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Step 6: Moving in & first year
The part nobody preps you for — housing, and finding your feet.
From Campus Binge's data, as of 2026-07-23. Each fact says how far to trust it.
Essential
Feeling like an outsider in year one is universal. Everyone feels it. Talk to two or three new people a day; your group forms slowly, and that's normal.
Community viewCampus Binge journey essentials (written from the student-voices corpus)
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Vet PGs and brokers hard. Overcharging and dodgy brokers are rampant — factor in commute exhaustion, and never sign the first place. Roommates and locality make or break the year.
Community viewCampus Binge journey essentials (written from the student-voices corpus)
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Protect your first-semester CGPA. Under relative grading it's hard to pull back up later; take genuinely scoring optionals.
Community viewCampus Binge journey essentials (written from the student-voices corpus)
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Street-smart basics. Common metro / helpful-stranger scams are real, use shared e-rickshaws for last-mile, claim student discounts, and issue the library books you're already paying for.
Community viewCampus Binge journey essentials (written from the student-voices corpus)
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- Campus Binge journey essentials (written from the student-voices corpus)Community viewAs of 2026-07-23
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