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crazyferret

I'd have to agree with you.

Very few people actually want to go there as a first choice. Having said that there's a chap on here who chose Birmingham over Bristol :rolleyes:

Birmingham over Bristol? What a mug :p:

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crazyferret

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Toiletpaper8

Birmingham over Bristol? What a mug :p:

My thoughts exactly :p:

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scaryhair

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Went to Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sheffield and Leicester. And Newcastle post-offer day. Who did I go with? Mainly my ex, some friends, or just by myself. Various forms of transport - minibus (with the college), car, plane.

I'd highly recommend visiting the universities before applying if possible. Reading a prospectus is all well and good but you can never tell the feel of the place until you go there for yourself.

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Phalanges

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crazyferret

Alternatively Cardiff really went to town trying to sell the place - coach tour of the campus and all :p:

At Barts there was like a 90 minute tour and then we walked around the East End for a bit. :teeth:

Barring Oxford, it was definitely the best "experience" at interviews with the tour and everything. But then, Oxford's pretty unique as it had a 2 day thing and lots of just hanging out with other applicants.

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crazyferret

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jonnyofengland

At Barts there was like a 90 minute tour and then we walked around the East End for a bit. :teeth:

Barring Oxford, it was definitely the best "experience" at interviews with the tour and everything. But then, Oxford's pretty unique as it had a 2 day thing and lots of just hanging out with other applicants.

Barts was quite fantastic...the free food and USB sticks enticed me enough to apply there :p:

The walk from whitechapel to mile end on the interview day was however not so delightful :sadnod:

Before the interviews I managed to stay (free of charge) at ChCh and Trinity for the open day in September. Needless to say I gorged myself on enough food at the latter to satisfy me for a few weeks.

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Phalanges

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crazyferret

The walk from whitechapel to mile end on the interview day was however not so delightful :sadnod:

I was wearing £5 shoes because I'm poor and didn't want to waste money on posh clothes ( :o:

) and they cut my feet to ******* shreds on that walk. I remember getting back that night, taking my shoes off and blood dripping off my socks. :s:

Since that day I wore those shoes for 5 minutes before and after the interview, and changed into trainers for the rest of the time. :laugh:

Got some weird looks at Imperial when I changed though.

So there's a tip - if you're planning on going to open days wear comfortable shoes as you never know how much walking you're going to be doing. :smile:

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