Bath, Exeter and Leeds students - help please?

I personally think that town in Bath is more than satisfying. Besides, the person can do what I (and most people do) and by monthly/ yearly bus passes or railcards e.g. I’ve got a monthly student bus pass that costs £46 where it would normally cost around £75, but yeah, I think that it would be a massive change moving from a big city to a city like Bath

Yeah I see where you're coming from. But from someone similar to the OP where I prefer a more vibrant city, much like Bristol, and for someone coming from London. It would be like moving from Bath to a small town for them, Bath doesn't have as much variety to offer as these kinds of big cities, so they would probably find it very boring.

Yeah it’s also due to the history of the area and how old most the buildings are. So, Bristol isn’t like this whole alienated planet, a lot of people from my school live there, they just travel to Bath everyday which takes like 30 mins. My friends went to a club in Bristol and stayed at my friends house, my brother went to a club in London during his mate’s stag party and I believe they booked a hotel for the night. And yeah, I suppose it is just how we’ve been brought up, especially since you live in like THE big city of England.

If you want an amazing night life go with Leeds

I personally think that town in Bath is more than satisfying. Besides, the person can do what I (and most people do) and by monthly/ yearly bus passes or railcards e.g. I’ve got a monthly student bus pass that costs £46 where it would normally cost around £75, but yeah, I think that it would be a massive change moving from a big city to a city like Bath

Paging @artful_lounger

Bath is absolutely beautiful, and I would love to visit it for a week or so but idk how I would feel living there for 3/4 years. I thought about spending the majority of my time in Bristol and studying in Bath but that will probably mess up friendships and make life difficult. I mean I'm ready to downsize the city where I live but London to Bath seems a bit extreme 😂

It's a nice place to just visit, and I see the appeal with that. But to live there, it's a no from me haha. Especially when you have so many other amazing cities in the UK to chose from!

I guess it's the large amount of options that's making it difficult! There are so many beautiful places that I don't know where to go or what to do. Also the fact that this is one of the only times in my life where I can move to a different place and experience different things easily because accommodation is sorted and I wont struggle to make friends because everyones on the same boat. And the fact that it's temporary helps a lot too. Moving to a place like Bristol after uni will probably be much more difficult whereas moving there as a uni student is much more exciting, if that makes sense. Thank you so so so much once again!

Yeah I completely get where you're coming from, I'm kind of in the same predicament now with deciding the best places to go, and since I am from Bristol the thought of going anywhere else and it being worse is such a big risk - for me it is anyway. It's hard, you want variety, 3 or 4 years is an important chunk of your life, it shouldn't be spent feeling miserable! I've heard Manchester is like the London of the north, I just don't have the nerve to move that far up north!

Same here! I don't quite like the idea of moving up north hence why I've been somewhat avoiding Leeds, but I'm going to start considering it properly and see where it takes me. I'm quite indecisive which makes the whole situation worse tbh, and all of the different factors are annoying. I need to consider academics, social life, distance from London, living costs, graduate prospects and etc etc, and it's difficult to find a place that ticks the majority of those boxes. All I know is I want a break, so I'm not applying to any unis within London, but then I get doubts sometimes and question whether I really want to leave. If only I lived outside of this city so I could easily decide where I want to go for uni, London!

I'm exactly the same! I used to really want to go to Uni in London, but it's just far too expensive and I feel like I would feel lonely there for some reason? I think the benefit of moving outside of London, some smaller cities, although they may still be big, have more of a "community spirit" feel to them. I know Bristol feels like that, and that's why I love it, it's small enough to feel like that, but big enough that you don't know everyone you bump into! It's a shame you can't go to Bristol to be honest.

Leeds would definitely be cheaper, or I would assume so, as it is up North so everything does seem to be cheaper up there! Have you considered Cardiff? I know it's smaller, but it is a capital city so to speak and there's enough going on there? Plus it's cheap and good links to London by rail etc.

Thank you guys in advance! If there's anything else you'd like to add, please do so.

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I'm quite good at adapting to different places but as I mentioned, I get bored easily so I don't know how easy I will find it to adapt to Bath. How long did it take you? And is it fairly cheap to get to Bristol? The nightlife seems quite cheap so hopefully that will balance out the high rent costs. Thank you so much for your help btw!

I think you might have missed Artful's spoilered and thorough reply about Exeter:

I felt more comfortable in Bath by the second semester. It's £5 for a return train ticket to Bristol with a railcard. I don't know how much the bus ticket would be as I only started taking the bus to Bristol in second year when I had an annual pass which a bus to Bristol was included. The bus is only an hour to Temple Meads Station and from there you can walk to everywhere so you can avoid the traffic in Bristol City Centre.

What I liked about living in Bath is that you got the really nice town and a community-feel campus, but if you wanted a change of scenery you could easily go to Bristol for the day or night out. After living in Bath I found places like Bristol to be so unpleasing to the eye after lol Bath is so much cleaner, people are really friendly. When I went to visit Leeds before joining Bath, I didn't get that same vibe. If you haven't, I definitely recommend visiting the universities if you can because you might end up feeling a different way when you go in person as opposed to just researching online and hearing other people's opinions.

Good luck <3

Thank you! I dont have the chance to visit and I have to submit my new application today, so I'm hoping to submit applications and then visit the unis for an applicant day to get a better understanding. The only place I had the chance to visit properly was Bristol. If you found Bristol unpleasing, good luck back in London!

Thank you! I dont have the chance to visit and I have to submit my new application today, so I'm hoping to submit applications and then visit the unis for an applicant day to get a better understanding. The only place I had the chance to visit properly was Bristol. If you found Bristol unpleasing, good luck back in London!

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