How social is Arthur Vick???

I think I am going to see how it goes when i get there. never know, I might be able to shake AV up a bit Can always move if I need to later

hehe dont worry u werent dull! but you werent in my corridor.. and even your corridor was very quiet as far as i can remember.
you cant say that ALL of AV is dead you're right, but i do think u can kind of generalise...

I think I am going to see how it goes when i get there. never know, I might be able to shake AV up a bit Can always move if I need to later.

I play hockey so i'll be joining the team, hopefully that will open some social doors too.

Yea i do go to time... do you go there often??

That is true, but I find it hard to believe that you cannot have a fun time in AV. All you have to do is get to know people, and look beyond your corridor. Fine if sommeone doesn't want to put an effort into it, and would rather stick to hallmates then you are more likely to have fun in Rootes. From Claire's description of herself though she should be able to have fun in any accomodation so why sacrifice a great room. My first choice would be Heronbank anyway, the rooms are even nicer than those of AV, and you can leave your things in your room over the holidays which is why I transferred.

to be honest tho, not many people would have been happy in heronbank. sure the rooms are nice but its sooooo quiet and far from the union which is basically first year land.
One thing I've learnt from my first year is that there are more important things than a nice room but thats just something for me personally. I know some people would never have given up their AV rooms. Having said that i grew VERY attached to my shower.

i respect what ppl are sayin about arthur vick but u can only go by from the ppl in ur year group and the others, u cannot predict what sort of ppl we will be in arthur vick with cos we are a completely new year group comin in, and also the ppl who want to to arthur vick on this website have already said they are up for socialising anyway and are out goin etc, i presume all the ppl starting in sept for arthur vick will be put in the same place. i am not sayin ur wrong, ur prob right, but the intake in sept good be compltely different sort of ppl to what ur expectin, do u know what i mean? we can only judge when we get there

I see what you're saying, but the uni puts the same type of people every year into that place. its a historical fact from what ive experienced and from what previous students before told me.

I suppose its a good thing that you have nice rooms........cos you'll be staying in them alot! lol

get out while you can!

TRUST me!

i respect what ppl are sayin about arthur vick but u can only go by from the ppl in ur year group and the others, u cannot predict what sort of ppl we will be in arthur vick with cos we are a completely new year group comin in, and also the ppl who want to to arthur vick on this website have already said they are up for socialising anyway and are out goin etc, i presume all the ppl starting in sept for arthur vick will be put in the same place. i am not sayin ur wrong, ur prob right, but the intake in sept good be compltely different sort of ppl to what ur expectin, do u know what i mean? we can only judge when we get there

Yes that does make sense. There seem to be a few of us applying to AV this year and saying that we like the social side so maybe they will try to house us all together.

I'm glad the sports socials are good.... I'm looking forward to those. Just got back from hockey tour with my club and if its anything like that then I should be fine

If you're looking for socials, join mixed hockey. My boyfriend does it and went on tour with them to Spain at Easter. He came back barely sober (having not been for the duration of the tour :P) and with one less shoe than he went there with... I believe he had a good time! They also do drinking circles and stuff I believe. Definitely a social society. Apparently quite a few of them also do mens/womens hockey for the actual sport too!
Jenn xx

I was in AV last year...
Lets say out of a corridor of 26 people (2 kitchens) i had what I would call one good friend which by my standards is pathetic.
Out of my kitchen on 13 people, only one other person would go out to the union but we had diff tastes in music and i didnt really get on with her.. noone drank apart from like maybe one person having a beer when they were watching the football and it was soo frustrating...

its like, everyone generally in their first year and def for the first term sticks to hallmates. it can be very difficult to break out so you've got to make a conscious effort. something which i admit was my fault that i didnt do in the first term.

My advice if you get AV is to make the effort to go out, meet people, go on society socials etc. dont limit yourself and dont ever just sit and be happy with friends you know arent really your kind of people.

2 cents- join societies/sports teams.

Didn't really get on with my hall mates too much- mainly due to music tastes....bunch of pretentious bastards and as such societies were good to meet people through. Hell, my house last year was made up of punksoc/bandsoc people. Same this year.

AV has its plusses though- the toilet is only a stumbling distance away when you wake up with an inevitable hangover. Rooms are pretty spacious too. Having your own cleaner is pretty good too- especially when she tidies your room etc