[jada897]

So is anyone studying here atm or know someone who is? Please share your opinions as I am considering studying here 2013 for history, I am attending the 16th june open day . Honest opinions really are welcome and I realise the grades to get in are quite low BBC which does suit me quite well.

Also considering: oxford brookes, UWE , Canterbury Christ Church, Bath Spa so any info on these helps too!

Thanks

[Harriet : )]

I'm going to the open day too! Considering studying for my Primary Teaching Degree there Also looking at Oxford Brookes and UWE as well

[jada897]

(Original post by Harriet : ))
I'm going to the open day too! Considering studying for my Primary Teaching Degree there Also looking at Oxford Brookes and UWE as well

Awesome! Do you know what sort of grades you think you'll get, I really dont know what I am expecting in August , Gloucestershire looks really nice (i'd be on Francis Hall Campus) but i still cant decide

[Harriet : )]

(Original post by jada897)
Awesome! Do you know what sort of grades you think you'll get, I really dont know what I am expecting in August , Gloucestershire looks really nice (i'd be on Francis Hall Campus) but i still cant decide

Not too sure, I never like to say for exact cos I'm worried it might jinx it haha! A mix of A's and B's I think Same Francis Hall look so nice too! Plus it would only be a £6 train fair so easy to go home every so often

[jada897]

(Original post by Harriet : ))
Not too sure, I never like to say for exact cos I'm worried it might jinx it haha! A mix of A's and B's I think Same Francis Hall look so nice too! Plus it would only be a £6 train fair so easy to go home every so often

Awesome Well i can get the bus home from cheltenham for about £4 so I'm really happy with that, I just hope i get the grades!

[Harriet : )]

(Original post by jada897)
Awesome Well i can get the bus home from cheltenham for about £4 so I'm really happy with that, I just hope i get the grades!

Are you going to the Oxford Brookes open day tomorrow?

[jada897]

(Original post by Harriet : ))
Are you going to the Oxford Brookes open day tomorrow?

Awww no I didnt realise there was one tomorrow damn!

[Harriet : )]

(Original post by jada897)
Awww no I didnt realise there was one tomorrow damn!

I guess you could still go! You have to register but I think there are still places

[jada897]

(Original post by Harriet : ))
I guess you could still go! You have to register but I think there are still places

Yea true, everyone i know is either working or at download festival :L

[Harriet : )]

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Yea true, everyone i know is either working or at download festival :L

Yeah that's true What A-levels are you doing?

[superturtle]

Well, I'm not so sure about the uni, as I'm only at sixth form, but I live very close to the uni (well... Oxtalls campus). If there is any information about nightlife, or the area, just say and I will let you know!

Tell you something though... MooMoo's nightclub in Cheltenham is the place to be on a Monday night! 3 drinks for the price of 1!

[jada897]

(Original post by Harriet : ))
Yeah that's true What A-levels are you doing?

I might go to the october one i suppose Well my AS' this year were : english lit and lang, history, chemistry and biology. Next year I am doing A2 history and English, but also fastracking government and politics

what about you?

[jada897]

(Original post by superturtle)
Well, I'm not so sure about the uni, as I'm only at sixth form, but I live very close to the uni (well... Oxtalls campus). If there is any information about nightlife, or the area, just say and I will let you know!

Tell you something though... MooMoo's nightclub in Cheltenham is the place to be on a Monday night! 3 drinks for the price of 1!

Thanks for the info! Do you think the cost of living is quite reasonable, I'm guessing there are lots of supermarkets and stuff ?

[Harriet : )]

(Original post by jada897)
I might go to the october one i suppose Well my AS' this year were : english lit and lang, history, chemistry and biology. Next year I am doing A2 history and English, but also fastracking government and politics

what about you?

I took, Biology, Psychology, Law and Drama- and am dropping drama and carrying on the rest to A2. You didn't happen to do OCR biology did you?

