At university, a kind of social Darwinism is in evidence. Very early on (we’re talking seconds, not weeks) people will rate each other on the basis of appearance. This is inevitable, but you are still allowed to find it depressing. Although people use different statistical models, the 1-10 rankings system is the most easily understood: if you’re ugly, you’re a 1, but if you’re catwalk material, you’re a 10.
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 ]
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 ]
