Student Profile: Me

Name: Rachel

Subject: History

University: University of York

College: Goodricke 2014, Alcuin 2016

First Choice?: Once my offers had come in, yes.

Other Universities applied for: University of Edinburgh (Rejected), Durham University (Rejected), University of Sheffield, Reading University.

A-Level Subjects: History, Art, Physics, and Maths.

Any Societies?: Underwater Hockey and Swing Dancing

Favourite moment: Finally lying my head down to sleep and thinking: "This is home."

Worst moment: Being told that having glandular fever meant I would have to take a year out.

Study Tip: Do the Reading for your lectures and seminars. It will make essay writing and exams much easier in the long run.

Top place to visit at your Uni: Take  a walk around the lake. It's not until you've truly appreciated the sheer volume of waterfowl that you realise exactky what being a York student entails.

Top Place to visit in your city: The York Cocoa House. Everything on the menu, including the savoury, has chocolate inside it. I'm slowly making my way through all of it!

Any Regrets?

Don't worry so much. It tool me a few weeks to pluck up the courage to go to the societies for the first time, and I really wish I had just thrown myself headfirst into it all.

Any other advice?

Don't let anybody else dictate to you how your university experience should be. University is a time for exploration, of discovering your own tastes. You will find the people you fit with eventually, they're pretty much definitely not going to be in your flat, so don't let that discourage you.

Hello, my name is.....

Hello, my name is Rachel and I have just finished my first year studying history at the University of York!

I am originally from Norfolk, and I go home there during the holidays, but I am hoping to eventually move up north, to Yorkshire, or even Scotland.

I would like this blog to document my progress throughout the rest of my degree, as well as serving (hopefully) as a guide to anybody else thinking about going to university. I also want to share the different societies that I participate in, as well as celebrating history degrees and the University of York as a whole.

What you can expect from me:
~History
~University
~York attractions and places to eat
~Swing Dancing
~Underwater Hockey
~Leave of Absence Experience
~And much more!