Nervous about starting Uni?

I have loved it! I was so nervous and excited on my first day I could barely fill out the forms, my handwriting was all over the place, ah ha. To me it was everything id wanted- I grew up in devon and really hated the small town mentality.

Moving to london has been a brilliant experiance. You can meet people w the same weird interests as you, and explore things you never thought of before. Make sure you find things to get involved in; by filling your hours, rather than sitting in your room, youll find homesickness less of an issue.

Even if you don't think youll do more than a couple of nights in the chess/climbing/ tiddely winks club, just spending the time out with other people will help you make friends, and forget about feeling nevous for a while- so that your stress slowly diminishes without you noticing it. I was already in a house before before I started uni, as I did a foundation year, so I didn't choose hals. I definatly missed out on smethng, tho I loved my housemates.

All my friends who went to halls for a year or two had a really good time and made loads of friends. Everyone else will be new, so its up to you baout how much you interact with them or stay on the side more. Some halls have parties at the start of the yr, some dont; but all unis have plenty of freshers parties etc in freshers' week.

Which is a massive booze up, ha ha, for aweek. I cant really comment on the difference in work as I chose art college. From academic friends, ive never heard its impossible; like the jump from GCSE to A level, but to be honest its all mitigted by the change in lifestyle.

Youre not just living away from home, but youre living with 987564357 other people your age. You can get up and go to bed when you like, wear and eat what you choose and if you don't go to class noone's going to chase you. Remember that youll be choosing something you want to study; more than you do at A llev, which is often just one syllabus offered, obv since you can go to any uni, you obv like your course.

That will make the whole thng seem better and less school-ish. Have a look at some blogs to see ideas for styling your room, whatever budget you have. Bring some stuff from home that makes you feel happy an secure- a fave pillowcase, or squashy bean bag.

Even things like smells can make you feel at home, so keep the same toiletries you use. It doesn't seem like anything major, but it will make your room literally smell a bit more like home. The more you dress up your room, or fill it w stuff from home, the more homey it will feel.

You can still go home whenever you like; if you book tickets in advance theyre much cheaper, so hold on to that~ home is not that far away, and anyway- london traffic jams can make a 45 min trip well over an hour! Most courses have fb pages, and tsr has forums for all london colleges; so you can speak to other new students before you go, which should make it feel less 'new'. Before term starts there are posts from people going into halls asking to speak to others also headed there, planing to meet up etc : ) http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdis... if youre really unhappy in halls you can go into a house share with friends, or if you really really hate uni, yu can transfer.

But leave it at least a term- I hated mine at first- but after a couple of months I made friends, chilled out, got into it, and love it! Seriously- post on tsr for any unis youre planing to go to, and ask current student how they like it. The more you know, the less stressed youll be : ) you'll be fine XX.

I dropped out after 9 months. Just couldn't settle or make friends (suffer terribly with anxiety). Work wise I found it fairly easy.

Not many lectures/seminars and more time to focus on what you want to focus on/read up on. I think the first year is meant to be a bit of a stroll/bedding in time. 2nd and 3rd yrs are meant to be more taxing.

Can't comment on those though because I took the cowards way out due to my debilitating anxiety. My advice would be to throw yourself into it and to put more effort into socialising in the first year than actually studying. You need to become settled to be able to do the full 3yrs, to not feel homesick and to ultimately achieve the grade you desire.

The first year should be 90% settling in/making friends/feeling comfortable/relaxed and 10% studying in my opinion. Good luck. Hope it works out better for you than it did me.

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