What kind of people go to KCL?

reverie

I know its a stupid question because you get all kinds of people at uni but i just want to know if there are any stereotype stuff about kcl eg. rah or chav place?

I think that the consensus amongst KCL students is that they deem themselves as "RAHCHAVS". :rolleyes:

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cheesecakebobby

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HTale

I think that the consensus amongst KCL students is that they deem themselves as "RAHCHAVS". :rolleyes:

I was worried I was going to hate everyone at KCL, but all of you guys I've spoken to are proper safe, rather.

OH SH*T! ITS HAPPENING!!! MUST...BUY...TACKY...DESIGNER WEAR

Reply 3

Dreama

Ha ha! Brilliant!

I guess they're just regular, kinda smart people :smile:

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Crimson Black

You've gotta be "kinda smart" to go to uni, esp. one which such high entry standards as KCL... :smile:

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Lauren18

There are a few stereotypes about King's that I've heard:

- It's full of privately-educated / Sloaney types
Well - King's does have more non-state students than most universities, but still state students are in the vast majority

- It's dominated by international students
Again, King's has a high comparative proportion of international students - but not enough to dominate - and, even if this were true, variety is the spice of life!

- The students all hate each other, no one ever speaks to anyone else, and they all go back to their £125/week rooms and slit their wrists
Hmm... no comment

False, False and... False, I'd say!

Reply 6

Chris87

I've been to the Strand campus a couple of times and I haven't noticed any groups dominating. I'm sure everyone will be able to find at least a few people out of the thousands of students there who have something in common with them.

Reply 7

Dreama

kinda smart people :smile:

Kinda smart?! We're all geniuses in the maths department. Ok, well, I probably speak for myself, but the consensus is we're all smart.... :cool:

Reply 8

reverie

OP

Lauren18

There are a few stereotypes about King's that I've heard:

- It's full of privately-educated / Sloaney types
Well - King's does have more non-state students than most universities, but still state students are in the vast majority

- It's dominated by international students
Again, King's has a high comparative proportion of international students - but not enough to dominate - and, even if this were true, variety is the spice of life!

- The students all hate each other, no one ever speaks to anyone else, and they all go back to their £125/week rooms and slit their wrists
Hmm... no comment

False, False and... False, I'd say!

yeah ive heard about people finding it hard to get to know people and being lonely in the London unis considering its so big and all - though come to think of it all the poeple that have said this to me are countryside lovin types or are attatched...
btw can someone tell me how you quote just certain bits of what another person said - im not too hot at all this computer malarky.

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FtWayneDan

Copy the text, hit reply, paste the text, and type brackets that say [ QUOTE] [ /QUOTE] around each little segment that you want to have quoted.

Also, delete the space between the left bracket and the Q. I had to put a space in so the example would show up in the text.

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kingslaw

OK, well, this is rather a strange question, but I'll just give you my impression of King's student's over the last year.

Firstly, I wouldn't say its packed full of rich people (as some people seem to believe). Personally, I see a lot because I'm a Law student, and Law has a reputation of being full of, well, people who can only be described as "Law-types" - though there are down to Earth people, and they're easy to find. I think other subjects where there may be a disproportional amount of privately educated, very privaleged students are in subjects like War Studies, History, English and generally humanities. Therefore the Maughden Library and the Strand campus have a very "posh" feel to it because it is students from these subjects that are based there. On the other hand, the Waterloo building feels a little more chilled out and not so stuffy as the sciencey subjects are based there, and for some reason the sciencey people don't ever seem to be as posh (they all go to Imperial :p:

). Plus all the "King's In The Community" stuff takes place in the Waterloo campus, toning down the posh factor significantly.

Regarding the comment about King's students being unfriendly - the fact is this is absolute rubbish. King's students are just the same as any set of students from a similar top brass institution. However, as is true with all London universities, as a result of the huge range experiences that London has to offer outside the confines of the university, the university itself becomes much less the focus of the students life. Because we're not based in a field in the middle of nowhere, students will melt into the city to find experiences and amusements more to their own taste - which is the one thing I love the most about being a student in London. As this means King's students spend less time in the university itself, the result is that King's students go out and meet a wider range of people (many who aren't actually students at all). Of course the result of this is that walking around the university it doesnt feel that everyone's one big happy family, but more like a job where people go when they need to (but everyone is still very nice).

However, saying that, some departments are more tight-knit than others. For example, the Law School feels very tight-knit (some may say...*gasp*...cliquey), probably as a result of all the fantastic work the King's Law Society puts into extra-curricular events for us (which I don't go to :rolleyes:

). The War Studies dept and the Medics also seemed to have this characteristic.

Bear in mind these are my experiences. You may get here in September and think this was all utter bullsh*t - but these thought are what I've seen and heard, and unfortunately, I can't pre-empt what you'll see and hear.

PS - Whoever spoke about the going to their £120/week flats and slitting their wrists. I can tell you its a damn lie...

...my rooms only £80/week :smile:

Reply 11

Dreama

KingsLaw does it again :smile:

Fabulous-o.

Reply 12

acey10

80 pounds? Where abouts? that's really good, and you live alone?

Reply 13

acey10

O, how many people got first's this year Mr. King's law

Reply 14

dazmanultra

KingsLaw... the law fresher's event is at Tantra this year... I'll see you there. :smile:

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Wild Thing

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cheesecakebobby

I was worried I was going to hate everyone at KCL, but all of you guys I've spoken to are proper safe, rather.

OH SH*T! ITS HAPPENING!!! MUST...BUY...TACKY...DESIGNER WEAR

How can you say you hate everyone if you know I might go there :eek:

btw...as youre not on MSN, tell me when u get my postcard :eek:

Reply 16

Hmmm, why dont we start a new hybrid of social class? I think we should all be RAHCHAVS from now on. So, Wildthing, as you are not accostomed to the Chav culture, you must come to KCL wearing the following:

1) Loopy ear-rings - preferably gold, and very big

2) White trainers - the strength of your 'chaviness' will be determined by how white you keep your trainers after a year (very white = legendary chav)

3) Matching tracksuit bottoms and top

4) A clown pendant

5) An ASBO - you must have one within a month

Bearing these pointers in mind, to become a RAHCHAV, you must have a posh accent, read the times, be rich, and not forgetting that the taxi is your exclusive form of transport.

Remember these points, and we may have created our first RAHCHAV :biggrin:

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Dreama

HTale

1) Loopy ear-rings - preferably gold, and very big

2) White trainers - the strength of your 'chaviness' will be determined by how white you keep your trainers after a year (very white = legendary chav)

3) Matching tracksuit bottoms and top

4) A clown pendant

5) An ASBO - you must have one within a month

Ha Ha! Brilliant! :biggrin:

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cheesecakebobby

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HTale

Hmmm, why dont we start a new hybrid of social class? I think we should all be RAHCHAVS from now on. So, Wildthing, as you are not accostomed to the Chav culture, you must come to KCL wearing the following:

1) Loopy ear-rings - preferably gold, and very big

2) White trainers - the strength of your 'chaviness' will be determined by how white you keep your trainers after a year (very white = legendary chav)

3) Matching tracksuit bottoms and top

4) A clown pendant

5) An ASBO - you must have one within a month

Bearing these pointers in mind, to become a RAHCHAV, you must have a posh accent, read the times, be rich, and not forgetting that the taxi is your exclusive form of transport.

Remember these points, and we may have created our first RAHCHAV :biggrin:

Whats that you're saying about my mum??

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