University of Sheffield Fresher - Ask me anything!

Once you get your results (assuming you get in), how long is it until you find out your accommodation?
I think I may be tempting fate here

2.20 for a wash each time and a quid for a dry sounds really expensive :/ is it just me?

I got mine the day after results but i know people who got theirs up to a week after its v quick

Do you know anything about the English Literature course? It's just that it looks like I'll probably end up at Sheffield (I'm waiting for a reply from Cambridge atm, but I don't have much faith in receiving an offer) and I'm not entirely sure whether, academically, it's the place for me: I'm pretty sure that it is in regards to the rest of uni life. It would be interesting to know the views of anyone you know who's studying it, as I don't want to firm a course that's poorly taught or anything like that :/ (Basically, I want insider information!)

By the way, this is a really useful thread - thank you! I'll have to think up some more questions to ask

assuming i get in on the 16th (touch wood!) as i did A Levels, do i have to do anything with the accom? wait for a letter etc? i applied to endcliffe.. it's just that i'm going on holiday the week after results day :/

Its all done online you get an email with a link to your contract which says where you're living, then you accept the offer of accommodation and pay £150 deposit and like a £6 communities fee online as well. You get pre-registration emails as well as the posted out "Welcome to Sheffield" and "How to Register" booklets, and about a week after you'll get a letter from your dept, the students union and your depts society. With the dept letter you might get choice forms depending on whether you can choose modules, or again that might just be done online! Hope this helps!!

okay thanks! just that i'm worried that if i don't respond to letters specifically (as i'll be going on holiday up to the 10th of sept) i'll suddenly miss out on something and even lose my place!?!?!

you won't lose your place, you've earned it! If you're really concerned, just ring up your department and the accommodation offices & explain, because its what they're there for!

Currently writing the mammoth List-of-things-to-bring-to-uni. Will I need to bring a kettle and a toaster? It's not clear on the uni website whether the flats come with these or not.

No you don't! All self catered flats have kettles and toasters! Our flat had a really bad toaster though so someone brought a spare one after Christmas, but you can do the normal thing and just get them replaced if it's really not working :P

Awesome, thank you. I may well bring a kettle for my room, for those early morning cups of tea, and late night cups of coffee!

Yeah I had one for hot water bottles

An excellent use!

Is it worth bringing your own iron?

An excellent use!

Is it worth bringing your own iron?

Thing is, as a Music student, I'll need concert dress and smart clothes for concerts and things, so an iron is a must! Sounds like there won't be a rush for it though.

Hey I was just wondering if Sheffield university updates it's ucas track before results are out? I've got an offer for Biomedical science at Sheffield and would rather find out at home if I got in rather than a crowded school (: