:lol: what have you changed them to?Quote:
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:lol: what have you changed them to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Layne
To be honest i don't think i quite know :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Abbie:lol: what have you changed them to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Layne
Cardiff, Loughborough and Nottingham Trent are deffo's!
Then ive got Bristol, Liverpool, Reading, Leeds and Manchester :confused:
Although i think im ruling out reading as the accomadation is REALLY expensive!
Im going to look at Britol, though Ive missed the open day, Im going to go along for one of those campus tours
I loved Bristol :) Its lovely, only problem is i need AAB to get in there, and i don't know if i'll get it! And i apparently over 2000 people apply for my course and there is only 77 places avalible.
wow thats a lot, well if you have a free choice left go for it :D
Is it expensive to live there, my friend, he wants to do drama in london and we were all saying how expensive it is and he was like 'well im going to buy a very expensive carboard box and set up home for the neat 3 years!'
:lol: he had me in stitches
Woah...Quote:
Originally Posted by Layne
I'm applying for University of West England in Bristol it only wants 180-220 points for my course (biological science) woo...
But its got the best place to study abroad...lol
I'm applying for Cardiff now too :)
I'm still unsure.. I really need to go to Open Days, they jsut look scary.. you need to take a Parent/Guardian don't you??
Manchester is cheap living wise and has GREAT life... seriously I never thought I'd miss it until I got here!
:lol: Yeh so i think Reading is out for me!
Bristol is quite expensive too mind, but not as expensive as Reading :rolleyes:
It sucks that psychology is such a competitive course, and that most of the courses are AAB, and i probably won't get that!
no you dont have to go with a parent/guardian to the open daysQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
When I was at Uni in the 1980s noone took parents with them to open days or anything else.
Nowadays it is very common to see parents at open days an I would say that at Heriot-Watt as many as 50% of prospective students come with parents.
Google parachute parents and look at the articles on BBC news.
I am not going to express an opinion on whether this is a good trend or not, but you have to cut the apron strings sometime.... If your parents take you to the open days and go on the tours, fair enough. But FGS - don't take them into your interviews with you - it doesn't look good at all.
i went to the open days alone, also there are second chances for open days after april, i know Bangor does its more in depth. I know i went to a couple with my dad and some with my friends and i went to Chester by myself!
In answer to an earlier question Abbie, i am Bangor studying Law.
In Bangor its 50% students so when the students are there the poplation doubles and it is not a campus uni but everything is walking distance, its quite a small place but you always know someone where walking about.
My advice is go to as many open days as you can and visit as many unis before you make up your mind.
I went to Open Days with my Mum. Everyone did. I had a couple of interviews which i needed a lift to, but she didn't come to the uni for those, she hung around in town untill i was done. Sure, you've got to cut the apron strings at some point. But theres no harm in your parents knowing where you are going, and helping you decide. If they didn't see your uni at all it would be a bit like buying a house and not letting them come see it.
Everyone in my college goes to open days with their parents!
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Originally Posted by Trinity
i agree abi. my parents came to the open days with me, mostly cos they were miles away and it would have been difficult to get there by myself. i also think its good to get someone elses opinion on the place as they might see some good/bad points which you didnt pick up on. my parents drove me to most of my interviews, as again they were too far away, but they didnt come into them with me. most people i know and saw at open days took their parentsQuote:
Originally Posted by Abi
I think if you read my post you will see that I said that if they give you a lift and go on the tours then fair enough. I am sure that I will do the same with my son next year when he is going to open days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abi
My point was that it is not a good move to take them into interviews with you - and believe me, there are many, many parents who expect to attend interviews with their offspring (again this is an observation from 10 year working in a University).
My mum came with me to them all, purely because I knew I wouldn't remember things and because I wasn't really well enough at the time to be able to go to these places alone and remember anything there!
My mum, however, would never come to an interview! I can't understand people who's parents do that, to me it seems really strange and I'd be going mad like get away!
i cant understand why anyones parents would go into an interview with them either! my parents didnt even wanna go to my 6th form interviews with me (not that i wanted them too!) so i cant understand why parents would think it was a good idea to go to the interview?
You wouldn't believe some parents - phoning up asking for their adult kids results (not given out - data protection and students are ADULTS).
I have heard of parents phoning up and asking if their kids are attending lectures.
Perhaps it is desperation because the kids don't communicate enough - but really!
At Kent Uni apparently they send timetables to your parents. I'd hate that!
omg that stupid! im so glad my parents dont do that! they ask me about my grades and stuff but theyd never phone up lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trinity
thats not true! i go there and my timetable isnt sent to my parents!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tori
Just to let you know my final choice are
Plymouth, Exeter, Lincoln, Sheffield and Aberystwyth
Ooooooooooooooooo Aber!!! Loads of us seem to be applying for that :p Not just us Welshies :D
lol I know :p Im afraid it not one of my top choices though
None of the Unis in Wales would be my top choice to be honest. Only reason they are is cause of the whole WAG paying half the fee. Though would be nice to stay in Wales.
where are you applying to then?
I like the others cos I like the cities and theres more there
Well I still haven't finished my statement :lol: Gonna do it this week hopefully. So if I do finish them I'm applying to..
Aber, Glamorgan, Cardiff and Swansea Met
Awww!! I'm not applyng to Aber but I'm applying to Glamorgan and Cardiff.. and maybe Swansea Met!
I'm still trying to think what would be ebst. I know it's cheaper for me to stay here but I really want to go further. I like Brighton :)
Ooh Brighton is an amazing place! :D I'm not sure about the uni just the area. :lol: :p
Haha well the area plays a big part :D
The Uni looked nice too :)
If ya going by area, I wouldn't go for Swansea :lol:. I don't really like Swansea :p But then my mates do :s it's a bit rubbish though,.
Brighton area is lush
As much as I'd like too... I can't really base everything on area ahha!
My heart is stills et on Newport. I'm comfortable with the surroundings and the student flats are lushhh, and they have a good rep for education too.
Cardiff is lookign good though. I saw the campus yesterday and it was huuuge! And it was right by Winter Wonderland, always a plus! :p
The area does have a lot of influence over it. You have to be happy where you are living for three years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsty :]
And Winter Wonderland isn't going to be there all year round :lol:
Which Newport is that? Gwent? or Pembs? I assume Gwent? Never knew either Newport had a uni lmao?
Lol Abigail it doesn't matter, it's still there for Christmas :D:D Haha, Cardiff night life is veryyyy good too.
Gwent :) Wheres Pembs? Yeahh it's quite a big Uni too. Theres 3 campuses, well.. 2, they're building a new one for Business studies and that :)
I dunno where Newport is in Pembs.. but Pembs is Pembrokeshire :p That's where Tenby is :p
Oh really? I must look that one up, might be one I'm interested in :p.
Oohhh Pembrokeshire! Haha I know now where that is... didn't know they had a Newport though!!
http://www3.newport.ac.uk/
That's Newport Uni :D
If any of you guys go to Cardiff I'll only be 45 miles away if I get into Bristol UWE :D :lol:
Omg no way! I want to apply there too! Of course I have too many Unis atm, so I need to whittle them down.. btu UWE is a strong contender :D