Student life isn’t as easy as it seems…

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It’s about time we popped the bubble, parents and friends telling us that we lay about all day eating cans of baked beans, get drunk most nights and constantly try to sponge off them. Well we’re here to out the record straight. IT’S NOT THAT SIMPLE. Except the last one, we may do that a little bit.

Let’s bust some of those commonly spread student life myths…

 We work, HARD.

Yes honestly we do! Many of us are juggling jobs and degrees at the same time. Some have kids and other responsibilities whilst at university.

Not everyone is a party animal

Similar to the ‘real world’ most people like to go to bed at a reasonable hour and get up at a reasonable hour too. After all we do have work we need to be doing…

We do cook

Anything from spag bol to roast dinner, we do cook, just sometimes we don’t have the time to!

University is about more than just find a job at the end of it

For many, university will be there first time living away from home. It’s about becoming self dependant, learning skills that you perhaps never had to put to use back at home.

We actually want to learn…

Most students are really passionate about their subject, after all, we are paying around 9K a year for it! And no, we don’t think we know it all, we wouldn’t have gone to university if we did.

Not everyone wastes their money

Some of us save, after all, after living independently for 3 years, most of us want to continue!

Hopefully we’ve cleared that all up, unfortunately TV and movie portrayals aren’t quite accurate… most students want to learn and work hard for the privilege! So if you are thinking about going to university for the party life, think carefully about your options… (especially now it’s £9,000 a year!)

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