Freshers week can be a daunting time for many, living away from home for the first time. Being surrounded by strangers in a strange town can be potentially upsetting, but there are many ways to cope with this.
Remember that theses strangers will be people you know very well over the next few months, so your sense of isolation shouldn't last too long. Even making one friend can break the ice as you will then meet their friends and the whole thing will snowball.
Of course you won't find that you get on with everyone, and it's important to quickly work out whose company you will enjoy. In universities like Bristol, people mostly live in halls in the first year and then live more independently in student flats and houses for the remainder of their time at university. Increasingly the most desirable student accommodation is snapped up for the following year by the end of December of the previous academic year, so that only gives you a window of a few months to find a like minded group of friends to rent with for the next year.
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