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Jullia Joson

I'm a recent graduate – here are 5 things I wish I brought to uni, and 5 things I wish I left at home

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A-Level Results Day has now been and gone, and whether your child was able to secure their place at their dream uni, or might have even gone down a different last-minute route through clearing, there's one thing for sure: the uni essentials shopping countdown has begun. And it's going fast.

Irrespective of how much you try to plan with a stacked university checklist, there are always going to be some things that you'd only ever know if you lived through the uni experience firsthand in the most recent years.

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