The first year at university is beyond exciting, but can also be extremely challenging. You’re in a new environment and you have hundreds of questions. At the beginning of my year, I had many questions and was too scared to ask. So here I am answering your questions before you asked them to me! Keep reading for 20 tips for first year students at UWE.
It’s your first impressions that count.
It has many clubs and societies you can join. And attend the first one. You will regret not going. It is one of the best events for first year students at UWE.
Cheap drinks! And bring a friend along.
Attend lectures, make sure you haven’t missed anything, copy from a friend if your hangover has overcome your life! “Sorry I lost the assignment as I went to the pub straight after lecture” Don’t be this person!!
Make your own profile no wants a fake friend and it would be extra work for you!
Noise! Something that really annoys me! Your fellow flatmates may hate parties and not want to hear you stumbling around above them.
After a night out at the lock in and you have drunk too much; don’t go and get lost on campus or end up at the wrong flat!
It’s like a maze!
Don’t spend it all on booze fresher’s week.
It’s so much cheaper to buy from second years or charity shops.
You end up with the snottiest nose and lectures full of people coughing and sneezing. Be prepared!
Try Wilkos or Primark – stuff here is quite cheap.
Have folders for every module and dividers!
The earlier you do it, the less panic you have later in the year!
Don’t rely to do your weekly shop here!
You don’t want to be doing a subject that you hate for three years! Change now if you can and want to!
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