Whether you've been asked to make coffee for the entire office or photocopy reams of documents, accept the task with a ready smile. Everybody knows they are crappy jobs, but letting them know you think you're above this will not win you any favours. By displaying a willingness to do whatever is asked of you you're much more likely to be given a chance to perform the more challenging tasks that you can actually learn from - and, the reason why you are there in the first place.

If you're smart and pay attention in class, you can cruise through high school with minimum effort. This is not the case at varsity. If you don't put in the effort, you're pretty much destined to fail. And the other thing is, at school you could get away with learning stuff by rote. At varsity, different skills are required and you have to learn to think for yourself, be critical and formulate your own opinions. And before you can have an opinion you will have to have done a silly amount of reading. Unfortunately being a bright spark ain't gonna cut it here.

Living on government loaf? The humble peanut is bursting with nutrition, and is a great source of healthy fats, vitamin B, niacin and manganese. Choose a brand that's low in salt and sugar, and your sarmie becomes brain food.