{"id":7,"date":"2013-12-05T16:43:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/studentblogs\/jelle13\/?p=7"},"modified":"2013-12-05T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T16:43:42","slug":"hello-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/student-blogs\/2013\/12\/05\/hello-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, all!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello, all!<\/p>\n

Let me just introduce myself– I\u2019m Jelle, a first-year biochemist. It\u2019s pronounced kind of like \u2018yellow\u2019 but if you forgot what you were saying halfway through, like \u201cyell-uh?\u201d.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re probably reading this, if you\u2019re a prospective applicant or offer holder (congratulations!) for the same reason I read the blogs last year (and the reason I\u2019m so excited to be writing one this year!) : it\u2019s just really nice to have someone give that frank, real-talk account of what life is actually like here. The Imperial website can tell you, for example, which modules you\u2019ll be expected to take as a first-year biochemist, but it won\u2019t tell you that should work on the first cell-biology essay far in advance. It can tell you that move-in day is the 4th of October next year, but it won\u2019t tell you how to cope with being initially (temporarily) friendless. If you want facts, check out the website; it\u2019s not the easiest thing to navigate but it has every bit of information you might need. If you want an account of life here, to see if it might appeal to you, to decide if you want to be living this life for the next few years of your life, have a read here!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m writing this blog for two reasons. First, as I mentioned, I wanted to be a part of the blogging team and experience since it was so useful to me last year. Second, I wanted to keep at least a vague account of what I\u2019ve been doing in uni so far–so much happens on any given day that it\u2019s hard to remember a full week, let alone the two months I\u2019ve been here. (Move-in day feels like years ago\u2026)<\/p>\n

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I plan to write about aspects of student life here (living in halls, cooking, life around South Kensington\/London\/the UK, social life, etc) and about the course and university itself. Fair warning: I\u2019m massively interested in biochemistry. More so every week, in fact. So if that\u2019s your thing too, welcome!<\/p>\n

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Cool facts:<\/p>\n