University of York

11th  in Freshers' Weeks

Reviews

Anonymous

Extremely smooth move-in! Felt like a home away from home almost immediately. Tip for Freshers: Get as involved as possible whether that’s just by hanging out in the communal areas of your flat or going out on socials or to societies.

Anonymous

A clear timetable was sent out which made moving in and freshers week really enjoyable as everyone's knew what was going on and there was events for everyone

Anonymous

York have what are called STYCs which stand for second and third year contacts and two are assigned to every flat/house and they help you move in and look after you during freshers. They do icebreakers between you and your new flat mates and they take you to the clubs and make sure everyone gets home safe. My only complaint is that it was very alcohol focussed.

Anonymous

On arrival to my college there were 2nd and 3rds happy to help me move my stuff into my dorm which made the process much easier. Having settled in, at night before going to the club night organised we had 2nd Years come to our flat and take us around and stick with us through the night. This was helpful especially when getting the bus. The club nights themselves were good with good themes.

Anonymous

Unsure about college-specific events, but uni-wide ones were very accessible. Freshers fair allowed you to learn about and join as many societies as you liked. I did not go to any non-drinking events so cannot comment on that, but the drinking events were amazing! I met so many people both in my first year and second.

Anonymous

There were a variation of activities during the day and you get a second/third year to go to these activities with you, as well as taking you to nights out and helping people get home

Anonymous

I feel as though there could have been more activists to do during the daytime, other than that it was great

Anonymous

I thoroughly enjoyed my fresher's week experience, our Second Year Contacts made the transition into University life so easy! However, the on campus events could have been better.

Anonymous

The move in experience was straightforward and very organised . Freshers more geared towards to drinking culture and partying . If that's not your thing , then make a conscious effort to research as those events exist but are not marketed heavily compared to club events

Anonymous

Freshers at york was done really well! We had planned activities for a full 7 days and was never pushed into participating and there was alternatives for people that didn't want to go out (movie nights, game night etc) each house was assigned a groups of STYC's (second third year contact) that came out with you (ours were great just like extra mates on a night out) they pre drank with us but just helped us get our bearings on a night out and made sure we all got home safely. We had a slight issue on the first night as our college moved in before any other so there wasn't much going on, a big bbq was promised but never happened. Other than that I thought york did freshers really well, with something for everyone

Anonymous

York freshers week started off great. STYCs were around to help move us in and made the process really easy. The club nights were very similar and there wasn't much variety but overall it was a great experience.

Anonymous

Move in experience: very smooth, blocks had set times for moving in so never too crowded, and queues to pick up keys were very quick. Second year students volunteered to help carry stuff up to rooms. Events: really good timetable of events with something for everyone both day and night time. Was really good for getting to know flat mates.

Anonymous

Met some really great people and had a lot of fun. The freshers week events were fun but were literally the exact same as the events which run all year round.

Anonymous

Freshers week was packed with lots of activities including clubbing and events during the day. There was something for everyone and the general vibe of the first week was one of inlcuisivity and positivity. All of this was made better with the help of second and third year contacts too. They helped us around campus and the city, making sure every fresher felt safe and welcome. A great way to make everyone's transition to uni more comfortable.

Anonymous

Freshers week was not at ALL what I expected! Sure, there was just as much drinking as everyone said, with glitter themes, singing on the bus and ruthless games of never have I ever. But the amount of daytime activities, such as barbecues, and also evening, non-drinking activities really impressed me. At York there is a system called STYCs where second years who used to live in your flat, redo Freshers to show you where everything is, give you all the tips on the best takeaways, and just organise your life whilst you settle in. I soon realized none of my friends had this, and honestly wondered how they coped!! Freshers week was a blast, and I can't wait till next year!

Anonymous

University of York freshers week is organised by each college individually and apart from some joint club nights with other colleges, with your college wristband you can get into all of your college’s freshers’ events. There is a good mix of chilled and club nights. You can really make your week what you want it to be, the club nights are good but I didn’t want to go out for some of the nights and so I went to a cheese night and a jazz night in the college bar.

Anonymous

Really good nightlife locations and a good first night to get to know people. The bar crawls never went to plan but the night still went well.

Anonymous

I felt the move in experience was very well organised and there were plenty of people on hand to help. I also enjoyed how well organised the freshers evening events were and that having second and third years on hand to help with any questions or problems was very useful and made the whole experience less daunting.

Anonymous

Move in is really great because so many students within your college are on hand to help. The whole week is organised meticulously with a range of events from bar crawls against other colleges to full-works formals. The STYC and STYM system is particularly good at accomodating freshers who need advice or just want to make some more friends.

Anonymous

I lived off campus (as a first year) so was a little excluded from the events during freshers week, however after talking to college reps, I was soon involved in all of the great events.

Anonymous

Arrived a week before with a bunch of people I knew would arrive early too.. had a week of freshers before the actual freshers and was probably a little too exhausted for the real thing.

Anonymous

move in was great with STYCs helping us move who were really friendly. There were lots of non drinking events which were fun, not to say that the drinking events weren't fun!!

Anonymous

My college (as do the others) has a system whereby second and third year students look after the freshers and show them the ropes. This allowed us all to relax and just socialise worry free.

Anonymous

Smooth move in and events all week, freshers week for me was very fun! There could have been more to do during the day and the non drinking events could have been more publicised but the drinking events were great!

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