What is being a university student really like?
It is more than anyone will ever tell you it is.
They tell you it is hard work, when in reality it is more difficult than you can imagine and at times so stressful giving up is more tempting than pressing a big red button that has danger written all over it.
Therefore they tell you that as a student, you will need to be determined. Actually you need to be willing to get up after falling down for what feels like the one hundredth time in just one day.
They tell you that you will learn a lot at university, when in reality you learn so much you feel as if your brain might explode.
They tell you it will expand your horizons. And yes, university will be nothing you expect it to be, but everything you need it to be. Strangers quickly become friends for life and things you’d never have dared to do become the things you do on a daily basis.
They tell you that you have to love your subject. They are right about that too.
They tell you they’ll be the best years of your life and while you face all the challenges and trip on all the hurdles you might begin to doubt them. Except, when you sit down, look back through the photos, remember the good times and look at the person you’re becoming, you realise it’s all worth it.
Going to university is worth it, worth all of it.
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