Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28SIGNS YOU’RE IN YOUR B Y A NG ELIQUE I’m now at the business end of my university degree. Five years se On the brink of real life, I’ve realised a number of things happen to T HE PEOPLE IN FIRST YE AR CL ASSE S LO O K A B OUT F IV E YE ARS O L D Maybe you’re like me, and you’ve shuffled your degree around. Your last year could have a first-year subject here, a compulsory third-year subject there – but, it’s basically hell. Mostly because your classes go over things you’ve heard a thousand times before, like why plagiarism is bad, proof reading is good and so on. Or talking to a fellow classmate about what they did over the weekend to hear ‘Oh, I didn’t go out. I’m not 18 yet’. Those were the days. Which brings me to the next problem... YOU DON’T UND E RSTAND WHAT YO UR CLASSMAT ES ARE SAYI NG An actual quote from a student in one of my classes: ‘What?! A 2000 word essay?! That’s the most words I’ve ever written in my life!’ Oh kids. You’re in for a rough ride. But of course what happens when you’re in classes full of youths is… YOU LA MENT THE FRIE ND S THAT HAVE AL RE ADY G R A DUAT ED Have you developed abandonment issues? I have. Friends who have done a single bachelor, or a couple of summer subjects to speed up the process or are wandering overseas on exchange years, can make making new friends a little difficult when you’re missing the people who used be in your classes. 6