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My 1st Year at Uni: Social Life!

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Hey Dolls,

This week is part 3 of my uni life series! The third part is all about university social life from societies to nights out!

I can honestly say I have met the best group of friends ever at uni, the friends you make at uni will become your second family and believe me you will spend so much time with that they will feel like your family! Shoutout to my squad for getting me through first year!

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At uni I have a tonne of stories including a couple of trips to A&E with my little welsh bombshell! First trip to A&E with Lish was when she got bottled, that was quite scary but looking back on it now we find it funny! 7 1/2hrs in A&E on a Friday night can actually be quite entertaining!

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We have had many a drunken night out including a night out dressed as cowgirls which resulted in Caprice and I lasting in the club for a total of 13 minutes! Surely that has to be a record! Haha!

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Not only will you have crazy nights out with your best friends, you will most likely join a society like I did! I absolutely adore my Acapella family and this year would not have been the same without them! I would definitely say through yourself into uni societies because you will meet a tonne of different people.

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Societies also give you the opportunity to meet 2nd and 3rd years (hello uni advice and friends who know what they are doing!) Shoutout to my Acapella mum Hannah and fellow Essex girl Sophie for being fab the past year! Uni will also give you the opportunity to support people as they grow in confidence (we turned Hazel into a drinker haha)

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First year of uni has been absolutely amazing and wouldn’t have been the same without all the amazing people that DMU have bought into my life, I love you all and roll on second year!!

Ciao Bellas,

S

xxx

My 1st Year at Uni: Moving in & Freshers

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Hey Dolls,

This week is the first of 3 blog posts about my first year at University! The three posts will be Moving in & Freshers, Lectures and Academic Life and Uni life in general. So lets get going!!

Going to university is a very scary prospect with so many choices to make! I can honestly say I am so grateful that I am at the university I am, De Montfort. The university and students have made me feel so welcome and I can’t picture myself anywhere else.

Moving In:

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This was probably the day I have felt the most mix up of emotions, sad to be leaving home but excited about whats to come! You will have a lot of stuff!!

Moving in was super chaotic but also really fun! The halls I live in made it so easy with people to help with stuff, staff telling us where to park and music in the courtyard. I felt extremely welcome!

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Kitchen

Anyone who knows me will know I am super organised so before going uni shopping (which is super fun) I made a very detailed list of everything I would need which I highly recommend! (stay tuned for my Uni preparation tips and tricks coming in August) This way I knew I was prepared and had everything I would need!

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My Room

When I got to my accommodation, I unpacked (with help from mum&dad), left my door open so I could chat with my new flat mates and then Caprice arrived, little did I know she would end up being one of my best friends! The two of us with our parents stood chatting in the kitchen for hours then it was time to say bye to Mum and Dad and get ready for our first night out!!

That brings me nicely on to FRESHERS!!

Freshers Week!

This will honestly be the craziest, most tiring and probably one of the best weeks of your life! DMU put on 9 days of events from UV parties, to bar crawls and everything in between!

Freshers week was when I met my now best friends, this is the best time to meet new people and mingle so make sure you do! Shoutout to Elisha and Tash for being fab friends this year (more stories including them in my 3rd post!) This was also where I bonded with the lovely Georgia, the girl who keeps me sane in all the craziness! We bonded because me being me fell over, bruised my ankle and then smashed a glass on bar crawl night before I’d even had a sip of alcohol!

Freshers week is also a chance for you to find out about all the societies you can get involved in and all the different activities that are available to you on campus!

DMU also host a Matriculation Ceremony where you get introduced to all the important people at the university who wear their gowns! There was also a show case of a variety of activities!

The first few weeks of uni are mad but so much fun!

I’ll see you all next week for what academic uni life is like!

Ciao Bellas,

S

xxx