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  • 18th October 2015

Tell-Tale Signs of the Third-Year University Student

For all those final year students out there… any of these sound familiar? Leave a comment to let us know what you’d add to this list of tell-tale signs of a third-year university student!

You know you’ve been at university too long when…

You get a Christmas card from the local pizza delivery place.

This is the clearest sign that you need to get out and buy some vegetables…

You are more familiar with the storylines on Neighbours than your course books.

And if you’ve even started to dream about the characters in Neighbours… you know it’s bad!

You’ve eaten pasta and pesto five days in a row.

Er…. maybe it’s time to check out some other lazy student dishes!

You always see the milkman on your way home from a night out.

The electric whirr of the milk float… you know you’ve had a good night out when you hear it!

You regularly eat breakfast at 4pm.

Breakfast at 4pm, lunch at 10pm, dinner at 3am…

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You can’t believe how young the freshers look.

We bet you can’t believe you ever looked so young and inexperienced now….

Your wardrobe consists mainly of fancy dress and pyjamas.

No trouble if all you are doing is sleeping and partying!

You keep more mould in the fridge than food.

Unless you are studying biosciences, there is really no excuse for this!

You don’t know all the people who are sleeping in your home.

Wake up, get a coffee, meet some new folks…

Your weekend lasts from Thursday to Monday.

…and Tuesday to Wednesday is recovery time for the next party!

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