how to survive fresher week

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How to survive fresher week

Freshers week has the potential to be a dream come true, promising none stop booze, drug and sex

filled holiday theme park ride with not a parent in sight. However at the same time it could easily be

a nightmare riddled with trips to A and E, isolation, boredom and constant searching for the nearest

exit. Its pretty obvious which one any sane person would choose and it can all be attained by simply

following these 10 rules that will undoubtedly steer you towards one of the greatest experiences of

your life.

10. Keep an eye on your drink

Okay this is a little bit of a downer way to start the list, but trust me if you want to avoid a wagging

of from your doctor and your parents, embarrassing photos on Facebook and a night stuck in bed

getting your stomach pumped instead of being in bed for the hot red head giving you the eye across

the dance floor. Make sure you keep at least one eye firmly trained on your drink, why? Because the

world is full of real assholes, it could be just a friend with a sick sense of humour or freak in the club,but either way getting your drink spiked with something dangerous is no laughing matter. Without

running up the risk of sound like your mother, just dont accept drinks from strangers. At the time it

may seem rude to refuse especially when youre trying to make friends, but in the long run its

better to lose a couple crappy friends then to jeopardise your life.

9. Budget, budget and budget

It is so easy to rack up serious loyalty points from Tesco in the space of two weeks just by regular

visits to the Alcohol isle, but the last thing you want is getting to the situation of choosing between

going out one night or eating for the week. So make sure you set yourself a budget that is viable so

you have all the essentials covered, but not to strict that yourespending entire afternoons stuck

counting pennies at the till well before your 70th

birthday. Remember youre a student/ adult not Jay

Z or a kid from super sweet 16, your more raining tears on your bank balance after all your student

loan goes to paying your rent, rather than making it rain in the strip club.

8. Dont stay in your room!

Im sure you have heard it again and again; University is the greatest time of your life, you make

your lifelong friends at University, but the reason both statements are so over played is because

they are true! There is no smoke without fire. This especially goes for those of you living in dorms,

because why stay in your room and deny yourself the fun of immersing yourself in a place where so

many different cultures, religions, ideologies and interesting people come to converge. If youre

living in dorms and use this face to its full potential, it can be a perfect little bubble of awesomeness,

where you can for the first time in your life - that is if your parents arent Mormons or catholic, say

that your are effectively a member of family of 300+ .

Sure it can be daunting prospect putting yourself out there to people you hardly know and may

never share a thing in common with, but during freshers week everyone possesses the same

insecurities over making friends, so youre not the only one with those fears. And on a side note, to

scare to much but what I have experienced in my freshers week is if your dont make the effort in

the first week or so, it only becomes more difficult to build connections because you have given

everyone else a head start on making them with each other and forming clicks. If being social is a


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problem, I know it sounds very nerdy or primary school, but reading books on the subject does help

greatly. Being good with people is an art form that not everyone can master, but when you do it

guarantee a full and fulfilling life.

7. Dont get locked down to one friendship group to early

Omg you love Harry from One direction? Like he is so totally my favourite as well! Letslike be

friends forever!When you first walk into your halls or uni events, it can almost be like a scene from

Titanic where everyone desperately looks around for someone else who vaguely shares the same

interests as you or you dont want to murder in cold blood, just so you can have someone to cling to

the dear life and avoid sinking into a bottomless of pit of loneliness and friendlessness. Like when

you scream at the top of your lungs during Who Wants to be a Millionairewhy settle for 250,000

when you can carry on and go for the million pound jackpot!Im not saying keep people on the

bench while you search for the next Cristiano Ronaldo, but at least go shopping a bit before you pick

your friends. You want to find and have long lasting, profound and nurturing friendships rather than

superficial ones being held together by a mature appreciation of the idea of being served toast in a

nightclub.

6. MAKE A PLAN!

Zumba, five aside football, Yoga, pub crawls and even town bus tours if youre lucky. Freshers weeks

is a utopia of wonderful new experiences and opportunities to really enjoy yourself, which can only

be tapped into if you know where to find them or how to get to them. But one problem, youre new

in town and you barely know your left from your right, what you need my friend is a plan! Where

you have highlighted all the various things you want to do and how to get there, because last thing

you want is to have a similar situation as I did, when you have a millions things lined up only torealise that you dont know how to get to any of them, leaving you with the options of either

spending the first two weeks indoors or in the local pub.

