So I visited Dundee for a couple of days. I stayed at at campus of University of Dundee. The dorm-room is pretty damn huge here… I would say as big as Standard+ room in Opal1 (disclaimer, I was only in Standard room at Opal1) The UoD campus is pretty nice (I am telling this cause you will deffo. go there, at least to the Union) The Dundee Union is huge and you will go there for some parties for sure.
Dundee
The city centre is modern and it has a nice student vibe (lots of international students-mainly French,Spanish and Italian). Everything is in a walking distance so you won`t have any extra expenses on traveling unless you wanna live really far away from the city centre. If that`s the case then I would recommend to have at least a bike. I was told by Mr. Panda that biking is great here. You can`t get lost here, I tried really hard couple of times (even by going somewhere where a normal pedestrian wouldn’t go. The streets are full of students during the day (including kidz from high school and elementary school) When I was here the weather was unbelievably great and sunny so it was a pleasure to walk around the city. There are 2 shopping malls, few supermarkets(TESCO, LIDL, etc.), couple of local shops and so on. I got an impression that when you live at Opal the shopping for groceries won`t be so great as you will have to walk quite a distance to get to a shopping mall but I am pretty sure there are some small grocery stores nearby.
If you are from a big city you might find Dundee quite dull but the good thing is that Glasgow and Edinburgh are pretty close. In Dundee, there is a lot of clubs and pubs but I heard there aren`t many alternative clubs so expect the same music all the foking time. There are 2 pubs/clubs that I am aware of that play some live rock/jazz/local music. There are few museums and some landscapes. There is a small theatre that has various stuff on the program.
Overall: Nice student city with a good location and cheaper living expenses than any other city that would be better + a great Uni
Abertay
So the interview was on Wednesday . At first there was a presentation by Collin with some information about the course, etc. I arrived a bit late so I didn`t catch the whole presentation. Sorreeey. Then they proceeded with interviews. Not everyone was interview by Colin/Natalie. Quite a lot of us were interview by other staff of University, prob. Tutors but most likely not tutors of EH. While people were waiting for an interview there were 3 EH students answering our questions and stuff. I met couple of hackers and they are all cool people.
I was interviewed by a german Lady in her 50ties and a gentleman in his 50ties as well. The interview was very informal and they were just asking standard questions. The atmosphere was good and relaxed. Personally, I wasn`t stressed at all and I switched to American English just to be sure that I make a good impression cause my Scottish accent sucks and I was told I just sound like a foreigner which is deffo. true cause I don`t even fully concentrate on an accent so I am sure that even my ‘Slavic’ accents creeps out while I am ‘speaking’ with a Scottish one. I think the interview went pretty well for me but I am not completely sure if I left a good impression in terms of ‘liable for being a Uni student’. I could have done better for sure.
When interviews were over we got a tour by EH students visiting quite a lot of parts of campus. Then we went for a pint and then there was a meeting of EH Society which I was prob. The only guy from applicants that attended it. The talk was great (There was a guest speaker). The talk next week will be foking awesome as well, I had a little preview. Then they went for a pint to Abertay Union . I wanted to go as well but the talk had a high attendance and there was a lot of people and I didn`t felt like standing after 8 hours of walking around or wtw and no breakfast. So I left and got back to my host.
Abertay Campus
Modern, the computer bulding is completely new and modern with a nice interior as well. Good location, nice vibe and friendly atmosphere.
Anything that I forgot?