Freshers': Halls are like Big Brother ... minus the evictions

In which sUK member Zomo83 reveals the true nature of what it's like to live in Halls. If you want to read an article on the cult channel reality show,forward the page because there will be no mentions of Jades, Federicos, diary rooms or chickens on this page! I am talking about the reality that is university accommodation. Soon you will be living live in a hall/flat with six or more people you don’t know.

They come from all walks of life: they may be old, young, short, tall, thin or fat. These strangers will become your surrogate family; they will learn your bad points, good points, who comes back to the flat and how long they stay and your strange obsessions with random food products! Unfortunately unlike the compulsive viewing show. you can’t evict any of them and 64 days turns into nine months! You learn to cope with drunken cat fights, football boots in the shower, full blast Beatles songs at 4 am and the smell of cooking haddock! It is part of what they called growing up and will be the biggest challenge of your life.

I’m not trying to put you off; living in halls is also brilliant. After a month the fun will diminish as deadlines seem to be hurtling round the corner faster than one of those Energizer bunnies! Your flatmates also become your parents, and will discuss the suitability of your latest pull, notice if you are eating properly and be a shoulder to cry on. Others will be the younger siblings who hog the remote, leave the stove on and never do the washing up. On that note, it's surprising I didn’t catch E-coli. Yet, next semester I will be out in the big wide world living in a house.

I will miss late night chats, rugby boys and even the fights over David Dickinson! Nine months will fly by. And if you don’t like it you can get moved to another hall, but give it a whirl and remember that even you have dirty habits! Click here to go back to the main Freshers' menu!