University of Leeds Accomodation 2011

Anyone going for Storm Jameson ?

i'm liking the clarence dock accomodation but it's only 43 weeks contract so what would i do for the other nine weeks apart from xmas. also the sky plaza from unite looks AMAAAAZZZIIIN but i dont get how its nearly sold out.. btw still waitin for an offer from leeds for communication *fingers crossed xox

I loved Warwick when I went, and I think I could have a really good time there, but there's something about Leeds. I like the idea of being in a city, and having all the possibilities of things to do. Also, I'm a re-applicant, and I firmed Leeds last year, so chances still stand that I'll do it again. I think I'll have to wait and see though. It may be a rejection from Warwick and then my mind will be made up for me anyway .

How are you getting there? By train? There must be some sort of bus service in place. When I went up for my interview I got a plane, and then a taxi. It seemed pretty simple, I guess... I really don't know! Hopefully you don't get lost .

Just confirmed my application, North Hill Court here I come

Deja vu hahahahaha :P

For choosing your accommodation do you have to narrow it down to three choices? Or is it just one?

Just one. The problem being that if you picked 3 and they were all oversubscribed, you wouldn't get any of them (say you put 1 James Baillie, 2 Henry Price, 3 Devonshire. If you didn't get James Baillie, there would be no way you could get Henry Price or Dev because they would all have filled up by people putting them number 1). And then we would have no idea where to put you. So we ask you to give us your one preferred choice and then to rank your important features so for example if you put en suite as your most important thing, then we would try to give you an en suite somewhere)
About 75% of people get their preferred choice but that will be less at the oversubscribed places and more at the less oversubscribed. So if you put Lupton, for example, you're pretty definite to get it, and if you put James Baillie, you probably only have a 50% chance of getting it. So the best way of getting where you want, if it's one of the most oversubscribed ones, is by persuading everyone else that it's rubbish
Hope that makes sense!

Just one. The problem being that if you picked 3 and they were all oversubscribed, you wouldn't get any of them (say you put 1 James Baillie, 2 Henry Price, 3 Devonshire. If you didn't get James Baillie, there would be no way you could get Henry Price or Dev because they would all have filled up by people putting them number 1). And then we would have no idea where to put you. So we ask you to give us your one preferred choice and then to rank your important features so for example if you put en suite as your most important thing, then we would try to give you an en suite somewhere)
About 75% of people get their preferred choice but that will be less at the oversubscribed places and more at the less oversubscribed. So if you put Lupton, for example, you're pretty definite to get it, and if you put James Baillie, you probably only have a 50% chance of getting it. So the best way of getting where you want, if it's one of the most oversubscribed ones, is by persuading everyone else that it's rubbish
Hope that makes sense!

Just one. The problem being that if you picked 3 and they were all oversubscribed, you wouldn't get any of them (say you put 1 James Baillie, 2 Henry Price, 3 Devonshire. If you didn't get James Baillie, there would be no way you could get Henry Price or Dev because they would all have filled up by people putting them number 1). And then we would have no idea where to put you. So we ask you to give us your one preferred choice and then to rank your important features so for example if you put en suite as your most important thing, then we would try to give you an en suite somewhere)
About 75% of people get their preferred choice but that will be less at the oversubscribed places and more at the less oversubscribed. So if you put Lupton, for example, you're pretty definite to get it, and if you put James Baillie, you probably only have a 50% chance of getting it. So the best way of getting where you want, if it's one of the most oversubscribed ones, is by persuading everyone else that it's rubbish
Hope that makes sense!

Hi Accomoffice - Is Charles Morris usually oversubsribed? Also, with the meal card for the Refectory, can you use it at lunch time, people on here are saying that you can't?

Ahh I see, thanks. And now to bother you with one more question; Bodington I presume is quite popular but also it's the largest choice; is there a good chance of getting in if I put that down? Obviously just based on previous years. I don't know which one to go for

I want to Firm Leeds but im not doing so until i have visited the accommodation at the end of the month! I want to put James Baillie as my first choice although you said theres only a 50% chance of me getting in! Does this mean if i dont get in i will just be put into some random hall where there is a space?

Difficult to say - it wasn't last year but that's partly because Storm Jameson was new and the other 2 blocks had been closed for a year being refurbished. I would guess it will probably break even but that's just a guess at this stage.

No, the meal card doesn't cover lunches - most people have lunch with friends on their course who may well not have meal cards so it gives you the freedom to do whatever you want for lunch rather than being confined to the Refectory.