Not having the time of your life at uni? You're not alone
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BBC Robert and Christina share their experiences of student life
Robert Medhurst spent most of his freshers' week looking at social media, reading posts about other students' fun nights out. "I was just in bed," Robert recalls, describing the week as the loneliest time of his life. Robert's flatmates didn't go out much, and his course didn't feel very sociable. Despite putting himself out there by going to taster sessions for various societies, he couldn't find his people. "I started to lose my confidence," he says. "I felt like people didn't want to be friends with me, or they didn't like me." Initially, Robert had no intention of going to university and had a job offer for after sixth form.
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