{"id":190,"date":"2015-12-09T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T12:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=190"},"modified":"2015-12-09T09:36:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T09:36:14","slug":"brains-beauty-boats-first-year-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2015\/12\/09\/brains-beauty-boats-first-year-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Brains, Beauty and Boats &#8211; First Year in York!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think results day was probably the <strong><em>scariest day of my life<\/em><\/strong> so far!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NO, I take that back\u2026 the day before was the scariest!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I just remember having butterflies in my tummy and being unable to concentrate on anything else. But I am a huge believer in fate so I told myself what was meant to happen would happen; and now, here I am, writing to you as a second year psychology student at the University of York \u2013 <strong>my first choice and where I always wanted to be<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_424\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-424\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2748.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-424 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2748.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2748.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2748.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2748.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holding my precious results on doom day! A*AAB!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first time I visited the Uni I have to confess I didn\u2019t actually see\u00a0much of it because I was so in awe at the <strong>beautiful city of York<\/strong> itself. I indulged in some shopping and eating and imagined myself living there as a student, it\u2019s funny to think I am now living in an apartment in the city centre and am <em><strong>still just as much in love with the place<\/strong><\/em>, if not more!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3515.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-426 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3515.jpg?resize=169%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3515.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3515.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3515.jpg?w=540&amp;ssl=1 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The incredible view from the top of York Minster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-425\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2756.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-425 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2756.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2756.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_2756.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My home in constantine college for the first year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I chose to study <em><strong>Psychology<\/strong><\/em> for a number of reasons&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mainly, my younger brother has <em><strong>autism<\/strong><\/em> and so I have always found this area of the subject extremely interesting and have been desperate to know more about the condition.<\/li>\n<li>I began thoroughly enjoying my A-level classes in the subject and found myself going home each night telling my mum topics I\u2019d found interesting and realised I just had to <strong>delve into the subject further! <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think the key thing when you\u2019re choosing your subject is to go with something you have a <em><strong>passion<\/strong><\/em> for. You can always change if you get here and aren\u2019t enjoying what you chose, but if you choose something you have a deep rooted passion for and are enthusiastic to learn more about, <em><strong>how can you go wrong<\/strong><\/em>!?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3216.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-423 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3216.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3216.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3216.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3216.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holding a real human brain in a lecture!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The psychology department here at York is very special. I used to go back to my flat after a day of lectures and have flatmates moaning about their Professors and how they treat them or how boring their lectures are\u2026<strong> and I could never join in<\/strong>! Because all of my lecturers are absolutely lovely and I have developed not only working relationships but <em><strong>friendships<\/strong><\/em> with many.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5681.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-428\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5681.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"Professor Peter Thompson rowing a boat... as you do!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5681.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5681.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5681.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Peter Thompson rowing a boat&#8230; as you do!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>For instance, in June, a lecturer emailed me saying a few of them were going on a day out to an event at the <a href=\"http:\/\/yorkshireairmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yorkshire Air Museum<\/a> and <em><strong>asked me to go along<\/strong><\/em>! So of course I did because how could I miss those photo opportunities?! At the event we carried out an illusion called The Beuchet Chair (pictured below) where one person looks ginormous and one person (sat on the chair) looks tiny!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-209 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5668.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"One of my Professor's Pete disciplining me for not getting a First in his essay!!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5668.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5668.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_5668.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of my Professor&#8217;s Pete disciplining me for not getting a First in his essay in the Beuchet Chair illusion!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I know, without a doubt in my mind, that I made the <strong>right and best choice<\/strong> by coming to the University of York and choosing to study Psychology.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog I wanted to give you a little insight into <em><strong>how happy I am here<\/strong><\/em> and how much I really don\u2019t want to leave York or the Uni!<\/p>\n<p>My next blogs aim to give you <strong>more experience of my weekly timetable<\/strong> as a Psychology student, perhaps even an <strong>interview with one of my lecturers<\/strong>! I also hope to discuss throughout the year <strong>accommodation and Fresher\u2019s week<\/strong> as I know that\u2019s a big worry for many people! So I hope you enjoyed my first post and look forward to more.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_427\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-427\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3511.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-427 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3511.jpg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3511.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/11\/IMG_3511.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My boyfriend and I (who I met in freshers week!!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Katie<\/strong> <\/em>x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think results day was probably the scariest day of my life so far! 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