Just a few things that my first year of university taught me

So I just finished my first year of university, here is some stuff that I have learned from the experience. This is not an extensive list, just a snapshot.

Nobody cares about your appearance when you turn uni , in fact most of the time they don’t even care if you turn up at all. During fresher’s week we decide to look presentable, I at least tried to do my make-up and wear nice clothes.  This ritual lasted a fair amount of time if I am being honest but in the second semester of my first year I came to the realization that, nobody cares if your eyeliner is on fleek in your biblical studies class. Nobody really judges you; it’s just in your best interest to turn up. That could be in your pajamas, sweats or a ball gown, nobody really cares!

You can never do enough reading. I do a humanities degree and basically you can never have read too much about a subject. I mean, how long is a piece of string?

Always back up your work. Loosing valuable work causes heartache, so email your works of wisdom to yourself, put it on a memory stick, whatever you need to do so it won’t get lost.

The word count given to you in your essays is never enough. Most of my 1st year essays were 2,000 words long, this friends is not enough words for you to provide relevant theory, evidence and your explanation, first year is about summarizing and getting to grips with more academic material.

Staying hydrated can make or break your concentration, especially in a long mind numbing lecture.

If you are about to start university and you are worried about making friends, don’t. I am awful at making friends and starting at university was the easiest friend-making process ever.

Overall, your first year of university is an amazing one, so make the most of it and learn from your first year experience.

Always,

Lauren

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