1- Judgement free zone - When you first start uni you soon discover that it is a judgement free, care free zone, people honestly don't care if you turn up to class in a onesie, if you decide to spend the day in bed watching Netflix, people are understanding and they won't question either of these things.
2- A place for everyone - Whether you just want to get your head down and spend the three years working or if you want to go out and party every night of the week even if you have an exam the next day there will be other people that will be doing the same thing as you. Saying that, this is where societies also come into place; you name it and there will be a society for it, a place for potterheads, photographers, bakers, gamers.
3- Yik Yak is the place to be - Yik Yak is the place full of all of the campus gossip and where rumours are made, you hear all sorts of different confessions about what happened the night before on there and it can be a brilliant read whilst enduring the bus ride to campus.
4- Jobs aren't all that whilst your studying - Its the time when you want to be making the most of your life as you have minimal responsibilities and your a student so people don't have high expectations from you for anything. If you can afford to live off of your student loan then do and if you do have a job then make sure your employer is understanding enough to let you have less shifts when your deadlines start to build up.
5- Organisation is key - Everyone has their own ways of being organised, some have diaries, some have to-do lists but during your time at university I have found that having these things make life a whole lot easier. I currently have a calendar on my wall, a calendar on my laptop and phone, a list of deadlines on my wall, a smaller list of important dates coming up in the next 2 months on a whiteboard. You can get good grades, enough sleep and a decent social life you just have to plan ahead!! Not to say that I stick to my plans but its a start...
6- We all need Netflix - Netflix is the one to have, someone is always talking about what they watching on Netflix last night and it can be a great conversation starter. It might just be because I am a media student but my lecturer in first year started every session having a chin wag with us all about what happened on Breaking Bad.
7- Make the most of your uni life - Everyone says this before you go to uni and I can honestly say I agree with them. If your in a different part of the country to your home town then explore the area, meet new people, travel the world, binge watch your favourite movies. My housemates and I spent our first year hosting 'shit movie nights' where we would watch movies that had a rating of 3 or below on Imdb.
8- Choose your housemates wisely - the number of people I know that after living in halls in first year with people who they became very close to that are no longer living together is crazy. My house got lucky and I have been living with the same people for the entire 3 years because we just get on so well, sure we have our ups and downs but its because we get on so well that we get over them.
9- Student accomodation is...interesting - First year is halls, the best year for getting to know new people and being able to rely on a cleaner and knowing you'll always have wifi, hot water and central heating but...the cleaner will only clean if its clean already...yes I quite literally mean what it says. Our cleaners were really fussy, if the bins hadn't been taken out or if the dishes were still out on the side then rather than cleaning it we would receive a written warning...3 warnings and the entire block gets a fine. Independent student housing is still great because you've chosen who you wish to live with this time but thats when the arguments come in...how much do you have the heating on? When is it the right time of year to turn the heating on? The house very quickly becomes a tip and slightly drafty...walls are paper thin meaning you hear EVERYTHING and the landlord tends to be a bit of an asshole so it takes a lot of messaging to get anything fixed (took us a year to get 1 of our showers fixed).
10 - You'll get sick of people asking you what your plans are for after graduation
But most of all...just make the most of it...as cliche as that sounds they are genuinely the best 3 years...stressful but full of fun when you can get away with so much
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