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When is the result day ?


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Reading about accommodation, I've kind of got this perception that it'll be better to choose Wessex Lane over Glen Eyre, just want to see if my reasoning is true. I've got an offer for medicine, where over 50% of first year lectures are at Southampton General, and whether I'm at Glen or Wessex I'll have to take the bus there.

Now a common theme I've heard has been that buses from Glen are usually full by the time they get there, so a lot of people take the short walk to campus but obviously the walk is longer to the hospital so the bus is the only option if I have a lecture there. As opposed to Wessex which is further out so buses are never full and so I can be sure I can get to lectures on time! So far that's been my main reasoning for leaning to Wessex, is it kind of true?


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It is true that the buses from campus to hospital are sometimes full, and usually very busy- especially in the first couple of weeks when everyone has a lecture at the same time and everyone gets the bus. (I suggest you get the earlier bus)

If you are someone who wants to get the bus all the time, then yes, wessex lane is probably better.

However, the distance from glen to the hospital is easily walkable (a significant minority of people walk or cycle), and actually in the morning it doesn't make a huge time difference- it takes a little over 40 minutes to walk whereas to get the bus it's a 10 minute walk to campus, and 25 minute bus (morning traffic is BAD)

I wish they had more frequent buses to the hospital at peak times, but I don't think it would be possible to implement

Glen and wessex are both fine for medics but I wouldn't recommend mayflower

Hi guys, which university is better? Surrey or Southampton? I got offers from both but can't decide which one to choose. I love both their courses (Bsc in Criminology and Sociology), I'm just wondering which is better suited to going to a more prestige uni in the future such as LSE? I'm worried that if I choose Surrey (35 IB points) I won't get in, and then I'll lose out on going to Southampton (32 IB points) as Nottingham is already my insurance and I was predicted a 33.


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Hi, I have put Southampton as my firm choice and now looking into which accommodation to choose. I will be studying geography so want to be able to get there pretty easily. I am currently favouring Glen Eyre and considering Wessex but it doesn't look as nice to me... Is this the general perception and should i be considering other places like highfield halls too?

I'm just finishing my 12th grade in India. I've received conditional offers from Bath,Southampton,Loughborough,Sheffield and Manchester. The field I've chosen is Aerospace Engineering with a year/Semester in Industry. The conditions are achiveable in all the unis except manchester. Which one should I choose from amongst the rest??
Pls advice ASAP

You realise you're asking Southampton students, right? Of course I will tell you Southampton, because the place is bloody amazing.

My only worry is that, the course at Soton is too dedicated to Space related research. Does being a part of the Russell group make a big difference?

It's always better to study in a Russell group university. I don't know anything about the course however as I do electromechanical, which is another faculty.

Hmmm, ok. I will keep that in mind. A completely different topic, I know it's a long shot but does the Saints F.C Academy hold trials at the university?

Does anybody know how many people share a shower and toilet in wessex lane and glen eyre if they are in the non-ensuite rooms? Also how sanitary are the showers and toilets and how often do cleaners come to clean them?

Does anybody know how many people share a shower and toilet in wessex lane and glen eyre if they are in the non-ensuite rooms? Also how sanitary are the showers and toilets and how often do cleaners come to clean them?