First Impressions Of Essex

Ever since moving to the University and into the University provided accommodation, it has been a non-stop party and social gathering of students from all over the world, which have come to the University to learn and get a higher education in their respective fields, but it doesn’t feel like these students are here to learn during the first week or two of term. This is vastly different to sixth form, as you may encounter a few new people that may join the sixth form at the beginning of the year or throughout the year, whereas University is so ethnically diverse, on campus in lectures there may be hundreds of students but also living on campus is a change, as you live with students from very different backgrounds, this really opens your eyes to other cultures and other ways of life by meeting these students from all over the world.

University is almost a completely different state of mind to sixth form life, at sixth form, you always have your parents or family to help you if needed during hard times at that institution. Whereas at the University, it is a lot more complex in the sense that everything you do at the University is done by you and no one else, such as if you wanted to go into Colchester town for the day, you would either walk or catch a bus, instead of asking the parents for a lift there, enabling a free will as such. The lecturers and teachers at the University expect the students to do a lot more independent study using this newly gained free will, which was a very different life style to the style I was accustomed too. This just enhances the opinion that you get out just as much as you put in when studying at the University.

There are a lot more temptations at University, such as spending money that is originally meant for food on things such as clothes or more Archery gear like new arrows, or even spending it on nights out. At home your parents generally talk you out of stupid purchases like spending around three hundred pounds on a jacket. Also, there are a lot of chances for procrastination as well, as depending on what your flat mates are doing, you may decide to go out one night instead of doing an essay or they may persuade you to go out instead of getting that much needed early night to bed.

Overall, University life creates a completely different state of mind then home life and sixth form living. When you compare the amount of opportunities as there are around campus, it makes sense to live on campus during your first year as this would ensure you’re as close as you can get to very interesting events on the University campus. But this also shows in your personal/social life, as these are separate at home but at University they are blended together to create an experience instead.