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You could say that I took several L's when it comes to my second year house, and you would be 100% right. One of the most annoying things about the house that we choose is the landlady, the woman has more than a couple screws loose. One day I'm at work on my dinner break trying to watch a quick episode of Suits and relax before my shift that evening when I get a call from an unknown number. Normally i wouldn't even pick it up but I assumed it was one of my colleagues whose number I hadn't saved yet so I picked up. Only to have this woman say to my she's thinking of breaking the tenancy agreement. Like imagine how I felt in that moment, I was confused on so many levels, why and how could she kick us out before I've even moved into the house. Naturally I was bricking it because there's practically no way to get a new house this late in the year and there was barely any on campus accommodation left. So it was either commute for 2 hours everyday or pray and h...

Some people chose to live with people they're cool with but are not their best friends, because if there were arguments due to the living situation they'd rather lose the acquaintance than someone they're really close to. However this comes with positives and negatives, if your living with people you don't spend that much time with, you don't know them on the same level as your besties, therefore you can't anticipate how they will act and react to different situations, which can cause issues in the house later on. Also if you're closer with someone you'll have more motivated to not let the petty house issues ruin your friendship. On the other side, although someone is really close to you that doesn't mean you should live with them. News flash everyone says they're tidy and will be a considerate housemate but when you really get down to it, it might be a different story. 

The thing about uni motives and student nights is that the dress code can be very casual. Depending on your uni, the girls will be wearing jeans, a top and some trainers or a skirt/dress but either way, when it comes to footwear uni motives are not for heels. If you turn up to freshers week in some super high heels you can barely walk in your toes will be trampled into oblivion and you may find yourself being carried away in the mosh pits. I would say that if you love your heels then bring a few, especially one that is neutral that can go with various outfits just in case the dress code is a bit more fancy. But on the regular night out, some converse or vans or any other casual trainer will be perfectly fine, still check the clubs dress code because some don't allow certain trainers. Some key wardrobe essentials for nights out are: (insert pictures) black skirt plain crop tops in various colours a bum bag plain bodycon dresses Lace top/bodysuit cycling shorts denim shor...

The most important and easiest way to make and keep friends at uni is to make effort with them. At the start everyone is friends with everyone and people are super friendly because no one wants to be left on their own. But by the end of the year people usually find their friendship groups and some of those people you were hanging around during freshers seem like a thing of the past. Some would say that your friends in secondary school and sixth form are only your friends because you see them 5 times a week and there's only a limited amount of people to be friend with. This is the reason you'll see a lot of solid friendship groups breaking down and no longer speaking to each other once they've gone to uni or one person having a complete personality and interest change as they become their more authentic self. But with uni friends it's not like this, even if they do your course there's no guarantee when next you'll see them again, so if you want to hang out you...

When you go home to visit make sure you take evrything you can back with you. If you've lost some cutlery, take a couple from home, stock up on some toilet rolls. Anything you might find useful you should take because that will help you save money and this can then be spent on moore important things like going out. If you don't feel like washing up all the time, go to poundland and buy some paper plates and cutlery. These are cheap and cheerful and you can just throw them away after.

I was super blessed when it came to my flatmates, especially considering I wasn't orignally in this flat and I only switched because some people in a uni groupchat said my hall was far away from the action. But I have to say this is one of the best decisions I've ever made. Everyone in my flat got along- well everyone who made an effort- and there was never any real beef between us. Two of my closest friends from uni are also my flatmates and with our other flatmate also being in our same friendship circle you can imagine how active our flat was. The only complaint I can say about my flat was the kitchen, it was absolutely disgusting. I didn't even know that many kinds of mould even existed but I saw them all. We even got threatened to have our cleaning services removed a few times and we just about made it to the end of the year. I don't even know how I managed to cook and eat in the filth filled place. It's just funny because only half of my flat of 10 actua...

DO NOT go to the library if you want to do work! I know this sounds a bit odd but every uni student knows this is the truth. The library is where everyone goes to sit around and kid themselves that they are doing work because they have a textbook open or are discussing "ideas" with their peers. Trust me it's a trap. Even if you go to the library with the intent to study people will come and distract you from this goal very quickly. This is the place where you will see everyone and when people come of to just say hi, it always seems to last hours. If you haven't got serious, i need to fully concentrate work to do, then by all means go to the library- i've had my fair share of fun times in there and if you're just doing your research for your coursework you can try ask some of your peers for ideas. In general in the daytime the library is a no go area because it's too packed, i usually went to the library in the nightime as it was more quiet I...

We all know what they say first year doesn't count and at most uni's it really doesn't. I'm not going to lie to you and say that 1st year is really just a rest year for your brain after all the hard work you did for A levels or Btec and I also can't guarantee that there will be the massive jump that all your teachers warned you about. From my experience it really depends on the course you do and what uni you go to so really you've just got to roll the dice and hope for the best. One crucial piece of advice I would listen to is that you should pattern your coursework and try to get the top grades in that. So even if you flop on your exams you have those grades to rely on. The first piece of coursework at uni you submit will have you so confused because the writing style is completely different at uni but i assure you after a couple you should get an idea of what they are looking for and by the end of the year you'll be wondering why you spent so long on ...

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In first year I didn't have a job and my student finance, along with my pocket money was just about enough to live on. I would say once you get paid your student finance pay for your rent straight away and then what ever is left divide between the number of months until you get your next student finance. Then only put the money for this month in the current account and put everything else into your savings account. if you can practice disclipline then you should never have no money at all. Of course there are always moments when it's like you only have £20 left in your account and you have to decide between eating that week or going to a motive- I always picked going to the motive -

Need to know about uni mandem I know on the TL we've all seen countless tweets of girls describing how uni boys did them dirty and how men are trash and you should avoid them all at uni. But this isn't the full picture. While there are a lot of trash guys at uni there are a few good ones too and the number of good ones definetly increases with the year they're in, in uni. Some boys don't even act trash in first year but they are still not willing to settle down until at least second year because that's the 'rule'. Well I know of a few people who got into relationships in first year that i think can actually last a long time and theres others that are in relationship which are not so healthy and who i think may break up sometime soon. So ladies there is a chance that you might find a rare gem that wants to be your boyfriend in first year but I don't even think you should be looking for one. First year is your time to be selfish, to learn more abou...

So you've gotten the grades and you're going to uni now, if your anything like me you're going to be worrying about a million and one things but I'm here to help ease some of this. Social The number 1 piece of advice I would give is to try and make a few friends before you get to uni. There are apps such as Campus Society that has freshers from all across the UK where you can discuss uni life. Or you can go on Facebook, search for your uni and there's bound to be loads of freshers groups for you to join. I even reactivated my Facebook just to do this and it really paid off for me. Not only do you find out about some of the freshers events early which you can get a discount on, you can also join group chats for your subject and for your hall. A lot of people actually post which flat they are in on these groups and this is a good opportunity to get to know your flatmates before uni begins and will help you to feel a little bit less nervous on your first day. I m...

I'd say go to as many of the freshers events as you can even the ones without drinking and don't be locked away in your room. At uni you can meet friends in the most random places like in a toilet at a motive or in a queue to get some free freshers merch for example. If you are in your room you will miss out on this opportunity, when everyone is at their most friendliest. I would suggest that you go out with your flatmates and look around the campus at the very least on your first night, so you can get used to the environment.