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Original post by smd4std
personally i got smashed every night for 2-3 weeks 
best few weeks of my life
best few weeks of my lifeSays everything about your life
Original post by i-love-coffee
Says everything about your life
please tell me more
Original post by peedie pixie
Prop your door open so people can come in, knock on other people's doors to introduce yourself. I found most of my flatmates on facebook before moving, we agreed to move in on the same day which made it easier. If possible find one person at least!
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How did you manage to find them?
Don't hype university up in your head, take it as it comes. If your idea of a perfect night is a nap and some video games, that's not going to magically change when you get to uni. Plenty of students don't fit into the 'typical student going out and partying and loving it' (there are plenty that do, and that's fine!) and have a good time.
Basically, try to find your own way of enjoying uni, there isn't one set way, and if you look forward to it as some kind of paradise, it probably won't be.
Basically, try to find your own way of enjoying uni, there isn't one set way, and if you look forward to it as some kind of paradise, it probably won't be.
Original post by i-love-coffee
Says everything about your life
You must be a genius to work out EVERYTHING about someone life by looking at a 2-3 week period.
Original post by DCFCfan4eva
How did you manage to find them?
We had a group on facebook for my uni's freshers 2013/14, and the uni also created facebook pages for the different accommodation locations. People posted their flat number and were asking if anyone else was in their flat - so that way.
I found 1 person really early on, then another 2 who didn't speak to us until we actually moved in, and then 3 just crawled out of the woodwork out of nowhere just before moving in as well!
Search facebook for your uni and see what it comes up with.
Never have a burger and a pint before a lecture. You'll fall asleep afterwards. Actually, avoid alcohol altogether until the evening.
Volunteering and sports societies are much better ways of making friends than getting smashed.
If you come to parties, expecting that the DJs will be playing the club classics in your collection, you're sorely mistaken.
If you come to parties, expecting that it will be anything like the ones in American Pie, you're sorely mistaken.
Actually do the reading, even if your classmates "suggest" that you should only go through the lectures for specific modules.
If your classmates proposed an alternative way to do something in a project, you better listen to them and use that exact method.
Always be ready to do all the work in group work, especially if you don't know your team mates very well.
If you have a choice between doing work individually or part of a group, do it individually unless you trust your team mates to not blow you off.
Practice makes perfect!
Oh, and have fun!
Volunteering and sports societies are much better ways of making friends than getting smashed.
If you come to parties, expecting that the DJs will be playing the club classics in your collection, you're sorely mistaken.
If you come to parties, expecting that it will be anything like the ones in American Pie, you're sorely mistaken.
Actually do the reading, even if your classmates "suggest" that you should only go through the lectures for specific modules.
If your classmates proposed an alternative way to do something in a project, you better listen to them and use that exact method.
Always be ready to do all the work in group work, especially if you don't know your team mates very well.
If you have a choice between doing work individually or part of a group, do it individually unless you trust your team mates to not blow you off.
Practice makes perfect!
Oh, and have fun!
(edited 10 years ago)
Original post by SecretDuck
Never have a burger and a pint before a lecture. You'll fall asleep afterwards. Actually, avoid alcohol altogether until the evening.
Volunteering and sports societies are much better ways of making friends than getting smashed.
If you come to parties, expecting that the DJs will be playing the club classics in your collection, you're solely mistaken.
If you come to parties, expecting that it will be anything like the ones in American Pie, you're solely mistaken.
Actually do the reading, even if your classmates "suggest" that you should only go through the lectures for specific modules.
If your classmates proposed an alternative way to do something in a project, you better listen to them and use that exact method.
Always be ready to do all the work in group work, especially if you don't know your team mates very well.
If you have a choice between doing work individually or part of a group, do it individually unless you trust your team mates to not blow you off.
Practice makes perfect!
Oh, and have fun!
Volunteering and sports societies are much better ways of making friends than getting smashed.
If you come to parties, expecting that the DJs will be playing the club classics in your collection, you're solely mistaken.
If you come to parties, expecting that it will be anything like the ones in American Pie, you're solely mistaken.
Actually do the reading, even if your classmates "suggest" that you should only go through the lectures for specific modules.
If your classmates proposed an alternative way to do something in a project, you better listen to them and use that exact method.
Always be ready to do all the work in group work, especially if you don't know your team mates very well.
If you have a choice between doing work individually or part of a group, do it individually unless you trust your team mates to not blow you off.
Practice makes perfect!
Oh, and have fun!
