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Reply 1580

Nichrome

Just got my MSc results back today and turns out I got a distinction! Woohoo! :biggrin:

Anyone know when postgrads graduate after having passed? Do they get the June graduation slot or do they have to wait till Aug/Sept?

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Reply 1581

dirtyoldriver

Just realised I am now actually a current UCL student and therefore eligible to post in this thread :awesome:

Reply 1582

rockrunride

I'm also eligible to post in this thread :h:

Reply 1583

Ivanka

Yay, finally officially a Fresher!

It seems incredible how someone's Fresher's Week might get so busy and complicated. My modules have got a bit messed up in terms of Language Centre (0.5 unit onstead of a 1.0 one), I have two clashes tomorrow (disabled students' meeting and transition) and I still haven't managed to open a British bank account nor get myself a UK number. But well, I still love the uni so far!! It's so amazing to taste freedom for the first time in my life, no parents around, buses operating even at 11 pm (remember, I am a profound villager!) and so many social events :smile:

Reply 1584

rockrunride

Koko/Vodpop/Moonies alright then, freshers?

Reply 1585

dirtyoldriver

Original post by rockrunride

Koko/Vodpop/Moonies alright then, freshers?

I have thus far experienced Koko and Moonies :smile:

had a great time but I am now feeling distinctly unpleasantly ill, assuming this is the infamous fresher's flu.

Reply 1586

rockrunride

Original post by dirtyoldriver

I have thus far experienced Koko and Moonies :smile:

had a great time but I am now feeling distinctly unpleasantly ill, assuming this is the infamous fresher's flu.

That's a hangover :fyi:

Reply 1587

destination unknown

Original post by rockrunride

Koko/Vodpop/Moonies alright then, freshers?

didn't like vodpop...anw what are the other student places good to go throughout the year?

Reply 1588

Lizia

Does Vodpop even still exist? One of the events in freshers was called vodpop, then never another one after that...

Reply 1589

dirtyoldriver

Original post by Lizia

Does Vodpop even still exist? One of the events in freshers was called vodpop, then never another one after that...

Every monday apparently, there's one next week too :yep:

Reply 1590

rockrunride

Original post by Lizia

Does Vodpop even still exist? One of the events in freshers was called vodpop, then never another one after that...

Yeah there was one a month when I was a fresher in first term, then it fizzled out because nobody rated it; after the first two everyone realised it was a massive sausage fest and went to Moonies instead where the same was true but on a lesser scale, and Moonies had cheaper drinks.

How's Milan by the way?

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Reply 1591

Lizia

Original post by rockrunride

Milan is awesome. The weather is still really lovely at the moment, everyone at ESN seems really nice, and my flat is great. Lectures are awful, I don't understand a word and they're non-compulsory so it's really tempting to just stay home and do the reading. It feels a bit weird at the moment because although I've met people and gone out lots, I obviously don't know them that well so I find myself comparing them to my 'real' friends back home. I'll get over it though :smile:

How is it being back in London?

Although my facebook was full of friends back in London raving about the first moonies of term and I was actually a little jealous. What is wrong with me?!

Reply 1592

kerily

Original post by rockrunride

Koko/Vodpop/Moonies alright then, freshers?

I have literally never seen drinks as expensive as they were in Koko in my entire life :eek:

Someone paid in excess of £8 for a double vodka and coke. I mean, what?

Went to Phineas last night and discovered that it's basically a sauna :wink:

For £1.60 drinks though, can we even complain?

Reply 1593

Lizia

Go to Ruby Blue in Leicester Square. I once paid £12 for a double vodka orange (very drunk already, I should add). And then come to Milan. My friend paid €10 for a shot yesterday.

Reply 1594

Noodlzzz

Original post by kerily

I have literally never seen drinks as expensive as they were in Koko in my entire life :eek:

Someone paid in excess of £8 for a double vodka and coke. I mean, what?

Went to Phineas last night and discovered that it's basically a sauna :wink:

For £1.60 drinks though, can we even complain?

The heat in there :O Drinks aren't too bad but the music is way too loud for a bar without dancing.

Reply 1595

kerily

Original post by Noodlzzz

The heat in there :O Drinks aren't too bad but the music is way too loud for a bar without dancing.

You can kind of talk. Kind of. If you shout.

Speaking of heat, who's been to the Freshers' Fayre? Oh dear lord. I thought I was going to melt into a small puddle on the floor.

Reply 1596

Ivanka

Original post by kerily

You can kind of talk. Kind of. If you shout.

Speaking of heat, who's been to the Freshers' Fayre? Oh dear lord. I thought I was going to melt into a small puddle on the floor.

Yeah, the weather's been annoying. I think the reps should offer drinks instead of sweets and other freebies :biggrin:

Especially Masaryk Society, as they put on their stall a statement "I LOVE BEER!"

Reply 1597

kerily

Original post by Ivanka

Yeah, the weather's been annoying. I think the reps should offer drinks instead of sweets and other freebies :biggrin:

Especially Masaryk Society, as they put on their stall a statement "I LOVE BEER!"

Do you know what the Masaryk Society actually is/does? I didn't get chance to talk to them and ask, and I kind of wanted to :tongue:

I now own more promotional literature/flyers than I ever have in my entire life :yep:

What's everyone signed up to?

Reply 1598

Ivanka

Original post by kerily

Do you know what the Masaryk Society actually is/does? I didn't get chance to talk to them and ask, and I kind of wanted to :tongue:

I now own more promotional literature/flyers than I ever have in my entire life :yep:

What's everyone signed up to?

It's a society for those interested in Middle and Eastern Europe, hence the name (Masaryk was the first president of Czechoslovakia and also helped to set up the UCL's School of Eastern European Studies). They hold some exhibitions, trips and film venues, but their activity is mostly centered around drinking, from what I've gathered from their webpages (a vodka drinking competition and a trip to Prague pubs :tongue:

).

I signed up for Comedy Club (but contemplate unsubscribing as the guy at the stall looked sleepy and surprised that thre was a comedy night a few days ago), DanceSoc, DebatingSoc, DramaSoc, Pi Media, IranianSoc, IslamicSoc, Kite Club, LGBT, Young Writers Soc, MasarykSoc, MUNSoc, Music Soc, Pro Bono Soc and QuantSoc. Will reduce it afterwards. Am I not the only one signing up for too many? :biggrin:

Reply 1599

kerily

Original post by Ivanka

Don't mind me and my total ignorance about your homeland :colondollar:

Now I know!

I signed up for Comedy Club (but contemplate unsubscribing as the guy at the stall looked sleepy and surprised that thre was a comedy night a few days ago), DanceSoc, DebatingSoc, DramaSoc, Pi Media, IranianSoc, IslamicSoc, Kite Club, LGBT, Young Writers Soc, MasarykSoc, MUNSoc, Music Soc, Pro Bono Soc and QuantSoc. Will reduce it afterwards. Am I not the only one signing up for too many? :biggrin:

You're definitely not the only one :smile:

I signed up to LGBT (the guy's hair was actually amazing), rock and metal, music, comedy, art, Europe, German, magic, the women's one, Wing Chun, a load of the left-wing ones that were giving out leaflets outside, T'North, and probably a lot of other stuff too! I'm thinking of refining it once I've worked out whose socials and events are actually good :biggrin: