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Do You Live For Wednesdays And Drink Too Much Coffee? 10 Things That Make You A QMUL Student

Do You Live for Wednesdays and Drink Too Much Coffee?
Miriam Brown
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Whether you go to university in Aberdeen, Exeter, Edinburgh or London, every university is unique.

We're not talking about its individuality in terms of the degree courses each offers or its position in the league tables. We're talking about the way in which each university student lives their student life: the time they spend on campus, the student night they attend each week, the budget food they buy from the budget supermarket.

These experiences are what make each university life special and ultimately define your university life and give you that sense of belonging.

So what are the things which define you as a Queen Mary University of London student?

10 Things That Make you a QM Student
The 25, 205 and the Central Line(01 of10)
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You spend your life on the 205 or the 25 bus. You also develop a love/hate relationship with each and learn the best and not-so-best times to take the bus. The central line is the only tube you ride. The time it takes between each stop is known off by heart in order to arrive at your lecture 30 seconds before it starts. (credit:London Buses by Adam)
Nights Out (02 of10)
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During first year you attend every Monday night at Monday Calling in Drapers and every Wednesday night at Hail Mary. (credit:Queen Mary University )
And Every Thursday...(03 of10)
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Of course you spend at New Globe (credit:Ewan-M/Flickr)
The Delicious Dixie Chicken(04 of10)
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After being kicked/dragged out of Hail Mary when the lights were up, you find yourself in Dixie Chicken (despite making a pact with yourself and friends you would not end up there tonight). (credit:kadluba/Flickr)
Costa(05 of10)
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Costa coffee becomes your saviour and your hang out spot purely by default due to lack of good coffee houses and comfy sofas in the area. (credit:RBOZUK via Getty Images)
Overpriced Campus Food (06 of10)
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You never buy lunch on campus. One sandwich would blow your weekly food budget. Instead you cross the road to Sainsbury's and buy a cheese twist and a carton of orange juice for £1. Much better. (credit:Pictac via Getty Images)
The Library(07 of10)
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In third year, Mile End Library becomes your best friend and Library Square the only place where you spend time outside. (credit:mikdam via Getty Images)
The Teachers' Collection(08 of10)
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As a result of living in the library in third year, you have each floor map and book code location imprinted into your brain. Despite this, you always borrow books from the teachers' collection. (credit:Thomas Barwick via Getty Images)
No One Knows You(09 of10)
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If ever you find yourself in conversation with another student from another university talking about university, no one ever knows Queen Mary or where it is. More often than not, they mistake it for St Mary's University, Twickenham. Through gritted teeth you smile and say "no, QUEEN Mary UoL in EAST London." The conversation will end there. (credit:Enable Magazine)
Everyone is From Everywhere(10 of10)
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And finally, all your friends are from varying, exotic, fascinating origins who speak at least three languages. Together, you make up one of the most ethnically diverse study bodies in the UK. (credit:Queen Mary University )
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