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Reply 60

hanadeka2002

Joking about bullying isn't funny :frown:

This is coming from someone who was bullied at school btw.

Anyhoo,oooh I've filled in all my forms from college....writing on them 96 million times that I must not share with a smoker...hmm...

My passport photos are bloody sexy,got them done on Friday when I wasat the train station.Why do they need 8 photos?Why 8?

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Reply 61

Timothy

One for meal card.
One for sports card.
Six for the ones they loose.

Reply 62

hanadeka2002

Ah,yes.Maybe they use them as some form of student dartboard...if they hate you,your pic goes up!

Reply 63

cobra

in addition to those mentioned alredy, one for you college record, one for the board in plodge, one for your department

also I think our jcr pres had them all as she knew all our names before we arrived which was quite scary

Reply 64

Mattmoy_2000

Talking of sports cards:
DON'T BUY ONE
They get you absolutely nothing, and just subsidise the jocks that do sport for the university. If you want to use any sporting facilities/clubs you have to pay separately and independently of the card.
Even if you do you need one, you can buy one when you get to uni. I don't know ANYONE who has used anything it provides (if, in fact, it provides anything).

Reply 65

cobra

Mattmoy_2000

if you do sport you do need one even if you dont have to show it, it makes sure you are insured properly if you damage yourself

Reply 66

Timothy

We need to show it for gym access.

Reply 67

Mattmoy_2000

Which you have to pay extra for.

Reply 68

hanadeka2002

I was reading about the Sports charge...£120 seems....a lot?Especially as a lot of students probably won't play that much sport?

Mildert gym

College gyms are funded from college funds, you should merely have to be a member of the JCR (or whatever) to use it. Sports cards get you access to the stuff over at Maiden Castle.

Reply 71

Timothy

Hmm you sure?
I see the logic, but we had to show one anyway, maybe for insurance?
No idea.

Reply 72

Mattmoy_2000

pretty.
I'd still advocate not buying one, I mean, they're not gonna turn down money later on are they?
They've also risen in price by almost 60% in 2 years, as I paid £75 for mine in 04/05

Reply 73

Timothy

Yeh I mean they sort of are a waste of money, I played hockey and didnt really need one, only needed it for the mildert gym, so i dunno.

Reply 74

arkbar

Yes but MIldert Hockey lost to Marys men...

Reply 75

Timothy

Really?
We were doing quite well though I thought....
I gave it up as I wasnt good enough and couldn't play on Saturday matches due to the immensity of Hill Walking.

Reply 76

HannahJ

Mattmoy_2000

They've also risen in price by almost 60% in 2 years, as I paid £75 for mine in 04/05

Thats how much they were in 05/06 as well, they've risen in price a lot

Reply 77

Inks

Hey, going back to thread topic again…

Arrived in the car with my parents to loud DJ music that they were playing in the turning circle, as referred to by Rob (when I arrived it was some dance track but it got better later…). So the atmosphere was already pretty buzzy, what with there being so many reps all willing to talk to you. I felt verrry hyped up in a nervous way. I remember saying hi to Andy Tickner, who's president of Collingwood this year, cause I'd been asking him questions on msn. In fact, when I introduced myself to people a few of them asked if I was 'olivia on the forums' which was a bit strange. I did post a ridiculous amount on the collingwood ones, cause I was so bored in the summer.

After unpacking, getting lunch, and saying goodbye to my parents, I met my floormates. They were all friendly, and we sat around drinking wine in one of the girls' rooms and asking generic questions of eachother– subjects, where are you from etc. More people kept coming in because everyone was interested in getting to know eachother, so it got a bit airless in there after a while– the smell of nervousness and alcohol, hmmm! Met Matt, who I'd talked to on msn a bit, and who was living on the same staircase. Can't remember if I met Robbie on the first night, maybe was the second… it was before we were taken to walkabout by the reps. Actually I think the first night was a bop in college, in which case I met Sarah, another one of my housemates, who was lovely from the beginning. You get acquainted with lots of people in the first week, but it takes a while to get close to people. In the beginning, most people clump together with their neighbours, who are the first people they meet. In some cases this endures all year.
I found that some people I met in the first week I ended up barely speaking to (not out of animosity, just how things turned out). Others became my closest friends, and others somewhere in between, but i'm probably stating the obvious. :smile:

First day is always going to be a bit intimidating, and how you deal with it depends on the type of person you are, but I didn't mind being thrown into the mix. Everyone was friendly. I definitely felt on a limb, but I didn't dislike it.

There's no need to try to be anything you're not, because there are enough people of all types that you will find friends.