{"id":1325,"date":"2016-04-04T09:47:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T09:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2024-06-21T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T11:57:49","slug":"preparing-for-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2016\/04\/04\/preparing-for-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s scary, but university is just around the corner&#8230; the last hurdle is\u00a0sitting those all important A-level exams, and before you know it, you&#8217;ll be at York!<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/5xaOcLLwQpv09vBwIHS\/giphy.gif?resize=317%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"317\" height=\"228\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>I imagine this is what a lot of you are feeling like&#8230;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;For me, this is where the panic started to sink in. I began searching every student forum imaginable for information about how to prepare for university! Luckily for you, I&#8217;m going to summarise what you need to know in order to prepare for university in this lovely little blog post. Hopefully, it&#8217;ll calm your nerves a bit and you won&#8217;t be the overly-stressed out, panicking A-level student that I was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Archaeology, unlike a number of other degree courses, accommodates people coming from a variety of academic backgrounds &#8211; whether you&#8217;ve studied all humanities or all science based A-levels, the first year is tailored to give everyone a good foundation in Archaeology. However, if you want a bit of comfort about what to expect, here&#8217;s a list of some good introductory texts that you can read before starting the course:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Archaeology: An Introduction<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Greene, K. and Moore, T. (2010)<\/em> &#8211; This is a great insight into the variety of methods used in archaeology and is a key text for the &#8216;Accessing Archaeology&#8217; module. If you don&#8217;t fancy buying the hard-copy, the University library has this as an electronic resource, so as soon as you get your log-in details, you&#8217;ll be able to access it online!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Bahn, P. and Tidy, B (2000)<\/em> &#8211; This is such a great little read, and is cheap too! This is particularly useful for those of you who might not have studied archaeology before.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P. (2008)<\/em> &#8211; A bit more in-depth about methodology and theories employed by archaeologists.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/45.media.tumblr.com\/82527938c6c71592639861f2d514548b\/tumblr_nlmguyuO4O1tmvwc5o1_500.gif?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t fancy buying (or reading) a whole book, try magazines such as <em>Current Archaeology<\/em> and <em>British Archaeology<\/em>\u00a0to get information about recent excavations. Also, have a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/archaeologydataservice.ac.uk\/\">Archaeology Data Service<\/a> which is the largest digital repository of archaeological information in Europe, and is housed within our department!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essentials for University Living<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be moving out from home too, so it&#8217;s useful to start thinking about what you&#8217;ll need once you get to university!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGwxxQE3I94kyNHrt4rF_Xg6ox39H29iSlHB8ZCcU5RpHUyB1lug\" alt=\"Image result for moving to uni gif\" width=\"355\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure the majority of you will be aware of the basics you&#8217;ll need (i.e. bedding, kitchen items.) but here&#8217;s a few items you might not have thought of &#8211; and some that you&#8217;ll need for studying archaeology!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Your very own archaeologist trowel &#8211; an essential for any archaeology student! Although this isn&#8217;t required until your excavation in the summer term, it&#8217;s good to have one before you come to university, mostly because your parents can buy it for you!<\/li>\n<li>Waterproofs and sensible footwear &#8211; in your first term, you&#8217;ll have the chance to go on some field trips, and as the Yorkshire weather is rather predictable in Autumn, it&#8217;s likely to rain!<\/li>\n<li>A brick phone &#8211; now, I know what you&#8217;re thinking &#8216;why would I want a really cheap phone at uni, when I&#8217;ve already got my super-expensive iPhone?&#8217;&#8230; because you&#8217;ll most likely be going out a lot during your first week of university, and (unfortunately) thefts or simply losing phones happens quite frequently. If you have a cheap brick phone out with you, the battery will last forever so you&#8217;ll still be able to call for a taxi at the end of the night, and if you lose it &#8211; it won&#8217;t be the end of the world!<\/li>\n<li>A folder, and a lot of stationery &#8211; think about how many notes you&#8217;ve made during your A-levels, now consider the length of lectures at university, you&#8217;re going to want to make a lot of notes! The folder will help to keep them nice and ordered, so you can review them once it comes to revising for January exams.<\/li>\n<li>Travel mug &#8211; perfect for that wake-up coffee in the morning before you have to dash off to a lecture, and if \u00a0you want to get a hot drink, they&#8217;ll refill it for a discounted price!<\/li>\n<li>Some form of fancy dress &#8211; there will be themed socials, it&#8217;s inevitable at uni! So bring a few items that you can re-use to make various forms of fancy dress, to cover your back and save you from having to buy expensive costumes!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Most importantly&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to apply for Student Finance and accommodation! It&#8217;s tempting to leave it to the last minute, but if there are any issues with your application, you don&#8217;t want to be left without money &#8211; especially at the start of first year. If you haven&#8217;t already &#8211; get it done now, and it&#8217;ll take a huge weight of your mind.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully this has helped you out with preparing for uni! Check out the other blog posts on student voices too, and read my previous blogs (if you haven&#8217;t already) to familiarise yourself with what student life is like. Just remember, everyone will be in the same boat as you once you get to university, and there&#8217;s a load of support available here to help you out &#8211; so don&#8217;t worry!<\/p>\n<p>Good luck for your exams, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll do great, and I&#8217;ll hopefully see you around the department in September\/October! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s scary, but university is just around the corner&#8230; the last hurdle is\u00a0sitting those all important A-level exams, and before you know it, you&#8217;ll be at York! &#8230;For me, this is where the panic started to sink in. I began searching every student forum imaginable for information about how to prepare for university! 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