{"id":283,"date":"2013-03-11T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T17:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/apply-2013\/?p=283"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:42:08","slug":"adjusting-to-uni-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2013\/03\/11\/adjusting-to-uni-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjusting to uni life"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rebecca White<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> year BU Student, BSc (Hons) Archaeolog<\/strong>y<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard at the beginning. You\u2019re probably miles from home, you may have never spent more than a week away from your parents, and suddenly you have to make friends, cook your own food, and clean your own room all at once. I was scared. I was away from my best friends, my boyfriend was more than fifty miles away, and I was living with people I\u2019d never met. What was I going to do?<\/p>\n

First, talk to people. Don\u2019t be shy. Everyone feels the same! Get to know people, because the odds are you have something in common with whoever is standing beside you. Don\u2019t be scared to get upset: it\u2019s natural! So what if you burned your pasta? You won\u2019t be the first! Try again. Yes, you may have set off the unbelievably loud smoke alarms all over the house, but hey: it wasn\u2019t an actual fire. It could be worse.<\/p>\n

Suddenly you\u2019re in a big room where \u00a0\u201cProfessor Someone\u201d is talking nineteen to the dozen at you about something you think you recognise but you aren\u2019t sure, and there\u2019s about a thousand panicky thoughts drowning out whatever they just said about a virtual learning environment\u2026 Oh no , was I supposed to cover the whole reading list before I got here? I thought that was just for reference! Should I be writing this down? The person next to me is writing it down\u2026but how do you even spell that? Am I on the wrong course? It\u2019s okay, the first year is about getting everyone to the same standard \u2013 just try to keep up, and make notes. And don\u2019t just copy down the powerpoint! That\u2019ll all be online. Focus on what they\u2019re saying and learning from them!<\/p>\n

After a month or two, most people find they\u2019re completely settled in, with your fears behind you, and first assignments done. Before you know it, your first year is over. You have to leave your new best friends and go home, and adjust to someone else cooking actual vegetables for you \u2013 when was the last time you saw a carrot? You probably can\u2019t wait to go back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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