Official Durham Applicants Thread 2011

Posh in terms of gowns and formals etc or posh in terms of people who go there?
I heard that it's one of the party colleges like Collingwood.
I chose St Aidan's as my preference because I had no idea how to choose between them all.

Have you been allocated to Josephine Butler, but want to change?

If you have a good reason to want to swap, email them at [email protected]

Yeah, you can ask to swap but you have to ring up the college first and see if it's a plausible option. I didn't go to JB as it was self catered, and miles away from the Theology Dept.

Any modern languages applicants heard anything from Durham yet?

Hopefully going to visit in on the 21st of march, i had no preferance of college so looks pretty good to me! Hopefully not too posh.

Posh in terms of gowns and formals etc or posh in terms of people who go there?
I heard that it's one of the party colleges like Collingwood.
I chose St Aidan's as my preference because I had no idea how to choose between them all.

Is that true?

Yea, my dad worked for the UN but he retired a few years ago which is why we moved to Rome since my mum went to highschool here.
Yea, I've really loved moving around and this is the longest I've been in one place and I'm beginning to feel that.. I'm looking forward to moving, not because I don't like it here, but because I miss being new and in a new place.
It was sad saying goodbye to friends but when you're younger its easy to make new friends, plus in an international community everyone's moving around all the time so its easy to adapt.

Yea I love the college rivalry about Durham too, it just adds to the whole experience!

Haha yea, I mention Anthropology and quite a few people mention Bones. I've never seen it but I got quite sick of CSI after a while so I don't know how much I'd like it.
I remember I was having dinner with this guy and it came up what I wanted to do, and he was like, "oo, anthropology like in the nanny diaries!" and its like.. um.. no. lol

Yea, I guess while you're studying it you'll begin to figure out more and more what you're interested in, so even if you have only a vague idea of what you're interested in, its good you don't have to decide because you'll have the time to explore the discipline.

Amen about the IB.. I didn't understand in year 12 how much worse year 13 would be. All the people in the year above were like, "just you wait till next year" and I was thinking, "yea, yea..." but now I'm like.. omfg!
Just a few more months and then freedom!!

weird... im going on 22nd to stay overnight!

arent you going on the 21st, staying the night then going home on the 22nd? thats what the letter said.

Nope :/ my one says 22-23 weird huh?

Oh no i have an offer but haven't been allocated yet.. i was just wandering so they said yes and let you pick or... ? thanks!

weird... im going on 22nd to stay overnight!

*wondering. (sorry, i just can't help it ;D)

They said they would look, then they told me the colleges that could offer me a place. I then chose.

Haha true .. cheers.. i'm just so happy about the offer i have forgotten how to spell

Posh as in snobby boring people, because durham does have that reputation, which could put me off and make me choose manchester.

Ha, well I suppose I can't blame you.

What college did you apply for?

open application i love durham so i didn't really mind! really want to know my college now for economics.. you? subject and college?

I ended up choosing St Chad's, after an open application put me into Joseph Butler, for Theology.

The brilliant thing is that St Chad's is about 100m away from the Theology Department!

6) To a degree, having varying amounts of socioeconomic classes/personalities within a classroom enhances the academic environment. It adds a new perspective. If you went to a uni with only boring, poor people...what type of classroom discussions are going to come out of that?