What's Exeter like? :D

I think they're doing things to that car park by the chapel so they can put a temporary shop and bank there, ready to start on the Forum proper after Christmas.

I'm worried, someone made a massive post about Exeter in the "universities to avoid thread"...saying it's really rah and everyone's sat there complaining that mummy hasn't bought them a pony! (or something like that).
I know it's just one opinion but if that person feels so strongly...
they said everyone is from private school too, is that true?

This would make sense! Ah I don't know about the forum, people seem to have very mixed opinions!!



Okay. I have not met one person who has complained that mummy hasn't bought a pony...or anything like that.
But at the same time, you're going to get different walks of life anywhere you go.
Most of the people I have encountered aren't from private school, but we're not that different, you know!
There have been an awful lot of threads like this about Exe, and honestly, it may have a bit of a reputation as an "Oxbridge-rejects" uni or whatever, but once you get here you realise that everyone's in the same boat.

GL

So you think this forum project is bad news?

I'm worried, someone made a massive post about Exeter in the "universities to avoid thread"...saying it's really rah and everyone's sat there complaining that mummy hasn't bought them a pony! (or something like that).
I know it's just one opinion but if that person feels so strongly...
they said everyone is from private school too, is that true?

So you think this forum project is bad news?

I'm worried, someone made a massive post about Exeter in the "universities to avoid thread"...saying it's really rah and everyone's sat there complaining that mummy hasn't bought them a pony! (or something like that).
I know it's just one opinion but if that person feels so strongly...
they said everyone is from private school too, is that true?

Us private school kids are just as scared of you as you are of us

I'm kidding, but seriously, going to a private school or having better off parents doesn't make someone nasty or judgmental, it just makes them lucky. You'll meet just as many nasty people who don't have any money at all I'm sure.

Plenty of people at Exeter are not from private school, so don't worry!
Just remember it cuts both ways - I didn't attend a private school, but am still in a fairly fortunate position financially. Perfectly innocuous comments that I made would be seized upon and I would be made to feel bad just because of an accident of birth (how is it my fault that my parents have worked hard and were able to see me through uni?!). An example would be how one of my second-year housemates was complaining about how she didn't like the taste of the tap water, and so I suggested that she bought a water filter (doesn't have to be anything expensive like a Brita - they all do the same job) as it would make the water taste a bit better. She knew I had one and made a really catty comment along the lines of "Oh, well, we can't all afford that".
So certainly nobody should be nasty to you because of any lack of wealth, but equally, make sure that you don't set upon people for the opposite reason (not that I'm suggesting you would - just saying).

I mentioned in another post, missaphrodite, that I'm from a fairly poor background- single parent family, my mum earns less than £10,000 a year and I went to a pretty rubbish school. (My school's Facebook group is '.. might be bottom of the league tables but I still love it'!)

So no, it's not all rahs at all, most of us are normal =P Actually my situation worked out pretty well for me, I get maximum loan/grant/bursary etc. so I have more disposable income than most of my friends!