UEA Freshers 2011

hi sorry just quoting this so you see this post. are we required to bring our gcse/alevel certs with us to enrollment

We were told to bring them but quite frankly mine never saw the light of day! Best to er on the side of caution and bring them though, it might vary between schools

Congrats! That's awesome!



Yeah.. It gets worse. It wasn't just me... There were two of us working in a pair. It was in year 9 at high school but I don't think that really makes it any better... The thing is, neither of us actually noticed it burning into the pan... Or figured out that it would (and we had a conversation about putting the cheese in too)... I was busy stirring the spaghetti and she was checking on our other friend who was making dessert... At least we didn't burn anything badly enough to set the smoke alarm off though... Or make a fire. Someone else forgot about greaseproof paper so substituted this with ordinarly paper, which caught fire in the oven and set the fire alarm off...

Seriously? Is this normal or just your college? Our English room had one wall piled high with books (you had to get someone tall to stand on a chair on a table on their tiptoes to reach the books on the top. Heath and safety? Nope. Fun? Surprisingly so.) and I didn't realise until I had to give it all back just how many books I'd borrowed from there...

Speaking of books - how many of yours are you taking that aren't course specified? I was sorting out the corner of my room (where stuff piles ridiculously high behind my door) in an attempt to get to a box of books on the bottom to find out that the weight of my books had broken the box and they were all spilling out of the side. I kept finding all my old books that I'd lost ages ago. it was like getting new books over again. My mum was like, 'Those should go in the loft. You don't need those.' to be answered with, 'OMG! Noughts and Crosses! I lost this when I was, like, 10...'

Haha, same! I will not replace a pair of jeans until they start to fall apart. Though having said that, I have realised, after sorting out my room today, that I have a lot of pairs of jeans. A couple of them are 'house jeans' because they're either too short or they're falling apart. But I have discovered more jeans than I could probably wear... And I had to google Uniqlo... I'm ashamed of my lack of knowledge on clothing...

I think I'm gonna need more than vacuum bags to get all my stuff in. My room here is bursting at the seams... Imagine what it'll be like at uni when I have more stuff to fit in less space...

I'm getting really excited about buying everything now!

I think I'm only going to take 1 or 2 non course specific books. I don't think I'm going to have time to read for pleasure. I still have Noughts and Crosses on my bookshelf. I met Malorie Blackman and told her I wanted to play Sephy in the film version! My old college were really odd... they took a deposit but didn't even give you the books to keep. I remember moaning to my friends about not knowing what they used the money for! Don't worry, I had to google the clothes shop you mentioned!
I still haven't bought anything! I took out £300 from my account and tried to buy a hand blender today but I felt too guilty because the £300 was supposed to pay for my bicycle and part of the cost of my laptop. At this rate I'm going to turn up to university with the clothes on my back, a frying pan and a duvet cover without a duvet. I'm sure I'll be able to go shopping next week but I just want it done now so I can stop writing lists and enjoy my last few weeks of having nothing to do.

We were told to bring them but quite frankly mine never saw the light of day! Best to er on the side of caution and bring them though, it might vary between schools

I think I'm only going to take 1 or 2 non course specific books. I don't think I'm going to have time to read for pleasure. I still have Noughts and Crosses on my bookshelf. I met Malorie Blackman and told her I wanted to play Sephy in the film version! My old college were really odd... they took a deposit but didn't even give you the books to keep. I remember moaning to my friends about not knowing what they used the money for! Don't worry, I had to google the clothes shop you mentioned!
I still haven't bought anything! I took out £300 from my account and tried to buy a hand blender today but I felt too guilty because the £300 was supposed to pay for my bicycle and part of the cost of my laptop. At this rate I'm going to turn up to university with the clothes on my back, a frying pan and a duvet cover without a duvet. I'm sure I'll be able to go shopping next week but I just want it done now so I can stop writing lists and enjoy my last few weeks of having nothing to do.

Hi, I was going to post on your profile but thought others here might be interested.

i wanted to ask when 'normal' students go back to uni after xmas? i say 'normal' to distinguish from med students

p.s you have amazing eyes, and i love the red hair

All of this year's @UnionUEA Handbooks have been sent to all new home students! International students-collect yours when you arrive at UEA!

Why thank you! This year xmas holidays started 17th December, and started back either 17th or 24th of January.. my memory doesn't serve me too well on that one.

It would have been 17th, it's always exactly a calender month (Friday and Monday permitting). Same goes for easter

xxx

so you can confirm we definitely go back on the 17th of jan?

thanks .lucy too

Well this year it will be 16th- it's always a monday

Dates are here http://www.uea.ac.uk/about/dates (scroll down past all the 'this is when xmas is' stuff).

xxx

You will receive an email from [email protected] 30 days before the start of your course, sent to the email address you provided to the University. It will provide you with access to online registration and will explain how to complete it.

Has everyone received their registration e-mails? I've received nothing from UEA, other than my accom details and I'm getting a little worried...

hey, thanks for that

i dont suppose you wrote a list of what you needed when you started? im about to write a checklist :/ looking back, is there anything you wish you bought in the first month?

uber jealous she's my favourite author!
(you can tell i'm not an English student with a bookcase containing a small number of authors (and many twisted crime/horror books))

Okay. OMG! You met Malorie Blackman!? When and how? That's awesome!

Your college really was weird... Mine just threatened to bill you for the cost of a brand new set of whatever it was you borrowed if you didn't bring it back. Haha, maybe we both need to go clothes shopping a bit more...

I actually bought some clothes for uni today and have discovered that I have far too many checked shirts... But I actually went into town to get a phone on contract... I didn't. But I still have credit to use up so I can wait another week or so.

Don't worry; that £300 might be better used on your laptop and bike. Speaking of which, I may have dig my old bike out of the shed... But I doubt I'll need it nuch on campus. ^_^ Nah, I'm fine to wait, but only 'cause I'm busy sorting out all the stuff I already have lying around here that I can take with me.

So I've just completed registration and I'm confused as hell. The UEA photo thing seemed to think my passport sized photo was too small, and in fact the photo isn't showing up at all. I forgot to write down my UEA email address and now I dont remember which initials are upper case and which are lower case. Plus I wasn't given a password for it. Tried going back but I can't find any record of the email address.

Yeah I think they sent it a little early, it has quite a few bugs! The most common problem I know about is people not actually being able to set a password...

ICT said it would be sorted by Tuesday, so I'm just going to leave it till then to try fill it out again.

Ha, I got so stressed out trying to complete it! Hope you're not as stressed as me :P