Fresher's week!

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With fresher's week around the corner (or already started for some), was wondering how people feel about it and if they had experiences that they can share.

-How do the new students feel?

-How did elder students feel, cope etc?

-Any other views?
 
Do you mean in relation to diabetes? I know I found Fresher's week quite overwhelming, having moved from a small town where I knew practically everyone to a large city with thousands of new strangers all around, plus living away from home and my girlfriend of the previous three years. But I didn't have diabetes to cope with as well, and how I might have been taken out of my routine with all the possible inhibitions I might feel about, say, injecting in front of my new found friends and having to explain to everyone that I wasn't a 'junkie'.

It would be interesting to hear how people coped. 🙂
 
Ah, now here's a tip for you.

I didn't have diabetes when I was doing my undergrad, but a general piece of advice:

You almost certainly will get ill. I don't know any student that I've spoken to that hasn't ended up with some variation of the infamous 'fresher's flu' within the first few weeks. I know I have a picture of me going to my Fresher's Ball on the Friday night looking GREY. It's really quite frightening! But I'd paid ?25.00 for a ticket, and there was no way I wasn't going! 🙄

With that in mind, it might be a good idea to go prepared with things that you'd need for sick day rules, etc.

I must say, my own Fresher's week was so ridiculously tame - it's what comes with being part of a specialist university with only about 1,200 students, I suppose! Looking forward to seeing what the Graduate Student Association here at York puts on for us 'oldies' 😉
 
I've done 2 degrees, 1 before diabetes, second a year or so after diagnosis. I really can't say diabetes made much difference, but different cities (Newcastle upon Tyne / London) and different degrees (BSc / MSc) did.

Whatever your situation, university is an amazing time to make the most of all opportunities. Not just opportunities offered by university, both academic and sports / interests / activities etc but also getting to know a new place to live, new jobs etc. I improved my nordic skiing, did lots of fell walking, did a sea survival course, worked as a bank nurse and TA nursing officer, transport surveyor, relief international student hostel warden over new year, heard Tony Ben speak, watched lots of films, drank lots of beer, wrote sports reports and film reviews for student newspaper etc - sometimes several things in the same day.

Perhaps I'm an exception, but didn't get freshers' flu.
 
Maybe older students do less snogging than younger ones?!? 😉 (I was 26 for 1st degree, 33 for 2nd)
 
Haha! Maybe so. (But I'm also depressingly boring in that department!) But that might explain the majority! Can't wait for my MA to start. Although the list of 31 books for module 1's required reading has come as a bit of a 'surprise' that I would have preferred getting a month ago! 😱
 
MA = lots of books, fewer lecture hours, no laboratory time.
MSc = almost as many books, lots of lectures, plus laboratory time and writing up.
Hope you enjoy your course. Depending on the type of course, you might not be expected to read all of each book, but to make selections.
 
Erm, well, memories are rather hazy. Lots of clubs, many bacon sandwiches to rid myself of hangovers and getting used to fending for myself in the real world after a life in the not so real world of being a public school boy.

Things will happen:

You will be ill.
You will be perpetually hungover.
You will miss home a little.
It takes time to get used to flatmates/housemates.
It is fun, so long as you get stuck in.

Tom
 
just dropped my daughter at uni halls ...freshers week doesnt start for 2 weeks !! but rent does 😱
 
TomH said:
Erm, well, memories are rather hazy. Lots of clubs, many bacon sandwiches to rid myself of hangovers and getting used to fending for myself in the real world after a life in the not so real world of being a public school boy.

Things will happen:

You will be ill.
You will be perpetually hungover.
You will miss home a little.
It takes time to get used to flatmates/housemates.
It is fun, so long as you get stuck in.

Tom
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Memories hazy - only a year ago - says it all, really 🙂 This year, you'll be "observing freshers". I reckon freshers weeks are slightly easier for those of us educated in day / state schools, even if there is some gap between leaving school and entering university.
"It is fun, so long as you get stuck in " definitely applies to everyone, though.
 
fortunatley I didnt travel to be educated, a quick train journey was all, so it really wasnt any different from today apart from I now drink less and have a son..........🙂
 
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