Friends, finances and finding your feet - advice for this year's freshers
Current university students share advice for incoming freshers on how to manage the transition to higher education. The tips focus on overcoming social anxiety, budgeting, and finding community through extracurricular activities.
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Provides practical guidance for the millions of students navigating the significant life transition of starting university.
Image source, Tom Werner/Getty Images Image caption, While they were excited to start university, students say they worried about budgeting, making friends and being homesick
You've got your A-level results and your university place has been confirmed.
While you may be excited to explore a new city, meet new friends and study a subject you love - you might be feeling a bit anxious in the back of your mind.
With a record number of 18-year-olds expected to start university this year, BBC News asked current students what advice they'd give to freshers feeling uncertain about what comes next.
For Isaak Hewitt, moving to Cardiff for university - where he knew no-one - was a "completely blank slate".
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