{"id":3796,"date":"2018-03-07T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2018-03-07T14:08:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T14:08:26","slug":"what-to-pack-for-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/","title":{"rendered":"What to pack for university"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don\u2019t think a definitive list of what to pack for university exists but there are definitely a few essentials that won\u2019t go amiss, unfortunately, none of it is very exciting. Cutlery, cups, plates and cooking utensils might seems obvious suggestions but I didn\u2019t pack any of these things and, instead, thought I\u2019d buy them once I was here to save on the bag space. What I didn\u2019t count on was being swept away in the atmosphere of fresher\u2019s week and the excitement of discovering a new town and new people! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I also had the problem of late student finance. I arrived in York a few days before my money, so buying these things wasn\u2019t as simple as googling the nearest supermarket. When I did eventually get around to buying all of this, I bought it all at the same time and had to walk it back to my accommodation. My neighbour had done the opposite and came fully equipped, so I ended up borrowing some of their things during the first week \u2013 not a great first impression. I guess I learnt that it\u2019s better to pack the smaller, more mundane things, rather than focusing on things like DVDs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can save extra space in your bags to make room for the necessities by not bringing books. Everything you need to read will be available electronically on the VLE or can be found on the library shelves. There\u2019s a high probability that the books you bring might not even be relevant, or might not be of a high enough academic level. So unless you\u2019re 100% that that book you\u2019re packing is crucial to your degree, leave it at home. I ended up having a shelf full of books in my first year that looked good but were ultimately useless to me and they\u2019ve been really cumbersome every time I\u2019ve moved accommodation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An absolute essential to pack is a clothes dryer. I read this on a StudentRoom blog a few days before I left for York and it\u2019s the best advice I had. You\u2019re not going to want to tumble dry everything as there\u2019s always the risk of shrinking your favourite clothes. There can also be a lengthy waiting time for the tumble dryers and there\u2019s never a crafty time to use them. During my first year, 90 people were trying to use two dryers, so a clothes hanger can be a fast-track alternative; it\u2019s also free, so I managed to save a few extra \u00a3\u00a3\u00a3s during my first year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m quickly coming towards the end of my last year at York and the best advice I can give is to find your own routine. I spent most of my second year trying to hit the idyllic 9-5 Monday-Friday routine for studying but I spent most of this time procrastinating; daytime study just doesn\u2019t work for me. I\u2019m currently trying to write my dissertation and, even though it\u2019s a bit anti-social, working from the late-afternoon is giving me my best results. It\u2019s definitely easier to work at night in my third year than it was during my first and second years as the contact hours are fewer. The dissertation is the biggest piece of work I\u2019ve had to do (around 10,000 words) and one of the hardest things has been choosing the topic; I still haven\u2019t got a title. As a Social and Political Sciences (SPS) student, I had three disciplines to choose from and then an endless amount of topics and theories within those three disciplines, so it was, initially, a bit overwhelming. One of my lecturers gave me some great essay advice in my third year; choose a question you can answer. He basically told me not to pick a question based on what I thought would get me a good mark but to pick a question that, even if basic, I could answer and then the good marks will follow. My dissertation supervisor gave me the same advice. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t think a definitive list of what to pack for university exists but there are definitely a few essentials that won\u2019t go amiss, unfortunately, none of it is very exciting. Cutlery, cups, plates and cooking utensils might seems obvious suggestions but I didn\u2019t pack any of these things and, instead, thought I\u2019d buy them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-and-political-sciences"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to pack for university - Student Voices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to pack for university - Student Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I don\u2019t think a definitive list of what to pack for university exists but there are definitely a few essentials that won\u2019t go amiss, unfortunately, none of it is very exciting. Cutlery, cups, plates and cooking utensils might seems obvious suggestions but I didn\u2019t pack any of these things and, instead, thought I\u2019d buy them [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Student Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofyork\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T13:51:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T14:08:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"guestblogger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Uniofyork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Uniofyork\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"guestblogger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"guestblogger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d\"},\"headline\":\"What to pack for university\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-07T13:51:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T14:08:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":687,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Social and Political Sciences\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/\",\"name\":\"What to pack for university - Student Voices\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-07T13:51:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T14:08:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/07\\\/what-to-pack-for-university\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What to pack for university\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/\",\"name\":\"Student Voices\",\"description\":\"Get the inside view on student life at York.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of York\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1\",\"width\":400,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"University of York\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/universityofyork\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Uniofyork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/uniofyork\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d\",\"name\":\"guestblogger\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e483e07db7ed315af56f839112f121e3fe7e31e3cc2c4b67a19ddcd2de143dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e483e07db7ed315af56f839112f121e3fe7e31e3cc2c4b67a19ddcd2de143dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/e483e07db7ed315af56f839112f121e3fe7e31e3cc2c4b67a19ddcd2de143dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"guestblogger\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.york.ac.uk\\\/student-voices\\\/author\\\/guestblogger\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What to pack for university - Student Voices","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"What to pack for university - Student Voices","og_description":"I don\u2019t think a definitive list of what to pack for university exists but there are definitely a few essentials that won\u2019t go amiss, unfortunately, none of it is very exciting. Cutlery, cups, plates and cooking utensils might seems obvious suggestions but I didn\u2019t pack any of these things and, instead, thought I\u2019d buy them [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/","og_site_name":"Student Voices","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofyork\/","article_published_time":"2018-03-07T13:51:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-07T14:08:26+00:00","author":"guestblogger","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Uniofyork","twitter_site":"@Uniofyork","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"guestblogger","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/"},"author":{"name":"guestblogger","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/person\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d"},"headline":"What to pack for university","datePublished":"2018-03-07T13:51:25+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-07T14:08:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/"},"wordCount":687,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Social and Political Sciences"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/","name":"What to pack for university - Student Voices","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-03-07T13:51:25+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-07T14:08:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2018\/03\/07\/what-to-pack-for-university\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What to pack for university"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/","name":"Student Voices","description":"Get the inside view on student life at York.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#organization","name":"University of York","url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/08\/logo.png?fit=400%2C150&ssl=1","width":400,"height":150,"caption":"University of York"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofyork\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Uniofyork","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uniofyork\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/#\/schema\/person\/45f0e1ce91b6f49fda7c2dc09ec1cc0d","name":"guestblogger","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e483e07db7ed315af56f839112f121e3fe7e31e3cc2c4b67a19ddcd2de143dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e483e07db7ed315af56f839112f121e3fe7e31e3cc2c4b67a19ddcd2de143dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e483e07db7ed315af56f839112f121e3fe7e31e3cc2c4b67a19ddcd2de143dd5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"guestblogger"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/author\/guestblogger\/"}]}},"uoy_author":{"name":"guestblogger","bio":"","image":{"src":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=200&d=mm&r=g","width":200,"height":200,"alt":""}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peJQl8-Ze","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","custom_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1520431706:64"],"_edit_last":["64"],"_pp_is_autodraft":["1"],"ap_author_name":["Kane"],"_publicize_pending":["1"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_jetpack_related_posts_cache":["a:1:{s:32:\"75b9a3f9f25d2c7f067e5d5e22374cc0\";a:2:{s:7:\"expires\";i:1618826385;s:7:\"payload\";a:3:{i:0;a:1:{s:2:\"id\";i:856;}i:1;a:1:{s:2:\"id\";i:5132;}i:2;a:1:{s:2:\"id\";i:3968;}}}}"],"author_name":["Kane"],"_author_name":["field_6970f3ef95d28"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}