The
results are in and teenagers all over the country now know whether or not they
have secured a place at their university of choice where they hope to
continue their quests for knowledge and meaning that will more than likely turn
into endless, trashy club nights. Freshers’ minds are
no doubt full of questions, such as the ever troubling – Will I make friends? But
more importantly - What’s the nightlife like?
If
you’re a soon-to-be fresher, here is a guide to some films and television
programmes from the last 5 years that will ‘accurately’ prepare you for what’s
in store.
Fresh Meat
Fresh
Meat represents some of the very best of British comedy and I haven’t met a
single person from our generation who hasn’t found it hilarious. If Fresh Meat
characters were colleges, Kingsley would be Mansfield (friendly, fairly
liberal, kinda left wing), Oregon would be St Johns (loaded, but conceals it’s
wealth behind those walls), Josie would be Jesus (she is Welsh after all), Sabine
would be Merton (‘it’s where fun goes to die’), JP would be Christ Church (red.
trousers.), Howard would be Corpus Christi (small, unnoticed, situated in Christ
Church’s shadow), Vod would be Wadham (don’t think this one needs explaining).
“First year is beer year. Third year is fear
year. But second year is spear year.”
(Good
news – it’s on Netflix)
See my thoughts on Fresh Meat season 1 here.
21 and Over
Asian
kid gone wild. This is the film for any impending fresher who had really strict
parents growing up. The newfound freedom at uni will no doubt be far too much
for them to handle and they’ll go completely craycray. It’s set in America so,
of course, the legal drinking age is 21, but pretend this film stars a bunch of
18 year olds and it’s spot on.
“Yeah, she’s cute, but she’s not my type.”
“What is your type?”
“Girls who want to have sex with me”
(Also
on Netflix)
Monsters University
Being
a ‘Mike’ (Grade A nerd) and ending up with a ‘Sully’ (lads lads lads!) as your
roommate is probably every fresher’s worst nightmare but you’ll grow to love
your corridor/staircase/flat (probably). This story teaches you that nothing
should get in the way of you and your bros and that despite your differences you
can make friends with anyone! (Cheesy, I know – it’s Disney). Unfortunately
nothing quite as exciting as the Scare Games happens at university, but we have
University Challenge and that’s basically the same thing, right?
“Imagine a university…”
“Where I can be unique in a sea of
thousands”
“Where I can learn to learn”
“and learn what I love”
-
Said no one ever
The Social Network
You
can only hope that you’ll be creating something quite as amazing as Facebook
during your time at university. Prospective E&Mers who think this is going
to be the story of your university years, I’m sorry to break this to you, but
that probably isn’t going to happen. When you leave university you’re likely to
be broke, alcoholic, and to top it all off you’re going to have to look for a
‘real’ job in ‘real’ world.
“I need to do something substantial into
order to attract the attention of the clubs.”
“Why?”
“Because they’re exclusive. And fun. And
they lead to a better life.”
The Inbetweeners 2
Finally,
for those of you off on your gap yahs before heading to university, here’s what
you’ve got to look forward to! You’ll probably have plans to travel far, far
away from dreary old England, maybe even as far as Australia like Jay, but
hopefully you’ll have something more meaningful planned than hunting for
‘klunge’.
“Everyone knows the backpacking girls are
the loosest. That’s why it’s called a gap year”
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These
are just a few of my top picks for films and series to watch before heading off
to uni. Of course there are tonnes of other student-based series worth noting:
Legally Blond, American Pie, Starter for
10, Animal House, Greek and more!
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Congratulations to all those who made their offers! Are you off to university this year? If so, where are you going and what will you be studying? I'll be going into my second year in October - time flies!
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Congratulations to all those who made their offers! Are you off to university this year? If so, where are you going and what will you be studying? I'll be going into my second year in October - time flies!
This was pretty awesome. I don't watch too many movies so I haven't seen any of the ones on your list (except Legally Blonde, which was only kinda on the list).
ReplyDeleteI'm starting school in September and in ten days I'll be moving to Montreal to study commerce (although I'm not doing much commerce in first year). I'm kind of terrified, but also excited. :)
-P.E. @ The Sirenic Codex