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Update from =SMART=


Hello everyone !

Wow instructables has changed quite a bit !
I haven't been around for quite a long time now, you may remember my forum topic about getting into university a while back (HERE)

Well after I got the place at the universities things started to fall apart in terms of school. I failed a subject in the first year so I had to squeeze in another year of work along with everything else in the second year. This was all just about working ok and i was struggling along. Then we decided to drop one subject half way through the second year (because it had become very math'y and that's not my strong point) and start the second year of the one I took up.
Also my school didn't diagnose my severe dyslexia (makes learning/writing/reading harder)

If you don't follow don't worry it still confuses me haha
Basically I ended up doing a year and a half of work for subjects that wouldn't count for anything.
And I then did an extra two years of work in less than a year.

It was very tough and unfortunately I had hardly any free time, thus the lack of Instructables.

Over this summer I have been waiting for the results that came out today, i was not feeling at all confident and spent most of my time dreading this day and fearing the worst. I didn't feel i did well in my exams and it turns out 1 in 3 people didn't get into their universities today :(

Results came and I received BBC, and a letter of acceptance to Brunel University to study Industrial Design and Technology. Which is exactaly what i wanted

Overall its been very hard but I got where I wanted in the end :)
So I will be packing my things and running off to University soon and I will have lots of time for instructables and making useful hacks/furniture for my dorm room.

So again sorry for not participating much, I'm back now :)

P.s. I took a printer apart the other day and took all the motors out woo I got 4 different ones but i need someone to show me how to plug them in haha a future forum topic :)

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Aug 31, 2010. 12:29 PMKiteman says:
"So I will be packing my things and running off to University soon and I will have lots of time for instructables and making useful hacks/furniture for my dorm room."

Er, you're supposed to have less time for hobbies when you go to university ...

Well done, though - that's a good uni.
Sep 2, 2010. 12:52 PMKiteman says:
Ah - a couple of my early ibles were created during lessons.
Aug 31, 2010. 6:02 AMjeff-o says:
Wow, best of luck at school! Just promise me one thing? When you start pumping your design portfolio full of awesome ideas, make sure they're ideas that can actually be made in real life. Thanks. ;)
Sep 2, 2010. 12:42 PMjeff-o says:
Oh yeah, but so often these fancy ideas just sit and stew in a portfolio somewhere. If a design isn't going to be manufactured, it should be released to the wild!
Aug 30, 2010. 2:18 PMcaitlinsdad says:
Of all the other people around here, you are the only =SMART= one. Good luck.

and btw, you did not fail at anything. Live and learn, it builds character.
Aug 31, 2010. 6:40 AMBrennn10 says:
Way to stick with it! Good luck at Uni, and we all look forward to seeing some sweet Instructables from you!
Aug 31, 2010. 6:58 AMkillerjackalope says:
Good luck with uni... hopefully it goes a bit smoother than the last stretch. Congratulations on BBC and getting in to uni.
Aug 19, 2010. 2:49 PMSunbanks says:
I'm glad it worked out for you in the end! :D And I can't wait to see more awesome instructables from you.
Aug 31, 2010. 6:59 AMkillerjackalope says:
Neither can I, since I'm in London next sat I'll drop by and force him to do projects...
Sep 1, 2010. 11:33 AMSunbanks says:
Ah good. I'm sure you'll do a great job at that :P
Sep 1, 2010. 12:02 PMkillerjackalope says:
Wish I could, instead...
Aug 31, 2010. 12:32 PMcanida says:
Wow, that sounds like a lot of work.

Congratulations, and good luck!
Aug 30, 2010. 2:09 PMKentsOkay says:
good luck my man!
Aug 19, 2010. 11:41 PMJayefuu says:
Congrats Smart! That's really good. You definitely put the effort in :)

You'll have fun at Brunel, I have friends that went there, it's a nice campus.
Aug 20, 2010. 6:26 AMzascecs says:
Good luck...
Aug 20, 2010. 6:09 AMracastro62 says:
Congratulations! Have fun in Brunel!
Aug 20, 2010. 3:22 AMKryptonite says:
Awesome stuff! Year 9 doesn't seem quite so hard in comparison...

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