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 28FINA L Y E AR O F U NI eemed like such a long time, but at the risk of sounding old, I’ve only just realised how quickly university goes by. o you as you reach the end of your degree… BUT THE GOOD THING IS, IF YOU DO A NYTHING EMBARRASSING , T HER E A R E ENOUGH NEW STUDENTS T HAT HAV E NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE. Like what yours truly did recently, rocking up to a unibar and face planting on a freshly spilt beer. But not knowing anyone in the large group of youths can mean not embarrassing yourself. It’s the little things, you know? THERE’S THE LOST-TIME REG R ET Which can include the whole ‘why didn’t I maintain a distinction average’, and, ‘why didn’t I try and find work experience earlier’ to the ‘why didn’t I go to the uni bar more.’ And then… YOU WONDE R WHE RE PE O PL E GE T THE IR ‘A DU LT ’ C LOTHE S FRO M …once you actually manage to get some real experience, you may start to realise that you’re going to need more than one ‘business jacket’. This could mean a visit to a department store you’ve never been to, where the sales people can practically smell your fear and sense that you actually have no money. PEOPLE START TALKING TO YOU ABOUT GRADUATE JOBS AND SALARIES Which is difficult, because being in your final year of university means that you can have wildly different expectations of what ‘no money means’ when talking with grown up, real-life professionals: ‘You don’t want to enter into community legal centres. There’s no money in them’. ‘Uh… what do you mean no money?’ ‘You know, like 50 grand.’ ‘Uh yes… That’s no money’. IT GIVES YOU A FALSE SENSE OF C ONFIDENCE BECAUSE OF YOUR ‘EXPERIENCE’ Puh-lease. 2,000 words? I can do that in a day. I’ve done bigger assignments in less time that that before. Famous last words. Every. Single. Time. THE REAL WORLD LOOKS A LIT T LE T ER R IF Y ING All that talk of career advancement, graduate jobs, training programs, and people telling you that the job market is terrible can give you the case of the jitters. Which… 7