Moving across the country to a new university was massively daunting and having received my offer the first hurdle I faced was finding somewhere to live, there’s more information on this elsewhere, but for some PG specific advice, DON’T PANIC! If you choose to live in private accommodation in St Andrews, it can be terrifying when you start looking in June/July time and see about 2 available properties, DON’T PANIC. This is normal and it doesn’t mean you’ll end up with nowhere to live, it’s more than possible to find places in August and September, in fact it’s easier, as this is when a lot of properties are released by their current PG tenants.

St Andrews has many traditions which can seem overwhelming when joining as a postgrad but you can be involved as much or as little as you like. Postgrads can be involved in academic families and joining societies or sports can be a good way to meet people outside of your year or course who might invite you to celebrate St Andrews traditions with them. Don’t feel pressured into taking part in the traditions in a specific way, most people are very relaxed and it’s just about being involved, wear what you are comfortable with for may dip and don’t worry about not joining in with the raisin foam fight if that’s not your thing, most people are so wrapped up in their own enjoyment of the traditions that they’ll forget what you did or didn’t do very quickly.