How did you find university?

My first year was a load of fun - I started at 17 so had the excitment of drinking while underage and had no end of fun encounters with the opposite sex. About the only downside was having to study - I was masking like mad and socialising (not being too successful overall) and having fun discovering myself.

I was staying in the Uni halls of residence so was pretty much on the doorstep of the uni.

I had to resit 1 exam and after that I got a bit more serious in my second year but found a group of friends who were quite varied but entertaining. I did a lot better that year.

My third year I had to move in with my granmother because I no longer qualified for accommodation and I now had a 2.5 hour commute which, in combination with being away from my friends led me to lose interest in the whole thing - without the social life it was all dull as dishwater.

I eventually stopped going in, didn't do well enough in the exams to go on for Honours but got a good enough result to still pass.

Just talking to people was what got me into the habit of making friends - breaking the ice and finding a shared interest often helped.

As for the cliques, I largely ignored them and found people much more on my wavelength to talk to.

My first year was a load of fun - I started at 17 so had the excitment of drinking while underage and had no end of fun encounters with the opposite sex. About the only downside was having to study - I was masking like mad and socialising (not being too successful overall) and having fun discovering myself.

I was staying in the Uni halls of residence so was pretty much on the doorstep of the uni.

I had to resit 1 exam and after that I got a bit more serious in my second year but found a group of friends who were quite varied but entertaining. I did a lot better that year.

My third year I had to move in with my granmother because I no longer qualified for accommodation and I now had a 2.5 hour commute which, in combination with being away from my friends led me to lose interest in the whole thing - without the social life it was all dull as dishwater.

I eventually stopped going in, didn't do well enough in the exams to go on for Honours but got a good enough result to still pass.

Just talking to people was what got me into the habit of making friends - breaking the ice and finding a shared interest often helped.

As for the cliques, I largely ignored them and found people much more on my wavelength to talk to.

Interested to know how you started at 17?