Don't expect

Nothing at University is certain, and so it's often best not to expect.

Don't expect to find your best friends for life. If you're lucky, you'll find the odd few that will remain constant and whom you'll be having lunch with in ten years. If you're normal, you'll also meet one or two who seem brilliant to start with but soon turn out to be the opposite of what you expected and who leave you with a permanent doubt.

Don't expect alcohol to always be on your side. Sometimes it will be and it'll lead to entertaining photographic evidence and long-winded but funny anecdotes. But more often than not it'll end in vomit, tears, anger, confusion, hatred, violence, depression, injuries, deathly hangovers and major regrets.

Don't expect to meet 'the one.' The concept of 'the one' is iffy to begin with, but if you're determined to stick with it, University isn't necessarily where you'll find it. Or perhaps you will, but you'll just never do anything about it because 'there's plenty of time' or 'if it's meant to be, it will be.'

And finally don't expect certain marks. This can only lead to disappointment, and is the reason behind this particular post. When expecting a fairly average but positive mark and you're landed with a below average unsubstantiated shit mark, it can cripple you. Especially when you get it on the last day of your last term of your last year. What a way to end University, right?

Hopefully some positive posts will follow soon...