Blogwoman, I think they are.
DD seems to be getting into the swing, but its still tough. She has been ill, ill enough for the GP to immediately comment that she did not look well and to tell her off for not making an appointment earlier. The GP was apparently not surprised to hear DD was a medic. So antibiotics and possibly something to control the asthma. She had a free day so slept 14 hours, but the next night was a house full for someones pre-drinks (with a lot of smoking) and then her clubber housemate decides to knock on her door at 4.00am for help because she is drunk and vomiting. Same girl then disappears for reading week, leaving vomit all over the bathroom and common parts, for my daughter to clean.
But it is better. The quieter (duller?) ones have got to know each other, and reading week, which the scientists don't get, is a chance for them to work out strategies to impose some reasonable house boundaries. The problem seems to be immaturity and insecurity, and there is a reasonable chance that the offenders will either drop out, grow up, or run out of money. Not least because some seem to have arrived in self catering without knowing how to cook or clean, and takeaways are expensive.
The boys have eked their revenge by setting up a projector in the living room linked to Sky Sport. DD reckons there is hardly a match from anywhere in the world that had not been shown. She does not mind, and talked knowledgeably about the U17s, but the other girls are less happy.
But it is easier now things, and people, are starting to be familiar. She is confident she is on the right course, and at the right place. She is very glad she had a year out, as not only did she gain cleaning skills but it gave her confidence that she could cope when things were tough. The pace of work is likely to ramp up, but this should be manageable if she feels better and can sleep when she needs to.
She is now talking about specialising in emergency medicine. Taking a longer view perhaps she can treat the first half term as work experience.