Get there on time
“Remember the first day we all moved in and it was so awkward that we all went out and got paralytic?” Oh wait, you don’t remember because you weren’t there, you were still enjoying ‘Ibiza 2k15’ with your friends from back home in the suburbs. You have months before uni commences to go away with the Pussy Destroyers that you grew up with, all ya mates in their Burton wife-beaters can find another week to go away with you, but when September comes around, you need to be there in your halls to start your new life; every sambuca-flavoured wretch and game of ‘ride the bus’ that you miss in this first week are opportunities and friendships slipping away, yeah you now have a tan ready for your classes to start, but at what cost?
Punctuality may not seem like the most rock ‘n’ roll of attributes when starting your week of partying, but it allows you the chance to move your stuff in before bumping into all your flatmates – avoiding the awkward “Hi, I would shake your hand, but I’m holding my alarm clock and a framed photo of my family, could you grab some stuff from my car please?”
It is also worth noting that the only thing worse than missing days of freshers is arriving late in the first evening. It is an uphill battle when you walk into the kitchen to find your flatties drinking up, skinning up or shooting up (depending upon what uni you have the luck of attending), whilst you and your dad are politely greeting everybody and asking if the toaster is communal or if somebody brought it from home.