FJW
Best advice that anyone gave me is to make sure that you (a) try and avoid getting a Desmond, but (b) don't work too hard and make use of your free time (rather than watching Teletubbies, which is what my housemates did). That way when you're applying to BA after your degree you've got something that differentiates you from all the other graduates whose finest achievement was solving the Countdown conundrum...