do not have any timetabled classes until 1pm. Typically though, I will get in earlier than this to deal with any emails or small jobs that may have appeared over the weekend. Before my first lecture, at around 11:30am, I go to Subway for lunch. There is a group of us that go for this and the reason we aim for half past is because at 12pm, everyone that has left a lecture and is looking for lunch will join the queue at Subway meaning a massive wait.
Every day this week I will be posting here to this blog to try to communicate to you, the reader of this blog, whoever you may be, what the average week in the life of a Computing Science student is all about.
I study at the University of Aberdeen where my course lasts for four years. I’m currently about half way through the second half of my third year at the moment. I’m studying five courses in this semester.
Christmas and the New Year are now behind us, and for many a welcome break from reality. For me, it’s quite the opposite. I leave the nice friendly bubble that the University life creates and re-enter the real world. At University, I am funded by both my student loan and occasional work for the University. Money troubles rarely occur and thus I can spend my time learning by either reading fascinating articles (or slightly less fascinating lecture slides) and implementing really cool things like those I have created in Room 205. It is odd, and exciting, to think that one day I will be plunged into this “real” world where a lot of my friends from college already are.