University officially starts on enrolment day. Processing that exact thought, as an immature, young eighteen-year-old boy is immensely daunting. Personally, I felt a mixture of emotions that day that I will never forget. My enrolment day would be different to most; I already live in London so I am one of those fortuitous souls that commutes every day. Unlike most, I didn\u2019t have the excitement of meeting new flatmates or finding out how big my new room would be. Nevertheless, here are five emotions I felt during my university enrolment day and how I think you can prepare yourself for what is to come.<\/p>\n
We all like to think we can be trusted by adults, that sense of freedom we all ever wanted comes with adulthood. University represents adulthood, a chance to look after yourself but as I found out, look more after others. That is scary. Deadly scary. I felt ridiculously anxious boarding the train to London town, I had no idea what I was getting myself into, I remember distinctly having no thoughts, very strange sensation. You honestly cannot anticipate the emotions you\u2019ll feel during your first semester at university and as ready as you think you are, enrolment day reassures you that, no matter how hard it gets, you are capable of it all, otherwise you wouldn\u2019t be at enrolment day.<\/p>\n
Probably the worst part of enrolment day is remembering everything. Luckily QMUL offered a pre-enrolment so most of the heavy duty work was done online, but there is always a worry you\u2019ve forgotten something. I must have triple-checked the requirements, I think I even dug out my GCSE results if that was needed for scrutiny. There is truthfully no reason to worry, as long as you have what they want which normally takes form as identification and enrolment forms, you\u2019ll have a rite of passage to your freshers\u2019 week at university.<\/p>\n
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I hadn\u2019t been back to QMUL for at least seven months, so it is fair to say I may have forgotten my way. Being the arrogant and egotistical Londoner I am, of course decided to not look at any maps and use my geographical knowledge (I\u2019m studying human geography at QMUL) to find my way. You can probably tell that from this story already that it was a complete shambles. The only thing I managed to do was get on the train from where I live to Cannon Street. This was a personal addition; you may feel embarrassed but in a different way to how I did.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re all enrolled, ready and raring to go. You\u2019ve got the lanyard and now you are officially a university student. That\u2019s it. Parties. Booze. Fun and sadly work. While this is one emotion, it really is a culmination of all possible feelings.<\/p>\n
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On my journey home, I really took a step back and thought; \u2018am I ready for this?\u2019, you start to question your choices and make yourself feel self-conscious. If you have this feeling, best to talk to one of your friends and forget about the worries you may have and enjoy your freshers\u2019 week while it lasts.<\/p>\n
I call this part \u201cthe END\u201d for starters, it\u2019s coming to the end of the piece and two some people see enrolment day as the end of their childhood. Becoming an adult, that\u2019s what uni enrolment day means to some people. I didn\u2019t see as the end; I saw it as a new beginning. Good luck with uni after enrolment day\u2026 you\u2019re going to need it.<\/p>\n
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