*sorely
Original post by smd4std
sometimes it's worth the risk
nah man can't **** where you eat. or as joey says imagine yourself living in a supermarket, and you'll understand.
(edited 10 years ago)
Original post by tehforum
*sorely
Fixed
The best tip I can give all students is that most pubs open around 11am.
There is nothing unhealthy about drinking early. It is only a problem if you are not having fun
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Original post by DiddyDec
Harper Adams
Whats it like at Haprer Adams? Im going in 2014 to study Animal Health and Welfare
I could give loads of tips but to focus on one:
Learn to identify losers and don't let them influence you.
A lot of people have a bit of an immature attitude about uni. You see it on threads like this: everything is about making reference to drinking alcohol, and how its cool to be drunk all the time and how they are the cool people and everyone not like them is square.
Uni is not really quite like that most people drink but also especially these days when fees are so expensive most people have come to uni to get a degree, learn and develop both academically and in other ways, and make friends. It will involve social opportunities but so does life after uni too....I think some people think you have to do all your socialising at uni as there will be no more opportunity after you leave.
In September this year it will be 10 years since I was a fresher and looking back on what has happened to people I knew since, the ones that were trying to be cool by bragging about how much they drink and how little work they did, have just got left behind. I'm still mates with some of them but they basically loafed through uni doing minimal work, got 2:2s or 3rds (in one of my flatmates cases, failed) and they are doing jobs like working in a petrol station, working in call centres or cashiers as banks or sales jobs etc, earning probably £12-16k and always complaining about things, and living for the weekend where they just get smashed like they always did. Meanwhile the people I mostly associated with are all doing well and in good jobs, go on good holidays, have good prospects, and interesting social lives, some work abroad etc. We weren't all monks that never went out, we had a good time too its just for us uni was not all about bragging about alcohol and being wasted for the sake of it.
You will come across people that are obsessed with talking about alcohol, or others that are obsessed with drugs, not only the fact that they do them but always going on about how drugs are actually not bad for you, they open your mind, alcohol and cigarettes are worse, and are evangelists for the good news of MDMA, weed etc.....again, if they want to do it let them but just don't be influenced and dragged in to their lifestyles and remember that most of these type of people are going to end up struggling to actually get anywhere in life after their degrees.
Learn to identify losers and don't let them influence you.
A lot of people have a bit of an immature attitude about uni. You see it on threads like this: everything is about making reference to drinking alcohol, and how its cool to be drunk all the time and how they are the cool people and everyone not like them is square.
Uni is not really quite like that most people drink but also especially these days when fees are so expensive most people have come to uni to get a degree, learn and develop both academically and in other ways, and make friends. It will involve social opportunities but so does life after uni too....I think some people think you have to do all your socialising at uni as there will be no more opportunity after you leave.
In September this year it will be 10 years since I was a fresher and looking back on what has happened to people I knew since, the ones that were trying to be cool by bragging about how much they drink and how little work they did, have just got left behind. I'm still mates with some of them but they basically loafed through uni doing minimal work, got 2:2s or 3rds (in one of my flatmates cases, failed) and they are doing jobs like working in a petrol station, working in call centres or cashiers as banks or sales jobs etc, earning probably £12-16k and always complaining about things, and living for the weekend where they just get smashed like they always did. Meanwhile the people I mostly associated with are all doing well and in good jobs, go on good holidays, have good prospects, and interesting social lives, some work abroad etc. We weren't all monks that never went out, we had a good time too its just for us uni was not all about bragging about alcohol and being wasted for the sake of it.
You will come across people that are obsessed with talking about alcohol, or others that are obsessed with drugs, not only the fact that they do them but always going on about how drugs are actually not bad for you, they open your mind, alcohol and cigarettes are worse, and are evangelists for the good news of MDMA, weed etc.....again, if they want to do it let them but just don't be influenced and dragged in to their lifestyles and remember that most of these type of people are going to end up struggling to actually get anywhere in life after their degrees.
Original post by MagicNMedicine
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A million times this! I'm only first year but I'm one of the more organised lasses in my flat and will choose to do my uni stuff rather than going out if I have stuff to do, whereas some of my flatmates don't. They stress over deadlines and how much work they have to do, whilst i can relax a lot more. So worth it!
Never turn down anything thats free
Original post by LucyHannah2048
Whats it like at Haprer Adams? Im going in 2014 to study Animal Health and Welfare
It is the greatest time of my life. Work Hard and Party even Harder. There is a lot of partying and drinking. It is fantastic.
