University of Sheffield Fresher - Ask me anything!

Don't mean to hijack the thread but I can also offer some advice I'm a second-year Politics student. Feel free to ask things about social lives, the Politics department, general living stuff etc.

What size is the standard shared room ? Is it a box or there are some space?

PUT MONEY ASIDE. DON'T JUST RELY ON YOUR LOAN TO COVER EVERYTHING, BECAUSE IT WON'T!

Loving Sheffield though, so many opportunities to try new things. And our library (IC) is awesome, open 24/7 (which means they serve mochas with unlimited marsh mellows all night).

I think that's the same in most universities. Some professors are more conservative and ask you to call them 'Professor', whilst some just accept you calling them by their first names. (:
Yes, it is nice here, I'd definitely visit and give it a chance. It is a top 10 university for a lot of subjects, so don't knock it completely!

That is not true at all. You fill out some things in your preference e.g. Whether you want to live in a place with boys and girls or just your sex, and other things, but nothing like "Do you like ___?"

I thought that'd be a good idea, but it really wouldn't as I discovered lately. I mean, my flatmates and I are so different, e.g. we like different music, but we tell eachother about new bands, get eachother into new music, and just get along so well. If all goes pear-shaped, you can move to a new room if one is available.
I wasn't that close with my flatmates until about week 8/9. We spoke, went out etc, but now we're really good friends, so just give it a go.

I've visited Sheffield and I really liked both the uni and the city, but I didn't really get a chance to talk to any students. Oh, don't worry, I won't knock it completely: it'll definitely be at least my insurance!

I'm glad that you at least get to fill that in, although it's not like I have any weird requirements or anything Oh, I know what you mean; one of my closest friends is a real farmer's lad and is nothing like me, yet we get on brilliantly. I've always been a little hesitant about living in halls, but after visiting one of my friends who's at Newcastle I think it sounds like it'll be fun.

When you move out, you'll see how expensive it becomes. About £80/week, which isn't bad, but then you add bills on top of it, and you end up paying £5160 per year (granted, not much more than accommodation in university, but in university, you have unlimited heating and pretty much no complaints e.g. "WHO LEFT THE HEATING ON WHILST WE WERE OUT?" or "WHO KEEPS TAKING THE HOT WATER IN THE SHOWER?!"

I FINISHED UL LAW. Literally couldn't be happier. Well, I could, because it's an awful piece, but that aside, 3000 words and it contains a lot of what we were asked to include! Curse them for not allowing me to do Supreme court judgement, I had so much on it (1000 words odd) and had to delete it all yesterday when I realised it wasn't allowed.

I don't know anybody who pays £80 a week for private accommodation!

I pay £65 (inc. water bill), the most I know for anybody to pay for private is £70 with no bills. Crookesmoor and Broomhill are the dearest places (I live in the former), but they're also the closest to university. I've yet to get my energy bills so I can't say if it's more economical than living in halls or not.

If you're willing to live further out in Crookes or Walkley, then it drops to around £50-£60 a week, and it'll be about a 20 minute walk to uni, or a 50p bus.

Soooo jealous of you right now, I've not even read the case in full yet! I've basically finished my PL revision now though so I can start concentrating on UL once I get back to sheffers in the next few days! So are we not allowed to include anything at all about the Supreme Court report?

That case study was horrific, I read it and forgot it all! Lucky. Starting Public law nowish, dreading it. Did you just go through the textbook?

No idea! Waiting to hear from Mark on the discussion board. Will let you know if I hear anything. May dedicate one day to the library this week to check over my UL work. I couldn't find many journals, ugh.

The textbook is too dense to revise from in my opinion so I went through all the study guides and chapter assessments one by one making notes and supplementing that with my lecture notes and the powerpoints Also bought a nutshell for C+A law but I wouldn't recommend it because it only has 1 relevant chapter, most of the stuff will only be useful for when we do PL2.

Are you back in Sheffers now then? I'm heading back around the 3rd to get down to CC/recision hardcore in the IC haha xx

The study guides on mole? Chapter assessments? D;
Yah, for contract I think the textbook is good, I have Taylor and Taylor.

Sorry, meant background notes haha chapter assessments were what we used to have for A Level Maths! Yeah I am using the nutshell I bought for contract as well as all my notes etc. and a bit of the textbook

Can you ask your biochemist friend how many hours a week he is in lectures and labs? I'd appreciate that.

I believe that Sheffield may become my firm because almost everything you said appeal to me.

I'mplanning to apply to Shefflied for Biology, do you know what current biology studants think of it? also how many people take the study abroad option?
also i have a freind called kyle blake doing japanese and pippa spottiswoode doing some languages there, know them? haha

Biology I'm not too sure about, as I don't know anybody studying it personally, however, most subjects here are popular. Not in the sense that you ought to be discouraged to apply based on it being popular and thinking you won't get in, but it's not a dead end subject here.
Because of the university's reputation, pretty much every subject is in top notch, so the teaching is to an impeccable standard.

Lots of people take the option to study abroad, because it separates you from other people in job interviews after your degree. I am planning on doing one with my degree, as with Law, if you stay within Europe, the costs are the same as your UK degree, or if you go outside (Australia/US), you pay for half I believe.

I don't know them, no. Haha. It's a big university, I may have ran into them, but nothing springs to mind. I mean, 3500 live in my village alone!

Sheffield is lovely, I agree! We only got the chance to speak to one on our tour, but thankfully she was doing Law.
Insurance? Fair play. You may change your mind when visiting again though.

YES! I was a bit nervous, but after the first awkward week, and kind of forcing yourself to go out of your comfort zone going to new places etc, it is great.
I love my flatmates, we are so different, but we get along so well! Flats tend not to have anyone in doing the same course as you, so you can mix with other courses I think. In our block, there is a Law student in each flat pretty much, but none together - it's clever how they've done it.

Halls is epic. Unlimited internet, shower, heating water and so on? Ideal place to live. When you move out, you'll see how expensive it becomes. About £80/week, which isn't bad, but then you add bills on top of it, and you end up paying £5160 per year (granted, not much more than accommodation in university, but in university, you have unlimited heating and pretty much no complaints e.g. "WHO LEFT THE HEATING ON WHILST WE WERE OUT?" or "WHO KEEPS TAKING THE HOT WATER IN THE SHOWER?!"

do you know about fees for Canada? as its in the commonwealth im not so sure if its the same as the states

ha i didnt think so but i thought id ask all the same ^^ whoa thats the size of my old school, SCARY.