#IWasInFirstYear: Sharing first year memories and experiences

#IWasInFirstYear when my grandma sold her caw to pay for my university registration but at us now ????? pic.twitter.com/gcZjb7N1qE

— Lujay_rsa (@Lujay_rsa) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear when my matric classmates said I wouldn’t amount to much when I got my Diploma pass and they got their BA pass with thier respected distinctions. Now I’m in Sandton, employed with my BA Business in Brand Building degree. And let’s just say God is good. ? pic.twitter.com/PvTCUiJvm0

— noluthando.ngcobo22 (@NNgcobo22) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear in 2014 at Stellenbosch University. Had lectures in Afrikaans in 2nd year but graduated in record time because God ??? Fast forward, I’ve got two degrees and currently studying towards my third qualification ? Working in the baking sector ? pic.twitter.com/GAH3vH8uj0

— Motshidisi (@TshidiBaby_) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear

When I got to varsity and rented a R550 empty flat and occupied it with just my 2 suitcases full of kitchenware and my clothes…

The rent money got it from sassa grant (280 × 2) which was meant to be for me and my little bro ( I was 17 when I got to varsity) pic.twitter.com/Yv6v6ysi5R

— Odwa Goduka ® (@odwa_goduka) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear in 2015 my grandmother who was a domestic worker paid for my fees for only 1 year. My 2nd year I decided to get a job and pay for my own fees and let my grandmother not carry the burden. Graduated and working in a law firm.

— serurubele? (@MissKeaKay) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear in 2006 at the University of Venda when I first conceptualized the idea of writing a book that will touch thousands lives. 13 years later, my dream became a reality. My book #TrappedInLoveAndTrash aims to address gender-based violence. Get your order now or RT pic.twitter.com/2hpBdpIKH1

— TrappedInLoveAndTrash (@TiyiBevhula) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear In 2015, university of Johannesburg (Metallurgical Engineering), sadly had to drop out in 2016 due to insufficient funds and went to University of Pretoria in 2018, Guess what?…i can already smell my actuarial and financial mathematics degree (My last year)…

— Vital (@kg_vital) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear in 2014 doing Premed and a Spanish course. 2021 i graduate as Dr G T Thebe, first Dr in the family ??? it’s been and is a long trying journey but we still push. I love what I do #WomenInMedicine pic.twitter.com/ZHs7bPJvXb

— Goitse (@_GoitseT_) February 6, 2020

#IWasInFirstYear 2011, @ULvarsity , had no place to stay, a friend offered to squatter me to his single room, had to sleep on the floor using a Mandiya blanket as mattress for a full year. But hey, never missed a lecture & graduated with an Honors in Sociology in recorded time. pic.twitter.com/sHE9iMkSXS

— Metse Holo? (@Dukes_Mokoena) February 6, 2020