Official Thread: Lancaster University Firmers 2013

Ohh your lucky tish its very early for offers my course wants me to have an interview, jelouws of those who don't have interviews! I'm visiting in January! Hope its good excited

And well done!

I'm not sure yet, maybe as I live in Wales I think I might though

London boy right here and im applying for CS too

What are you thoughts about going to Lancaster in terms of location?

It just seems so far away for me, and I won't exactly be able to go home for a weekend or so...hmmm

I know what you mean.. but i have family in Manchester, so if i ever needed support, they were there. Lancaster is a distance but its a station on the virgin trains lines, which you can catch from euston. Lancaster is far from home but as for me ive been looking for a way to get out of London for a while, am just looking for a new surrounding really. And i guess not being able to see family for weekends would make holidays more special??

on a last note
the only thing am worried about with Lancaster uni is the nightlife.

Yeah I am also studying a BTEC predicted D*D*D so I haven't got any exams to worry about so I know how you feel! Well I will be visiting on the 16th of January so I'll have a look around

Is it an open day for students with offers I've received the letter cba to read it. If so ill deffo be going then


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I know what you mean.. but i have family in Manchester, so if i ever needed support, they were there. Lancaster is a distance but its a station on the virgin trains lines, which you can catch from euston. Lancaster is far from home but as for me ive been looking for a way to get out of London for a while, am just looking for a new surrounding really. And i guess not being able to see family for weekends would make holidays more special??

on a last note
the only thing am worried about with Lancaster uni is the nightlife.

Hey, I'm a first year student at Lancs,

Don't worry about the nightlife, I had the exact same worry haha. I imagined Lancs being some old weird farmer town. Granted there's not as much as London, but really in a student town you don't need so much, as it's the people that make the difference, not the place! But Lancs is really geared up for students anyway- nearly all places do student nights, student offers etc etc.

But there's loads anyway, there's 2 Wetherspoons, loads of pubs, theres the main student night club Sugarhouse where everyone always ends up in so that's always buzzing, there's Elements, Revolution, Lounge, Lost, Hustle, V-Bar, Mint, as well as a 24 hour McDonalds for drunken food haha! I think there's even more than that going on too, they're just off the top of my head.

Not to mention the bars on campus! Each college has one.

And all colleges and societies do socials to other places- so far for me there's been ones to Liverpool and Manchester.

So really I can't complain

Thanks for the info.. another question.. if i get to Lancaster station at 1 pm could i get to the the school of computing by 1:30 pm? for the open day?

Yes, definitely!

(If you mean Lancaster train station). I get a taxi from the station to Cartmel college (I live on campus) and that takes about 10 minutes, and Cartmel's furthest away from main campus. So you'll have no problem getting there in time.

I don't know exactly where the school of computing is though haha. But to Cartmel it usually costs me £8.60ish.

Edit: On this map http://www.lancs.ac.uk/media/lancasteruniversity/contentassets/documents/maps/campus.pdf it says the school of computing is in InfoLab 21, I don't know whether that's where the intro talk will be though. But if it is, then ask to be dropped off on South Drive by Pendle Avenue if you're getting a taxi The building is huge and green, you can't miss it!

thanks for the info, and yes i did mean Lancaster train station, the information that they sent me said i should be at the infolab 21 reception for 1:30 for tea and coffee... here i come 13th of march

I live in London (4 hour drive :O) but if I get my offer I'll be definitely firming!
Any one else who lives in or near London? It seems that only people who leave in or near Lancaster who are applying there?