Well when I got accepted into university it was a bit of a fluke and I never ever thought that I would come to uni because I thought I’d be a checkout chick forever.

That was sort of my life goal so to be at university was a big shock for me.

I remember when my mum drove me to uni I thought it was going to be fabulous, I had all these expectations and then I got there and we set up my bedroom and it kind of looked like a gaol cell so that was a bit hard.

But we set it up and I thought ‘Yep, life’s going to be great’, ‘I’m going to meet all my best friends’, ‘I’m going to have great times’ and then reality kicked in as soon as my mum left.

I was in a six bedroom room and there was no one else there so I locked the door, locked myself away and cried for three days straight. I’ve never felt so low in my life,

I felt lonely and I was homesick. I felt so homesick I wanted to die, it was horrible.

And then after about three days of crying my eyes out i eventually unlocked the door and walked out into the big wide world and I met all these amazing people that changed my life forever and really allowed me to figure out who I was with the experiences that I had with them because meeting people and getting to know people and sharing life with people is really important to me and feeling that personal connection.

So that was definitely something that got me through and then also having a connection to the campus that I was on by being involved in volunteering on campus at events and meeting like minded students and going to the library to study, instead of locking myself in my room, where you get to meet people and share things and really feel like you belong here on the campus that was something that really helped me.