Student Profile: Ben

Name: Ben

Subject: Physics w/ Astrophysics

University: York College: Halifax

First Choice?: Yes Other Universities applied for: Lancaster, Durham, Nottingham, Leicester

A-Level subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Media, Philosophy & Ethics

Any Societies?: Octopush club, Game Development Society, Physics Society, Pokemon Society

Favourite moment: 5 minutes before the beginning of the national level sporting tournment I had organised, realising how it had all come together and everything was going well

Worst moment: Statistical Mechnics is as boring as it sounds

Study Tip: Library too full? Go to the comp sci department, computers and power outlets everywhere and less people so there's more room and a better enviroment to study in.

Top place to visit at your Uni: Probably Heslington Hall

Top place to visit in your city: Its York, tourists are everywhere. The White swan is a nice place for a drink

Any Regrets? Probably that I didnt go out as much in my first year as I should have

Any other advice? You can get a lot of software as a student. Make the most of it.

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.