Winchester Applicants 2014/15

Hey applying for journalism here. Went to an open day in September and absolutely loved the uni, so will definitely firm Winchester if I get offered a place


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I'm going to be applying as a mature student.

Torn between doing something like Modern Liberal Arts or Theology or possibly Journalism.

Booked onto an Open Day and looking forward to it!

Hey
What went down at the OD?
did you manage to fit it all in?

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Hi

As someone living in the midlands, we booked into a hotel the night before, which helped us fit everything in (probably would've got there at about 1pm otherwise! )

So yeah, got there at about 10, registered, then went to a welcome talk (the only one I've been to at any open day). after that i went to a journalism talk for an hour, and had a look at facilities there. after a quick lunch, we headed off on a campus and accommodation tour (took about an hour, maybe a bit over) and then we were done for the day

the only thing i would've wanted to do extra was have a look at the town a little more, but the only reason we didn't is because it was a Sunday, and everywhere was closed! If it had have been a Saturday, we would've finished in plenty of time to do so

probably more info than you wanted there, but hope it helps anyway

Hey.
Thanks for the info.

I sadly cant do the whole hotel night before as finances are low.

I've book myself in for Welcome Talk. Was it busy?

What did you think of the accommodation? I'm more than likely going to be staying near Education faculty block.

What are your overall thoughts and any tips? :-D

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If it's any consolation when I went to Bournemouth open day I only got there at 1:30, so you won't be doing any worse than that, regardless of the fact you're not staying in a hotel overnight

Uhh I'd say not. Like there was people there, but it wasn't full be any means. The one after ours (11am) looked a lot busier.

Oh, I loved the accommodation. Wasn't much for the catered blocks, but the self catered was amazing, my favourite being Queen's road (don't know where the education block is though, sorry)

In general, the buildings were gorgeous, and I feel like the campus struck a great balance between old and new. Winchester has been the uni where I got the feeling of 'I really want to go here'. You know how people talk about the feeling of just knowing? So yeah, only place I've felt that It was really welcoming as well, someone came over to talk to us straight away to tell us about the uni.

tips... the only thing really that went wrong was we got lost (ended up going down a pedestrianized highstreet!) as there aren't any directions until you get reasonably near. So make sure you have a sat nav or something

Hey.

I'm a third year at Winchester. If you have any questions about the university or anything just ask.

I only live an hour away so I know quite a lot about the south if you have any questions

I went to the History and the Theology talks, really impressed! Now I'm thinking of combining History and Theology this is such a hard decision.

What accommodation is everyone going for? I liked West Downs, I think the price is really good for what you get, shame about the hill you have to walk up though :P

Hey.
The accommodation for me was the only let down! I liked West Downs but was small and en suites were wet rooms :-(
I like the newbies but so expensive :-(

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That's pretty much how it is across all uni's though, I went to Kent uni and was going to pay £5353 for pretty much the same room, if not smaller. Not sure about being so close to a prison though :P

I'm thinking of applying to Winchester to do primary education! Going to the open day this Saturday

Hey.
I went this sat and fell in love with the area, the Uni and the degree. Definitely my first choice :-D I too am thinking Primary Education

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Hey.

I'm a third year at Winchester. If you have any questions about the university or anything just ask.