Advice for incoming Cambridge Uni 2024 Freshers'

Freshers Week is quite overwhelming at first, you're meeting a lot of new people and Cambridge is typically quite a different environment to where people kind of hail from but everyone's kind of in the same boat as you so don't feel like you're any more anxious than kind of the next person because you're all kind of in it together. First year I'd say don't be too hard on yourself academically, that's for making friends. Go outside your comfort zone with socialising when you come, I think that's the most important thing as a fresher. One non-serious thing, bring a rug, best thing you can bring for your room and a serious thing is don't worry about making friends straight away. Don't worry if you haven't found a friend group that you love in the first week, I think most people don't remain like great friends, apart from us I suppose, with people who they met in Freshers Week throughout their whole degree so you will find the friends you really like eventually. Meet people in your college, outside your college, really try and expand your horizons not just with your degree but extracurriculars, I think my extracurriculars have been the best part of my Cambridge experience, meaning the amount of people you meet, the amount of speakers that come in, the amount of stuff you learn and the way you challenge yourself you just wouldn't have maybe had the opportunity to outside of this environment so really just make the most of it and try and get as involved as you can. Join societies, do extracurriculars, I played a lot of basketball while I was here, that was really fun and especially at Cambridge, we have so many different clubs for all the sports and extracurriculars you could think of. Sign up for everything, meet as many people as you can because obviously you will be here for three years and I think sort of not limiting yourself to like meeting the first people you meet, becoming your friends, you should really like take a broader reach and basically try and experience as much as you can as much as possible so you know what you enjoy. In my experience I've had everyone was so friendly and welcoming and I've had a really really good time during Freshers Week and obviously onwards.