Revision Season

Then it's off to TESCO for some new stationary for all those neat and tidy notes, followed by printing off every all of the past exam papers and feeling slightly depressed you couldn’t answer them right now.

Hours will be spent in the library and litres of coffee will be drunk. My notes always started so neatly and then after a couple of weeks as the exam dates get closer descended into scratched illegible scribbles.

But the best part is knowing that it will soon be over. The feeling starts towards the end of the last exam. It feels so good, especially if your housemates still have exams.

That period after your exams is generally filled with hanging out, drinking coffee and going to the SU for afternoon drinking sessions. You deserve a rest. However, it is also a good time to start thinking about getting some experience in the holidays.

I mean it wouldn’t take an hour or two to call up some local solicitors or barristers chambers to ask if they would mind you coming along for a few days of experience. You might even get paid. I did. £6.50 an hour for three months and I definitely preferred it to working in a warehouse or a bar.

It really doesn’t matter which year you are in, you will benefit from the experience and so will your CV. So this year I would recommend using a bit of the free time you have after your exams for getting some work experience. Even 30 minutes a day would be more than enough if you did it for a week. It won’t really affect your annual routine but it will affect the years ahead once you graduate.