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I visited the uni today for an interview and looked round some of the stoke bishop accommodation afterwards. I fell in love with self catered hiatt baker, everyone seemed so friendly and the flats were so nice (I did quite like badock too). However I've heard hiatt baker self catered isn't very sociable and I'm a pretty sociable person who likes going out and stuff. Can anyone clarify if this is true and if catered is a lot more social than self catered?

Not in the slightest. The fact that it's a city university only means it's much easier to use the services not provided by the uni - clubs, shops, attractions - and for people outside the uni to use them. With freshers week (where you should talk to absolutely everyone seriously just make more friends keep talking to them say hi to the person to your left talk with them talk with them), the numerous societies, halls, tutorial groups, and if you're on a less populated course, small lectures, you'll be able to make friends with total ease.
Just remember, and everyone says this, and everyone says that they understand - literally everyone around you is just as nervous, if not more. You might not like them, they might not like you, but just keep talking to strangers during the first couple of weeks. And be sure to talk to them afterwards.
And one more thing - because the uni is integrated a lot into the city (pretty much everything is trying to sell to students, and rightly so) you can expect to make more friends with people that just live in the city and aren't current students (though Bristol has one highest local alumnus populations in the country) than you would at a campus. It's better this way.

Short answer, I'd consider catered more social because of the fact you end up kind of knocking on doors and going down to dinner with the whole hall. It's another excuse to interact with everyone every day, twice a day. Doesn't mean self-catered is unsociable, people just find catered means its easier to make friends outside of their block/unit in the hall..

As a tip, I was in Badock and had close friends in HB catered (self-catered was being built at the time). Badock bar is the best bar in Stoke Bishop, the one thats busy every night and people from other halls go to it because its the best. I'd really recommend you to seriously consider Badock as your first choice if you're a very social person who likes to go out a lot.

Hi everyone!
I am most probably going to firm Bristol Uni for Law.
I was wondering which halls are the closest to the Wills Memorial Building and the Victoria something Building (forgot the name!) as I will be probably spending my time in there the most.
I am a bit fussy and would really want an ensuite room which is self-catered.
Does anyone who is living or has lived in Bristol recommend any accomodation halls that are suitable?
Also is there some diversity in terms of backgrounds etc? Its just that I was looking at the Student Union website and realised there is no Indian Society!
Much appreciated!

I'm not a current student but I'm hoping to firm and visited yesterday. It's so culturally diverse with a real mix of lots of different cultures which personally I found really nice

The closest self catered hall to the Wills building and the Victoria Rooms is 'The Hawthorns' (perfect location / self catered), but it is very oversubscribed so you may not get your first choice. Perhaps you could put a second choice that is not oversubscribed just in case? A lot of people end up in second choice accommodation.

Sorry - meant to reply to the poster above!

That's okay, thank you!

I have looked at the Hawthorns and would probably put that as a first choice. Thanks for your reply.
As a second choice, I have been looking at Unite House- I have looked at the pictures of this house on the bristol uni website and it is defo the best looking hall and the distance is not so bad.
I have been looking at previous posts in this thread and many have advised to avoid this hall. Why is it seen as a bad hall?

The registration for accommodation opens in April, is there any preference given to early applicants? Would I be likely to get my first choice?


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I swear it opens on the first of June and it's not first come first served so makes no difference