Back to uni

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I'm a university student again! o.o I'd been vaguely thinking about it for a few weeks, and then it happened really fast. I asked a week ago if I could cut back on work hours, on Monday I got the okay from the company, and yesterday I enrolled at the university. Sooo I'm actually doing this. *wipes hands* I'm nervous.

I had always planned to do a Master's program eventually, but when I do it'll be full-time and I don't think I'm ready yet. But work isn't really intellectually challenging right now and also not helping me figure out what else I want to do. So I'm doing another bachelor program, business law, at the same university where I finished my first degree (which has the nice side effect that I can directly transfer several credits from my previous program to the new one.) I'm not completely sure yet if I'll like the program enough to finish, I'll find out. I don't actually want to work solely in business law, but it is very interesting. I think that together with my socioeconomics degree it'll open up some nice job opportunities, and I'll try to get into as many interesting internships as I can.

My current work contract is until December, and I'll be working 32 hours, so I'm not doing many lectures to start with, especially because I also need to read up again on those lectures that I technically already did, but that was in some cases eight years ago. I already know it'll be very tiring. First exams are in early October! Partially it's also kind of a test for myself I think, how much I can do. I think I can do it. My problem was never the studying, the problem was getting myself to study, and I like to think I've improved in that area. I think I can do the work, and I have the support network, and financially it's fine, and it should definitely be doable; and if I'm lucky, it'll also be fun.

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[worlds_of_smoke]

Congratulations and best of luck!

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Thanks :)

[sallymn]

Congrats! I'm sure it'll prove wonderful :)

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I hope so :)

[ichipinky]

Congrats! Business law sounds...kinda juicy for some reason, like you'll be privy to some company secrets when you read some cases ^^; (I know nothing about law except for education/administrative)

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Heh, possibly ^^ (In German it's "Wirtschaftsrecht," which translates literally more to something like "economy law," which is clearer about the fact that it's not only about businesses but anything economical, but afaik the English program name is Business law.)

[naye]

Oh yay! Congratulations on being a uni student! That's awesome - working and studying at the same time is hard but I have faith in your ability, and it sounds like this really might open up some good opportunities for you.

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I hope so! :) My flatmates and I have already agreed on study afternoons, that should help.

[zombieallomorph]

Congratulations, have fun!

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So far so good, but let´s see how it goes in two weeks, right before the first exam ;)

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