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the uni thing
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I keep having strange dreams of moving into university. I find out if my accomodation application choice was successful on the 20th. I know there is a thread already on here for university goers but is there any more updated experiences? For example, the Freshers Ball..is that just for the frat type people or is it the best way to meet people? Ohhh and any more advice :hyper:
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I found initially, especially in places like halls, everyone is out and about on the grounds. I made a friend by standing by the front entrance waiting for the fire alarm to stop
One tip would be to take a big box of chocolates with you (something like Celebrations) and walk around with it, stopping on the way - a friend of mine found it worked a treat while they were unpacking, "Hi, how are you doing? do you want a chocolate?" lol, writing it down, it sounds really lame, but it worked!
Get involved in everything going on on campus, you can get so much free stuff and meet loadsa people.
In halls smile and talk to anyone you come across, don't be shy! Take lots of alcohol with you and some cheap pasta or something like that that is quick and a filling food.
Good luck for the accomodation, hope you get your first choice:)
The chocolate idea does sound fun! I remember one of my flatmates in halls brought a big box of biscuits and some wine for us all so that broke the ice.
Yeah that's a great idea. I'm actually moving back into halls this Sept so I'm going to be doing the same thing. I have an advantage in knwoing what to expect but still dead nerve wracking meeting loadsa new people!!
Haha, what jabs? God no I haven't had any jabs done, nor did I last time I was in halls....
MMR and another one that I cant remember...
Hmm yeah I'd get the MMR done if I was you. I'd actually had three when I went to Uni and was therefore 99.9% immune from Mumps and I got it over the Christmas holidays and couldn't leave the house for four weeks.
At least I'm immune now!
Please do because it'll save me a few quid.
The UKC Medical Practice are very, very good because they are geared up for students (as you are their main client base), so you will be able to get jabs etc from them too if necessary.
I also remember writing a big list of what I should take to uni, but in the end its just best to take the basics - clothes, bed stuff, a few kitchen bits, bathroom stuff(defo bog roll) and anything you forget you slowly build up anyways. By my last year at uni I had accumulated so much stuff!
Had a good time at the freshers ball, but only coz i had made a few friends from my halls. Tis a good way to at least get comfy with the start of uni life i guess.
*sigh* Im going to miss uni life...
Worth getting checked for all boosters etc even if you decide not to have them there and then. Useful information - plus check out family medical history because your new GP will ask...
Do you think I'd have to have a new GP? Canterbury is like half an hour by train.
The halls normally prefer it, but not completely necessary. I didn't do it in my first year.
Dunno, when you feel like shit one day, will you want to travel 30 minutes by train?
Haha point taken! I'll register with the on site GP I reckon.
There are places called shops
Haha, that's the first thing I looked for, for alcohol and cigarettes! But then my plan backfired because I spent the second day drinking nothing but stella and by the time I went out I fainted twice through dehydration. I was so scared I was gonna be known as the girl that fainted!
Lightweight!
I was lucky, had an off license just across the road
Lightweight?? I bet I could drink you under the table anyday! Yeah same here, he was called Mr G (or we named him that I think) and he sold "20 anadin extra£ for 3 quid
Well ours was known for being a drop off point for the local coke dealers, classy stuff.
And get stuffed fainty!
Well halls are known for being in classy places. Mine was a stone's throw from the red light district.
Stargalaxy I hope you'renot living in Mill Point next Sept