I second MagicNMedicine, carehow, Midlander and SecretDuck's tips.
Halls teaches you how to live with people you probably can't stand.
I lived in catered halls in first year, which was great for meeting people (and getting fed if you weren't too good at budgeting!).
If you find your flatmates/hallmates are really not your sort of people, and feel really alone, don't worry! Seriously, it does generally work out in the end. Friendships take time to develop properly. Think of halls as being similar to the Big Brother house. You're thrown together with a random mix of people from all over the country (and abroad), all sorts of different backgrounds/personalities etc, in a totally new environment, away from everything and (probably) everyone you know. Add some "tasks/challenges" (studying, learning, finding your way around a new campus, learning how to use Turnitin or whichever IT program your uni uses, and for some people, learning how to cook/clean/do laundry etc.) Basically, a horde of (mostly) 18/19yos are all trying to find their way in a new environment; people have hugely different ideas of what constitutes a clean kitchen or bathroom, a good time, a decent amount to drink, what they want out of university life, etc etc. OF COURSE it's not going to all go smoothly immediately. Expecting it to be problem-free is setting yourself up for disappointment.
If you're religious, try finding a local place of worship.
I took a while to find a church I liked, but when I found it, I realised it was the right one for me. Everyone there is just so friendly and sociable; a big group of people tend to go to Starbucks afterwards just to hang out, and you get invited even if it's the first time you've ever been there. It's a real community, which is why I like it.
Plus whichever place of worship you go to, will most likely have a social group/youth group/things to do, where you can meet people and make friends.
Be open to making friends outside of uni.
Just because you're a student, doesn't mean you can only be friends with students. Some of my friends when I was at uni, were graduates who had already left; non-students; people I randomly met in town; people I met at church, etc.
Having your own printer makes life a lot easier.
Picture the scene: essay/report deadline day. You need to print off your work so you can hand in a paper copy to the office.
Odds are, on the day it's due, this thought will be shared by the entire class - possibly 300 people. "Oh, I'll just go to *computer lab/uni building* and print it off to hand in."
Only there is a queue for computers in the library, the computer labs, EVERYWHERE. Some people are just jamming on Facebook or whatever, and won't leave. Or someone has trashed the computer you need to release your print request. Or the printer has just broken.
Honestly, if you can get a printer of your own, it saves so much hassle.
People don't care.They really don't.
It's rare that other students are judging you - they're busy living their own lives. That's true whether you go out drinking and partying every night, or don't touch a drop; religious or not; whether you pass or fail; whether you attend every single lecture on your timetable, or sleep in whenever the mood takes you; whether you cover your bed with soft toys, or spend hours playing WoW/COD. Really. As long as you're not doing something that affects them (eg talking in lectures/the library, or not pulling your weight in group work), people really don't care.
Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.
So you're at uni! Hooray. No parents telling you what you can and can't do. Nobody breaking your door down to tell you you have to get to class now, or you're in trouble. 
Nobody to tell you not to drink/smoke/have sex etc. Nobody to stop you drinking beer at 8am or having pizza for breakfast if you so choose. You can do as you please, pretty much.
The flipside being, everything is down to you. Tutors don't chase you for your essay/lab report/whatever. If you don't hand it in on time, some will just score you 0, and won't mark it even if you hand it in a day or two later. The nicer ones may have a sliding scale - eg -1 mark for 1 day late, -2 marks for 2 days late, etc.
Unless you're in a lab or whatever where a register is taken, it is up to you if you attend or not. There were 300 people in my English Lit class; the lecturer is unlikely to miss you personally.
On a side note, laundry is really not that hard. Really it isn't!
Unless it's delicate/some woolly stuff/dry clean only, a lot of stuff can go in the washing machine. If you're really having trouble understanding the labels, for pity's sake, GOOGLE it! (Or whichever search engine you favour.) Here, I've even done it for you:
http://www.care-labelling.co.uk/whatsymbolsmean.html
Separate whites and colours. If you like, you can separate the light and dark colours too, although I never bothered with that. Underwear can often go in with colours, unless you're picky about it remaining shining white.
Choose your brand of laundry powder/tabs etc. Powder is poured into the slot. Tabs go in with the clothes. Also if you fold stuff straight out of the tumble dryer, you can usually avoid having to iron it. If you're confused, check youtube for tutorials/how-to's. They have them for all sorts of stuff.
Seriously. I actually despair when people make this huge fuss about being independent etc... and then bring a suitcase full of laundry home for mummy to do at Christmas. Sorry if that sounds harsh.
