The hardest lesson I’ve learned at uni is how to handle money
Analysing chemical reactions was less of a challenge than learning to budget when I started as a student
When I started university in September, I found it very overwhelming. Not just because I was settling into a new city during a pandemic while trying to meet the demands of my degree (medicine is very hard), but I was also juggling a relatively new experience: financial independence.
Once you start university, it’s a matter of constant budgeting, keeping an eye on regular payments (such as rent and memberships) and, if you are working, too, thinking about taxes.



