University of Edinburgh Accommodation Thread for Entry 2015/16

I do like the look of Meadow Court so I'll think about it a bit more!

Ooo finally! I've been trying to find someone who does maths at Edinburgh, so if you don't mind I have got a couple of questions:

1) I don't do Further Maths A Level formally but I'm doing FP1 in my own time. How else do you recommend I should prepare based on the courses you've been doing?

2) What do you think the best way to take notes in lectures would be? I hear it's pretty fast paced so I'm worried I won't be able to write quick enough haha

3) How different is the degree, like the structure, the content etc..., from A level Maths?

Thank you so much!

I'll reply on private chat, so it doesn't clog up the accom thread

Are the self-catered accommodation's flats mixed gender or single-sex?

mostly single, but a few en-suite or bigger flats are mixed! I was in a mixed flat

Ah right... Unsure how I feel about that thank you though!

I'm 99% sure that during the application you can put down a preference

Would that not limit me only to specific accommodations?

not at all, you put down all your accommodations and then select mixed or single-sex. If the accommmodation only allows you in a single sex flat then you'd be assigned a single-sex flat

Anyone got any advice about Grant Property? I'm a first year looking to move out for second year and my group is looking at some flats from Grant that seem nice, but I've heard some bad stuff about them. Any advice?

Anyone got any advice about Grant Property? I'm a first year looking to move out for second year and my group is looking at some flats from Grant that seem nice, but I've heard some bad stuff about them. Any advice?

Sciennes, I have been informed, is a wicked place to make friends. However, it’s a much grubbier place. The flats are smaller and dingy, and it’s much more further away than many of the accommodations. Further then Pollock (and that’s saying something). However, the shared common room is pretty swish and if money is a big problem then this cheaper alternative isn’t the worse place in the workld (although I wouldn’t recommend it)

Your advice about Sciennes is a bit wrong. I live here and it is great to make friends and has a great common room! BUT the rest of your advice is totally uninformed.

Sciennes flats and rooms are not dingy! I will post a picture of my room and show you. It is lovely and bright and I have an amazing view of the castle from my kitchen and Arthur's seat from my bedroom. Every Sciennes flat I've been in is bright, calm and pretty damn nice. I am actually insulted you say it is grubby, if any flats are grubby it is because of the people who live there. My flat (and all of the other 7-12 Sciennes flats I've been in) are clean, bright, and well kept. Have you even been to Sciennes?

And your advice about it being far away is complete and utter rubbish if I'm being honest. It is literally one of the closest accommodations to George Square. No joke, I can get to George Square (the main uni campus) in FIVE MINUTES. It is so well located its unreal - supermarkets a short walk away, right next to the beautiful meadows, not on a noisy street, and it is within walking distance of clubs, bars, Cowgate, etc.

Sciennes is an amazing place to live, it is so cheap and great value for money. The common room is wonderful and we just got a ping pong table, adding to our TV, pool table and DVD collection. It is literally the perfect accommodation, and feels like a real community.

Any incoming freshers - don't listen to his advice, take it from me as a person who has spent the past semester and a half living here - Sciennes is brilliant!

I don't understand how someone could come to the conclusion that Sciennes is further than Pollock to uni.
But to extend this further, Sciennes (and Meadow Court) are the places I wish I stayed in during my 1st year.

Can only speak for Beaverbank.

Hiii just wondering if Beaverbank has bicycle storage?