Don't worry about meeting lifelong friends in Freshers week.
Like I said before, it's a random mix of people all being thrown together in a new environment. Yes, some people find their best friend is the person in the room next to them when they move in on the first day - but this is not everyone. Like a lot of people I know, my best friends are mainly people I met later on in the year.
Do the stuff YOU want to do. If you don't you'll regret it.
Thinking you won't join that society because your loudest new flatmate has proclaimed it to be *insert derogatory/condescending term here*? It's YOU that will miss out.
Please don't be one of those people who needs someone to come with them to do ANYTHING. I really do mean this for your own good. Be independent enough to explore YOUR interests, and things YOU want to do/try/see. Trust me, you do not want to be thinking, "Man, I wish I'd done/seen/tried/been to XYZ", just because someone else put it down.
Explore your uni city and the surrounding area.
This is something I regret not doing (properly).
You've moved (probably) to the other side/end of the country. Visiting there from home would often be expensive and/or impractical. So, now you live in *new city/area*, make the most of it and see what it has to offer! Maybe you're from Cornwall and go to uni at Leeds, but want to see other nearby cities. Now's your chance! (Just an example.)
Uni doesn't just teach you academic stuff.
Nuff said. You'll figure this one out yourself, in time... everyone learns something different. Even if all they learn is they never want to see that evil witch from halls so long as they live.
Don't google everything certain people suggest unless you have a seriously strong stomach.
Even then, debatable. However, setting your friend's homepage to an amusing adult content page for kicks and giggles is pretty fun if you know they can take it. (As my friend did to me... thanks! ) Especially when you do it on the browser your friend no longer uses, and they let their flatmate use their laptop... I don't think I laughed that hard for quite a while.
You don't have to like, or approve of, your flatmate's lifestyle/sexuality/religion etc.
However, you also don't have to be a douche about it.
Oh, and don't flatter yourself. Just because someone is LGBTQ, does not mean they fancy you/ignore the standards of decency. They will not rape you in your sleep just because you share a flat/happen to fall asleep in the same room/are of the same sex. (Apologies to the vast majority of people who find the above completely obvious. However, I have gotten SO tired of people who claim not to be homophobic/narrow minded, until faced with a member of the LGBTQ community who fancies their gender.)
Don't hype uni up as being "the BEST years/time of your life!" before you even get there.
Because that's a sure way to be disappointed. Sure, uni can be awesome. But like anything else, it has its highs and lows. There will be bad times as well as good ones. There will be times when you want to cry because you a) feel like you're crumbling under pressure b) think everyone is having more fun than you c) miss home d) *insert problem here* - or any/all of the above.
Problems don't magically disappear at uni - they just take a different form.
Halls teaches you how to live with people you probably can't stand.
I lived in catered halls in first year, which was great for meeting people (and getting fed if you weren't too good at budgeting!).
If you find your flatmates/hallmates are really not your sort of people, and feel really alone, don't worry! Seriously, it does generally work out in the end. Friendships take time to develop properly. Think of halls as being similar to the Big Brother house. You're thrown together with a random mix of people from all over the country (and abroad), all sorts of different backgrounds/personalities etc, in a totally new environment, away from everything and (probably) everyone you know. Add some "tasks/challenges" (studying, learning, finding your way around a new campus, learning how to use Turnitin or whichever IT program your uni uses, and for some people, learning how to cook/clean/do laundry etc.) Basically, a horde of (mostly) 18/19yos are all trying to find their way in a new environment; people have hugely different ideas of what constitutes a clean kitchen or bathroom, a good time, a decent amount to drink, what they want out of university life, etc etc. OF COURSE it's not going to all go smoothly immediately. Expecting it to be problem-free is setting yourself up for disappointment.
Original post by Abdul-Karim
What are the alternatives to drinking? Are societies an easy way of making friends would you say?
If you're religious, try finding a local place of worship.
I took a while to find a church I liked, but when I found it, I realised it was the right one for me. Everyone there is just so friendly and sociable; a big group of people tend to go to Starbucks afterwards just to hang out, and you get invited even if it's the first time you've ever been there. It's a real community, which is why I like it.
Plus whichever place of worship you go to, will most likely have a social group/youth group/things to do, where you can meet people and make friends.
Be open to making friends outside of uni.
Just because you're a student, doesn't mean you can only be friends with students. Some of my friends when I was at uni, were graduates who had already left; non-students; people I randomly met in town; people I met at church, etc.
Having your own printer makes life a lot easier.
