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Tag: Freshers Week

  • College life at York

    29 February 2020 by Nicole
    3 minute read

    As a Fresher, I turned up on my first day at university not knowing what a college was, or what college life was about. Like many people, I assumed that…

  • Starting university: an introduction to ‘adulting’

    Starting university: an introduction to ‘adulting’

    26 February 2020 by Mihaela
    3 minute read

    Arriving at university Before I started university, I tried to free myself from any expectations of what it would be like. From the moment I opened the acceptance email to…

  • Fetish Society vs Comedy Society – or maybe just stick to dance?

    20 February 2020 by Marta
    3 minute read

    When you start uni, there are a lot of changes; especially as an international student. New responsibilities, new people, new environment and new opportunities, including every society you can think…

  • Settling into university

    16 January 2020 by Vanessa
    3 minute read

    Starting out I am a student who is currently in 2nd year and personally, settling into university has been an interesting roller-coaster. Thinking back to my first year, it took…

  • Roses are not red and other things you might learn when arriving at the university

    8 January 2020 by Marta
    4 minute read

    I am sitting in my room and looking up at the pinboard calendar. Just realizing that almost two months have passed since I first arrived. A lot has happened, including:…

  • My Freshers’ Week Experience

    17 December 2019 by Annabel
    4 minute read

    There’s a certain legend cultivated around Freshers’ Week, that it should be the best and wildest week of your university experience. But although Freshers’ Week can be a lot of…

  • York Freshers’: Experienced by an Introvert

    12 December 2019 by Gina
    3 minute read

    Freshers’ Week as an introvert, boy what an experience. In the weeks leading up to York Freshers’, I felt the dread accumulate in my stomach. The idea of being surrounded…

  • Freshers’ Week 2019: My experience

    12 December 2019 by Beth
    3 minute read

    The first week of university is jam-packed. You have to adapt to living away from home, absorb a mass of information about starting life at university and attempt to make…

  • What’s Uni Really Like? (as told through the medium of song…kind of)

    2 December 2019 by Abbie
    3 minute read

    “It’s going to be the best time of your life!” “You’re going to make so many new friends!” “You’ll walk on to campus and instantly meet your soulmate!” There are…

  • What to expect from University life

    30 November 2019 by Chloe
    3 minute read

    Is it a big transition from college? What do I need to bring to university? Is university life just drinking and partying? Will I feel homesick? These are just some…

  • What’s university really like?

    28 November 2019 by Aisling
    4 minute read

    No two university experiences are the same. Being at York for over a year now, I thought I’d share some of the things that I didn’t know before coming to…

  • What’s Uni Really Like? Busting the Myths

    27 November 2019 by Rebecca
    4 minute read

    Hi! I’m Rebecca, I’m in my second year of studying history. I’m here to bust a few myths about living and working at university and tell you what it’s really…