Hey dude,
Just visited Newcastle CompSci and had my interview. It was awesome, loved it! My interviewer (and all the other lecturers) were really nice people. These guys were so genuine in their friendliness and things, there's no top down authority business going on here - the lecturers are a joy to be with and some of them are fair dorky too! Definitely not intimidating at all hahaha
Right after my interview the guy told
Me he really liked what I had to say, told me about one of the computing societies leader leaving and that I should really ought to apply! He went on to tell me I've been unofficially accepted and that I will receive my UCAS information soon too
I was definitely happy about it haha, it's clear they're not looking just for programmers but for people who've done a bit extra curricular too.
Anyways the students were pretty nice! Pretty much none of the guys looked like they ever saw a barbell hahaha, don't really know what I expected tho.
The new computing building looks absolute amazing! Opening my second year (2017) but it's very big and lots of... Toys! I've sorta always wanted to go to uni purely for the iconic, movie-esque lecture halls and now I'm satisfied after seeing the new buildings plans and stuff. The current ones good but I only saw one floor.
Anyways Ncl just has a good feel to it. I advise just going with your gut, you'll regret it if you solely take on the advice to others, but for me it's definitely the right match! The industrial placement students previously had been to work in Silicon Valley, Google, Microsoft, IBM, ARM, just everywhere - there's a 92% chance you'll get offered a job after graduation too.
The only bad is that a lot of the NCl is being revamped. New halls, new buildings, improved halls etc so that made some of the buildings a no go zone which was a shame.
One of the guys had offers from Manc, Exeter, KCL, Sheffield and he liked Ncl the most. I hope you share these feelings once you visit, really is awesome!
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