The most important piece of advice when it comes to wooing is: make sure you are obvious. This is good because you can avoid wasting any time in silence while mutually fancying each other, and, if the feeling is not mutual, you can find out quickly and turn your attentions elsewhere. The best way to [ Read More ]
In years to come you will discover that very few of your friends really liked tea in Freshers’ Week. It is therefore best to enjoy blindly the bliss of communal tea-drinking and friendship-founding without dwelling too much on whether everyone is really enjoying it. It may seem outrageous to say that the foundations of your [ Read More ]
Some people survive university eating little more than Super Noodles and coke, but these tend to be pallid individuals who contribute little to tutorials and have to leave early on nights out. People who eat badly risk falling ill and behind during term-time, so think about Future You before you start skimping on nutrition. Eating should be a key [ Read More ]
Cooking with friends is great fun, as well cheaper than going to a restaurant or even McDonalds. Don’t make supper the meal that you have to rush through before returning to the library: the odd night a week, try to cook with your friends and make an evening of it. Go to the shops, delegate [ Read More ]
It is well known that overboozing can lead to a hangover or an embarrassing pull, but there are lesser known results that may affect you for days to come. The hangover, with its headache, dizziness, fatigue and photophobia, is a tame beast in comparison to the leviathan that is ALCOHOLIC GASTRITIS. Quotes from alcoholic gastritis [ Read More ]
In common with many of the things discussed in this guide, drinking a shot of vodka every time you take a sip of your cider will result in hideous sickness. Some people from Orpington can stomach these drastic combinations, but most can’t. If invited to play the “one shot, one sip” game, I sincerely advise [ Read More ]
Is Freshers’ Week notoriously good or bad? I think the tide has turned and it’s now acknowledged to be a tricky time, so at least you won’t be going into it expecting too much. It won’t be the best week in your life: the next best week in your life so far will probably be [ Read More ]
Everyone feels awkward on their first day, so don’t expect to achieve too much. You’ll get to your room, unpack your things, say goodbye to your parents, and then have a sit-down. Leave your door open when you’re unpacking so that other freshers can poke their heads round and say hello and you can meet [ Read More ]
The Freshers’ Committee will organise events to help your year get to know each other. There will be club nights, pub crawls, cocktail nights and bops, and in between you’ll have the library inductions, tutors’ meetings and the freshers’ fair. At the Freshers’ Fair, sign up to any clubs you might seriously consider going to, [ Read More ]
Hey friend, this might be the biggest and most common worry. I didn’t really think about it at the time, because I had too many other things to worry about (see entire rest of guide), but the issue of finding friends is quite a stress in the first week. You’ll have left behind most of [ Read More ]
