So I'm looking for catered and preferebly mixed sex and in Victoria Park. 'Cause I've got a pretty hard working course so I wanna have a good social life/work life balance
What are Dalton Ellis and Hulme like socially?

Reply 1789

jazzyforever

Went to the Accomodation Day, and liked Victoria Park campus and City Campus.
But wondering if Weston Hall seems quite far out?
As I'm doing Law and quite hard working but still want a good work/social life balance?

Reply 1790

vickyw1318

Original post by aprilannep

Did you get to see the accommodations? if so, which??

Hi thanks for the reply :smile:

i looked at Pankhurst Court, Victoria Hall and Richmond park i didn't have any time to look at others, i quite liked Pankhurst and Richmond

Reply 1791

aprilannep

Original post by vickyw1318

Hi thanks for the reply :smile:

i looked at Pankhurst Court, Victoria Hall and Richmond park i didn't have any time to look at others, i quite liked Pankhurst and Richmond

I applied to richmond! was it nice? were the rooms big?

sorry for all my questions :P

Reply 1792

vickyw1318

big ish the kitchen looked nice i think richmonds will be my first choice :smile:

Reply 1793

aprilannep

Original post by vickyw1318

big ish the kitchen looked nice i think richmonds will be my first choice :smile:

ahh i see, did you see sheavyn?
are you a sept 2012 applicant? for what course? :biggrin:

Reply 1794

darwing

OK, so I've decided upon the City Campus for various reasons. I've heard a lot of 'good' things about Fallowfield but these tend to based on the campus being more 'sociable', which I assume for the typical student means that there is a lot more drinking. I don't want to pass up the numerous opportunities for friendship which student life offers, however I would rather not have to get drunk at every passing moment. I have chosen the city because I have a young child (who lives a 10 minute train journey from Piccadilly train station) and so would like to be close to some of the attractions (museums etc) that the city has to offer. Also I figure that I will never get an opportunity to live this close to any city centre ever again and will have the opportunity to live in Fallowfield during my second or third year.

Anyway, I was just wondering which were the best halls to go for in the City Campus?

Really I would like to keep the price down and go for the cheaper options, but I had a quick look at the Grosvenor halls from the outside and they just looked really.... grim. The location is great, right next to the Aquatics Centre, the museum and Oxford Rd.
Ideally I would like to be as close to Piccadilly train station as possible though. Bowden Court and Wright Robinson are close, any opinions on these halls? Would Lamberth and Fairfield be worth the price?

Opinions on any of the halls and/or life in the City Campus would be much appreciated. Thanks.

P.S. Just a quick one: Am I really going to be missing out on much if I dont go for Fallowfield Campus?!?

Reply 1795

livvyp

Is it advisable that if I really want self catered accom, and would prefer an ensuite that I put my first 2 preferences as ensuites and then my 3rd as a shared bathroom just in case?

Reply 1796

llama-beans

Original post by livvyp

Is it advisable that if I really want self catered accom, and would prefer an ensuite that I put my first 2 preferences as ensuites and then my 3rd as a shared bathroom just in case?

Yes, though it still doesn't guarantee anything. I did this and got catered with shared bathroom anyway.

Reply 1797

livvyp

Original post by llama-beans

Yes, though it still doesn't guarantee anything. I did this and got catered with shared bathroom anyway.

Really?! Oh noooo, I REALLY dont want catered!! :no:

Reply 1798

aprilannep

Original post by llama-beans

Yes, though it still doesn't guarantee anything. I did this and got catered with shared bathroom anyway.

nowi'm worried D:

Reply 1799

tillytots

Original post by aprilannep

nowi'm worried D:

Seriously don't pin your hopes on getting the likes of sheavyn and richmond, not saying it's impossible but they;re very over subbed! Everyone I have met at uni so far seems to have applied for at least one of them. Just make sure you have a third choice you will be happy with, I know so many people that didn/t care about the third because they were convinced they'd get one of those two and when it didn't happen they caused merry hell and some even went for private halls! So yeah, make sure you like your third choice.

Sharing a bathroom actually isn't that bad in the end. I had an ensuite at home basically from about the age of 13 and now I share with 9 other people and it's fine. There is never any queues and people are fairly clean plus cleaners twice a week)