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room sharing at durham
i just had an offer from hatfield for classics, but im worried about the whole 75% shared rooms thing. i'm a very sociable person and do sort of see how it might be good for helping form close friendships, but i really really need my personal space and definitely dont want to share a room. how does it actually work? does it sort of work out ok, and people dont really mind, but what if you want to have people to stay, or if your roommate is a nymphomaniac or something?
just would like to know if in reality its ok and works well, or whether its just annoying having to share with someone else.
just would like to know if in reality its ok and works well, or whether its just annoying having to share with someone else.
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In reality it is nowhere near as bad as you think, there is no room for nymphs! If you are really desperate for a single room there will probably be the opertunity to put ur case for one of the small number of rooms after u get ur results.
Of course sometimes it's annoying but lots of my friends shared and all were ok (except me) and some are best friends now
Of course sometimes it's annoying but lots of my friends shared and all were ok (except me) and some are best friends now
cobra
In reality it is nowhere near as bad as you think, there is no room for nymphs! If you are really desperate for a single room there will probably be the opertunity to put ur case for one of the small number of rooms after u get ur results.
Of course sometimes it's annoying but lots of my friends shared and all were ok (except me) and some are best friends now
Of course sometimes it's annoying but lots of my friends shared and all were ok (except me) and some are best friends now
Ok there's no room for nymphs... but what if you did want to bring someone back or have a bf come visit? Is that just not done?
Ludivine
Ok there's no room for nymphs... but what if you did want to bring someone back or have a bf come visit? Is that just not done?
Yeah it is but you have an understanding - such as you ask your roommate in advance if it's OK, and you should be good friends with them so they might well just spend the night in another friend's room in a sleeping bag or something.
Trust me it works out fine 99% of the time
Sharing is great. I really didn't want to share, like you, got the letter that said I'd be sharing and was really pissed off and unsure if I'd made the right decision about uni.
I now can't make a high enough recommendation that you share in your first year. It may seem daunting at first, but it really is a great and life shaping experience. Coming to university is less about spending X hours a week studying the intricacies of some arcane subject and more about learning how to live. Studying is just an excuse to spend three or four years in a semi-sheltered environment learning who you are and how you want to live your life. The college will do its best to put you with someone who you'll get on with, and remember, they've been doing this since 1832, so they know what they're doing! Obviously there are some mismatches, but the likelyhood is very low, and I know of only 2 roommate pairs who properly fell out with one another out of everybody in castle. Of course more than that decided that they didn't want to continue sharing with one another, but parted ways amicably.
Hatfield is a great college (much as I am loathe to admit it), and I don't think it would be a good idea to be put off by the fact that you *might* have to share a room for part of your first year. Getting an offer is a great achievement, and turning it down because you're unsure of such a little thing is ridiculous. (After all, the amount of time you actually spend in your room is negligible).
I now can't make a high enough recommendation that you share in your first year. It may seem daunting at first, but it really is a great and life shaping experience. Coming to university is less about spending X hours a week studying the intricacies of some arcane subject and more about learning how to live. Studying is just an excuse to spend three or four years in a semi-sheltered environment learning who you are and how you want to live your life. The college will do its best to put you with someone who you'll get on with, and remember, they've been doing this since 1832, so they know what they're doing! Obviously there are some mismatches, but the likelyhood is very low, and I know of only 2 roommate pairs who properly fell out with one another out of everybody in castle. Of course more than that decided that they didn't want to continue sharing with one another, but parted ways amicably.
Hatfield is a great college (much as I am loathe to admit it), and I don't think it would be a good idea to be put off by the fact that you *might* have to share a room for part of your first year. Getting an offer is a great achievement, and turning it down because you're unsure of such a little thing is ridiculous. (After all, the amount of time you actually spend in your room is negligible).
hatty705
i just had an offer from hatfield for classics, but im worried about the whole 75% shared rooms thing. i'm a very sociable person and do sort of see how it might be good for helping form close friendships, but i really really need my personal space and definitely dont want to share a room. how does it actually work? does it sort of work out ok, and people dont really mind, but what if you want to have people to stay, or if your roommate is a nymphomaniac or something?
just would like to know if in reality its ok and works well, or whether its just annoying having to share with someone else.
just would like to know if in reality its ok and works well, or whether its just annoying having to share with someone else.
