University of York Firmers 2011!

i got a job - if a RUBBISH job!! i now have 5 less hours of the day to fill

have you found anything yet? stupid bloody recession!

Yay, well done! I've not been so lucky yet Still searching, but feeling less and less hopeful about being able to find anything...

i applied for the job 2 months ago, and they only gave me 15 hours a week, across 5 days. when i applied for 39 hours and said i would CONSIDER 25, so i'm a bit annoyed but you just have to take whatever you can. travelling or even like a weeks holiday is never gonna happen, or savings for uni or any of the things i wanted to do!

plus i've almost finished my peep show box set, what will i do with my days then! might have to invest in the SATC boxset to kill more time since i won't start the job for another month at the least.
gah!! stupid gap year. stupid myself for doing **** in history and not getting my grades and being delayed then not getting my accomodation email forever it literally has cost me a year of my life. everyone should learn a lesson from me and REVISE! even though i did loads of revision...

It's still better than nothing I do random bits of cleaning for family to get by, but yeah, saving up/living well really isn't happening...

You should watch all of Peep Show again I've seen it all at least 5 or 6 times and it still hasn't got boring yet Are you doing anything this year to keep you in the habit of working/not completely failing at academic stuff? I read lots, but I'm worried I'll get to York and be really stupid in seminars and forget how to write essays because I'm not in the habit of it any more

Gap years seem to be good at making you obsess over the university I'm counting down the days on my computer, bought a few course textbooks and read some of them already (including the Bible, because I'm that creepily dedicated and geeky), and I don't want to think about how much time I've wasted obsessing over accommodation...and I'm still no nearer to having settled on where I want to pick

ah i should definetely buy some course textbooks, what a great idea - plus maybe my parents might even buy me them for doing something productive! (whysoserious, feel free to step in and recommend) :P
you read the bible? for your course? or for god?!

i REALLY can't decide between a) james band 3, b) alcuin band 3 c) alcuin band 4
at least i have three main choices :P have you made a top list yet??
i sorta hope with james if i live closer to the gym i MIGHT actually go haha, but alcuin SO CLOSE TO THE LIBRARY! now what's more important, success or not becoming obese cos i eat too many takeaways

100% for my course and I haven't read all of it yet. It's the most tedious thing I've ever picked up

I keep making top lists, but then I change my mind I'm put off Alcuin by people on here saying it's very antisocial, although I'm not sure really how true that is. I don't want Goodricke, Halifax or Fairfax because I'd prefer to live somewhere more central. I'm faaairly sure I want ensuite, and I like James at the moment, or Langwith if it isn't catered next year, but I'm also tempted to pick standard Derwent or old Vanbrugh and save oodles of money. I'm too indecisive

Isn't the gym really expensive to join? I looked a few weeks ago and the prices seemed ridiculous, although I don't know how much gyms normally cost. All students at Leeds get free gym membership

Yay, well done! I've not been so lucky yet Still searching, but feeling less and less hopeful about being able to find anything...

hahaha, that's commitment for your course! i went to a catholic school, glad to get away from all that!!
i really don't think alcuin is antisocial, of my one night of alcuin, it was in a quiet block and everyone was still social. the most lovely people ever! i think it's all what you make of it really! i think en suite is good, espesh in the first year when everything else is hard enough, and it's not TOO expensive compared to some other unis!
derwent and normal van are kinda, really 1960s mouldy looking! i'm not keen - but they are such a good location so its swings and roundabouts

yeah i think the gym is quite expensive for a student gym - but the gyms where i live are SO expensive, all these stupid kids of investment bankers! everyone at my school was a member of a gym from like year 9 or something lame! SO EXPENSIVE! can't wait to meet some normal, unspoilt people
that's well lucky for leeds!! i think it's a good idea to promote healthiness. yesterday i exercised in the hope of some endorphins, but instead i became really grumpy, tired and emotional. massive fail :P

Gap years seem to be good at making you obsess over the university I'm counting down the days on my computer, bought a few course textbooks and read some of them already (including the Bible, because I'm that creepily dedicated and geeky), and I don't want to think about how much time I've wasted obsessing over accommodation...and I'm still no nearer to having settled on where I want to pick

Lol tell me about it.

It sounds absurd that I would be hanging out in NYC and dreaming of university, but while I am having an incredible time here, part of me is really looking forward to university; the independence... the lectures... living somewhere new... that it's in England lol. And I've read basically everything there is online about the accommodation.
Thing is, I've kind of decided that I'm going to York but if I've scraped my A, I'm going to have a long hard think about Exeter so all this getting excited about York might be a waste of time anyway.

