University of Warwick 2021 Applicants

Hello everyone, planning to apply to Warwick alongside Cambridge, Birmingham, UCL, LSE. Applying to do History and Politics or some course similar, I was on the Warwick Sutton Trust Pathways programme. I live fairly close so I haven't decided if I will stay there, I have heard accommodation isn't the best is that true?

Any specific concerns? The accommodation is pretty nice and appreciably cheap compared to some other universities. The vast majority of first years live on campus in the first year.

Some people have said the area it is near is not very nice, don't know if it is true though. Also after first year is it hard to find accommodation off campus?

That's probably fair, Canley isn't the nicest. It's pretty much bog standard for England and indistinguishable from your average street elsewhere. A lot of people choose to live in Leamington second year for that reason but I didn't really want to commute. The actual university and the on-campus accommodation are all nice enough. The university owns a lot of properties in the local area and in a worst case scenario you can apply to be matched with a group looking to get an extra person.

Ah I see, thanks for your advice. I wouldn't have thought the commute from Leamington would be that long, I would assume though that it's pretty pricey over there.

It's not, I just preferred to be within walking distance of campus!

Hi there do you think Warwick only accepts people based on high achieving GCSEs and Alevels? I want to study business management there. My GCSEs do meet the minimum entry requirements and my chosen alevels are business, psychology and English but I really want to do well in my alevels so it can make up for my mediocre results. I can’t help but feel like people with straight As at GCSE will have a much greater chance than me

Hi everyone! I’m applying to Warwick for psychology, as well as Oxford, York, Bath and St Andrews. I visited the Warwick campus the other day and it was lovely! How good is it in terms of social life—I’ve heard going offsite isn’t that nice unless you commute a bit.

Hiya, I live in bham but I’ve been to Warwick Uni and the surrounding area quite often and yup, off site accommodation for 2nd and 3rd years isn’t as nice because the surrounding area is kinda trash. And believe me, I live in Birmingham so I’m quite accustomed to below average areas hidden by above average areas😅 it’s mainly because Warwick Uni isn’t actually in Warwick, it’s in Coventry, and many ppl aren’t really fans of Coventry. But also, to contradict myself a little, many students live there perfectly fine!
As an alternative, Leamington Spa is apparently very nice. Definitely consider looking into 2nd and 3rd year accommodation there but like you said you’ll have to commute a bit but it’s honestly not too bad.
(current Warwick students feel free to correct me if I’ve got anything wrong!)

Well yeah no-one really goes to Warwick for the area (to put it politely lol) they go for the uni. Wouldn't say it's a "below average" area though, basically average (pretty much indistinct from most other places in England) but it's natural to have higher standards when you're moving into a new area