[jada897]

(Original post by Harriet : ))
I took, Biology, Psychology, Law and Drama- and am dropping drama and carrying on the rest to A2. You didn't happen to do OCR biology did you?

awesome Haha yep I did Ive given up with the sciences now, humanities is more my thing i think

[superturtle]

(Original post by jada897)
Thanks for the info! Do you think the cost of living is quite reasonable, I'm guessing there are lots of supermarkets and stuff ?

Yes, the cost of living is pretty good I think! Loads of supermarkets! Do you have any idea as to what campus you would be at? I know there is one in central Cheltenham, then one in the outskirts of central Gloucester. There are a few others dotted around I believe, but the 2 I said about are the main ones.

You have the 94 bus, which is also the 94U (94 Uni) which is as nice as a bus gets! Hand stitched leather seats! Sounds sad, but for a bus, it is nice!

Let me know what campus your at and I will let you know more about what stores and stuff are near by!

[jada897]

(Original post by superturtle)
Yes, the cost of living is pretty good I think! Loads of supermarkets! Do you have any idea as to what campus you would be at? I know there is one in central Cheltenham, then one in the outskirts of central Gloucester. There are a few others dotted around I believe, but the 2 I said about are the main ones.

You have the 94 bus, which is also the 94U (94 Uni) which is as nice as a bus gets! Hand stitched leather seats! Sounds sad, but for a bus, it is nice!

Let me know what campus your at and I will let you know more about what stores and stuff are near by!

I would be at the frances hall campus which i think is about 10 mins from the centre ?

[superturtle]

(Original post by jada897)
I would be at the frances hall campus which i think is about 10 mins from the centre ?

Less than that! Probably about 5 mins! Just looked at google maps as to where it exactly is and it won't take you long at all to walk to the centre! Just over the road and down a bit you have a open air complex called The Brewery. Really nice there. There is a Dwell shop, Ciniworld cinema, Apres (Bar), Harvester, Frankie and Bennies, Nandos, Chiquitos (where I will be working soon ) The real china (chinese buffet) Fitness First gym, Prezzo, and Ruby Tuesdays (a new american diner. Big in the US, but this is the second one in the UK).

If you walk though here to the end and on to the high street (lower) there is loads of takeaways. A little bit further (about a min walk) there is a tesco express. That tesco could be a Metro actually... what ever it is, it is a fair size!

Cheltenham has all the usual shops. Boots, WHSmith, and all the standard clothes shops! Regent Arcade is quite nice, has loads of shops in there. You then have the Promenade. Really nice the prom, Cav house (House of Fraser) is on the prom along with a load of other 'high end' shops. Jack Wills, Hotel Chocolate, Kuoni, White Stuff, Jewellers and that stuff. Walk down the promenade more (still we are about max of a 10 min walk from your campus) you will get to Montpelier. This is the posh area! haha!

Things to know about for days out are the Montpelier Gardens and the Beer Gardens... nice to sit in the sun with friends! Also you have the Lido - http://www.sandfordparkslido.org.uk/ This is good for a nice hot day out! I warn you, only go when it is warm! The lido is 'heated' but I think their definition of heat is a candle that has been lit then thrown in! It is pretty cold! Plenty of mad people in there though! The also do a special event on Christmas day... the winter swim. The people who do this are mad!

ummm... trying to think of anything else... NIGHTLIFE! Not sure how keen you are on nightlife, but I will say some stuff about it anyway! Here in Cheltenham, we have 2 main clubs. MooMoo's/Fever and also Kukui. MooMoos and fever are 2 clubs but they are run by the same people. No one goes in Fever as it is pretty crap, but MooMoo's is the best in Cheltenham in my opinion. As I said before, mondays is 3-4-1. This means the messiest nights ever! ha! Guest list closes at 10.30, so get there before then as it gets BUSY! You then have Kukui. This is like a hawian theme Tiki theme. Sounds corny, but it is well done. I have been there a few times now, but I can't help but think that it is a bar rather than a club. Moomoos is a club!

What else to say?! Other little events that I do with friends is the Haunted Hayride at Over Farm Market in Gloucester! REALLY good fun at Halloween! Pretty scary though! haha!

