We asked a few students what tips they would give the new freshers coming in.
Sam Bust-Webber - 3rd Year History - “Never shop when you’re hungry!”
Penny Norris - 2nd Year French and Italian Translation - “Learn to cook! It saves money, especially if you club together and cook for a few at a time. And it’s sociable! Cooking and eating together is a very good way to get to know one another.”
Charlotte Britton - Students’ Union Welfare Officer – “I didn’t do it and suffered the consequences – but BUDGET! Learn to budget, for the love of EVERYTHING, learn to budget.”
Marie Fall - 3rd Year Medical Sciences - “Don’t get too excited when the loan comes in. Once you’ve paid rent that £1000+ doesn’t seem to go as far as you thought it would.”
Richard Marc Lewis - 3rd Year Zoology - “Tea. Everything in life can be resolved with a cup of tea.”
Chris Flynn - 2nd year Law
#1- Remember you have three years to see Swansea. You don’t have to visit everything in Freshers. But go to pubs, clubs and bars away from the main ones. There are some real hidden treasures in Swansea.
#2- You can’t drink off Fresher’s Flu. 90% of people develop the flu or cold-like symptoms in the first few weeks of term. If you do, take a night off; soldiering on can leave you feeling worse for even longer.
#3- Don’t join too many societies. Societies are a massive part of life at university, but don’t sign up to more than five. The younger, more carefree version of myself made this mistake – costing me a lot of beer money and I didn’t even go to half of the societies. You can always sign up to others throughout the year.
#4-Don’t s**t on your doorstep. Not a mistake I made, but I have seen it occur. It basically means if you have romantic relations with a housemate it could jeopardise the whole house’s relationship. Then again, it could work and you’d have the easiest booty call of your life.
#5- Remember why you took out a student loan. Falling behind on your course studies is common. My exam period would have been a lot less hassle if I had spent less time with Mario and Sonic and more with Contract and EU law.
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