But ah it's nice to know I have a uni place that I would love to go to in the bag

Mm, it's so awkward that the most important thing in college choice, who you end up living with, is the one thing you have no control over I do quite like the look of Alcuin, and library proximity is a big plus And yeah, I really like Derwent's location. I wouldn't be that bothered about the accommodation being old, but I would quite like ensuite and I'd like a nice kitchen which I don't think the older accommodation tends to offer And Derwent seems to have a reputation for being mega loud and sociable, which I wouldn't want. I want somewhere sociable and friendly, but not too loud and boozy

I think I'd use the gym if it was free, but I'm not bothered enough to want to fork out money for it. I'll just go jogging instead

Wow, it's going to be a bit of a shock to the system moving from New York to York, isn't it?

So are you just torn between straight English at York and at Exeter? Or do you mean the JH course at York?

i think i'm pretty sure i'm gonna go for alcuin - it's just me, i reckon i actually have commitment issues. like just before a level results day out - i was like ****, i don't wanna do econ, i was do architecture I LOVE ARCHITECTURE!! but luckily , i got over it. i think i was just nervous and this is probs the same, i secretly DON'T wanna go to james.

i'll be like, well i worked in chelsea for a month - but then my contract ended, and i just made cakes for ages, and then worked in waitrose. and then they'll go OH and look at the floor

Yup a bit of a shock, but a kind of nice one. New York is pretty intense lol. I'll miss it A LOT I'm sure and it's going to be really hard to leave, especially as so many people I love are here, but at the same time, it's going to be so exciting to be moving on with my life and starting my degree.

I'll be torn between doing straight English at York or Exeter. I'm absolutely happy to do English and Politics, but I'd prefer straight English... partially because I'm not sure how well I'd deal with the workload



Same - Alcuin seems like the best choice for me. When I went to visit, it was the one I liked the most too.




Never underestimate how impressive or cool cake making is. I would like to make cake. I love cake. Do you ever make red velvet cake?? It's the best thing in the entire world...... the entire world!!!!
Omg...

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Yup a bit of a shock, but a kind of nice one. New York is pretty intense lol. I'll miss it A LOT I'm sure and it's going to be really hard to leave, especially as so many people I love are here, but at the same time, it's going to be so exciting to be moving on with my life and starting my degree.

I'll be torn between doing straight English at York or Exeter. I'm absolutely happy to do English and Politics, but I'd prefer straight English... partially because I'm not sure how well I'd deal with the workload

omg yes, i made red velvet cup cakes, but the hummingbird bakery recommends using SO much food colouring, so i was covered in red and i looked like i'd murdered someone!! generally i'm so fussy so it's hard to find stuff i like, bar chocolat. everything chocolate and cakey is great
i bet there are some bloody good cake shops in NYC!!

maybe our hot choc posse will all live in alcuin! i'm scared i'll end up living with someone i know off tsr, incase they told the whole flat. but i guess it would embarass us both!

I'm not sure I could cope living in a place as big as New York I like big cities when I visit them for a couple of days, but actually living in one would probably do my head in!

Ah, I see The workload for JH does sound hellish, and I bet it'd be difficult to be doing purely one subject one term and then switching to an entirely different subject the next term

Also, I just noticed you have offers from all of your choices! Well done You should obviously pick York, though

When I was in NYC last year for a few days on a school trip, I felt really claustrophobic after about a day. But I guess living here means you get to see more sides to it and I live in a more low lying, jumbled up area (the West Village ftw) so not surrounded by skyscrapers uptown.

Yep, also I know how to do English but Politics I've never been that great at... so that would be a worry.

And I have 4 offers right now - just waiting on Leeds . Thanks though
Funny that you may have been instrumental in me getting in, what with your brilliant PS advice

she tells the truth

Ah that's awesome. And lol, yeah the amount of food colouring does worry me - doesn't food colouring make stuff taste really bad?
There is incredible cake over here. I am not a cheesecake fan but omg, I was in Boston over the weekend and I tried some of my friend's red velvet cheesecake and another friend's chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake... oh my dear lord, it was incredible.

And their red velvet is just magical - a really great memory of mine from here is when my NYC in Lit teacher decided that we should go experience a new side of New York and so literally sent us out to do stuff in Broolyn for an hour. I ended up sharing a big slice of red velvet cake with hot chocolate while walking around Brooklyn Heights in 1 degree weather. Soooo fun.

And haha, yeh if we ever meet each other, we absolutely did not meet on the internet

That makes James sound lovely I do like Alcuin but I think I prefer James, although I'm a bit put off by the sporty reputation it has. I'll make proper list of pros and cons for each college soon

Mm, gap years aren't really the best for social life...I don't talk to a lot of my friends now since I'm not seeing them every day any more, although I do visit my boyfriend lots and I'm friends with his friends so it's not all bad

I'm dreading anyone asking me about my gap year haha, it sounds really rubbish in comparison to what people expect a gap year to be. I'm still really enjoying it, although I'm getting ridiculously excited about university now. It feels kind of close. 1/3 of our gap year is gone already :eek :