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20 Secrets To Surviving In Your First Semester At University or College

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Arriving at university or college will be daunting for everyone. For many it may mean living away from the parental home for the first time, which on it's own may be daunting enough. You will most likely have a hundred questions and a hundred fears; what will it be like? Can I cope with the workload? Will I be able to fit in? It may help to know that everyone will be feeling similar, though some may hide it better than others. Invariably the vast majority of freshers will be pleasantly surprised. The University or College will be populated by a broad variety of people, from many walks of life with a diverse range of outlooks and opinions. Look beyond the initial confines of your college, house or dorm, the establishment will have many more people who will share similar interests to yourself. Some of the tips we have received from other students: 1. Meet as many people as you can, introduce yourself, smile and be confident. Everyone is in the same boat whether he or she appears to be or not. 2. Be yourself. Real friends will want to know you for who you are, warts and all! 3. Keep your opinions about others to yourself until you know whom you can trust 4. Take your washing to the laundry. Don't save it all up to take back home to mum at the hols. She really won't want five minging black bags to see to. 5. Have a good time 6. Join a few societies at first week fairs. If you're not sure it's for you but are interested take note of an e-mail/ contact address to get more details later. Its sometimes hard to find the right contacts later, it's a big place. 7. Phone home and let your family know you're all right, (even if you don't exactly feel it). They're probably more worried than you are. 8. Everyone feels at least a little homesick at first, and worried or just on a down. Talk to new friends you feel you can trust, and maybe write/call friends at home. 9. You're at Uni for a few years, make the most of it, it's over before you know it. Then you'll miss the freedom and long holidays. 10. Keep in touch with family and friends at home, e-mail is easiest. 11. Don't hang round with one little group ignoring everyone else. You'll miss out on the chance of making other good friends as well. 12. Seriously don't be careless with your money - it is the little extras here and there that have a way of quickly draining your bank account! 13. Don't let peer pressure turn you into a beer-monster; you don't have to drink all the time. If friends have a problem with you ordering soft drinks when you want, they're probably not the friends you need. Drinking soft drinks is easier on the pocket, not to mention healthier. 14. Beer sessions.. It's a good idea to leave the beer until the weekend when you haven't got to worry as much about getting it together the next day. 15. Don't let everything get bottled up. Talk to somebody, family and friends or a student help line. Being away from home, especially for the first time can make you feel well lonely and lost. Talking about it usually puts everything into perspective. 16. Cooking. The curry house on the corner may do student specials. Take-away burgers may an easy option when you have a stack of work to do. But your money won't see you through the term. It really will be ......

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20 Secrets To Surviving In Your First Semester At University or College