Picture the scene: essay/report deadline day. You need to print off your work so you can hand in a paper copy to the office.
Odds are, on the day it's due, this thought will be shared by the entire class - possibly 300 people. "Oh, I'll just go to *computer lab/uni building* and print it off to hand in."
Only there is a queue for computers in the library, the computer labs, EVERYWHERE. Some people are just jamming on Facebook or whatever, and won't leave. Or someone has trashed the computer you need to release your print request. Or the printer has just broken.
Honestly, if you can get a printer of your own, it saves so much hassle.
People don't care.They really don't.
It's rare that other students are judging you - they're busy living their own lives. That's true whether you go out drinking and partying every night, or don't touch a drop; religious or not; whether you pass or fail; whether you attend every single lecture on your timetable, or sleep in whenever the mood takes you; whether you cover your bed with soft toys, or spend hours playing WoW/COD. Really. As long as you're not doing something that affects them (eg talking in lectures/the library, or not pulling your weight in group work), people really don't care.
Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.
So you're at uni! Hooray.
No parents telling you what you can and can't do. Nobody breaking your door down to tell you you have to get to class now, or you're in trouble. Nobody to tell you not to drink/smoke/have sex etc. Nobody to stop you drinking beer at 8am or having pizza for breakfast if you so choose. You can do as you please, pretty much. The flipside being, everything is down to you. Tutors don't chase you for your essay/lab report/whatever. If you don't hand it in on time, some will just score you 0, and won't mark it even if you hand it in a day or two later. The nicer ones may have a sliding scale - eg -1 mark for 1 day late, -2 marks for 2 days late, etc.
Unless you're in a lab or whatever where a register is taken, it is up to you if you attend or not. There were 300 people in my English Lit class; the lecturer is unlikely to miss you personally.
On a side note, laundry is really not that hard. Really it isn't!
Unless it's delicate/some woolly stuff/dry clean only, a lot of stuff can go in the washing machine. If you're really having trouble understanding the labels, for pity's sake, GOOGLE it! (Or whichever search engine you favour.) Here, I've even done it for you:
http://www.care-labelling.co.uk/whatsymbolsmean.html
Separate whites and colours. If you like, you can separate the light and dark colours too, although I never bothered with that. Underwear can often go in with colours, unless you're picky about it remaining shining white.
Choose your brand of laundry powder/tabs etc. Powder is poured into the slot. Tabs go in with the clothes. Also if you fold stuff straight out of the tumble dryer, you can usually avoid having to iron it. If you're confused, check youtube for tutorials/how-to's. They have them for all sorts of stuff.
Seriously. I actually despair when people make this huge fuss about being independent etc... and then bring a suitcase full of laundry home for mummy to do at Christmas. Sorry if that sounds harsh.
Don't worry about meeting lifelong friends in Freshers week.
Like I said before, it's a random mix of people all being thrown together in a new environment. Yes, some people find their best friend is the person in the room next to them when they move in on the first day - but this is not everyone. Like a lot of people I know, my best friends are mainly people I met later on in the year.
Do the stuff YOU want to do. If you don't you'll regret it.
Thinking you won't join that society because your loudest new flatmate has proclaimed it to be *insert derogatory/condescending term here*? It's YOU that will miss out.
Please don't be one of those people who needs someone to come with them to do ANYTHING. I really do mean this for your own good. Be independent enough to explore YOUR interests, and things YOU want to do/try/see. Trust me, you do not want to be thinking, "Man, I wish I'd done/seen/tried/been to XYZ", just because someone else put it down.
Explore your uni city and the surrounding area.
This is something I regret not doing (properly).
You've moved (probably) to the other side/end of the country. Visiting there from home would often be expensive and/or impractical. So, now you live in *new city/area*, make the most of it and see what it has to offer! Maybe you're from Cornwall and go to uni at Leeds, but want to see other nearby cities. Now's your chance! (Just an example.)
Uni doesn't just teach you academic stuff.
Nuff said. You'll figure this one out yourself, in time... everyone learns something different. Even if all they learn is they never want to see that evil witch from halls so long as they live.
Don't google everything certain people suggest unless you have a seriously strong stomach.
Even then, debatable. However, setting your friend's homepage to an amusing adult content page for kicks and giggles is pretty fun if you know they can take it. (As my friend did to me... thanks!
) Especially when you do it on the browser your friend no longer uses, and they let their flatmate use their laptop... I don't think I laughed that hard for quite a while. You don't have to like, or approve of, your flatmate's lifestyle/sexuality/religion etc.
