My biggest piece of advice?

Don't wish your university years away.

Yes, there will be stressful assessment weeks. There will be lectures where you understand absolutely nothing. There will be group projects that test your patience and moments when you wonder why you enrolled in the first place.

But there will also be coffee before class, random conversations, little wins, interesting discussions, friendships, discovering new interests and those moments where you realise, "Wait… I actually know what I'm doing."

University life isn't supposed to look perfect.

It's messy, busy, occasionally overwhelming and sometimes genuinely wonderful.

So take the lecture notes, submit the assignment, drink the coffee and remember to enjoy a little bit of life along the way.

Because your degree is part of your life — it doesn't have to be your entire life.