After the first six weeks
The first six weeks are the hard part, and once they're behind you, the guided arc quietly wraps up. What doesn't happen is First Six going away. The name is about when it meets you, not how long it lasts — from here it settles into an always-on campus companion for the rest of your degree.
Everything you leaned on in those first weeks stays exactly where you left it. Nothing gets packed away for having "finished".
When your final week ends, First Six swaps the week-by-week home for a calmer companion home. The weekly check-in and the six-week stepper step back; your everyday tools stay one tap away. It's the same app you already know — it just stops counting weeks.
What stays with you
Which of these you see depends on what your institution keeps switched on, but the shape is the same: the useful things, still here.
- What's on — campus events and the things worth showing up to, all term long.
- Get help — a real person when you need one, whether it's academic, money, or wellbeing. There's no wrong door, and it doesn't expire after week six.
- Wellbeing — check in on yourself any week you want, plus the reads that help when a stretch gets heavy.
- Timetable and workspace — your classes and where to be, and the to-dos and notes you keep for the term ahead.
- Resources, maps, and saved — the links you keep coming back to, finding your way around, and everything you bookmarked to return to.
Looking back
You can look back over your own six weeks any time — your run of check-ins and how the arc actually felt, week to week. It's a small thing, but the start of something is worth being able to revisit.
The check-ins you did along the way quietly shaped what next year's first-years will see when they arrive where you started. None of it identifies you — it's the cohort's shape, not your answers — but the people coming after you benefit from your having been here.
Common questions
Do I lose access when the six weeks are up?
No. First Six stays available to you as an ongoing companion. The guided arc ends; your access to events, help, wellbeing, and your everyday tools doesn't.
Do I still check in every week?
The weekly prompt steps back once the arc is done, but the check-in is still there whenever you want to note how a week landed. It's yours to use, not a weekly ask any more.
Can I still get help through it later in my degree?
Yes. Help works exactly the same way in week thirty as in week one — a short message reaches your institution's team and you get a real reply. See raising a help request.
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