Letters to Freshers

Sleep like your life depends on it

In the latest Letter to Freshers, Sasi Valaiyapathi urges freshers to play the “game of wants and needs” wisely and prioritise sleep

Letters to Freshers

‘Coming out’ is more than just a moment

“Cambridge is a fantastic place to be LGBT+, but don’t worry if it takes some time for you to settle in,” writes Joe Heath in the latest Letter to Freshers

Letters to Freshers

Finding home in Cambridge

Letters to Freshers

In the chaos of Cambridge, I come back to cooking

Letters to Freshers

I wish I’d accepted my disability earlier

“I was not born a woman of colour”

Keeping a diary for when the memories of my Cambridge years fade

Going wireless: Freeing myself from bras

Stephanie Christenson explains why she goes bra-less

My invisible OCD

Cutting my hair short, I felt at odds with my femininity

Restricting my own independence gives me independence from my restrictions

Making purposelessness my purpose

How I stopped defining myself by a number on my bathroom scale

Saying what you mean and meaning what you say in relationships

By letting myself be aimless, I’m avoiding burnout

The real challenge will be fitting aimlessness into my tightly-packed Cambridge schedule once I’ve returned from my year abroad

Trying something new will make new things worth trying

Ritual and religion in the city of Cambridge

The community of sport and the sport of community

I’ve stopped quantifying my self-worth by my exam marks

Running, both physically and mentally, through Cambridge