Uni social life

Hi,I’m currently in year 13 and have an offer at SOAS to study law next year.However i’m struggling to find much about the university and when i do some say they love it and some say they hate it.However something i can’t seem to find is how the social life is? This would be a big factor for me choosing it or going to my other offers like :city uni of london or birmingham.
Could someone give me there honest opinion
Thanks

Reply 1

Coventry University Student Ambassadors

Official Rep

Hi there,

I'm a student at Coventry University studying Law. If you want to study Law, firstly, you have to bare in mind that there is a lot to read. This includes reading textbooks, journal articles, reading and analysing cases and legislation. If you hate reading, you may find Law boring. I in fact dislike reading unless of course a topic piques my interest. So it really depends.

When trying to balance my social life and studies, it's not easy for me as I commute from home and the journey takes about an hour. Furthermore, the concept of Law was extremely alien to me and unlike others, I would take a few weeks to understand one topic. This made it difficult to hang out with my friends. However, it eventually got a lot better as I started to reading more textbooks and articles. It was also helpful to rewatch the recorded lecture videos, although academic staffs are slowly beginning to stop recording their lectures. I met many amazing peers who would also be going through the same issue so we would hang out in a library and study together, which was quite comforting. But every now and then I made sure I do treat myself and relax my mind. I would meet my friends from secondary school and hang out in Birmingham.
It was easier to find time during my first and second year but I hardly have any time in my third year at the moment. But overall, my uni life, which is almost coming to an end, has been relatively decent. I don't regret coming to uni. After all, it's an experience (an expensive experience 😂) which I probably won't be able to undertake again.

I hope this helps. I apologise if I went off on a tangent and waffled.

Best wishes,

Narusha
Coventry University Student Ambassador