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Can't wait for Uni!!
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I know theres still the whole summer to get through and about 5 months until it all starts but i just really can't wait to get there now. I wanna go now
Anyone getting excited? Or is it just me?
Anyone getting excited? Or is it just me?
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Ok so I don't like uni and am finding it a bit shit, that's no reason why you should too. Hopefully this term will be a bit better because I have some people I can go and see that are nothing to do with York or Uni.
Uni can be extremely overhyped, sometimes you don't get on with your hallmates, or housemates, you've picked the wrong course and aren't good enough to get on the sports team, or you are but can't break into the cliques. Uni can be horrific.
I didn't go out every night. Quite a lot, but not all the time. As long as you make an effort to get to know people it doesn't matter if you don't socialise all the time.
plus i didn't live in halls. if you live in halls and have a good entertainments committee at your uni you'll be fine!
You can't just say that uni is awesome though, because it's not, and by doing that people who aren't having a good time will often think they're odd because they don't like it.
Uni is hard work, it's exhausting, you end up thrown together with random people, some you'll like and some you'll hate, some will be selfish pigs and some will help you out. Most people who go to uni like it, because most people are going because that's what they really want to do, not because it's something they've been pressured to. But I remain convinced that the first 6 weeks are the hardest, and when you're ok then, you'll be ok all the way 99.9% of the time.
I had a rough time at the start of uni, but I can't imagine being anywhere else now. because it's great, it's the most awesome thing ever, I'm at my most content now, never have I been more consistantly ok, never have I had such regularly awesome days, such utter highs and such a wide range of completely awesome friends. Uni is the best thing ever right now, but it's not all roses and it's not like that for everyone, I think I'm one of the blessed ones.
Ahhh booo i was told that we would get milk and honey no fair.
I didn't enjoy my first year. That was probably down to a few personal issues though I was dealing with at the time.
I can't remember my Freshers weeks for some reason :eek: It was only a year ago...
I have absolutely loved Uni, though the rose-tinted glasses have definitely come out since I'm so close to being back in the real world now.
I've met some reet madheads and nutters and the odd highly intelligent person too. Always good for pissed up, 4am arguments or mutual adoration societies. I can't imagine what I'd be like if I hadn't had the experiences I have had here, though it's definitely true that different people get different things out of the University experience... and some more than others.
Freshers week was insane by all accounts, though the only part I actually remember is lying down in the middle of a taxi rank at the end of the night with one of my flatmates screaming (it'd be wrong to claim it was singing) I Wanna Be Sedated. Loved it.
Have fun, GoodFella, and make the most of it all!
I'm finishing my first year and it's been OK; some people will love it - others loathe. In Fresher's Week there was far too much pressure to go out and "have the time of your life". It depends on the person really, but I ended up leaving 6 days in because I found days of doing nothing but getting thrashed each night immensley boring.
When uni started it was quite lonely, but as time gradually progressed I found my feet and now it's a nice break away from home. I suspect it will get better in second and third year and I'm definitely going to make more of an effort.
Where you off to?
What will you be studying there?
ETA, oops, just seen
Fresher's week was more than I thought it would be (having been told be some people that it was a bit lame).
Uni is what you want it to be. So be excited! Make friends! Go to all the themed parties! Go to the frisbee time first meeting for the banter! Do it all!
Yas...
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