Degree to Diploma | Uni

Here is my story, I basically am the type of person that just reads the blurb of a book and think that I know everything about the book. Boy was am I wrong. Last year I applied for Open University, its all based at home which I found amazing & so flexible, however I never done a proper research on this university. This is when I thank social media, specially twitter as that way I communicate with a lot of current OU students. One day I was casually talking to a OU student about our course, she said she is doing two modules & to me I thought she meant two courses, I told her I am doing only one & she said 'are you doing part time? when do you graduate?' & I said I'm doing full time & graduating on 2017, she said 'how many credits is your module?' I said 60 credits, then she said 'you are doing part time because full time is 120 credits & it'll take you 4 years to get a degree or more'. I was in shock! Started to panic, emailing my tutor & calling the university & also going on youtube & finding people talking about the Open University. It was too late to apply for another module as it was march & I could've applied for another module if it was January. So now I have two options, either I work on a degree for 4 years, or carry on & get a diploma at 2017, if so I still get to be in the ceremony, wear a gown, get a certificate but it won't be a degree certificate. As I know whats best for me I will go for the diploma, this is because I work so hard on something but never get a result I want to get, I think thats due to me being dyslexic, which I hate. I am writing this post to finally show acceptance that I will probably never get a degree, which is okay, but also writing to thank everyone that has helped me have some sort of hope. I won't be upset anymore over this or stress out & just concentrate on my diploma & try to find work then I will be able to clear my university debt. My mind is set. My goal is set. My future is set. I'm ready for success. Finally.





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OU TMA 02 | Stressed

If you're a Open University student you will know that TMA 02 is due soon. For me its in 2 days but I just submitted my TMA 02 just a few minutes ago, might be early but for me its better to be safe than sorry. I have had so many bad feelings about waiting till the last minute to send in my work that is why I always submit my work 2 days ahead as when I do wait until the last minute everything goes wrong, either the internet is down or I simply don't have access to my laptop. I have already started on my TMA 03 the reason for this is because I don't always have a laptop with me, as in my house we share the one laptop (MY LAPTOP). I wanted to say also that I regret not knowing about the Open University before leaving sixth form. Im 21 now & to me I have wasted 4 years of my life, when I could have already been a graduate at the Open University. I wanted to be somewhere I feel comfortable in & tried out other universities but I really didn't fit in & never completed any subjects. Yes for some its different but for me its so hard. However in the open university everyone is so welcoming & lovely, already spoke to the most sweetest ex Open University student, she said if I needed any help then I can just call her. I don't feel alone at the Open University & can't wait to complete year 1 successfully IA.




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Stressed Out | Randoms

I am actually just sitting in my room waiting for my brain to just switch on so I can get started on my second assessment, its so hard when I know what to do but don't know how to do it. I get so distracted for no reason, my brain is hurting thinking about how I should stop getting distracted & start working. The thing about me is that once I have started a assessment then I can't stop & then go over the word count limit, am I the only one? I just wanted to blog to rant about it, rant over now time to get to work. Anyways if you wanna see a certain type of blog more then please do tweet me, my twitter is @rumillax I'll be sure to add more posts if you want me too. Thank You.


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