so, who else has been offered a bribe?
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Looks like a could be up the old creek without a paddle!
Im doing an postgrad course at Aberdeen Uni but was only able to accept my conditional when my resit results came out on thursday! Called the accomodation office today and they said they can put me up until they find somewhere suitable but i may be sharing with 2 or 3 other people in the same room!
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Welcome to(Original post by davygump)
Looks like a could be up the old creek without a paddle!
Im doing an postgrad course at Aberdeen Uni but was only able to accept my conditional when my resit results came out on thursday! Called the accomodation office today and they said they can put me up until they find somewhere suitable but i may be sharing with 2 or 3 other people in the same room!
Anyone else know anywhere decent to tryget some accomodation?
mate and sorry to hear about your situation.
I know all Hillhead and C/J is filled up but what about Elphinstone Road? That's where the post-grads usually stay so it wouldn't be available to freshers. Other than that there are supposed to be some nice and cheap private student halls on King Street, not too far from the uni. Can't remember the name off the top of my head, wait till Keeno get's here
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Cheers mate thanks!
From what i gathered on the phone yesterday and from this thread every space is filled at the moment and there is a waiting list if around 150 including postgraduate halls.
Not got a scooby do about y way around aberdeen but ill have a look for pvt flats on king street and see how i get on!
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Haha where do you plan on pitching this tent of yours? I'm a local so I'll try and help you however I can to find places. If you can't get the private halls you might just be stuck with a flat, there are always plenty of rooms to let for students.
I had no idea the post grad halls were all filled too, thought it was just an undergraduate problem. Cheers for the latest info
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Pretty sure it's a city wide problem.(Original post by SmilerNuts)
Welcome to mate and sorry to hear about your situation.
I know all Hillhead and C/J is filled up but what about Elphinstone Road? That's where the post-grads usually stay so it wouldn't be available to freshers. Other than that there are supposed to be some nice and cheap private student halls on King Street, not too far from the uni. Can't remember the name off the top of my head, wait till Keeno get's here.
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?The city's Robert Gordon University (RGU) is asking all staff if they can make room for a lodger.(Original post by Danielle89)
I think someone I know who had Aberdeen as his insurance offer and took it is having trouble getting accomodation too.
Hehe, no problems like THIS at RGU....
And you say RGU doesn't have a problem with accommodation?
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Unless you are talking about an RGU that is not in Aberdeen, I can't see how RGU is not affected by a city wide shortage of accommodation. It isn't just Aberdeen uni halls, it's all student accommdation in Aberdeen.(Original post by Danielle89)
I think someone I know who had Aberdeen as his insurance offer and took it is having trouble getting accomodation too.
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?High priority list? I've got 2 friends who have spent the last 3 years couch surfing cause the council put them on the high priority list and still haven't found them anything!
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Good day to all!
I'm on the opposite end of the situation. I'm going into 2nd year Electrical and electronic engineering, however as there was a mix up at the college i attended last year, my results were a bit late and I was unable to apply for accommodation as early as I would have liked. (Still managed to just make it before the 31st August deadline though). Look like I missed out on a place in the halls, as the uni are putting me (and quite a few others by the sounds of it) in a hotel for around 22 days until they can sort something else out.
Congratulations and good luck to the people that did manage to get into the halls though. I'm not sure if the £1000 would be worth missing out on the fun and opportunities to make new friends that the halls sound like they offer. -
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?^ I don't understand how they can relocate so many people after that period, the situation may still be te same, I hope they aren't relying on people dropping out, since that's not certain to happen.
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?Broch college?(Original post by daemon2)
Good day to all!
I'm on the opposite end of the situation. I'm going into 2nd year Electrical and electronic engineering, however as there was a mix up at the college i attended last year, my results were a bit late and I was unable to apply for accommodation as early as I would have liked. (Still managed to just make it before the 31st August deadline though). Look like I missed out on a place in the halls, as the uni are putting me (and quite a few others by the sounds of it) in a hotel for around 22 days until they can sort something else out.
Congratulations and good luck to the people that did manage to get into the halls though. I'm not sure if the £1000 would be worth missing out on the fun and opportunities to make new friends that the halls sound like they offer. -
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?They are rumoured to be relying on dropouts or International students not turning up at all(Original post by dd1989)
^ I don't understand how they can relocate so many people after that period, the situation may still be te same, I hope they aren't relying on people dropping out, since that's not certain to happen.
Another rumour that they'll all be made homeless in 22 days unless they find private accommodation or people drop out of halls
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Re: so, who else has been offered a bribe?To be honest I think a lot of people will just say **** off and go to another Uni if that's the case, I'd never put up with being messed around like that if they said there's nowhere to stay - and remember some of these people might have applied well within the allocated time but didn't get results through no fault of their own.
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