In Cheltenham town centre, there is the Tesco Express/Metro, a LIDL's, an Iceland. There is also a CoOp at the end of the Promenade and Montpelier. Near your campus there is a Matalan... thats about it directly near it! haha! Always good for cheep clothes though!

If there is anything else you want to know, or want to know more about something, let me know!

[Bettypratchit]

(Original post by jada897)
So is anyone studying here atm or know someone who is? Please share your opinions as I am considering studying here 2013 for history, I am attending the 16th june open day . Honest opinions really are welcome and I realise the grades to get in are quite low BBC which does suit me quite well.

Also considering: oxford brookes, UWE , Canterbury Christ Church, Bath Spa so any info on these helps too!

Thanks

Gloucesterhsire is my first choice university, I am going in Sept 2012 to do Business Management. The Park campus seems to be nice (even in the rain ). I would advise you to go to a university where you feel comfortable in going but also has a good reputation too. UoG for me has both of these things that I was looking for. Hope your search goes well for you!

[jada897]

(Original post by superturtle)
Less than that! Probably about 5 mins! Just looked at google maps as to where it exactly is and it won't take you long at all to walk to the centre! Just over the road and down a bit you have a open air complex called The Brewery. Really nice there. There is a Dwell shop, Ciniworld cinema, Apres (Bar), Harvester, Frankie and Bennies, Nandos, Chiquitos (where I will be working soon ) The real china (chinese buffet) Fitness First gym, Prezzo, and Ruby Tuesdays (a new american diner. Big in the US, but this is the second one in the UK).

If you walk though here to the end and on to the high street (lower) there is loads of takeaways. A little bit further (about a min walk) there is a tesco express. That tesco could be a Metro actually... what ever it is, it is a fair size!

Cheltenham has all the usual shops. Boots, WHSmith, and all the standard clothes shops! Regent Arcade is quite nice, has loads of shops in there. You then have the Promenade. Really nice the prom, Cav house (House of Fraser) is on the prom along with a load of other 'high end' shops. Jack Wills, Hotel Chocolate, Kuoni, White Stuff, Jewellers and that stuff. Walk down the promenade more (still we are about max of a 10 min walk from your campus) you will get to Montpelier. This is the posh area! haha!

Things to know about for days out are the Montpelier Gardens and the Beer Gardens... nice to sit in the sun with friends! Also you have the Lido - http://www.sandfordparkslido.org.uk/ This is good for a nice hot day out! I warn you, only go when it is warm! The lido is 'heated' but I think their definition of heat is a candle that has been lit then thrown in! It is pretty cold! Plenty of mad people in there though! The also do a special event on Christmas day... the winter swim. The people who do this are mad!

ummm... trying to think of anything else... NIGHTLIFE! Not sure how keen you are on nightlife, but I will say some stuff about it anyway! Here in Cheltenham, we have 2 main clubs. MooMoo's/Fever and also Kukui. MooMoos and fever are 2 clubs but they are run by the same people. No one goes in Fever as it is pretty crap, but MooMoo's is the best in Cheltenham in my opinion. As I said before, mondays is 3-4-1. This means the messiest nights ever! ha! Guest list closes at 10.30, so get there before then as it gets BUSY! You then have Kukui. This is like a hawian theme Tiki theme. Sounds corny, but it is well done. I have been there a few times now, but I can't help but think that it is a bar rather than a club. Moomoos is a club!

What else to say?! Other little events that I do with friends is the Haunted Hayride at Over Farm Market in Gloucester! REALLY good fun at Halloween! Pretty scary though! haha!

In Cheltenham town centre, there is the Tesco Express/Metro, a LIDL's, an Iceland. There is also a CoOp at the end of the Promenade and Montpelier. Near your campus there is a Matalan... thats about it directly near it! haha! Always good for cheep clothes though!

If there is anything else you want to know, or want to know more about something, let me know!

Wow! that was really useful thanks! Im going to the open day on the 16th so should get more of a feel for it but its nice to know others opinions of living there