this is going to sounds horrible and shallow, but honestly, i was suprised by the ugliness when i first started at york. and it goes beyond the horrible fashion sense of the student body in general (particularly the females...they are like topshop clones in leggings, slouchy boots, and too much makeup...even the girls who could be pretty ruin it by looking like raggamuffins who get dressed and do their hair with a blindfold on).
but for the most part i would say that the campus is full of unattractive people. you see a lot of girls with butter face. its unfortunate because you see a girl who looks pretty from a distance or from behind, and then you see herface and you just shudder a bit. i have seen maybe 2-3 good looking guys in my several month there, and i think they have been faculty. i am in a small department of around 100 students, there are maybe 3 in that bunch who i would say are somewhat attractive.
that being said, it doesn't really matter because i'm getting a great education and that is something that should actually matter when considering a university.
...and i'm married so i'm not looking. and if i was looking it seems that the students at york do nothing but drink excessively in their spare time. seriously, when i walk around campus or before classes when students are talking amongst themselves all i ever hear is talk of drinking games, going out on an average tuesday night and getting home at 4am (i.e. its not just the weekends, its every night), 15 pints in an hour, drinking to excess and vomiting all evening, drinking and going home with random guys....seriously, i don't know how anyone gets any studying done because all they do is drink.
but this has a plus side i suppose because you won't really notice the fact that the majority of males have spotty skin and greasy hair and the majority of women have terribly unfortunate jaw lines and you cannot tell their hair from a birds nest.