{"id":3794,"date":"2021-09-02T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/host-students.com\/uncategorized\/getting-ready-for-uni-part-3\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:59:17","slug":"getting-ready-for-uni-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/host-students.com\/information\/new-students\/getting-ready-for-uni-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready for Uni: Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Part 3 of our Getting Ready for Uni blog series. Now that results day has come and gone it&#8217;s time to get those last few things sorted ready before uni starts. You can read part <a href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/getting-ready-for-uni-part-1\/\">one<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/getting-ready-for-uni-part-2\/\">two<\/a> if you missed them.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Get Social.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t already doing so, you should follow all social channels connected to your uni, your accommodation and any events or businesses in your new city.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll help you feel part of the community. It\u2019s a great way to get the latest updates and news, especially right now with the constantly changing landscape due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21083\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ready-for-uni-part-3-social.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re living with Host this year, all our locations have their own Facebook page, and many are on Instagram. Don\u2019t forget to follow Host on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hoststudentsuk\/\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostStudentsUk\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoststudentsuk\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Knowing your limits on a night out.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Freshers week normally takes place at the end of September and is a chance for you to meet new people and learn more about life at your chosen university. It\u2019s the big welcome.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21081\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ready-for-uni-part-3-night-out.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are over 18 and do drink over the freshers period, it\u2019s important to have fun &#8211; but be responsible. You don\u2019t have to go over your limits, or even if you don\u2019t know your limit \u2013 take is easy and for safety always stay with people in a group.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Note taking.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You take lots of notes at university. Some students like to hand-write them, others go all out with stylised notes on an iPad. You can even record your lectures and play them back later.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21082\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ready-for-uni-part-3-note-taking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are many helpful videos from students on how they choose to take notes that may benefit you.<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-18Xiligoc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Making memories over the summer<\/h3>\n<p>Now will probably be the last time in awhile before you can spend quality time with your friends and family before you start university in September.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21115\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/getting-ready-for-uni-part-3-making-memories-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll want to take those memories away with you \u2013 you can even take lots of photos and put them up in your new student room so that whenever you look at them you can remember what a great time you had.\u00a0 Plan to see everyone you can before you move and talk about how you\u2019re going to keep in touch.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/what-do-you-need-to-take-with-you-to-university\/\">blog<\/a> about what to take to uni &#8211; you can use it as a checklist &#8211; but now also take some time to just enjoy what you have managed to achieve, as the next few months can be hectic (in a good way!).<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or concerns, always reach out to your university, your accommodation, other people on your course or friends and family and share with them. There will always be people there to listen to you as you are getting ready for uni and most importantly, support you through this next stage in your life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that results day has come and gone it&#8217;s time to get those last few things sorted so that you are ready for September, part 3 of our Getting Ready for Uni blog series should be able to offer some advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"subject":[71,67],"location-tax":[],"class_list":["post-3794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-students","category-parents","subject-lifestyle","subject-student-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - 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