by Emily Higgitt At the end of my undergraduate degree in 2020, I made the exciting yet challenging decision to move universities and provinces to pursue my dream of studying neurosciences. When I reflect on this year, I see the many challenges I faced due to leaving home for the first time and the uncertainties…

by Jessica Garlick The build-up to honours was immense. Throughout my undergraduate degree, we would all speak about the plans we had for after our BSc and our ideal career path thereafter. Once third year rolled round and conditional acceptances were being given, there was an even greater pressure to succeed in our undergraduate degree…

by Leoné Pretorius Even though the year 2021 and its academic activities have not yet come to an end, I think most of us will agree that the first part of this academic year has been filled with a lot of events and challenges that it has felt that we have experienced a whole year…

by Kate Morris Being a fairly anxious person, I was a ball of nerves as the start of my honoursyear loomed closer and closer. Would I cope with the workload? Am I cut outto deal with the stress of postgraduate life? Will I manage to adapt to thetransition and bid farewell to my days as…

by Jason Bosch Every university student has uttered the phrase “I just have to survive this week” multiple times to themselves, but in my honours year, the phrase took on a whole new meaning. Though your honours year may be rewarding and exciting, your undergrad does not prepare for the fast-paced and content heavy journey…

by Samar Abrahams Initially I thought Honors was finally going to be my year off to relax after a rather intense third year of medicine. However, I was quickly brought back to reality the second lectures started and work started piling up. I quickly had to change gears and adjust my frame of mind. Once…

by Carl Belger Countless friends from my old high school have transferred degrees, taken gap years and even dropped out. It is so difficult to know what you are supposed to do in this world; to have a calling. I am one of very few blessed individuals who has always known what they wanted to…

by Katleho Matlatse The year 2021, came with a lot of surprises, more like miracles. I was given the opportunity to further my honours degree in BMedSci Medical Biochemistry at the University of Cape Town under the Integrative Biomedical Sciences department. Apart from being an independent and disciplined learner (Thanks to three years at UNISA),…

by Eden Levi Back in high school when I started Physical Sciences, my intrigue and love for chemistry and working in a laboratory started to blossom. I knew that this field was one that had more to offer as my understanding developed, and that there were so many directions I could take. Most importantly, these…

by Motshidisi Matela In my short life, there are many experiences that could qualify as life changing. Every new experience was, at one time or another, the first experience. For good or bad, each instance changed the course that my life has taken, but the most transformative experience was being accepted into honours. I was…