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hi i'm applyin for birmingham next year and i was wondering in uni is there like a social system is there like cool people, jocks, nerds etc.

Reply 1

davestones

1

if you join a sports team you are almost certain to encounter "jocks", as you put them... pissing on each other, dirty pints, the whole sha-bang...

as for others, i'm not sure really. can't say i have noticed... there are obviously some people who fall into the stereotype head first, but as for me... i fit in wherever i go :biggrin:

Reply 2

ClosetGinger

1

Tbh: there are cliques but its just all big ethnic groups/sport groups

Most people dont do the clique thing tho, i just hang out with my flat and my odd people.. :biggrin:

Reply 3

davestones

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ClosetGinger

Tbh: there are cliques but its just all big ethnic groups/sport groups

Most people dont do the clique thing tho, i just hang out with my flat and my odd people.. :biggrin:

yup, i live with a pair of sporty wiggers. me, i listen to heavy metal, own a lziard, and wear baggy clothes... :smile:

Reply 4

Chris06

do ppl usually socialise with ppl in their halls or their same course?

Reply 5

marmitebagel

7

Well Im socially retarded so I couldnt really give you an objective view point. Thus far Ive been pretty disappointed. However, if you are really outgoing there is a real opportunity to socialise on a large scale. Quite a few gatherings, club/pub crawls etc.

Reply 6

ClosetGinger

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I am really really lucky on many levels,
1) my flatmates are so lovely, and we eat/cook/go out together all the time. So i'd say i socialise with them most
2) my course has tonnes of socials so I meet ppl from my course and go out with them alllll the time, my closest friends are from my course
3) I am pretty outgoing so i've never had the problem of talking to people or making friends.

The first week - socialising is sorta handed to you on a plate, we had a night out literally every night with our halls and cos you all wear the same t-shirt you can identify each other really easily.

After that you have to make more of an effort but there are loads of chances to meet new people if you can be bothered.

I LOVE my social life at uni.... but i'm so biased :smile:

Reply 7

Dj Nastie

ClosetGinger

After that you have to make more of an effort but there are loads of chances to meet new people if you can be bothered.

I LOVE my social life at uni.... but i'm so biased :smile:

thats bollox, most people are complete tossers, in the first year especially. if people are finding it difficult socializing i can understand why, its not because they're not 'bothered' or because they're being 'lazy', its because the people they try to talk to are mostly, if not always, ******s. they've got their 'mates' why the **** should they care about anyone else?

Be warned people uni life is not all that, no different to back home (for me anyway)........infact home is better.

Reply 8

marmitebagel

7

Dj Nastie

thats bollox, most people are complete tossers, in the first year especially. if people are finding it difficult socializing i can understand why, its not because they're not 'bothered' or because they're being 'lazy', its because the people they try to talk to are mostly, if not always, ******s. they've got their 'mates' why the **** should they care about anyone else?

Be warned people uni life is not all that, no different to back home (for me anyway)........infact home is better.

I have to agree. I found college life a lot better, but thats just personal preference.

Reply 9

davestones

1

everyone's experiences are differernt i suppose. i have made new friends on an on-going basis all through my 2 and a bit years here, in fact people on my course i only really started talking to in my second year, as i thought they were all a bit cliquey cos they all lived together, and i didn't live with them. getting put into project groups and the like definitely helps subject-wise :smile:

halls-wise, i just went and knocked on lots of random doors though :biggrin:

"hello, i'm dave, i live over here, hi " was pretty much it, but it meant i got to know everyone :smile:

Reply 10

pixiepeep

13

I went knocking on doors with my flat mates for the first couple of days - it might only have reached a hello, but at least you look sociable and popular when you're walking through uni saying hi to tonnes of people

I mostly socialise with people in my halls, not so much with people on my course as we seem to be a quiet bunch!

Reply 11

davestones

1

pixiepeep

I went knocking on doors with my flat mates for the first couple of days - it might only have reached a hello, but at least you look sociable and popular when you're walking through uni saying hi to tonnes of people

I mostly socialise with people in my halls, not so much with people on my course as we seem to be a quiet bunch!

but you are doing a degree in communications.... surely you should be talking to everyone all the time? *brain fart* heh

i've met a lot of freshers too through work this year, there are definitely groups of people forming, from the looks of it they are halls-based rather than course-based at the moment :smile:

Reply 12

pixiepeep

13

davesstones

but you are doing a degree in communications.... surely you should be talking to everyone all the time? *brain fart* heh

Lol, it's true...
We're starting to talk now, it's cool! We're joining together in the misery that is the 9 am lecutre on European Identities..

Reply 13

davestones

1

i wish i had the motivation to make it to 9am lectures....

...ahh, to be a fresher again...

Reply 14

ClosetGinger

1

Dj Nastie

thats bollox, most people are complete tossers, in the first year especially. if people are finding it difficult socializing i can understand why, its not because they're not 'bothered' or because they're being 'lazy', its because the people they try to talk to are mostly, if not always, ******s. they've got their 'mates' why the **** should they care about anyone else?

Be warned people uni life is not all that, no different to back home (for me anyway)........infact home is better.

well if you have the attitude that everyone is tosser then i'm not suprised that you prefer home...Sure some people aren't fantastic but most people are lovely if you give them a chance.

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