FOR FRESHERS: STUFF TO BRING TO UNI.

I'm a few weeks away from starting my fourth year as a university student. I went off to uni fresh-faced, just-turned-eighteen, and fairly clueless. I am now twenty-one, and like, really wise. As a seasoned student I figured I'd give you freshers a list of things to buy for uni. I know it can get pretty overwhelming moving away from home for the first time and having to think about all of the things you might possibly need to do/bring/sort, so in order to try and help out, I've created a list of stuff you might need to bring with you/buy. A lot of it is fairly common sense, but some of the things you may not have thought of yourself, so let's HIT IT.

STUDY ABROAD TIPS AND RESOURCES.

I realise this is possibly a little bit late, as most people have either already started their time abroad or are just about to, but maybe you'll be able to get at least something from it. I recently returned from a year studying at Université Paris-Sorbonne IV, and I have some tips and resources that will hopefully make your time abroad a little bit easier, less stressful, and less expensive.

LOOKING BACK AT MY STUDY ABROAD BUCKET LIST.

Ah, Paris. The City of Love. During my ten months there I fell in love with the pastries, the crêpes, and temporarily (but on a thrice-daily basis, at minimum), the beautiful men on the Métro. I admit that falling deeply in this transient love with men using public transport is not specific to Paris for me, but I was definitely doing it with alarming frequency while I was there. I've left France now (currently in Geneva, almost back in London) and I have decided to go back to my initial "Year Abroad Bucket List" post and talk you through what I did and didn't do, and give some little anecdotes about the points. My original goal was to tick off at least 25 out of the 35 goals, so hopefully I succeeded. Allons-y!