From eight hours a week at undergraduate level to eight hours a day at City University, the transition from BA to MA can be a bit of a shock.
Yet after only a couple of weeks of interviewing, investigating, filming, blogging, researching, editing and directing, it's hard to remember life before your masters began.
City Journalism
Always use bcc when sending an email to the entire department.(01 of18)
Lest us not forget that afternoon of "reply all" mayhem. (credit:sorendls via Getty Images)
Angel tube station's 'thought for today' can get you through the darkest of days.(02 of18)
Even if you're about to face rush hour. (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
The Blacksmith & The Toffeemaker will become your second home.(03 of18)
Passionfruit cider on a Friday afternoon could well be the highlight of your week.
4. Shorthand is much, much harder than it looks.(04 of18)
If everyone spoke at 40 words per minute, life would be sweet. (credit:Andrew Matthews/PA Archive)
Having lectures about Twitter becomes fairly normal(05 of18)
It's the digital revolution, darling. (credit:Petar Chernaev via Getty Images)
6. As does your tutors marking you on your 'hashtag capability'.(06 of18)
#saywhat (credit:Fanatic Studio via Getty Images)
No matter how much work you have, you'll always find the time for a trip to Exmouth Market.(07 of18)
The £5 Pad Thai will bleed you dry by the end of the year. (credit:Alan Stanton/Flickr)
When you send out a Freedom of Information request you feel like a whistle-blower doing their bit for humanity.(08 of18)
Even if you're inquiring about public toilets or restaurant hygiene. (credit:jdwfoto via Getty Images)
Patch day always comes round too quickly.(09 of18)
And you're guaranteed to not have a story. (credit:joannapoe/Flickr)
Those on the financial journalism course are mysterious - they keep to themselves. (10 of18)
Yet they'll probably get the best jobs. (credit:oonal via Getty Images)
You'll begin to forget what life felt like before permanent exhaustion.(11 of18)
Reading week? As if. (credit:Jodie Griggs via Getty Images)
You'll get sick of the choices in the Sainsbury's meal deal.(12 of18)
Yet it's the gift that keeps on giving. (credit:Anthony Devlin/PA Wire)
You'll quickly get used to receiving City emails every 5 minutes(13 of18)
Even when you're on a night out (or in the bath). (credit:Robyn Breen Shinn via Getty Images)
You'll learn that there's no better feeling than when someone agrees to an interview.(14 of18)
Even though they only said yes because you're a student and no one's going to read it. (credit:Nisian Hughes via Getty Images)
Resubmitting an assignment ten times on Moodle is a common feat.(15 of18)
Then praying you attached the right one.
Sadly 'keeping up to date with the news' does not include refreshing the Mail Online every five minutes.(16 of18)
Not to be confused with Keeping up with the Kardashians.
You'll never understand why you were an iMovie wizard yesterday but today you can't get rid of that squiggly line.(17 of18)
It's definitely the computer, not me. Definitely. (credit:inju/Flickr)
Even though it's only been one term, you can't remember life before City.(18 of18)
And you're loving every minute of it.