Here are seven types of Manc students you should avoid in your first semester

Now that your classes have begun, and throughout your time at university, you will find many types of students. It’s like you’ve tuned into the Discovery Channel and the narrator is telling you about the various species of animals you’ll find in the wild.

After interviewing students and conducting extensive research, here’s our list of seven types of students you should avoid in the first semester!

The gossip monger

We all love gossip, don’t we? But these are the types of students that will share gossip with you in turn to get gossip back. The only reason we’re warning you about these students is because if you gossip with them, they’ll gossip behind your back too.

An undergraduate biomedical student, Janine Luis, told The Manchester Tab: “Some people love gossip and they’ll do anything to be involved with rumours and drama. They have a tendency to start baseless rumours.”

The over-shower but under-achiever

These students can be some of the most frustrating. They’re extremely active in class, always showing off how much they study but, when the test results are in, they barely scrape a pass. It’s best to steer clear – not only will they drain your social battery, but they’ll also harm your academics by making you believe they’re studying a lot, when in reality they’re just reading out from the textbook.

The best way to avoid such students is have confidence in yourself and your work! You will make mistakes but that’s just a part of the learning curve.

The uninvited aunt

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These students are always concerned with your assignments and workload, instead of focusing on their own. They’ll offer unnecessary instructions (which will be wrong most of the time) and even give misleading advice intentionally, because they want to be the best at everything. During exam season, you’ll find them in their natural habitat – partying in pubs and clubs.

As a postgraduate student, Soukhya Chakravarthi, told The Manchester Tab: “The worst part about such students is that they score really well and you end up just wondering how. They know all of the hotspots of the city and all you know is the best coffee in your campus.”

The love bomber

A “love bomber” is a type of student who won’t care about you the entire year. They will literally ignore you during classes and even at lunchtime. But when deadlines are around the corner, they will “bomb” you will all the love they have. They will buy you dinner and do everything in their power to get your help on their work.

Soukhya said: “These types of students are the most dangerous ones. They act like they’re on your side but when you ask for their help they will turn their back on you!”

The lost kid

This kind of student is like a kid who needs parenting. They always seem lost and they never get anything done on time. They need information spoon-fed to them and they never do anything voluntarily. The reason they’re on this list is because they will eat into your time and they won’t get anything done until the very last minute. The only advice that we can give you to tackle such students is to let them be handled by the professors.

The ‘one last drink’ person

These types of students are the ones who love to drink. All they do is party and their go-to line is “one last drink”. They’ll party their way through the semester and won’t even realise. They’ll never get any work done and won’t allow you to get any work done either, because you’ll be partying with them.

The biggest red-flag you’ll see in them is, without a doubt, procrastination. Procrastinating (to a certain extent) is alright but these students can take it too far.

The zero per cent attendance student

When you see such students do not interact with them (well, you won’t because they never attend any of the classes!) These are the most dangerous species of students that you’ll find in the wilderness of university. They never get anything done, they never submit their assignments on time and, most importantly, they make you forget you’re there to study. They are a blend of all the types of students we’ve mentioned above.

When we interviewed a couple of students, these were the ones they’d most want to avoid. Postgraduate student, Aleksandra Milwicz, told The Manchester Tab: “These types of students approach education whimsically. It’s a privilege and it opens doors. Why spend so much time and money only not to learn?”

We asked her a way to avoid such students, Aleksandra said: “Don’t talk to them.”

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