Arabelle Akinfe

At the beginning of university, I was very shy. Instead of going out and meeting new people. I would spend my evening face-timing, my friends, from home. On the third day of being in this new city, I finally decided to go on a night out with a girl I had met around the university campus. She wanted to do a pres with a couple of her other friends and I was very nervous and excited to meet more people and finally live the university dream that I had made up in my head. I got ready in my accommodation for the night out and while I was getting ready I remembered my friend from home, Jeffery's, advice. He would always say the remedy to fight nerves is two shots of vodka before you go out. I'm definitely not the biggest alcohol drinker as I could never handle the taste but I followed his words of wisdom. I was starting to feel more comfortable and less nervous as I made my way to my new friend's accommodation. Once I was there with her and her friends, everyone started taki...

All the youtube videos and articles on university always mention how university is so much fun but they never really mention how depressing university can get. All because of how lonely university can be. In my case, I decided to go to a university that was 2 hours away from home and where no one from my sixth form went to so I felt very lonely during the beginning of uni. I was always scared about messaging people about how lonely I was feeling because I didn't want there pity. I think that's why no one mentions the loneliness of university life in all the youtube videos and articles- they don't want pity. I'm in my second term of university and I have a great group of friends, but it wasn't easy. This blog post is for the people that are going through their lonely period at uni as I will be telling you exactly how to make the right friends at uni. me and some of my cheer squad (OCT2019) Joining a group/club-  Everyone is looking to make a new friend in a c...