Freshers tell us what their most mental part of first year will be

‘Waiting until I’m 18 so I can get hammered every night’


The vibe at the freshers fair: a mixture of fear, nerves and awkward small talk. The Tab chatted to the anxious newbies, asking them what they thought the most mental part of their first year was going to be.

Andrew Fraser, 18, Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

“Society nights out and the initiations.”

Casey Riley, 18, Psychology

“Gettin’ heavy steaming.”

Fraser McCormick, 18, Electronic and Electrical Engineering & Stewart Taylor, 18, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

“The workload throughout the year from all of your classes, and having to make new pals on your course.”

Jonathan Boyd, 17, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

“Waiting until I’m 18 so I can get hammered every night.”

Val Robinson, 25, Prosthetics and Orthotics

“Moving away from home to a new country.”

Conor Bilsland, 18, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

“Turning up somewhere that I don’t know and seeing what it’s like.”

Karis Kelly, 17, Mechanical Engineering

“Trying to find everything on campus, I have no idea where anything is.”