University Through Photos

Needless to say I've written loads of posts on this blog over the years (although less so recently haha) and I did contemplate writing a long rambled post about my time at the University of Reading, however in this case I think a string of photos might do it more justice and be a little bit less cringey. Obviously this isn't comprehensive, but it covers most of the highlights.

So here it is, from beginning to end, three of the best years of my life.

(2013 - 2016)

First Year:

Freshers Fortnight

Halloween

Props

 Pitcher and Piano

Pancake Day

The Lake

Reading's Campus will always be my fave

Skype calls

Summer Ballin'

Second Year:

When I went to see Becky and Melissa in Surrey

Shout out to the Oracle

The Christmas Fair on Campus

Cafe Yolk is still the BEST for breakfast

Afternoon Tea with Kirstie and Fran

The time me and Kirstie made an amazing lasagne! 

When Becky came to visit

Day out in London with Fran

Second year contained A LOT of reading and probably too many kinder buenos...

When Melz came to visit

Third Year:

Fall Out Boy with Fran

Kirstie's Birthday

Some of my Student Ambassador pals at one of the many visit days

Third year consisted of writing mind boggling philosophy essays about paradoxes...

Philosophy Social with my Philosophy girls

That time my article got published in the Uni Newspaper...

The endless three hour English seminars at 9am

Christmas Meal with the housemates

Unionnnn

Third year also consisted of watching LOADS of TV with these two

Afternoon Tea with some of my faves

Crystal Growing Antics 

Union for my 21st

Wagamama's with Melz

Harris Gardens with these two

Adele at the O2

The great moment when you finish your dissertation after months of work

Finishing my last ever university exam

End of exams = drinking too much Pimms

Miller and Carter celebratory meal

Unionnnnn

Pizza is bae and I ate way too much of it over the 3 years hahah

My last ever lecture - Richard Swinburne

Grad Ballin'

Daisy Chains

The library a.k.a. my second home...

But after feeling like this many a time during the 3 years:

and this...

I graduated with a first and I still can't quite believe it...

I'll forever be thankful to all of the people I met during the course of my degree: my lecturers, dissertation supervisor, personal tutor, housemates, course friends, people I worked with and last but not least - all the amazing friends I've made along the way. 

I'll miss university and Reading so much, but it's time for new adventures now! 

Onwards and upwards, who knows where I'll end up, but I'm just gonna go with it.

Laura.

Song: Can't Hold Us by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis