Freshers Week

As a second year I expect my Freshers week will be fairly similar to yours.

In my opinion before you arrive at fresher’s week it is highly recommended to buy one of the freshers masterpasses. Last year the Outgoing Masterpass was £96 and the Easygoing Masterpass was roughly £50 (bit fuzzy on the easygoing).

At the risk of sounding contradictory these Masterpasses are overpriced. The likelihood of you going to all of the events available on the masterpasses and making your money back is very unlikely.

I would also strongly suggest that buying tickets for events which are not run by the university are a bad idea. The simple fact is, the majority of people will not have bought these tickets and hence when you arrive if you go to the event your new friends will not be there with you. A.k.a; you’re not going to have a great time.

It is possible to buy event tickets separately to the masterpass. It is also possible to buy entry into clubs as normal – so if you really don’t have the money, don’t overly fret.

However, what you may not think about when you see that £96 price tag is how busy you will be upon arrival. During freshers week there are things to do; compulsory introduction talks to your courses and more mundane tasks such as setting up your room and planning how you’re going to get pre-drinks ready for the upcoming night out.

The point I’m making is that everything will be so exciting and so new you won’t want to waste your time trying to get tickets to events when all your new friends already have masterpasses.

When you get to the clubs all the people with masterpasses will walk straight in – but if you don’t have one the likelihood of you getting in quickly are extremely slim; and you will stand out in the cold wishing you’d just spent the money.

The other thing I’d like to point out is freshers was probably one of the most exciting, exhilarating weeks I’ve had to date. Set aside £200 (I’m afraid that is how much it will probably cost in the end), and have the best time of your life.

After all; you only get one freshers.

Congratulations!

If you are reading this post there is a fair chance that you have recently been accepted to study a course of your choice at the University of Southampton, or alternatively you are considering applying to the University of Southampton.

I will start by congratulating you on your achievement; everyone who gets here knows how hard you work to even be given a place.

I expect the nervous tension that has encompassed your lives for the past months has now switched to a blurry sort of excitement in which you don’t really have any idea what have you achieved.

Pre Arrival It’s fairly normal and healthy to spend a good amount of time looking at where you’ll be living and trying to get an Idea about what life is like actually living in Southampton.

I hope this blog will help give a fair assessment of life as a student here and quash any worries you may have about living here.