How Is It to Be a Student?

This is the question many school graduates ask themselves. I want to tell you about student life in TSU.

At September, 1 you come to the university. You’re full with dreams and ambitions about the future year of study. A few days before your new schedule is announced. You look at it and think: who are these professors? Are they nice? Will these classes be interesting?

If you’re a first-year student, you will have a matriculation ceremony. It usually happens during October and November. Matriculations in our faculty (of Foreign Languages) are usually on October, 31 and are celebrated together with Halloween. I don’t think it’s important to have a matriculation. As for me, you become a student only after your first examination period.

This is a very exciting time. After the term is over, you have about a week or two to relax during the holidays, and then you will cram a lot to pass the first real exams in your life. In our faculty the first examination period is rather easy.

Then comes the Tatiana Day (January, 25). It is also called the Day of Russian students, as St. Tatiana is like a godmother of students. It is usually celebrated in different cafes, bars, clubs, and so on. Usually the winter exam period is already over, and this day is a good reason to relax.

The second term has a lot more holidays than the previous one. The 23^rd of February, the 8^th of March, the 1^st and the 9^th of May – these are the days everyone is looking for. Especially the time between May, 1 and 9. If you’re cunning enough, you’ll manage to come home for the whole 10 days! What a rest!

And then comes the hardest. The supper exam period. It’s difficult to pass not only because of the abundance of exams, but also because of the warm weather at that time. You’d like to go for a walk with your friends after a long winter, but you all have to study as much as you can.

When the exams are over, you can come home and have a rest. Some of the students work, some just relax and do nothing, some conduct the researches, others revise the material (especially if they haven’t pass some of the exams). As for me, this is the best time a student can have.