Here’s what joining these Cardiff Uni societies says about you

Returners and Freshers, it’s that exciting time of the year again when you need to start thinking about whether you’re going to rejoin the society you were previously in or take up a completely new one.  

Although it’s a fun and exciting time for Freshers, there are some crucial things you need to know before throwing yourself into a new society. Trial periods can be tough for sports societies, so luckily for you, we are here to reveal what you’re getting yourself into before going through all the hassle.

For Freshers, consider this your warning: you need to know exactly what stereotype you’re signing yourself up for. Because, let’s be honest, the society you join says more about you than you’d probably like to admit.

1. Men’s Rugby

You’ve joined Cardiff Uni’s most “important club”, or at least that’s what you tell everyone. Being a city with access to the Principality, Cardiff rugby boys think they’re a big deal, and with the men’s rugby team being one of the uni’s most successful BUCS teams, they have some reason to believe it.

But alongside serious rugby playing, you’re well known by the students as the blue and brown chinos boys that love to down a bottle of wine post-match.

Your ego is through the roof, and you think you’re a Cathays celeb, especially the first team, around the Cardiff clash and Varsity season. Let’s be honest, the only reason you came to uni was to drink and play rugby, and you make that your whole personality trait.

2. Cardiff University Netball Club 

By day you are the definition of health and fitness; by night, you’re a completely different breed. You’re so busy you don’t frequently go home to visit family and friends as your whole life is devoted to netball, and you spend majority of their summer training for pre-season.

You’ll wake up at 5am for gym sessions, go to all of your lectures, and still making angels every Wednesday. These girls really are a different species.

Your daytime lifestyle completely contradicts there evening lifestyle. You’ll turn your nose up at the idea of a day pint because you’re “training tomorrow”, but once the evening hits, all that health and fitness goes out the window. Suddenly you’re in smokers with a Lost Mary and four VKs in your hand.

These girls are not only competitive on the pitch but also when it comes to drinking competitions on the away buses and socials with rugby or cricket, they don’t like to lose.

3. Surf Sports 

You might think joining surf means spending your days catching waves, but really, it’s just an excuse to find a beach and embark on your next side quest. You have never met a beach you wouldn’t drive 90 minutes to.  You are a super outdoorsy artsy person, and a lot of you do architecture or some sort of fine arts course, so really you just love to go to the beach and sit and sketch.

The trips are also the main reason for being part of the surf society, with more drinking and a small side of surfing. The truth is we blame the weather a lot on being the reason we can’t surf but really, it’s because half of us have never actually surfed before.

4. Medic’s Ladies Hockey Club

You’re studying medicine, probably telling everyone you’re going to become a surgeon, but somehow your Wednesday night ends with you drinking a concoction of liquids that would probably concern your future medical colleagues.

You definitely give off posh hockey girl energy, and you grew up playing hockey to a high standard, owning far too many quarter zips and somehow have a wardrobe entirely made up of gym leggings and fleeces.

You don’t really do anything alone. You came to university and immediately acquired a hockey team, a medic friendship group, three group chats and approximately 47 people you call your “girls”. Your social life is very hectic.

And, of course, you still somehow find time for the socials. Because apparently being a medical student, competitive athlete and professionally organised person wasn’t enough to keep you busy.

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5. Xpress Radio 

Being a member of Xpress Radio definitely means you have crazy pop-culture knowledge and love the idea of having your own radio show to talk to the nation on. You are constantly judging the DJ’ s skills when you go to a club and thinking of how you could mix the next song even better. 

In freshers you most certainly became the appointed DJ for maybe the next three years and everyone will be trusting you with their song requests. This makes you reliable and trust worthy to control the vibe of the room. 

6. Rowing Club 

You randomly met someone on the rowing committee in Freshers’ week at Woodville, and they tried to convince you to join the rowing team even though you have never done it in your life. Now, because you enjoyed the flattery of them saying you have the muscular legs for rowing, you’re stuck waking up at stupid o’clock for training sessions down in Cardiff Bay.

But now that you have leaned into the rowing lifestyle, you just think it’s a massive flex to anyone else that’s not in it. You arrive at lectures with your protein smoothie and brag to your course mate about how you have been up 5 hours longer than them. 

7. Econ Football

You’re the type of person who genuinely enjoys playing football, but let’s be honest, the post-match pint is probably just as important as the actual game. You’ve joined a football team, but half the reason is having an excuse to spend time with your mates afterwards.

You also love a prank. No one in the team is safe, and you’ve probably learnt that joining econ football means accepting that at some point you will be featured on the Jerrys TikTok account.

You’re basically here for a good laugh. You might study a degree that sounds serious and career-focused, but your main priorities are football, your mates, creating increasingly stupid content and making sure there’s a good story to tell afterwards.

You’re not necessarily the most serious footballer in Cardiff – but you might have the best social media strategy.

8. Baking Society 

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If you are part of Baking society you are definitely a homebody who loves to have decorations up everywhere and freshly baked sweet treats on the kitchen counter. You care about your friends and would much rather a movie night in than a rowdy night out at YOLO on a Wednesday. 

You are part of the very few of the many uni students who can cook a decent people and have probably never had a ‘struggle’ meal at your time at Cardiff Uni. Needless to say, you basically have your life together.

Whether you’re a rugby boy with an ego the size of the principality, a netball girl who somehow survives on four hours of sleep, a surfer who will drive an hour and a half for a beach, or a medic who thinks being hungover counts as a personality trait, your society choice says a lot more about you than you’d like to admit.

Of course, these are all just stereotypes… mostly.

At the end of the day, joining a society is one of the best ways to meet people at Cardiff Uni, make questionable memories and find your people. So choose wisely – because once you’ve joined, there’s no escaping the group chat, the team socials and, most importantly, the stereotype that comes with it.

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