Just heard your dream college wasn’t meant to be? Fear not! Many Durham students go through the same struggle and I’m here to tell you that everything will be just fine. These are some of the tips and tricks I used to manage college reallocation to make my new college feel like home!
Disaster! (…or so I’d…
Hello, you’ve been allocated to South College. Congratulations!
A Southie
You are now a Southie, and exciting times are ahead. If you are anything like me, when you decided on Durham University being the one for you, you scoured the internet to find out all you could about the collegiate system. Your search history may…
Above pic – with my ‘college husband’
Something I’ve always said about college is that it gives you a more familiar space and group of people, rather than being thrown into a pool of thousands of other students, immediately giving you something in common with the people around you. I lived in college in my…
Above image: Entrance to Grey College (hill college)
Don’t panic!
Firstly, do not panic! There’s a lot to choose from, and although each college presents itself with a slightly different identity, you will find your friends no matter which college you belong to!
In this blog, I will summarise how I set…
