Good advice, thank you. The part about Coventry sticks out to me, because right now Coventry is competing with Lincoln for the top of my list. Is it just that part of Coventry which is crap or is Coventry itself pretty mediocre?Shoqiyqa said:
Universities - your experience
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Im studying engineering at Cambridge at the moment and I have to say its very hard work but the university itself is great fun and I really like the college system as it gives you a smaller group of students and a building to "belong" to.
I am indeed wanting to do History at Aber, and am going to Sonisphere.....I shall see you around XDWadders said:Same here! At AberystwythWrongSprite said:And you're going to Sonisphere (if I remember rightly). This is getting creepy... Well, kinda, but not really...
But anyway, I don't have any experiences of uni, 'cos I've not gone there yet, but I am totally looking forward to it! If what I've been told is true, its one of the best times of your life
What was the social/ night life thing like? (if there is any, what with it being a small-ish town) Are there places to be, and places to avoid as far as clubs/ pubs go? Waht did you study there by the way?Kif said:
YOU LIVE IN KIDDERMINSTER?Vanguard_Ex said:
Ha! I'm from Bewdley, didn't know there were many escapists nearby.
I'm aiming to get into Lampeter Uni this September (results pending..) and I had a 3 day taster course with the Archaeology department last week. The University itself is beautiful, and the town is small and situated in a great part of Wales, not too far from the coast. The place is small and friendly and everyone who works and has learned there says that usually by the end of the year you know everyone there pretty well.
Accommodation was simple but nice, the quiet halls where I booked a place are fantastic. Great library too
Teaching on the taster days was awesome, all the lecturers are just big kids really. Watch out for Tuesdays though, that's Karaoke night at the campus bar, bring ear plugs.
Good luck with getting into your uni of choice!
Accommodation was simple but nice, the quiet halls where I booked a place are fantastic. Great library too
Teaching on the taster days was awesome, all the lecturers are just big kids really. Watch out for Tuesdays though, that's Karaoke night at the campus bar, bring ear plugs.
Good luck with getting into your uni of choice!
Well it's in sunderland so what do you expect.Moochkin said:
I was unoriginal and went to Newcastle but it was great and I'd recommend it to anyone. Sadly since we invented charvers there are lots of them, happily they will just shout abuse at you rather than mug and stab you like other parts of the country.
I'm currently studying mathematics at kings college london. An absolutely brilliant place to study, and you get to be in London which is a fantastic city where you'll always have a million places to go.
OK, this is weird. I'm also from Kidderminster! Talk about creepy... Though the place was lost to any sort of people like good ol' Escapians (even if that's not the term, I shall endevour to use it!).WrongSprite said:
But back to topic: I'm currently at Liverpool University, studying Classical Studies. It's a pretty amazing place (I stumbled across it through clearing), with lots going on and a fantastic city. A wide range of courses, but can't be sure on journalism. I would recommend the place, however, 100%. Great atmosphere.
About 3 of my friends are going there. It sounds great. I'm also shocked how many Escapists seem to be from around this area or, at least, are moving to here.BlindTom said:
The saltire building is amazing - I went to paisley uni as I felt the teaching for web technologies was much stronger), but caledonian is a much nicer place.Time Travelling Toaster said:I'm going to Glasgow Caledonia next year, and have heard a lot of good things about it
As for OP I hope you have as much fun at uni as I did and journalism is a tough topic, but dont let it get in the way of your fun times
It really depends on what you want. I recommend choosing somewhere you think you'd actually like to live for three years or however long your course is. You should definitely go see all the ones you're thinking of before you decide, I put York down as more of a filler option than anything else and absolutely fell in love with the uni when I visited it.
I'm doing math and thats pretty much the same wherever you are but it might not be the same for journalism so you should make sure that the course at the university you're applying for is the one you really want to do.
I'm doing math and thats pretty much the same wherever you are but it might not be the same for journalism so you should make sure that the course at the university you're applying for is the one you really want to do.
If you want to avoid chavs, you might want to forget about anything in London... unless it's part of UoL [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_London], I guess, their standards should probably keep out all but the best students.
Newcastle and Cardiff seemed really nice when I visited, and I've heard from friends that Portsmouth and Chester are great.
Newcastle and Cardiff seemed really nice when I visited, and I've heard from friends that Portsmouth and Chester are great.
What type of uni do you want? a rural one? one with a good night life? Also an idea of the grades your looking at would help.Vanguard_Ex said:
Also about the chavs: If they are chavs attending university, don't expect them to be similar to the garden variety chavs you see drinking cider in the park. they are atleast making an effort, they cant be that bad.
Im going De Montford Leicester to study psychology this year, starting in september, and im really looking forward to it.
Indeed =D I really hope the weather is nice this weekend for it, I haven't yet dared to look at the forecast, for fear of what I might discover :SWrongSprite said:
Slightly more on topic: Have you been on any visit days yet? I went to the history visit day in September it think it was, and all the history staff seemed pretty cool. I was going to go to University of Manchester (not ManMet) but Aber actually scores higher for History in the Times Good University Guide, which surprised me, and it seems to have a nicer atmosphere
I've had a look at the weather, but theres not much you can tell from it, I think it'll just be luck.Wadders said:Indeed =D I really hope the weather is nice this weekend for it, I haven't yet dared to look at the forecast, for fear of what I might discover :SWrongSprite said:
Slightly more on topic: Have you been on any visit days yet? I went to the history visit day in September it think it was, and all the history staff seemed pretty cool. I was going to go to University of Manchester (not ManMet) but Aber actually scores higher for History in the Times Good University Guide, which surprised me, and it seems to have a nicer atmosphere
I've been to the open day last month (I believe I'm a year younger than you), and I did think it had a friendly atmosphere. The buildings were a bit grey, but it was nice enough, and the town I know quite well, which is good. The gaming shop there is amazing aswell.
N'Castle here, Economics degree, starting this year. Good nightlife, prestigous, cheap enough to live in, and while it's a bit rough, I lived in South Africa for three years previous, so I doubt there's anything in England that can hurt me.
Get The Times and Guardian good uni guides. Apply to the ones highest up the list that will accept you with the grades you expect to get. Thats the best way to do it. Even if you have your heart set on journalism you would be better off going to a Russel Group Uni and doing something else (English, History etc, even economics), while picking up all the time you can at the uni paper then doing Journalism at some crappy ex-polytechnic.Vanguard_Ex said: