Will be going to uni next year, which means I will have to control when and how much work I do.
This is going to be a problem because I have no proper concept of time. If I try to plan my time I panic because there never seems to be enough, making me really depressed. If I don't plan I think I have ages and nothing gets done.
Any other advice with probs/solutions people have had at uni would help.
What was very helpful to me in college was to get a large wall calendar (laminated, so that I could write on it, then erase and re-use it next month). I would write when I had class, when each assignment was due, etc. Or, you might want to look at all of your assignment due dates and write on your calendar when you need to work on them, as well as when they are due. I have done both of these and it has helped.
Instead of blocking specific amounts of time for homework, etc, I found that writing down what I had to do each day, and blocking specific times for classes and meals only helped me a lot. THen anytime when I wasn't in class or doign something that had to be done at a specific time, I did my work. I also found that if I put a number for each subject I had homeowrk for to rate it from most to least important was important for me, otherwise I would do it in the order I had written, which wasn't always best. It was better to do homework between classes b/c nighttime is when you'll want to be w/ friends (even quiet aspies make good friends at uni. lol) or chatting on the internet. hth
I treated non-classroom time as classroom time. For instance, if at eight in the morning I had a one hour biology class, then an hour with nothing, then a math class, I would treat the morning schedule as if I had a class in the middle, which was when I would do my homework. This helped when I had homework-intensive classes.
But it doesnt work quite that way. For example, next week I will have to do 40 hours work on an essay. None of that will be class time. I have to do it all alone. And I have never written an essay for this subject as I never studied it at school.
You could try dividing the essay into smaller tasks.
Out of curiosity, what's it about?
Louise, you can write quite eloquently. I've seen it. Remember that as you write the essay. Pretend it's just a really long post in a forum.
The separation of powers in the UK constitution (or lack of).
There is eloquent in a forum, and then there is a law essay for university. The latter is much harder than the former.
Fresher's week is also going to be mega stressful.
That's a really long time to write an essay. How long does it have to be? I suppose the 40 hours includes all the research time?
That's a really long time to write an essay. How long does it have to be? I suppose the 40 hours includes all the research time?
yes, not all of the reading you are expected to do is relevant to the essay, just to that aspect of the law so it is really mostly reading and just a few hours to actually write it. Haven't checked this forum for ages so it is now the end of 4th week lol
From a faculty advisor's perspective....
Get in touch with the Academic Support staff at the Uni before you arrive (but after you have been admitted). Set up a meeting with them, and work together to identify AS-friendly faculty who could serve as academic advisors.
In my college we also do pre-advising, helping all incoming students select courses in June (2 1/2 months before classes start). Several of us have been asked to pre-advise students who have disclosed dif'abilities, and we can guide them into classes with teachers who understand neurodiversity, and away from classes taught by the oblivious.
You'll find that the attitude of the teacher is just as important to your enjoying (and learning from) the class as the course content. Make sure to select teachers carefully.
Jeff
Its a UK university so we don't have major and minor classes, and there is not much flexibility as to what I take. Plus even where I can choose my choice is made for me by where I want to go with law as a profession.
Up to now I haven't told the university, and so far no problems.
We never got much choice where I studied, either. I found all the faculty and student politics very trying. The star pupil in my honours year was sleeping with the professor and was one of only three who finished out the honours year. I wasn't one of them, finally getting panic attacks and having to pull out of the honours course.
I understand that there are more courses to pick from at this university nowadays and some assistance for students with disabilities (I can see the thought behind saying they have different abilities but if they don't have good social abilities, they are in strife).
James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.