Hey guys!
Welcome to my Youtube Channel!
This is so exciting to actually be helping you guys getting ready for your new life and
I am the first one to understand how important that is and that's why I created my Youtube
channel, cuz I want to bring as much value as I can.
So this video is about helping you guys out with tips, and what do I have to do and what
should i not do and everything I know about University.
I have a series so if you go back to my channel you will see a series, there is a whole playlist
with lodes of little videos like this one.
So if you need more than just 5 tips, don't worry I got you babe.
So let's get right into it, and let's start with today's episode, tip number 1.
My tip number 1 is about studying.
Do find a spot where you are in the zone, just find somewhere where you know that when
you are there, you are going to study.
Try and find this as early as possible, because you will need it, when you are really desperate,
and really need to focus, at least you know exactly where to go and you won't lose time,
you know trying to find the right place, try to find it early on in the year.
So it could be at your home, it can be in the library, it can be under a tree, it can
be anywhere just find that focus zone for you ok?
Tip number 2: do not leave everything until the last minute, and I am not only talking
about essays, course work, and exam revision.
I am talking about a coffee, or you are going to meet up someone before going to a club,
or you are going to do pre drinks with someone...
Always leave 10 minutes before you would ideally leave and this is because, you will see there
is always something that will get in the way and make you go late and you don't want to
always be rushing around and I am telling you this because I am the queen of last minute
stuff, and I can guarantee you, it's not nice, it's not nice to be rushing around campus,
having to nearly run to an appointment with a lecturer or nearly run to an appointment
with a groupwork and being always late, it's not nice, people don't like it, they know
you are late and also, it can be annoying when for once you are on time but the person
just arrives late because they know that you arrive late so they just know you as the late
person, and therefore they make you wait, everytime that you make an effort.
And this doesn't help because then you start being late again because you know they won't
be there and it's just a viscious circle, do we say viscious circle?
In italian we say "circolo vizioso" so I don't really know what do you say in English but
it's ok, I think you got my point.
Tip number 3: this is especially for people that haven't applied for University yet.
I know I shouldn't include it for someone who's about to go to Uni but, you never know
who's watching this.
For those who haven't applied to University yet, do not apply to university because you
know that your friends are going or because you know that your boyfriend is going or whatever.
If it happens to be the exact university you really wanted to go to fair enough but don't,
don't do, don't go there just because, "oh my friends are going there", actually it's
a good thing if you go completely alone because, you will learn so much more about yourself,
you will grow so much and every obstacle that you will encounter, or everytime that you
will feel alone, you will get creative and find a way to get out of that situation, whereas
if you are always relying on someone to make you happy, you will never learn to make you
happy yourself.
If you have friends that are going to your university with you, it's fine to catch up
with them for a coffee but you don't have to feel obliged to always go out with them.
I mean what's the point of going to a new environment if you are just going to stick
with the people you already know for like years?
Come one.
While you are in your dormroom, doing weird freshmen shit, you might come to the realization
that you have no friends.
You started thinking "who do I hit up?
oh!
what about that kid who I went to highschool with and kind of knew who goes to my college
now..?
we should obviously be friends!
News flash, that kid sucks, you are forcing it!go make some new friends.
Alright guys so let's move on to my tip number 4, and my tip number 4 is do not buy every
single ticket to every single event.
It's kind of a waste of money.
In Exeter everyone can attend fresher's week like, I am going to fresher's week in 4th
year, it's not at all something that people don't do, everyone goes to fresher's week,
no matter what year you are in.
But in Bath they just want freshers and not only that, they don't even have enough "wrist
bands" for fresher's so some fresher's ended up not going to the fresher's week because
they didnt have any tickets for the event.
I find that completely outrageous!
If you are going to Exeter University, there are lots of events going on and so many of
us are creating different events and everything that you really do not need that many tickets.
For Exeter student there is this wrist band that is the fresher's wristband that will
enable you to get into events for the whole week, so if you really have to buy something
just buy that wrist band and then you know, just figure out if you are going to go to
certain events even twice a week or something.
Buy a wristband and for the rest just queue and pay at the entry.
In Exeter we do that, but in Bath apparently you don't, so again, it does depend on the
University.
Bath you are outrageous, outrageous.
So let's move on to my final tip of the day, and this can help you for the whole wristband
problem that I've just talked about and that is find freshers that are going to your uni
on facebook.
Usually there are a few groups that are created and you can totally get in touch with people
there on the group.
Just ask to be part of the group, the admins will probably let you in and then from there
just look around, try and figure out who's going to your halls who's going here, who's
going there.
And even better if you find your flatmates on that group, then you can already discussing
"hey what do we bring for the kitchen, which events are we going to?", cuz so many people
when they come they basically take all of their kitchen stuff and everyone does the
same and then you basically don't have enough space to put 5 kettles and all these kind
of things so make sure you communicate with people in your flat if you ever find them
on Facebook.
So those were my tips of the day and I really hoped this helped and I am going to say goodbye
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