University is simple. Turn up, work hard, keep a handle on your finances, and in three short years you’ll be posing for photos with a scroll under one arm and a proud parent under the other.
But things rarely go so smoothly. There’s something about the combination of brand-new surroundings and no-brand vodka that seems to produce a slew of questionable decisions.
And no more so than in freshers’ week: a microcosm of the worst and best parts of student social life, designed to set you up with enough embarrassing moments to lose sleep over until your finals.
Share your regrets
As universities prepare to welcome a new crop of students, we want to hear your first-week regrets, so this year’s intake can learn from your mistakes. Did you get in with the wrong crowd? Spend your student loan before even getting to your first lecture? Set off a fire alarm while cooking sausages in the toaster?
Tell us what you regret – and what you wish you had done differently – by filling in the form below, anonymously if you wish. Your responses are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions, though please only share what you’re happy for us to publish. Some of your responses will feature in our reporting.
