Kings College Hall

is the food really that poor tho? is there access to a microwave or nefin like that?

I was in Cameron.



Mate, you don't live in halls to live a life of luxury. The first and foremost reason for living in halls is to make friends. KCH is whilst lacking aestetically and in home comforts is a great place to do this. Of course it's your choice, but all through university, and life in general *everything* is what you make of it.

Bring your own duvet, get some nice posters, maybe some plants... i even had a couple of inflatable chairs for friends to sit on... it really was great fun.

The food is pretty poor though, so you'll be wanting to buy snacks etc from the nearby 24 hours Sainsburys... but again, it's all part of the halls experience. Trekking to Sainsburys at 4am because you have the munchies lol.

Transport is also pretty good, Denmark Hill to Blackfriars is free most days... and takes 10 minutes to blackfriars, and the strand is then a 10 minute walk from there. London Bridge you have to pay for - they have ticket barriers.

This paragraph of what I said is incredibly pertinent:-



I'm not trying to sell it to anyone, it's just I want people not to write it off as a hellhole simply because it looks a bit rubbish from the outset, because it has a great social atmosphere, unlike any other halls simply because of the bar and the parties we had.

Its like kch cuts u off from the social pipe line. hamstead is wkd, but the area in which kch r situated is depressing. thats just how i feel..

Hi everyone,

got a place at KCH too, was my fourth choice tho... but nevermind. Didn't really want to travel far, have to find my way to Guys campus every day which should be interesting....

Anywho, just wondering if anyone knows how many ppl u have to share a bathroom with???? Originally wanted to go ''ensuite'' but now have no choice, so gotta get meself prepared!!!

Anyone else doing Biomed or any other sciency course at Guys???
xxx mel

Hey i'm going to KCH and doing biomedical sciences!

that cool, so guess u mite end up travelling with me every morning into campus...? do u reckon u're gunna get a train in to Guys most days? I.e. travel card mite save money..?

Have u got any info about freshers week or anything...? I haven't yet, but don't really know when we sposed to either.
See ya there!!!
Mel

Hey yeah i'm gonna get the train in cause the traffic in the morning will be ridiculous! yeah i'm thinking about gettin an annual travelcard cause i know i'll probably want to use the bus and tube a lot...do you currently live in london?

No i don't do u?. I live about an hour away, but don't spose travel card will cover trains home rite?

Anywho, u looking forward to moving in? I bit nervous, coz don't know anyone, but guess a lot of ppl in same situation... Whats ur name btw? Mines Melissa.

A Zone 1-2 travel card can be pretty expensive (~£50), but a monthly rail ticket for Denmark Hill to London Bridge is approximately £20 a month I think. It just depends on how much travelling you're really expecting to do.

My name is Valerie, but adowa is my african name (I was born here but my family's from Ghana) meaning 'born on a monday' v.imaginative! Anyway, I live about 30mins from Denmark Hill but I wanted to move out to experience university life, and to hopefully make lots of new friends hence i'm looking forward to moving in but i am sooooo nervous cause like you, I won't know anyone and all that, but i suppose that's half the fun! Are your parents helping you to move in?

By the way, a travelcard covers everything...trains, buses, trams, dlr and the tube so I think i'll be getting one cause I pretty much travel to most places in london, but don't get one until you've enrolled, that way you can apply for a student oyster card, and get about 30% off. I think you can just get a rail-card if you think you'll only use the trains, but to get money off, you need a young persons rail card...to be honest its easier to get a travelcard

Oh are u gonna wait until you've enrolled, yeh that def a good idea, even if takes a while to get one, saves money in the long run...

Which name do you use, what do u prefer to be called? That quite handy having two names, coz if u don';t like one spose you can use the other?? Yeh definately glad i not going to be living at home, I think you'll miss out on a lot of the student life if u kept travelling back home.

Yeh I'm going up there in my parents car, to carry all my stuff. What do u think we need, i mean other than clothes etc, because things like a kettle, did in the letter it said u were allowed to take a kettle?? Mine said not to in the rooms...

Anyway not long to go now.... don't really know what to expect tho... hehe