Week 3
Hey Aisha,
This is where it starts to feel normal.
68% of your cohort said week 3 is the hardest so far. Census is 9 days out. Let's get you through it
What matters this week
Census date is in 9 days
It's the last day you can drop a subject without paying for it or having it show up on your record. If one of your subjects already feels like the wrong call, this is the window to change it cleanly.
Get your due dates in one place
Now that assessments are appearing, pull every due date into one spot. Your phone calendar is fine. It's the one small habit that separates a calm semester from a panicked one.
Week 3 events, made for first-years.
Thu, 13 Mar
Student Central
11am–1pm
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Drop-in
Census
'Should I drop a subject?' drop-in
With census closing in, this is a no-pressure session to check whether your current load is right before the deadline locks it in. An advisor will walk you through what dropping actually means for your HECS, your scholarship, and your study plan, so you can decide with the full picture. No booking needed, and nothing you talk through here commits you to anything. Hosted by Student Central.
Fri, 14 Mar
Hub Cafe
5-6pm
First-in-family
First-in-family meetup
The weekly catch-up for students who are the first in their family at university, now a few weeks in and starting to feel like a fixture in the week. Swap notes with peers and senior students over coffee, and hear how they got through their own census decisions. Hosted by the First-in-Family Network. Drop in whenever it suits.
Ask anything
Every answer is written by UniSC's Student Experience Team. We don't use AI to answer you. Just real humans who've heard it before.
Popular questions:
Census is March 21 — you've got 9 days. If you drop after that, you pay HECS for the subject anyway, so this is the call to make this week.
Three things worth doing first: talk to Sara Kim (your BUS101 tutor sees students wobble at this point all the time), check the academic load policy (you may be able to drop to part-time without losing your scholarship), and book 15 min with Student Central to walk through your options.
Check In
How's week 3 landing for you?
Your answer shapes what next week's first-years see when they open this page.
You're not meant to figure this out alone.
Whatever's heavy this week, there's a person here who's heard it before. Pick what's closest and we'll route you somewhere useful.
I'm falling behind in a subject
If a subject's slipping, your tutor would rather hear it early than at the next assignment.