However, you also don't have to be a douche about it.
Oh, and don't flatter yourself. Just because someone is LGBTQ, does not mean they fancy you/ignore the standards of decency. They will not rape you in your sleep just because you share a flat/happen to fall asleep in the same room/are of the same sex.
(Apologies to the vast majority of people who find the above completely obvious. However, I have gotten SO tired of people who claim not to be homophobic/narrow minded, until faced with a member of the LGBTQ community who fancies their gender.)Don't hype uni up as being "the BEST years/time of your life!" before you even get there.
Because that's a sure way to be disappointed. Sure, uni can be awesome. But like anything else, it has its highs and lows. There will be bad times as well as good ones. There will be times when you want to cry because you a) feel like you're crumbling under pressure b) think everyone is having more fun than you c) miss home d) *insert problem here* - or any/all of the above.
Problems don't magically disappear at uni - they just take a different form.
Original post by treasureBelle
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Thanks alot for this, has already taken away some of the stresses for me. It seems a majority of people enjoy their moving out/uni experiences. I'll see what it has to offer me
. Thanks again.Thought of some more...
Always feel free to ask someone if you're lost.
Seriously. If you need a map to find your way around campus, get one (I'm pretty sure most unis do them!). And feel free to ask anyone from student support services, or a random passer by. You will not look stupid, trust me - we've all been there.
Your RA (residential adviser) or equivalent is generally on hand to help if you live in uni-owned halls - these are good people to make friends with.
On move-in day, look for volunteers in (generally) brightly-coloured uni t-shirts. My dad drove us round in circles trying to find my halls of residence, until a uni volunteer helping people move into other nearby accommodation pointed us in the right direction.
Check if your timetable changes when you return after Christmas...
... preferably before you find yourself 10 minutes into a third year lecture, and receive a message from your mate saying, "Hey, are you OK? My friend just texted me to say you're sat in her Psychology class looking scared and confused," and the lecturer's attention is drawn to you because NOBODY else in there is on a laptop, and you run out of the room from your seat in the third row from the front in embarrassment...
Yes, that did happen to me. And yes, it was highly embarrassing at the time, and I did feel like a complete doofus. But hey, I bet you laughed, right? So do I, now.
Keep a first aid kit - even a basic one.
I know a lot of people who fell over/otherwise hurt themselves during or soon after Freshers Week... who didn't have so much as a box of plasters in their room and had to limp to the campus shop. Also, medicines. You don't have to resemble a pharmacy, but trust me - the time you come down with Freshers Flu, or any other bug, is the last time you will feel like schlepping out to the shop or wherever to get aspirin/paracetamol/insert choice of meds here.
Awww, I'm so glad I can be of some help. To be honest, I had the same worries and fears before I started uni. If in doubt, always ask!
Always feel free to ask someone if you're lost.
Seriously. If you need a map to find your way around campus, get one (I'm pretty sure most unis do them!). And feel free to ask anyone from student support services, or a random passer by. You will not look stupid, trust me - we've all been there.
Your RA (residential adviser) or equivalent is generally on hand to help if you live in uni-owned halls - these are good people to make friends with.
On move-in day, look for volunteers in (generally) brightly-coloured uni t-shirts. My dad drove us round in circles trying to find my halls of residence, until a uni volunteer helping people move into other nearby accommodation pointed us in the right direction.
Check if your timetable changes when you return after Christmas...
... preferably before you find yourself 10 minutes into a third year lecture, and receive a message from your mate saying, "Hey, are you OK? My friend just texted me to say you're sat in her Psychology class looking scared and confused," and the lecturer's attention is drawn to you because NOBODY else in there is on a laptop, and you run out of the room from your seat in the third row from the front in embarrassment...
Yes, that did happen to me.
And yes, it was highly embarrassing at the time, and I did feel like a complete doofus. But hey, I bet you laughed, right? So do I, now. Keep a first aid kit - even a basic one.
I know a lot of people who fell over/otherwise hurt themselves during or soon after Freshers Week... who didn't have so much as a box of plasters in their room and had to limp to the campus shop. Also, medicines. You don't have to resemble a pharmacy, but trust me - the time you come down with Freshers Flu, or any other bug, is the last time you will feel like schlepping out to the shop or wherever to get aspirin/paracetamol/insert choice of meds here.
Awww, I'm so glad I can be of some help. To be honest, I had the same worries and fears before I started uni. If in doubt, always ask!
if you love something and dont want it stolen do not i repeat do not let it leave your room, even for an hour!!
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