‘In the end, we had an amazing week’: Kathryn on freshers expectations and realities

Moving into student halls, I was feeling a great mix of emotions: excited, nervous, and ready to grasp my new-found freedom away from home. Most of my friends had moved to university the year before and, having taken a third year of sixth form, I was ready to go.

My friends had all had greatly different experiences of their first year at university, and I was eager to see what mine would be like.