Ask a current Bristol student

ideally i'd like to do straight law LLB at a Russell Group uni starting in 2016. I'm currently doing my AS-Levels now, and I'm positive i can get A's and B's, however i'm worried my GCSE grades may have already let me down (1A*3A 3B 1C). For the whole two years of my gcses i barely worked and wasn't focussed at all, but this year I've worked 10x as hard with the hope i can turn things around. The dream is Bristol followed by Newcastle, Exeter and other unis on par. Does anybody who's applied for law or is currently studying law at bristol have any advice for me? Am i wasting my time even considering law at bristol? and should i begin to consider other subjects/courses?


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What's Bristol like as a city? Is it culturally diverse? Is there much racism? I normally wouldn't ask but my dad insists I find out before I apply anywhere *rolls eyes*
i have paranoid parents xD

Does anyone know roughly how many contact hours you have per week when studying a language? (More specifically, Russian, if you know, but any language as a rough idea would be helpful). Thanks!

Hi,
Not sure if this will help but I know for a joint honours language degree (e.g. Russian and French) you get about five hours a week per language.

Not sure if that helps at all?!

How fun a place is Bristol compared to say Leeds or Manchester? Ended up firming Bristol as its by far the best of the three unis both in reputation and for my course, but I much preferred the entire university being on a campus like at Leeds & the whole place also just seemed a lot more laid back and like people were looking to have fun while at Bristol everyone seemed alot more serious and just focusing on work.

I know my priorities probably aren't right but I do want to have fun at uni before having to eventually get a real job, is Bristol good for nightlife etc.. or is it somewhere dull like Durham or Warwick?

Bristol recently has been rated to be the best city to live so about the fun part, you have nothing to worry about. Clubs, pubs and events here, Im sure you dont even have enough time to go to all of them. Being a city based Uni is actually an advantage because everything is just within walking distance to you. You can just pop out from lecture and see ur friends and say "Hey, wanna go for a drink tonight, or wanna go shopping now?" => easy! I have never heard anyone who came to Bristol and said they didnt like it here, like never ever!
But, may I ask which course are u gonna study? Because whether you'll be able to go to pub everyday or not is highly dependent on ur course. For arts students, you have much more free time than let say science students, so you probably will be able to hang out more (of course, u can stay home and study for the 1st class degree, up to you)! If you doing science, then Im afraid you will need to work very hard since the course contents are tremendous. You can go out occasionally, but not too much unless you dont want to earn a good degree.

I'm doing economics, so I'm guessing that falls somewhere between the two?