2nd Student E

Owned by Paul Seiler (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 14, 2015 by Anne Nelson (Unlicensed)
3 min read

Lives: In Wainuiomata with Mum (maybe Dad?; travel in onerous and means she misses out on after school or extracurricular activities but school culture fit was important to her (e.g. no uniform, no hair rules, allow individual expression and self exploration. Came with friend (partner?)

Schools: Wellington High School, Year13, doing history, classics, english, 

Interests outside of school: Reading, lacrosse

Awareness/preparedness for post-school: Quite good, attended a few events (did not specify), read handouts, visited websites.

Post-school options: Study at uni, most likely Vic. Sociology or english (literature) or gender studies or classics. Visiting Auckland these holidays with friend so might look around uni there.

Want to know from website: How to put my different interests together, what goes best with what, can I do everything or should I select only three? Accommodation is really important (as I no want to live closer). Financing my studies (loans, scholarships, etc). Had to know this late Yr11, because it was Yr12 results that get submitted for scholarship consideration. How do I select by bas courses for year one so that I have the best options for 2nd/3rd year. Does the uni help me get a job once I have my degree? Am I best to enrol in one or multiple unis so ensure that I get accepted somewhere?

High level I/A: Numbered are where to find info about what you want to study, rest were to tease out understanding of the term.

  1. About us: To find out all about the uni
  2. Future students: "Entice of temp me with all you have on offer"
  • Learning and teaching: and Study at Vic: Similar. About what and how you will learn
  • Search: Good if you know the name of a course you want to research

2nd level I/A: Numbered are where to find info about what you want to study, rest were to tease out understanding of the term.

  1. Topic/Subject/Study areas: If I now want to see what it will ential. Exactly. What I must do. Balance of lectures cf hands on learning/doing.
  • Careers: Leave until near the end of my study
  • Paper: About points and how they must all add up or something
  • Courses: Same as subject
  • Study areas: Where I go to study/work when not in class
  • Programme: Collection of things
  • Qualification: Degree?

To enrol: 

Study at Vic

Starting on the home page: 

Straight to Course Finder from Quick Links. Set UG (without knowing the meaning)

Entered Criminology and selected an introductory paper (because she knows she is only just starting out)

Costs are very important

"I am not really big on plans" but know that I need some information on lecture locations and times so I can plan things around job, travel, social activities.

Asked to return and find another subject. Entered Gender studies but courses was still the search option.

Guided to Future Students, Subjects.

Selected Criminology and was immediately hooked by the question in the first paragraph.

"I find it really hard going to read and try to understand all these numbers" meaning course codes when no full title is given.

Found career and related subjects useful.

We had flicked over to the old style site and she expressed a lot of criticism for this (font, size, dated look, etc).

Taken to the BA programme page:

Interesting. Show how a Vic BA looks and gives her a feel for it.

Likes ranking/stats on performance of the programme.

Subject selected for Treejack: Need to match up with results in the tool

  1. English
  2. History
  3. Biology

Additional notes from Anne

May have a gap year as a camp counsellor in the US

Interested in a range of topics, including gender studies and criminology.

Choices for first steps include About us (info about the university - which she calls 'the school'), L&T, Faculty - because of the subjects tht come out of it.

Exploring the site - starts with course finder. 'Sort of' recognises word 'undergraduate'

Found course codes etc confusing - "would need to go elsewhere to look that up, then come back".

Wants to see info in this order:

  • Overview
  • Detail on courses, points etc
  • Careers info

Concerned about job at end? No - more a concern for her parents. She expects to think about this while at uni.