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accommodation was not randomly selected when I applied. Most people got either their first or second choice. A lot of people I knew had unconditional offers though in which case they are priority for their first choice.

I didn't know many people who ended up off campus when they didn't want to be and now that another set of on campus halls has been created it seems really unlikely that that would happen.

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Reply 1801

jude2112

Hi guys, I have a few questions.. firstly, would any of the halls be much quieter than others? I tend to really enjoy my social life (work hard play hard etc etc)..
Secondly, I looked on the website and the prices were pretty steep, (compared to what Im used to in Belfast) but ive been told its usually between 90-135 a month? could someone please point me towards where I could find the lower priced accommodation?

Reply 1802

bluepennant

If you stay with the uni it is going to be expensive and it is unavoidable I'm paying 130 a week for Carnatic including meals which is probably as good a deal as you're going to get. You can try and go private instead but the prices won't be that different. Going to private houses is so so much cheaper but not really an option in first year as it's nigh impossible to find flat mates.

PS I'm from NI I know it's painful :P but think how much more it would be in the south or in London

EDIT: PPS Carnatic is good socially don't worry about that :wink:

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Reply 1803

laura596

Original post by bluepennant

Is there still good social life at vine/crown? :smile:

Reply 1804

bluepennant

Original post by laura596

Is there still good social life at vine/crown? :smile:

I live in Carnatic so you'll have to ask anyone at vine/crown. :smile:

Reply 1805

yemiprecious

Original post by laura596

Is there still good social life at vine/crown? :smile:

Depends on where you stay. In crown, if you get a single/double bedroom, you'll have roommates to party with. You'll also have a common kitchen/diner to socialise in. If you get a studio however, you won't have a common area to socialise with your flatmates and this makes all the difference. If you get lucky with studios, you'll have extroverted flatmates but if they're anything like mine, you'll be lucky to see them in a week.
Overall, social life is not bad. Students in crown party a lot, especially in some blocks. Don't know about vine but I reckon it's similar situation to crown.

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Reply 1806

fudgecake22

Original post by NikoWatio

I'm doing social and economic history, what about you?

Is your plsce unconditional? ?

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Reply 1807

fudgecake22

Original post by student_slasher

Cool, I have an unconditional and I've (obviously) firmed it for next academic year. Last month I picked, vine then crown court then crown court double. Are the chances high of me getting my first choices for accommodation?

Have you already completed your A levels?

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Reply 1808

student_slasher

Original post by fudgecake22

Have you already completed your A levels?

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Yep! Maths physics and product design A*, A and a B

Reply 1809

fudgecake22

Original post by student_slasher

Yep! Maths physics and product design A*, A and a B

Congrats

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Reply 1810

randlemcmurphy

I have got a conditional offer to study Maths and am going to make it my firm choice. I have been looking at accommodation and it says when it comes to accepting your accommodation offer you have to pay:

"...pay a £150 non-returnable booking fee as part of your room offer acceptance. "

This will be at around results day, so I will have a Student Bank Account, however no finance. Do you think I would be allowed to use my parents card to pay for it (of course with their consent)?

Reply 1811

hdindak

are greenbank and carnatic better than the on campus ones- vine court etc? went to visit both and there is a huge difference! on campus are so done up and off campus are so grim aha- but i've hear off campus is more fun

Reply 1812

hdindak

Original post by bluepennant

I live in Carnatic so you'll have to ask anyone at vine/crown. :smile:

do u like carnatic?

Reply 1813

hdindak

is there a split/rift b/w on and off campus students in terms of accomodation?

Reply 1814

JMJ_1996

Does anyone know if the accommodation is already open and if it's first come first served as I haven't received an offer yet but don't want to be at a huge disadvantage if I do come here!

Reply 1815

randlemcmurphy

Original post by con15

Does anyone know when we're gonna receive our accommodation offers? I picked crown place as my first choice.

If you have an unconditional offer it could be any time soon, if not and it is conditional you will have to wait until after results day.

Reply 1816

sarahconsterdine

Hey guys, I'm a first year at the moment at University of Liverpool.

I'm actually in Melville Grove but I have friends in every single accomodation that is around. I think I really enjoyed living on campus due to the short walk to Uni in the morning and also not having to pay for taxi's to get into town. You will find that most freshers will want to go out a lot to start with but you will actually start getting bored with drinking towards the end of the year so try not to base your decisions on that. The private halls are actually usually full of international students and I know friends that have hated living there as they didn't really talk to the people in their flat. Vine Court can be sociable if you want to go catered and it's actually not as bad as you think it is going to be (so I have heard) but you can choose the self-catered option if you want. Crown Place is probably the best thing that you are going to get and the halls are absolutely amazing!

I still think it's worth you considering Carnatic as it is 100% the most sociable halls and if you are looking to have a good time and meet loads of people, then try Salisbury or Rankin which are the best two there. It's cheap, it's not that bad and they are all crazy drinkers over there! Just be prepared to get the bus early in the morning with a big hangover!

Hope this helped :smile:

Reply 1817

shu003

Hey everyone :smile:

Hoping to apply for accomodation at either Carnatic or Greenbank and was just wondering how the bus service was? Does anyone ever have a problem with busses being busy and would you recommend the service? Thanks :smile:

Reply 1818

Lydcolours

hey guys! Im gonna be studying in livepool next year with the erasmus program. I was wondering what is the most recommended student hall (privates one as the ones at UoL -except for one- aren't for internacional students) or what do you guys think is the best option to get the most of the liverpool student life! :biggrin:

Reply 1819

Changing Skies

Original post by shu003

Hey everyone :smile:

Hey

I'm at Greenbank and the bus service is actually pretty good. There used to be issues at Greenbank as the people from Carnatic would fill them up, but at particularly busy times they've started sending buses straight to Greenbank. You're pretty much always guaranteed to get on :smile:

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