Student village points:
You are far from the uni and will be dependent on the bus route.
You will probably have to wake up like 7.30 - 8 for a 9 o'clock lecture
that is impossible if you come back from oceana or other clubs on kingsway between 3-4 am
The accommodation in the village is ****
I've got a copy of swansea union's student paper infront of me which reads ' forgotten land' which is basically a big complaint about the living conditions in the student village
The only benefit is the size of the community and the social aspect.
Access to spar
woody's bar (never been)
Singelton Campus points:
Expensive, especially if you want ensuite
Much closer to town in comparison to student village
Access to spar
You can hang out more at the main bar, J.C's
You only need to wake up 5 minutes before a lecture to get there.
You can spend a longer amount of time at the library. This is unimportant as first year students aren't necessarily the hardest workers, but during the exam period where the library is open 24 hours, you can stay up till 5am or whatnot and go back to your accommodation within minutes
this one is more of a guess, but security is much more active in singelton, so if you have a very loud party beyond the allowed time, they'll probably close it down in singelton
Private:
This is where I fall into
if, through clearing, you fail in getting student accomodation in time
you will be have to do a house hunt
You are likely to get screwed because of your lack of knowledge of the area and lack of info and experience with students and letting agencies.
Hint: avoid dodgy letting agencies such as 1stop
Hint: Chose Brynmill.. but you will be out competed by future second and third years who would have made their reservations months before you
If you get it right, you will have it cheaper than in student accomodation and will have a bigger room.
You will have access to tesco. This is better than spar
You will be closer to town than those in singelton and will find it easier to walk it there.
you will be closer to the uni than student village people, but not as close as those in singelton campus.
I like in brynmill and wake up 20 minutes before my lecture
You will have less friends to chose from in private accomodation if you're a first year
You'll have automatic friends amongst those in your house.. more than those in student village and singelton, but you might miss out on the fun of being in student accomodation. It p****s me off now and then.
You won't have to wake up from random fire alarms
You will have a lounge area as well as a kitchen area. You can put an xbox in that lounge. (we have 3 xbox's in our house, 2 wiis, 5 tvs, pool table.... way way more entertainment than people in accomodation)
Notes about accomodation in general:
It's easy to get used to shared showers and toilets. I desperately wanted ensuite, but shared showers aren't bad as long as no one takes a dump in the tub and wipes it in protest