I know that a lot of people left home and embarked on their University adventures yesterday and that there will be a lot more of you setting off in the next few weeks. York St John freshers starts on Monday 17th September and I am EXCITED to get involved for my third and final time (WAAAAA NO MORE FRESHERS). I had a delve into my photo collection and came up with this fantastical guide to freshers week and beyond; complete with photo evidence of course!
Bond with your house mates whilst wearing yellow sieve things on your head
I think we talked about EVERYTHING during freshers week. I could tell you juicy gossip about them all :P who has the most piercings, who has kissed a girl, boyfriend secrets and much more! But I am bound by the laws of fresher secrecy :)
Go to your Freshers fair
Why would you ever miss out on this??? There are sooo many free things to pick up and loads of vouchers that will last you all year! I think I actually ended up throwing vouchers away in the end. We obviously did three trips round the tent to make the most of the free dominoes pizza ;) It's not just about freebies though; you can have a chat to all the societies and clubs and see if you fancy any!
Join a society and party hard with them
In my first year I was part of dance society. I am not with them any more because I realised I have two left feet and the only thing I could actually do was the fitness class once a week. However I absolutely LOVED nights out with them; they are all really friendly people and these girls can definitely party hard!
Learn to make yourself some healthy grub
Now I am totally going to sound like your Mum but looking after yourself is actually really important! Spending weeks living on pot noodles and ready meals will do NOTHING for your body or your complexion or anything so it's better to know how to rustle up some quick stir fry veggies or go all out and make Sunday dinner ;)
On the topic of healthy stuff, make sure you apply for a doctor near where you live. Freshers Flu and STIs are VERY COMMON so make sure you look after yourself and have somewhere to go get checked out if need be!
Then ruin your healthy lifestyle with shots shots shots
because freshers is about getting drunk. Every night.
Go to at least one Carnage
Freshers loooooove carnage haha the second years and third years not so much. Some places don't have them at all but check out the website and see when yours is! They are basically a massive bar crawl with a theme. You have to pay around £8 for your carnage t-shirt and they get you into all the places for free. These t-shirts have a tick sheet on the back of things that you have to complete during the night, just for fun :) On the pyjama night we had to 'swap bottoms four times' and on doctors night 'kiss a naughty nurse'. Obviously this isn't compulsory to have a fab night :D
As explained above. Not pretty though.
Dress up when you can
It's not just on carnage that you get to dress up. There are LOADS of opportunities to make a pleb of yourself and dress up. See the pictures for some of the ridiculous things I have dressed up in.
Drink on the move, this makes more time for partying
It is not ladylike or classy in any which way but if you want to save yourself some time and money then this is how it is. All activities during freshers can be forgiven though, just on the basis that it happened during freshers.
See the sights of your new town/city
Freshers isn't just about getting drunk... well it mostly is. During the afternoons when you have finally woken up and attended some welcome week lectures (sorry to break it to you, but they exist) you should go out and have a look around your new home! How else will you find all the best shops, bars and places to show your folks when they pop up to see you?
Evening Adventures
When a kind second year students chats to you in the SU and tells you he knows a cool bar in town, you and your mates should probably go check it out (DO NOT go alone, what did your Mum tell you about strangers hmm?). You should probably have an escape plan though because when said second year invites himself back to your house and he WON'T leave your kitchen, this turns into an issue.
Go to at least one UV party and ruin a perfectly good white top
because UV parties are AWESOME and it's fun getting ready but unfortunately the paint ruins most things it touches.
and finally...
Try not to end up like this
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