You never fully know what to expect when moving to university for the first time, but usually you hear stories that make it easier to piece together an idea of what’s coming your way. Due to the current climate with the recent outbreak of Covid-19, students are entering a new chapter of their lives pretty much blind.
Meeting people is hard. Unless they’re on your course or living with you, its hard to form new relationships with people. Since freshers is pretty much non existent this year, to actually run into new people and get talking isn’t very likely, especially when all groups are capped at six people maximum. Even if you do go to a freshers event, you will be seated at a table and asked to remain seated, therefore there isn’t actually a way of speaking to anyone else who’s gone to the same event. Although these measures are being enforced for our own safety, its hard not to think students aren’t missing out on a vital part of the university experience.
One thing that hasn’t changed is that we still get to make our new rooms our own, and since we’re going to be spending more time than originally anticipated in them, its nice to decorate them the way we like.
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