So by now, some of you fresh-faced and lovely freshers will have, as of this week, moved in, met your new BFF\u2019s and got started on that deathly mix of Sainsbury\u2019s basics punch in true Fresher\u2019s style. If that\u2019s the case – how\u2019s the head today?<\/p>\n
If you haven\u2019t yet embarked on your university adventure, don\u2019t worry! There\u2019s plenty to look forward to, and as promised, here are a few more hard hitting truths regarding student reality VS. the pre-fresher\u2019s daydream. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
4. Deadlines<\/b><\/p>\n
EXPECTATIONS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n You\u2019ll be sooo organised! You\u2019ll have 1000 completed to-do lists and all your work will be finished and printed days before the final deadline! You\u2019ll even have time to arrange a few meetings with your tutor to check your on the right path. After all, you\u2019re paying \u00a39000+ so you want to do your best, and there is absolutely no way you will ever go out the night before a deadline\u2026<\/p>\n REALITY<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Even though you really tried to say no, you\u2019ll leave most of your course work until the last day or two, and you\u2019ll end up thinking you should have paid rent to the library rather than your accommodation. You\u2019ll become an absolute pro at skim-reading, working on minimal sleep and the speediest typer, ever! You\u2019ll become a little too reliant on energy drinks and you may just be on first-name terms by 3rd<\/sup> year with those heavenly folk from staples who print and bind your essays 30 minutes before a deadline. Hooray for those lovely, lovely, people!<\/p>\n 5. Lectures<\/b><\/p>\n EXPECTATIONS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n You\u2019re at university, studying your dream course, with your Einstein-esque lecturers, what could be better? You\u2019ll be at every 9am lecture and for every minute you spend at university, you just keep feeling smarter!<\/p>\n REALITY<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n The lecture theatre never look as good as it does on TV, or even in the brochure, some lecturers read off power point, (which you can get off the uni portal anyway!) and most of the time you\u2019ll turn up to a lecture hung over or still drunk and leave at the first opportunity. You\u2019ll ask yourself every time why you didn\u2019t just stay in bed, and that one day you finally make a 9am lecture feeling fresh and ready for action, it\u2019ll be cancelled! Who invented 9am lectures, anyway?<\/p>\n 6. Your Beloved Flatmates<\/b><\/p>\n EXPECTATIONS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Those randomly selected individuals chosen to live with you are going to absolutely-you and become your best friends, forever, for the rest of your life! You\u2019ll go to each other\u2019s weddings and laugh about the \u2018the good old uni days<\/i>\u2019 even when you\u2019re old. Ah, friendship!<\/p>\n REALITY<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Chances are you\u2019ll probably hate at least one of your flatmates. This poor person will either hate noise, hate mess or just hate you<\/i>! Your other flatties won\u2019t understand the concept of washing up and your kitchen will gradually grow its own zoo of creepy crawlies and furry mould.<\/p>\n 7. You!<\/b><\/p>\n EXPECTATIONS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n You\u2019ll find the new independent and completely stylish you, you\u2019ll look immaculate at every opportunity (because you just don\u2019t know who\u2019ll be on campus) and you\u2019ll definitely find and fall in love with your university sweetheart.<\/p>\n REALITY<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n You\u2019ll spend the majority of your time in your joggers, or fancy dress! (Let\u2019s hope it isn\u2019t a onesie!) You probably will<\/span> find love, for at least a day or two until you go on another awkward date or she discovers how weird you and your friends are, and you\u2019ll discover your real talent is cramming a whole Netflix series within 24 hours!<\/p>\n But really, would you change it? University really is the best years of your life, and here at CityBlock we provide quality student living to suit your new lifestyle! For more information or to book a room in our modern DMU accommodation<\/a> – get in contact<\/a> with our friendly team on 01162 517 270 today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So by now, some of you fresh-faced and lovely freshers will have, as of this week, moved in, … <\/p>\n