NEWS
EVENTS
Things You Probably Will Never Hear A Student Say
Thursday 15th August 2013 | Christina
Things You Probably Will Never Hear A Student Say
"Fresher's Week Was The Best Week Of My Life!"
You're probably in a city you've never visited before except on the uni open day which means you probably have absolutely no idea where's good to go out. Promoters will be out in their hoards offering their advice on the best places to go and will be throwing their Fresher's week packages in your face.
Well I don't think I went back to any of the clubs I visited during Fresher's week. But don't get me wrong! It's a learning curve and if all your new flatmates are up for following the crowd I say go with them! You'll soon find out which clubs are worth re-visiting and which are never to be returned to again. Truth is you'll probably find the worst of the worst during Fresher's week but you'll be so drunk you won't even care!
"I Party Hard, Get Good Grades And I'm Always So Wide Awake!"
Me and my housemates devised a formula for student life. We called it the Student Triangle. As a student you will only ever be able to achieve two of the following at any given time: Sleep, Party, Grades. It's a tried and tested formula believe me.
Case 1: I often found myself fast asleep on the library bean bags with a book on my face - catching up on my SLEEP + PARTYing till the early hours = book not read in time for lecture and suffering GRADES.
Case 2 : Flatmate who was training to be a nurse - Getting to bed early and getting lots of SLEEP + going to work at the hospital and getting great GRADES = no time to PARTY
Case 3: Also unfortunately experienced by yours truly - PARTY hard the night before + attending a 9am lecture in order to get good GRADES = absolutely no time for SLEEP and left feeling absolutely knackered.
"I'm A Third Year And I Just Love Dressing Up In Fancy Dress Every Week."
You may hear "I'm a first year and I can't wait to dress up in fancy dress again this week" but I can almost guarantee the same cannot be said of second and third years.
When you're a fresher you'll relish the chance to dress up whenever and where ever you can! We went to some great fancy dress club nights and flat parties in our first year from 'what I wanted to be when I grew up', 'Disney characters, 'around the world' and 'pub golf. No one will look twice as you fall into the club dressed as bananas in pyjamas, yellow paint streaked across your face from where you dribbled your drink all over yourself after quickly downing the last drink of pre-drinks.
But as you move into your later years at uni you'll be less willing to make a fool of yourself so easily and the thought of dressing up starts to become just too much effort. Some clubs are packed with fresher's in fancy dress and drunk out of their minds and as you move up at uni you'll probably avoid these places at all costs and cringe at the sight of first years altogether.
So while you're still a fresher embrace the fancy dress, drink yourself silly and listen to as much cheesy music as you can before you transform into a cynical second year!
"I Never Get FOMO!"
FOMO or 'Fear Of Missing Out' is a common illness that many students suffer from.
It will see you impromptuly joining your flatmates on a night out when you have an essay due 5pm the next day. 'It'll be fine... I always get all my best work done under pressure' you'll find yourself saying and later regretting as you're still sat in the library five minutes before hand in. But hey YOYO ... You're Only Young Once!
"I Just Love A Good Old Dirty Pint."
No one on earth will ever mutter these words. I have personally witnessed dirty pints curdle with the mix of vodka, beer and baileys. The dirty pint has caused many students to vomit and not make it out of the flat after pre-drinks. Those resilient enough to make it past the front door will find themselves passed out in a corner of the club or praying the taxi pulls over if they don't make it that far. Though of course it's a student's rite of passage to down one of these bad boys at some point during their uni career. But don't say I didn't warn you!
Christina Hirst
