{"id":1861,"date":"2016-11-15T09:50:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T09:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:10:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T14:10:19","slug":"short-guide-survive-first-month-university-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2016\/11\/15\/short-guide-survive-first-month-university-york\/","title":{"rendered":"A short guide of how to survive your first month at the University of York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog post! My name is Roberta and I am a second year Theatre: Writing, Directing and Performance student at the University of York.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here I am with my best smile to welcome you on my first blog post!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can’t wait to share with you a bit of student life “wisdom” (joking…wise, me?!<\/em>). Aaaanyway, to start off I’ve decided to talk about moving to uni, the inevitable homesickness that comes with it and how to cope with it.<\/p>\n

Believing it or not, we are already in November and this means not only that the first term is almost over and that assessments are coming for us here in York (scary!<\/em>), but also that Fresher’s week has been over for more than a month already (it seems like yesterday…<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Everyone knows what Fresher’s Week involves: making new friends, going out, socialising, meeting your coursemates, getting to know the city, the University and your Department better.<\/p>\n

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A bit of college pride never killed nobody. #HearUsRoar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You basically have the time of your life in one week. But, what happens next? This post will try to answer this question.<\/p>\n

We all know that moving to uni, away from your home town, your childhood friends and your parents can be a pretty daunting experience. Even more so if, like me, you come from abroad. When we move to uni we almost all are just a bit older than 18, and used to living with our parents who took care of us. Suddenly we’re\u00a0moving to a new city, in an unfamiliar room with flatmates we have never met before, And now, not only we have to start studying for a degree at a specialised level, but we also have to look after ourselves…alone. It’s a bit overwhelming!<\/p>\n

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The mirror selfie you will take during Freshers Week for the “Back to school” classic night out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Me, last year, on one of my homesickness moments \ud83d\ude41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fresher’s Week is, in a sort of way, a coping method to make the transaction from home to your new house smoother. But, when it’s over and your course starts, things get serious. You are sat alone in your room and all these worrying\u00a0thoughts come to your mind and you’d just like to have your mum with you cooking your favourite food.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry. Everyone has been there, it’s perfectly normal! The good news is that there are hundreds of ways to cope with homesickness and everyone I know has suffered from it and survived it.<\/p>\n

How?<\/em>\u00a0you’ll be asking. There are no set rules to fight this feeling of sadness, but here it is a small list of what you might do that will make you feel better.<\/p>\n