Applied for Computer Games course, got a considerably easy offer (I'm not from UK, so I'm not sure how it is rated in A system), so picked Essex as an insurance choice and wanted to know few basic stuffs:
Do Computer Games vary at least a bit from general CS course or the differences are only seen in the last year?
How's the city, is there enough entertainment (like clubs) ?
Are there enough facilities to take up sport? (I'm particularly interested in football, basketball, volleyball)
Is renting a flat (even during the first year) is way cheaper then living in campus? Is it worth to rent a flat over living in campus? Are there enough students that are willing to rent a flat together?
Edit: Probably, should have asked these in "Ask a student thread", but seeing that the last post in it was 1 week ago, I am more willing to ask these in more active thraed.