There are a lot of things UK students do that the wider world simply can’t understand. Apparently going out at least four times a week isn’t that normal?
Either way, here are the Ultimate Collection of 50 Things That Only UK Students Will Understand.
1. Missing the first 10 minutes of your University day means you might as well give up the whole day
2. 11am is not a lie in, no matter what your parents say
3. The slight guilt at not waking up till 2pm
4. The feeling that you might be going a bit far when you wake up at 4pm
5. There may be 20,000 people at University, but you always bump into the 1 person you don’t want to
6. The lunch break struggle between sacking it off, or seeing it through
7. The terror of an 8.30am first lecture
8. Rewards for attending a full day of Uni
9. The day you get your next year’s lecture & seminar schedule – best or worst day ever
10. Resentment of spending your loan on books you’ll likely only read when you revise
11. The possibilities with student discounts
12. ‘Reading’ weeks – yep, sure
13. Winning at Varsity
15. Annoyance of how much your team’s sports kit costs
16. Pride of putting on your sports kit for the first time
17. Professional Football Manager (insert year) player is a positive use of time
18. The terror of being 4-0 down on FIFA and the shame of a public apology staring you in the face
19. The delight of scoring a goal when 5-0 down on FIFA and avoiding the public apology
20. The day your parents come to visit
21. Your parents taking you out for lunch when they come to visit
22. The complexity of the halls washing machines for the first time
23. Fear of not liking anyone when you move into halls
24. Realising you were being ridiculous about not finding any friends in your halls
25. The benefits of group cooking
26. £2 is more than enough to create a decent meal
27. A free cheeseburger at McDonalds for being a student
28. The joys of reduced to clear supermarket items
29. How to get the most out of a bottle of ketchup
30. How much everyone has changed when you go home for Christmas
31. You have a different ‘favourite’ club depending on which day it is
32. Wednesday night sports nights
33. £2 vodka redbulls
34. How you feel after too many £2 vodka redbulls
35. The value offered by boxes of wine
36. Lambrini – particularly in punch
37. The amount of different drinking games you can create with cards & imagination
38. Realising that the pre-drinking is actually the best part of the night
39. Running out of alcohol before you’re finished pre-drinking
40. Late night negotiations at the kebab shop for a group discount
41. The difficult decision between having an after party or just getting some sleep
42. The morning after
43. Living in a new city for three years and not actually doing anything there other than going out & going to lectures
44. Struggling to start revision despite knowing you should
45. Deciding that instead of revising, this is the perfect time to do the jobs you hate
46. Discovering how the library works (after 2 years)
47. The necessary evil of an all-nighter
48. The unparalleled delight of finishing exams
49. Going home for the end of term
50. Going travelling over the summer
That’s it – The Ultimate Collection of 50 Things That Only UK Students Will Understand!
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