Accommodation: Everything you need to know

Well, I'm sure you wouldn't be alone if you did decide to stick around, considering well over half of the people at the post-offers day I went to were from the foundation course! I'm sure that couldn't have been all of the people on my course since there were only around 30 of us, but I was really surprised at how many of them were already there. Hopefully it won't be problem with people already knowing each other in October...As long as they're all nice

That's interesting to hear, actually, though I guess it kinda makes sense. I doubt it'd cause any real issues considering half of the people on your course *aren't* from Lboro Are there any other people from your college coming with you (for Fine Art or otherwise)?

That's very true I didn't think there was anyone else going, but I found someone at my foundation show private view who apparently is. Well, I say "found", but I still don't know who she is...Everyone had a piece of paper next to their work with their name and where they're going, and hers said Fine Art at Loughborough. That could be embarrassing in October if I don't even recognise her face, since there were only around 80 people on the course

Lol, just a tad. Especially if you end up in the same hall + flat, and she happens to recognise you

How did you find foundation art anyway? Compared to A-level? I'm really eager to get on with it now that school's out and exams are almost over

Oh dear, that would be awful! It's probably pretty unlikely, but I might just be that unlucky...!

Um, well. If it was anywhere other than the college I went to, I would've liked it a whole lot more The college has a pretty bad reputation, since a lot of the "naughty people" from local secondary schools and those with really bad attitudes who couldn't care less about learning go there to do hair and beauty and stuff. So basically, outside of the art department foundation rooms, it felt a lot like school. Which is really weird when I'd just finished at one of the best 6th forms in the UK That probably sounds arrogant, but it's true. The teachers weren't brilliant, either.

Course-wise though, I loved that you can basically do what you want and you have time to focus on your work without having to worry about revising for other subjects. It was a bit strange to start with because there's a lot less structure than A-Level, but you get used to it. Sooo, I reckon the combination of the course itself with the Loughborough tutors/facilities/everything else will make it a really good year for you

I got the standard Harry French too I nearly died of a heart attack in the process though...I was sat outside a campsite bar in France in torrential rain, trying to prevent my laptop from drowning before I booked my room It didn't help that it was pretty slow (don't know if that was because of all the other people logging in or the Wi-Fi connection), but I think all the options were there when I got on.

Got my first choice, though Did you say you're doing art foundation? I'm doing fine art

Has anyone else got Harry French?

Is it pretty intensive though? I've heard that it's something like 9-5 5 days a week and a lot of people have said they spent a lot of extra studio time there in the evenings? I'm afraid that I won't be able to really go out or spend a lot of time with flatmates if we're just living and breathing art foundation!

And getting up in the morning's gonna kill me The course looks great fun though, I'm really excited! Just hope this summer project we're given isn't too difficult or time-consuming, touch wood.

I'm in Harry French. I'm a Master's student Creative Writing. I applied as soon as they said I could.

Oh yeah, I saw your post on the "Getting to know you" thread Are you in the postgrad accommodation, then?

I am indeed. I'm so excited to go!

Me too, but it's also a bit scary Are you moving there in September straight from Illinois?

And getting up in the morning's gonna kill me

Course-wise though, I loved that you can basically do what you want and you have time to focus on your work without having to worry about revising for other subjects... there's a lot less structure than A-Level

That sounds pretty awesome. My A-level course was actually pretty unstructured, imo. We were left to get on with the CW and exams pretty much as we liked, and our tutor just came round every week or so to discuss what we were experimenting with and where our thoughts were leading us. Plus we had a technician in the Tech/Art lab who was just around, he was great for bouncing ideas off and aiding with big practical work.

Didn't you have to go through the list of Assessment Objectives to make sure you've got enough for each one? My tutors were pretty relaxed about the actual themes we chose to look at, but when it came to the AOs they were always going on about how people weren't doing enough artist and primary research

Applied yesterday all the self-catered room reservation option's had been taken!, instead i had no choice but to opt for the "prefferences option" guys how likely is it that i will get a room based on my prefferences?

Got a room in 'Falk-Egg on Tour' this morning anyone know anything about Village Court other than its new this year? Slightly worried because I know nothing about it :O

Anyone else going to be in village court next year?

Okie dokie! Hopefully I'll go sometime next week and I'll take some pictures for other curious Falk-Eggers. But it looks very nice from what I've seen around the website etc.