BSci Computer Science, and general opinions on uni.

Hey all,

I have recieved a conditional offer to The course at swansea and was wondering if I could get some feedback from people at the university or on the course.

I am unable to attend an open day and this would very much help me!

So I am very interested in the software side of computer science, specifically rendering graphics to a screen, AI and cryptography. How good is the university in these areas?

What are the facilities like at the university like? Good computer areas with natural lighting, or decade old computers in dark caves? :P

Also, what's the City life like? I don't perticulally enjoy clubbing and massive binging alcohol parties, and was wondering what's in the city which might interest a kinda nerdy/geeky guy like myself?

Many thanks in advance for any answers,
Cas

Hi, so Swansea have given me an offer for computer science but UCAS has not updated yet. its been nearly 2 weeks. also i got the letter through the post saying I got the offer but in order to view the requirements they say look at track but tracks up dated?? any help/ advice??

Hello,
Are you still waiting for UCAS track to update?
It's usually updated regularly but if your entry requirements are still not showing, please contact our central admissions office who will be able to help you. Their email address is [email protected]
I hope this helps!

Hi, it has all been sorted out. Thanks for the reply anywayXD

I'm currently studying chemical engineering at swansea so I can't comment on the comp sci course but I can tell you about the state of the facilities at the uni.

Assuming you will be based at Singleton campus, the computing facilities are limited with most being located in the library. '
decade old computers in dark caves' is a very apt decription. Most of the computers are old, dirty and slow, with the majority still running windows 7. The silent computer areas are full of people eating and talking loudly despite this being against the rules it is never enforced. The whole library and also the campus in general has a very run-down dilapidated look and feel to it.

Also, good luck if you are studying into the evening and need to use the toilets as they are completely filthy. People urinate all over the seat and the floor, leave toilet paper everywhere and don't bother to flush. I was at Singleton last year and I would actually walk home to used my own toilet rather than go at the uni thay are that bad.

That's great! Please let me know if you have any other questions about Swansea!

Yes, could you address some of the points raised by Decode?

Are any of the people refuting my claims actually Swansea uni students? What people have you spoken to who love it? Are you talking about the student ambassadors who show prospective students around? You do realise they are hand picked to make the uni look good?

To the person who says the comp sci deparment has loads of good computers please tell me where these computers are located, what the specs are, how old are they and what operating system are they running?

The state of singleton campus is no secret, anybody can go and look around for themselves and I would recomend any prospective student does just that. Don't take my word for it, just look for your self. Facts speak louder than words.

Lets get the facts straight. They were not ambassadors and I have spoken to hundreds over the years and not one single person has said anything like you. I actually worked there on exams in January in various buildings Kier Hardie, Grove, Margam, Technium, Vivian and Fulton and part of my duties was accompanying students who wished to leave the exam to toilets. I spoke to literally hundreds of students before and after exams and EVERYONE really liked both the university and the city. I have travelled daily on a bus where students travelled for many years and that is the view everyone I have spoken to has provided. In fact the only derogatory comments have come over the state of the older part of the students village which is about to be closed. As you are no doubt aware 4 buildings Talbot, Vivian. Taliesyn Annexe and Amy Dillwyn are about to be knocked down, Wallace has undergone a recent refurbishment. There are 3 buildings built in the last 10 years 2 institute of science buildings and the Data Science building. Whatever the reason for your bitterness is ALL the students I have spoken to do not share it and that is in the 100s if not 1000s

So just to be clear, you are an exam invigilator who has travelled on the bus with students? And you think that makes your opinion more valid than an actual student? You are obviously speaking from a position of bias.[/QUOTE
]No you have it wrong again. For many years before working for 2 weeks in January I have travelled into and out of Swansea on buses passing the Hendrefoilan Student Village and regularly talked to students. Their views were the same as those expressed by students in January. One day a student got on at the village with a very large case. He had just finished and was returning to Beijing. Iasked him whether he was glad to go home and he said he wished he was staying here. He actually loved the open spaces it offered. There used to be a couple of Brazilians who regularly caught the bus in the morning to attend the Gym in Town. They expressed the same feelings. All were studying engineering courses at Singleton before it moved. One of the exam invigilators was a far eastern individual who was studying a Phd here. She expressed the same feelings. Another was a Black American who loved it here and explained how she suffered little racism here compared to America. These are a handful of details of what others have said. They simply do not fit with your view. As far as toilets are concerned I used the same toilets before and after exams had finished. I cannot comment on computer issues I didn't use them but the fact is very many people are happy with their experience and are not anywhere near as bitter as you. Finally as regards open days at universities they do not always give a fair reflection simply because ambassadors as you say are biased towards their universities and anyone attending an open day in any university needs to be aware of that. Whatever university open day you attend everything is organised to show that place at its best. If possible seeing a university on a normal day gives a far better reflection.

What are you even talking about? I never commented on Swansea as a city, only on the university itself.

So I was right. You are an invigilator whose opinion is based on talking to the occasional student on the bus and not a student yourself. My perspective is as a currrent student studying at Swansea uni on a daily basis.

If you used the toilets before and after exams then it would have been in the daytime and during exam period. My comment was about the state of them in the evenings after the cleaners go home but with a lot of students still using the library.