{"id":13663,"date":"2022-12-05T06:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T22:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/what-did-students-wish-they-knew-before-starting-university\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T03:18:38","slug":"what-did-students-wish-they-knew-before-starting-university-2","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/what-did-students-wish-they-knew-before-starting-university-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What did students wish they knew before starting university?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first weeks of University are usually a time to find your way around campus and set yourself up for the years ahead. To help new students not make the same mistakes they did, current Curtin students have shared what they wished they knew before starting university.<\/p>\n<table class=\"fullwidth\" style=\"height: 144px\" width=\"722\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63138 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Max.png\" alt=\"A male student smiling\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\" \/><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>\u201cI wish I knew I could buy second-hand books\u2026 It would have saved me money I could have spent on other uni material.\u201d <\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Max, Tourism and Hospitality and Marketing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63139 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Veena.png\" alt=\"A female student smiling\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\" \/><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>\u201cI wish I knew how much independence is expected from university students \u2013 especially with regards to research. Not all the information you need can be found in lecture notes, and doing research beyond your notes is super helpful.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 \u2013 Veena, Speech Pathology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63140 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Olivia.png\" alt=\"A female student smiling\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\" \/><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>\u201cI wish I knew more about the on-campus activities and programs so I could\u2019ve joined them earlier. There are a range of facilities at Curtin that I have definitely made the most of in my final year.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Olivia, Human Resource Management and Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63141 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Hayley.png\" alt=\"A female student smiling\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" \/><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>\u201cI wish I knew the study help opportunities available to students, such as UniPass and Studiosity.\u00a0 They are such a great resource to gather feedback on an assignment draft or clarify unit concepts with experienced tutors!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 \u2013 Hayley, Accounting and Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Use these tips to start your University experience on the best note possible!<\/p>\n<p>For more tips and a closer look into the Curtin student experience, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/curtinlifeaustralia\/?hl=en\">@CurtinLifeAustralia<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear from current Curtin students to find out what they wish they knew before starting university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4317,"featured_media":20190,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[],"class_list":["post-13663","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":false,"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/things-you-wish-you-knew-image.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Jaeger","last_name":"Wieland","display_name":"Jaeger Wieland"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 20:20:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/13663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=13663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}