The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

Right, erm - apologies if already asked before, but I have a question!!

I live a very long way from Durham, but it's likely to be my first choice Uni having got an offer. The question is - do you have to move you, and/or stuff out of your room at the end of every half term/term (i.e. how often do you, or your poor parents, have to jaunt up/down the country bringing all your stuff to/from the place)?

Any info much appreciated as my parents are stressing about how we're going to manage such a big distance! Obviously international students have a bigger trip to make, but at the best part of 300 miles, it's not exactly a short trip down here either!

Cheers

mr_m

Random question: How long does it take to walk between the science site and the city?

Thanks!

Random question: How long does it take to walk between the science site and the city?

Thanks!

Just concerning the question I asked a couple of days ago (and a few posts back) - I've just been able to get in touch with an old friend, who is studying at Van Mildert in her first year - I asked her the same questions I asked here, and it appears (in case anyone else is also wondering about this!) that (at this college anyway), if you get the basic 29-week let, you can leave your stuff in the room over Christmas, and you get significant under-bed storage at Easter - enough to leave almost all your things there during that break as well - meaning you only have to transport stuff away from the place at the end of the year - although she's living in a house with some mates in the second year, and they get the keys to that just a week after term finishes in july

Hope that's useful, sorta answers my own original question hehe

mr_m

About 10 minutes to the DSU/Elvet Riverside (lecture theatres) or under 20 to the city centre if the traffic lights are on your side.

Do I realistically have a chance? I know they're the older ones, but they seemed to push their theatrics and choir and such in their videos and I think I'd love it.

Hi! I've gotten a conditonal offer for Applied Psychology at Stephenson College, and they're asking me to send them my original certificates confirming my qualifications. Do I just bung them in an enveolpe and send them to Stockton? I'm a bit iffy about sending them through the post- don't want to lose those. What did you do?

Contact them and ask but if you must send them then recorded delivery is probably the best way.

I live in NE40 by the way (the Northumberland border). Washington isn't crappy at all! All unis have a regional bias, to some extent. Just don't know many from Washington tis all.

I live in NE40 by the way (the Northumberland border). Washington isn't crappy at all! All unis have a regional bias, to some extent. Just don't know many from Washington tis all.

You've properly got a better chance with St Mary's (being a hill college, although still very popular and possibly one of the most of the newer colleges) rather than John's. But I don't know the exact stats or procedure.

Hi. I kinda want to know if I made the right decision, or if I was to late to make the request?

My application went to a college over the weekend, which turned out to be Grey College. I admit I submitted an open application, because I thought I didn't have much of a chance. My grades are good but my GCSEs were terrible. Grey College looked nice enough, but I'm a drama geek (Classics major) and I love the old feel of academia, so I emailed them asking if I could get forwarded to St. Mary's or St. John's.

Do I realistically have a chance? I know they're the older ones, but they seemed to push their theatrics and choir and such in their videos and I think I'd love it.

That's just an unadulterated lie. If I believed in the reputation system, I'd want to give you negatives right now

Yes, I have lived there.

Lol, there is a huge population of charvers.

Hey everyone,

I am currently holding an offer to read PPE at Cuth's. Some feedback about the course from current students would be much appreciated!

Thank you in advance!