How did you find out about TSR?

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How did you find out about TSR?

The chances are, if you're reading this, you know all about The Student Room :five:

But how did you first find out about us?

Did we answer your prayers on a really specific Google search? Or maybe you saw us go viral on TikTok?

We'd love to hear :smile:

Reply 1

toxicgamage56

Universities Forum Helper

19

As a student, how can you not know about it? Comes up for like every academia related search.

I haven't got the faintest idea, sorry. I can't remember.

Reply 3

Scotland Yard

Clearing and Applications Advisor, Universities Forum Helper

20

The teacher that ran the Medicine club told me about it as a place where I'd find some useful stuff but that I should avoid it as much as possible 😅 Why would I avoid it though, some of the stupid things people post on here are so fun!

Reply 4

ebyrne2036

Clearing and Applications Advisor, Entertainment Forum Helper

21

Honestly can’t remember either think it was friends in school

Reply 5

Amb/conf

19

I was trying to choose between Nursing and Social Work for a potential career path and found a TSR thread.

Reply 6

Notnek

21

It was a cold, dark evening, and I was making my way home from school. I had stayed late to finish a project and had lost track of time. The street lamps flickered on and off, casting eerie shadows on the deserted pavements. As I turned a corner, I saw a figure in the distance, huddled against a building.

As I got closer, I saw that it was an old man, shivering in the cold. I hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to do. But then I remembered my grandmother's words: "One small gesture can change a life.”

As I approached him, I noticed that his eyes were dark and sunken, his skin pale and translucent. He looked up at me with a pleading expression, and I could see the fear in his eyes.

Without hesitation, I offered him my coat, but as he took it from me, without warning he grabbed my hand. His grip tightened, stronger and stronger. His eyes seemed to glow with an otherworldly light, and his features contorted into a grotesque, inhuman mask. But then a thought suddenly crossed my mind and I realised that something was terribly wrong… I had forgotten to finish my maths homework that was due in the next day.

I pushed the old man aside and ran home as fast as I could. As soon as I stepped into my bedroom I remembered why I had not completed the homework. I was stuck on a nasty A Level mechanics question containing lots of pulleys, slopes and rods. I Googled “M1 maths help” and found this site.

(edited 1 year ago)

It kept coming up when I searched up any question, but I didn't think to join until later, when it was recommended to me.

Can't remember which specific search it was, but I searched something up and an answer from here came up (inevitable, such good SEO :lol:

)

Made an account, never left!

Reply 9

Chronoscope

Volunteer Section Leader

21

Original post by Notnek

It was a cold, dark evening, and I was making my way home from school. I had stayed late to finish a project and had lost track of time. The street lamps flickered on and off, casting eerie shadows on the deserted pavements. As I turned a corner, I saw a figure in the distance, huddled against a building.

As I got closer, I saw that it was an old man, shivering in the cold. I hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to do. But then I remembered my grandmother's words: "One small gesture can change a life.”

As I approached him, I noticed that his eyes were dark and sunken, his skin pale and translucent. He looked up at me with a pleading expression, and I could see the fear in his eyes.

Without hesitation, I offered him my coat, but as he took it from me, without warning he grabbed my hand. His grip tightened, stronger and stronger. His eyes seemed to glow with an otherworldly light, and his features contorted into a grotesque, inhuman mask. But then a thought suddenly crossed my mind and I realised that something was terribly wrong… I had forgotten to finish my maths homework that was due in the next day.

I pushed the old man aside and ran home as fast as I could. As soon as I stepped into my bedroom I remembered why I had not completed the homework. I was stuck on a nasty A Level mechanics question containing lots of pulleys, slopes and rods. I Googled “M1 maths help” and found this site.

Spoiler

Reply 10

Chronoscope

Volunteer Section Leader

21

I think I was searching for people who had also suffered the diabolical 2015 GCSE maths and science papers by Edexcel and AQA

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 11

Notnek

21

Original post by Chronoscope

Spoiler

Reply 12

Charles III

21

I googled "Does she like me because I got 17 A*s on the University of Oxbridge Student Finance deadline course for 14 extra DofE Platinum UCAS points" and didn't bother creating the thread in the end because, to my surprise, it had already been created several times.

Reply 13

-Himaya-

12

just did some exam board related search, found the most relevant thing here and basically i found this website really cool.
It is then that i decided to be a permanent(ish) resident of TSR :biggrin:

Friends

Hello everyone!

Entertainment Forum Helper

22

I have just put 'english speaking forums' in Google browser and after I have looked at the shown forums, I decided to join here on TSR. That was thirteen years ago.

Reply 17

Kokoriciu

Original post by Kallisto

I have just put 'english speaking forums' in Google browser and after I have looked at the shown forums, I decided to join here on TSR. That was thirteen years ago.