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Reply 7280

tooosh

I honestly have a hard time believing Portswood was ever a nice place to live :tongue:

But hey, rather Portswood than St Marys...

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Reply 7281

hothedgehog

Portswood's ok... it's definitely worse in the last few years though.

Reply 7282

angelafusco

I've made Southampton my firm now and I'll be studying Fashion & Textiles Design at the Winchester School of Art, my dilemma is that I'm not sure where to stay in Halls. Southampton halls sound A LOT more exciting than Winchester but then again Winchester would be easier to get to and from uni. I really don't want a dead-end social life and to be honest I can't see myself getting a 1hr bus to Southampton for either a night out or Freshers. Help!

Reply 7283

Deutsch_Beth

Original post by jonnythemoose

This place is going to pot! I swear in 2nd year it was quite a nice place to live...

I swear even last year stuff like this didn't really happen, then again as my housemate pointed out we were in a little halls bubble last year, oblivious to the nasty world outside monte, uni and jesters.

Reply 7284

Deutsch_Beth

Original post by angelafusco

Do you know your contact hours roughly? If you're only in a couple of days a week it would probs be worth living in Southampton and getting the bus (the train is pretty regular too), otherwise I'd go for Winchester.

Reply 7285

tooosh

Original post by angelafusco

I know someone in Monte at WSA, and she says the journey isn't too bad. Having gone past Winchester myself on the train many times, it doesn't take that long and uni will pay for it.
Don't apply to Glen Eyre though, otherwise you may as well double your journey time.

Reply 7286

jonnythemoose

Yeah, if you do commute, make sure you stay at Wessex Lane, because the bus to Airport parkway train station goes right past there, and from there there are regular trains to Winchester. Staying in any other halls of residence would make it longer and less convenient to get to the train station.

Reply 7287

hothedgehog

You could stay in Archers Road and go to central... it's probably about the same convenience as being in Monte.

Reply 7288

jonnythemoose

Bus stop is probably more convenient though for Monte

Reply 7289

hothedgehog

Yeah, a little bit more so, I reckon a 5 min walk to the one on the avenue from archers.

Reply 7290

angelafusco

Original post by Deutsch_Beth

Firstly, thank you SOOOO much everyone! this has been so helpful! I wouldn't have had a single clue which halls were most convenient so cheer :smile:

Also how do I find out my contact hours? I feel quite naive at this stage haha

Reply 7291

alibee

Original post by angelafusco

Firstly, thank you SOOOO much everyone! this has been so helpful! I wouldn't have had a single clue which halls were most convenient so cheer :smile:

Also how do I find out my contact hours? I feel quite naive at this stage haha

You wouldn't really. I guess your best bet would be to call your department and ask them how many days on average students would have classes. They should be able to give you a rough idea.

I wouldn't be surprised if stuff is spread over 4/5 days though. I guess it's down to you how much you're willing to travel. I can definitely see that it's easier traveling to lectures rather than traveling to Southampton for nights out, you'd probably just go out in Winchester if that's where you lived.

Reply 7292

Deutsch_Beth

Although Archers is so much closer to the city centre you'd have to battle with the traffic through the city centre on the bus every morning or walk 20 mins to the station, so monte's probs the best option as the trains run through airport anyway.

Original post by angelafusco

Firstly, thank you SOOOO much everyone! this has been so helpful! I wouldn't have had a single clue which halls were most convenient so cheer :smile:

Also how do I find out my contact hours? I feel quite naive at this stage haha

Yeah like Alibee said the best way would be to simply ring up and ask, though check the course description and any other course info you can find online if the first idea doesn't work: often you can find module descriptions which stipulate how many contact hours there are for the module, add them up roughly and you've got a rough idea of how many hours/days you might be in Winchester.

Reply 7293

angelafusco

Original post by tooosh

But I was just wondering, your friend thats in Monte at WSA, how do they find it? Are they glad they decided to live in Southampton?

I think I definitely am swaying towards Southampton, I really don't mind travelling at all and getting home to London during breaks would be so much easier from Airport Parkways, plus Its generally easier to commute to places like Portsmouth etc rather that Winchester.

Reply 7294

tooosh

Original post by angelafusco

Thanks everyone for the help! I'll ring up and see if I can find out what my contact hours are but to be honest with my subject its more of a case of being in both lectures, seminars and studio time so I'm imagining a lot of hours at the moment.

But I was just wondering, your friend thats in Monte at WSA, how do they find it? Are they glad they decided to live in Southampton?

I think I definitely am swaying towards Southampton, I really don't mind travelling at all and getting home to London during breaks would be so much easier from Airport Parkways, plus Its generally easier to commute to places like Portsmouth etc rather that Winchester.

Going to London doesn't matter since Southampton-London trains run through Winchester anyway, as for Portsmouth you can change at Eastleigh so it isn't that big a factor. But she definitely prefers the social side at Southampton.

Reply 7295

chrislpp

Anyone know what week in August referrals are held?

Reply 7296

angelafusco

Thanks everyone for all the info, I've decided to go for Monte 3, it'll take me 30 odd minutes to get to WSA. I was wondering how to apply to get my travels paid for though?

Reply 7297

hamijack

Original post by angelafusco

Thanks everyone for all the info, I've decided to go for Monte 3, it'll take me 30 odd minutes to get to WSA. I was wondering how to apply to get my travels paid for though?