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So before I get into why you came to read this blog, congratulations on getting into university! These next few years will be life-changing and to help you transition seamlessly, I decided to make a fresher’s guide. If you didn’t already know, you, a new university student, the “fresh meat” are referred to as a “fresher”. As I am now old, tired meat on the verge of practically spoiling (I’m in the final year of a five-year degree) I think I have enough wisdom and have made enough mistakes to advise you on what to do and what not to do. But this is all this is, advice. Don’t take my word as gospel, different things work for different people and you’re going to take some time to figure things out. And UWI knows this, that’s why your first-year GPA does NOT contribute to your overall degree GPA (except for us med students because they hate us. Also not sure if this applies to other universities in Jamaica). The point is these are exciting times filled with change that can be both fun-fill