Open day fully booked.

Is it essentail to book a place for the open day in September? It says on the website that it's fully booked, but I really want to go. At other open days I've been to nobody has checked if I booked or not, but I was wondering if perhaps there is a system here which does check? If you can look round the campus without being checked, would it be possible to go to a departmental talk (history) without having booked? Thanks.

Reply 1

Last Summer's Dream

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You're better off waiting for the open days they have once offers have been given. Unless you're really undecided on whether to apply to Exeter. I didn't go to any pre-application open days, so I can't say whether they check. Certainly, at the open days for those who held offers, you had to sign in and you wouldn't have been able to just walk in to a talk.

Reply 2

sophisticated

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guru_toolafish

Is it essentail to book a place for the open day in September? It says on the website that it's fully booked, but I really want to go. At other open days I've been to nobody has checked if I booked or not, but I was wondering if perhaps there is a system here which does check? If you can look round the campus without being checked, would it be possible to go to a departmental talk (history) without having booked? Thanks.

No, thats the whole point of booking; they do check! And for departmental talks etc, they book lecture theatres and rooms based on how many people for that subject have booked in, and its nearly always cramped because prospective students turn up with 2 or 3 other family members in tow in most cases. You should have booked earlier really. Go to a post-offer open day. That will probably be better.

Reply 3

d3rail

Don't worry - there's other Open Days throughout the year, so if worst comes to worst, make sure you're booked for those.

You can also just turn up at the University and look around, although obviously it won't be geared up to showing off the Uni.

As far as I can remember, I wasn't asked to sign in when I went down, although that may be because I got a friend studying there to show me around. Of all my Open Days, I was only asked to sign in at Sheffield, and even then I think there was an option to register if you hadn't booked online.

The main reason they ask you to book is so they have an idea of how many people are coming, and how many supplies they'll need.

Reply 4

Mark_27

sophisticated

No, thats the whole point of booking; they do check! And for departmental talks etc, they book lecture theatres and rooms based on how many people for that subject have booked in, and its nearly always cramped because prospective students turn up with 2 or 3 other family members in tow in most cases. You should have booked earlier really. Go to a post-offer open day. That will probably be better.

'sophisticated', you have absolutely no idea - have you ever even been to an open day?! I've been to 8 now, which I know is a lot and I can tell you that absolutely no-one checks - you just go along and visit which ever talks you fancy. You talk so condescendatory, writing 'they do check!' - sorry but it is nigh impossible to check every one of the 12,000 visiters has booked! You should not write on boards when you have no idea, and put people off visiting.

Reply 5

sophisticated

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Mark_27

'sophisticated', you have absolutely no idea - have you ever even been to an open day?! I've been to 8 now, which I know is a lot and I can tell you that absolutely no-one checks - you just go along and visit which ever talks you fancy. You talk so condescendatory, writing 'they do check!' - sorry but it is nigh impossible to check every one of the 12,000 visiters has booked! You should not write on boards when you have no idea, and put people off visiting.

Why would they ask people to book for an open day, if not for a reason? I do have an idea, as I've worked at Exeter open Days before. You can go along to whatever talks you want, they won't do a register as you move around the campus (obviously this is impossible seeing as the campus is public ground anyway) but they DO arrange talk locations, number of assistants, number of talks, refreshments etc by looking at the number of people who have booked. People turning up without booking just makes the University staffs jobs that bit harder. And I know because I've been one of them! The talks are usually cramped anyway but if you don't mind standing (or taking seats which should be occupied by people who DID have the foresight to book) then go ahead.

Open day fully booked.

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