Worried about taking that next step....

Moses99p said:
Haha, I don't mean it like that... for example, this year I had a friend at college I was in playful competition with, and it made us get our work in on time and stuff... we weren't comparing grades, just playful banter which made us try with each piece of work, and do it to our best ability (even though our levels of ability differed). Meh, I've described that terribly.
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No, it does make sense :)

There is nothing wrong with wanting to be the best, just don't be the person that says 'how easy did you find A-levels?' or 'how close did you get to 600 out of 600 in your A levels?'. Yes, I was actually asked both of those.

In fact, don't even discuss how your A levels did go, that's bad enough because it will, intentionally or not, end up with some sort of comparrison.
 
Moses99p said:
Law. Yeah, I know how uni works... I'd just like to do well from the start?
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Yeah I know what you mean, it was actually the sucess of a friend who graduated a year before me that made me want to do well. Him getting a first made me realise it was possible.

I think law is fairly intense from day 1 as it's rare that anyone on the course has much experiance on the subject so there's lots to teach.
 
sixty said:
I left home at 16 to be a soldier. I travelled to the other end of the country and did some things I never, ever would have believed I was capable of.

Be positivive, roll with it. Enjoy yourself, talk to strangers, try new things. Say yes to everything safe, and anything you can personally accept the risk on. Go wild a little, but remember your goals, get your education at the same time as everything else. You'll only fail if you don't put the effort in.

Life is what you make of it; go get your little slice, it's your turn now. :)
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WOW, that was emotional advice, cheers :D
 
Try not to let the new-found freedom go to your head.
I did, and wound up restarting uni again a couple of years later.
I can't remember parts of my first year... so I think I had a good time.
 
Failing shouldn't be an issue, speaking as a current student right now. First year modules tend to be AS Level standard questions, and the consensus is that you only need 40% to pass the year.

As already mentioned, buy a doorstop and get to know who's living with you for the next year.

Don't be too worried about how big a step it is; the first few days may feel a bit unusual, but everyone settles in when they realise they can stay out til 4am and wake up at 3pm without anyone judging them!
 
Some advice you may not have thought about:

-Get your student bank account with the biggest overdraft. Your going to need it. Further more if you dont ask for it to be raised they wont automaticaly do it over the years.

-Take a laundery basket which is fabric and folds down so you can bring it home easy.

-Join all the social clubs that you can because thats how you will make friends the fastest. Dont be shy, you will kick your self later for it.

-Do not miss social events, they are key. Further more its likely almost all the first years will congregate in the most popular student bar on site for most nights. You dont normaly branch out into the city(provided your in one) till later in the first year and starting of second year.

- IF your in a city dont go out to the city on a friday. It is locals nights and not only will it be more expensive but it will be packed.

Just a few things off my head anyway. Key thing, just try to make friends with everyone. Branch out. Everything else will fall into place.
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J.B said:
Are you with other freshers?

How come you didnt get halls?
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I applied for self catering, so thats probably why i got a house, im not sure if il be with other freshers. Says 1st year accomm in booklet so must be with other freshers. But wat if you find out thier a boring bunch and never go out and come back early etc. And then you have to live with them :(
 
doddsy105 said:
I applied for self catering, so thats probably why i got a house, im not sure if il be with other freshers. Says 1st year accomm in booklet so must be with other freshers. But wat if you find out thier a boring bunch and never go out and come back early etc. And then you have to live with them :(
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At my university, there was a group (the name escapes me) that made sure there were things to do for people in smaller halls or in houses who did not have anybody else to organise events for them. It was pretty good actually, maybe you should see if there is something similar?

If your house doesn't have a freshers week plan, I would suggest you do all you can do to get out of the house and to live in halls. Freshers week is the most important week of the year.
 
If you have had any sort of actual experience in your life prior to uni, or are going after a gap year or two, get ready for some unbelievably annoying 18 year olds. To be honest though, if you are a fresh faced 18 year old from some random little village somewhere, you are going to have an amazing time. If youre not, dont think that university has to be the end of your social network. Im just about to go in to my 2nd year now, and very, very few people I hang out with I met at uni.. Although freshers week is important to some extend, it is not the be all and end all.

I didnt go to a single freshers event, because I despise the sort of thing my uni organised - Fancy dress bar crawls, nights out at the ****test clubs in town (read: Oceania) etc. Instead, I went to the sort of bars/clubs I normally would have gone to at home and met a lot of other people doing the same thing.
 
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MotherMayI said:
If you have had any sort of actual experience in your life prior to uni, or are going after a gap year or two, get ready for some unbelievably annoying 18 year olds. To be honest though, if you are a fresh faced 18 year old from some random little village somewhere, you are going to have an amazing time.
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Im 21 and will be a mature student, and cannot be doing with little annoying kids lol
 
MotherMayI said:
If you have had any sort of actual experience in your life prior to uni, or are going after a gap year or two, get ready for some unbelievably annoying 18 year olds.
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Very true.

On the flip side, be prepared for those annoying types that think they are better than you for taking a gap year and travelling. Of course you are going to be more experienced for going travelling, it doesn't mean that everyone that hasn't is an inexperienced, nieve whelp.

In summary, prepare to meet annoying people and stay friends with them for at least 6 weeks before everyone finally drops the 'nice' act and settles in to their true friendship groups.
 
doddsy105 said:
Im 21 and will be a mature student, and cannot be doing with little annoying kids lol
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Thats exactly the age I went.. I had lived on my own for 4 years or so prior to uni, had got up to a lot of things in my years off etc. Found it a bit much to be honest. But, like I said in my (just edited) post above, I eventually found people in the same situation as me.. Or just people I got on wth outside of uni.
 
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