Actually, the shared rooms in Hatfield are way nicer than the single ones... Unlike other colleges, there's no rotation from term to term, but I really didn't mind, despite having TWO roommates (I was in one of the triple rooms, but I think they've converted them back to tutor flats now). You can still get personal space - doing Classics, you won't have a massive number of lectures, but I can guarantee you won't be spending much of the rest of the time in your room. You'll be in the bar, at societies, in your friends' rooms - and your roommate will be doing the same. I managed to go whole days without seeing my roommates sometimes
I did walk in on my roommate a few times, but she mainly went to her boyfriend's house cos he was second year. That's my advice - get a boyfriend that lives out, then there's no situation (ask Becca...
) Seriously, if you did have a problem with your roommate, the college is always really quick to sort stuff out, and there's always a solution to the problem. Also, if you have a major problem with sharing, you can put it on your roommate-matching-up-questionaire thing, and they'll TRY to sort you out. But give it a go. It rocks. So does Hatfield.Pleeeeease come!Actually, come to the open day. You'll probably share then, and it'll give you a taster. Ah, good plan. Go me.
Just a point, if you are really desperate not to share, then DON'T lie on the form and say you like playing death metal at top volume at 4am, cos they'll probably stick you with someone else who actually does. The same goes for being quiet - if you get stuck with someone who wants to go to bed at 9pm every night and sip cocoa whilst reading some Dickens in bed, but you want to go out and get pissed with your mates and roll in after klute at 3am every now and then, then you'll just end up resenting one another.
Mattmoy_2000
Just a point, if you are really desperate not to share, then DON'T lie on the form and say you like playing death metal at top volume at 4am, cos they'll probably stick you with someone else who actually does. The same goes for being quiet - if you get stuck with someone who wants to go to bed at 9pm every night and sip cocoa whilst reading some Dickens in bed, but you want to go out and get pissed with your mates and roll in after klute at 3am every now and then, then you'll just end up resenting one another.
You're supposed to tell them stuff like that on the form?
What does it actually ask? I guess it's pretty good if they go to that much trouble to make a good pairing...They basically ask you about your interests, how rowdy you are (quiet, average or "loud") and whether you actually want to share or not (note "first term" means yes and "second two terms" means no.)
Yeah on the bf/gf thing, it's all about respecting your room mate and they will respect you. If you wanted your bf to come and stay, just ask and you'd be able to come to an arrangement with your room mate.
Sharing is actually really fun. I enjoyed it last year, although got a bit tired because sometimes me and my roomie would lie talking to each other in the dark for 2 hours on several occasions!
Sharing is actually really fun. I enjoyed it last year, although got a bit tired because sometimes me and my roomie would lie talking to each other in the dark for 2 hours on several occasions!
Becca
Yeah on the bf/gf thing, it's all about respecting your room mate and they will respect you. If you wanted your bf to come and stay, just ask and you'd be able to come to an arrangement with your room mate.
Sharing is actually really fun. I enjoyed it last year, although got a bit tired because sometimes me and my roomie would lie talking to each other in the dark for 2 hours on several occasions!
Sharing is actually really fun. I enjoyed it last year, although got a bit tired because sometimes me and my roomie would lie talking to each other in the dark for 2 hours on several occasions!
Yeah I'm actually really looking forward to it. That was my only concern really, thanks for clearing it up!
Right, so if I actually get an offer and get a shared room, I would be able to ask for someone quiet? Because I'm generally quite a quiet person; I like going to pubs but once where I can actually have a conversation etc. I don't fancy sharing with someone who's going to be puking on me all night long...
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