5. Pack right

How does sleeping on a folded up t-shirt and covered by a jacket at night, or having a mouth that

acts like a revolving door for chewing gum to compensate for the lack of toothbrush and paste

sound? Okay youre going to uni not war, so you shouldnt need an entire convoy to carry your

belongings, but its greatly advised that you at least cover the bare essential just encase your dorms

managers are real tight arses and cant even free up a couple pesos from the day late robbery

disguised as rent they charge you, to spring for a complementary pillow or even one messily toilet

roll. On the other hand its also important not to over pack, one reason not to over pack especially if

youre living in dorms is basically to do with the fact that you cant fit a 48 inch flat screen TV into a

shoebox or a full sized fridge under your bed. Dorms are small, small enough to make the burrowers

feel claustrophobic. But the main reason not to over pack is because of the enjoyment of the main

pass time of all Valley girls SHOPPING! During freshers week you have awesome opportunity to

attend student locking that provide access to each of your favourite stores at discount prices and of

course the watering hole for all hipsters alike, the vintage fair. What puts a smile on more faces than

a new wardrobe?

4. Dont forget to call mummy


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They gave birth to us, they feed us, they clothed us, but mostly they embarrassed us. Mums, you got

to love them! I know, I get it; sometimes you can be so caught up in tactical chudnering, STI dogging

and butchering dance moves in the clubs, that you forget to give old lady a call, shame on you.

University isnt just a big step for you, its a big step for her to, imagine spending 18years of your life

taking care and nurturing something for so long, only for it to be taken away from. Can you imagine

Kel without orange soada? That is the type of loss a mother can feel; so just spare around 10

minutes a day so she knows that your are fine and doing well and just remember if you play your

cards right when she comes to visit she might even bring a checky little mini fridge and George

Forman grill with her. Thanks mum xx

3. Get a head start on any reading list

There is nothing better than dancing to Katey Perry songs until youreHot and Cold and left with no

choice but to put on your Birthday Suit as you wait for the Fire Works to Roar all night, eventually

hoping at the end of it all that you can say I kissed a girland I liked it. But whats even better than?

Not failing all your exams, scoring the lowest mark in the history of essays and flushing 9,000 down

the toilet. University isnt just one long party bus ride in Magluf, it a places you mature, learn from

and enjoy as long as you make the most it. Were not asking you to memorise every text book within

the first 3 days or turning in Nobel Prize winning dissertations after your first week, but having a

vague grasp on subjects topics you will be learning, will allow you to be able to contribute more in

class and give you less work load later on.

2. Go for a walk

It may sound rather simple or mind numbingly boring, but going for a walk provides the perfect

opportunity to really get to know your area better; such as knowing where the best bars and clubs,

leisure centres and cinemas are. Also when its 4 am in the morning and youre blind drunk and with

as little as a pound to your name, knowing how do get home from a variety of different ways comes

as a great advantage, so you dont have to spend a night on a cold hard bus bench or racking up

overdrafts just to pay for the taxi home. Getting out and about also allows you to meet locals,

neighbours and possibly members of the opposite sex and it is never a bad thing to expand your

social circle.

1. Be yourself

Dramatically changing from the words biggest Dr Who loving, Big Bang Theory obsessed super nerd

one week, into a laid back, smooth talking Tupac aficionado the next week, does run the risk of a few

raised eyebrows, shaking of the heads and comments about your falseness. However in a new town,

if you ask anybody who Fogell is, they draw nothing is but blanks, but you ask them who McLovin is,

all you get is screeches of admiration. A new place equals a new identity, but for how long and at

what risk? Reinvention my sound fun and exciting, but trying to change who you are completely as a

person is not only difficult, but leads to extreme unhappiness due to the exhaustion of maintaining a

facade 24/7 and ditching what your truly love and our passionate about for something that doesnt

really appeal to you or inspire you just to fit in. Life is too short to try and be something you are not,

sure you can make slight changes to improve yourself as a person such as becoming tidier, studying


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more or more open to you experiences or challenges. But if deep down you fancy yourself as the

next Billy Elliot, dont torture yourself by joining the uni football team, instead slap your name down

for performing arts and dance, sing and act your heart out to your deepest content.

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