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Anyone here at or considering Roehampton?

El Scotto

15

If theres at least 10 it'll get its own little forum :smile:

If so what are you doing? or what have you applied to do?

and personal opinions on the place... ?

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Reply 1

Drunk_Kid_Catholic

1

I have friends there- it's a very nice location, close to central London, but has a campus. I applied there too, because I thought it seemed very welcoming. Some of the accommodation is good- some not so (eg. Bede house!)

Its cool you get to join pretty much any subjects together (like History and Dance- thats just bizarre!)

Reply 2

~*Sweetness*~

I'm there. I'm doing psychology and counselling.
I live on campus and I'm having a great time. I normally go out into Central London for a night out and the only drawback is that it can take up to an hour by public transport to get to your destination. The surrounding area of Roehampton is pretty lame imo, but that's because I don't really like the clubs that are in Kingston etc.

Reply 3

ghana_gurl

im considering roehampton to study criminology and sociology, i was really impressed when i went for an open day.

anyone else looking to study criminology?

Reply 4

cat_meiow

1

I go to roehampton, im studying psychology and its a great place not to small, not too big, great location for london.

Reply 5

Shake 'n Bake

14

My friend is studying psychology & criminology, my other two mates are doing teaching, my other friend is doing biomedical science.

Reply 6

Paeony

11

I'm at Roehampton, studying Human Rights and Edcuation. All in all it's a good uni - totally frustrating in some respects, excellent in others. I also like the fact that I'm close enough to central London so that I can have a great night out, but also that I live right next to Richmond park if I want to get back to nature!

Reply 7

funkymonkey44

Hello
i have applied for busieness studies drama theatre and peformance studies here at roehampton at got in if i get the grades i am really excited as it looks rly gd! bit nervers about going sumwhere new and not knowing any1 tho. i would like to know more about the university and what the halls are like? which ones do u suggest applying to anyhelp would be very weel apreciated so anyone else got a place yet? :smile:

Reply 8

icklehc

1

im at roehampton doing drama theatre and performance studies! i have always lived fairly locally so i njoy being able to go to lplaces ive always enjoyed going to such as kingston. theres a good few places to go at night, oceana being the best, the works being the worst. places like o'neills with live music etc. i love it at roehampton as ihave met some great ppl and it has been the perfect place for what i want to do.

Reply 9

~*Sweetness*~

funkymonkey44

Hello
i have applied for busieness studies drama theatre and peformance studies here at roehampton at got in if i get the grades i am really excited as it looks rly gd! bit nervers about going sumwhere new and not knowing any1 tho. i would like to know more about the university and what the halls are like? which ones do u suggest applying to anyhelp would be very weel apreciated so anyone else got a place yet? :smile:

Well from the course that you are going to be studying you will have your lectures on the main campus where Digby Stuart, Froebel or Southlands College are based.
Whitelands College is a separate campus but it's literally just up the road (I'm in halls there) - you can live there too but you'll find that the majority of the people there study science based subjects (mainly psychology and sport science). I love Whitelands because as it's quite small you get to know most people and it's got a great community feeling that some of the other colleges haven't got. It's also got the nicest Student Union bar :wink:

The campus is only about 2 years old so the rooms are in great condition and are all en-suite.
I like Digby halls too as they seem to be livelier and have a better atmosphere than Froebel and Southlands and they have really nice modern kitchens.
Froebel has really beautiful grounds and is great in the summer and a lot of people sit outside by the river to socialise but the rooms are a lot older.
I don't really know Southlands as I've only gone there to sit exams but I've found that it seems to be the least popular choice for accommodation.

PM me if you want to know anything else :smile:

Reply 10

~*Sweetness*~

It looks like we should have enough people for our own sub-forum soon...

Reply 11

funkymonkey44

thank you you have been really helpfull. I think i am going to choose roehampton as my first choice going to an open day on the 19th so going to have a really good look round it. Im looking forward to it now heard good things so fingers crossed it will be nice. How long have u been at the uni? are people friendly?

Reply 12

~*Sweetness*~

funkymonkey44

thank you you have been really helpfull. I think i am going to choose roehampton as my first choice going to an open day on the 19th so going to have a really good look round it. Im looking forward to it now heard good things so fingers crossed it will be nice. How long have u been at the uni? are people friendly?

I'm a first year. Next year I won't be in halls, I'm going to be living in a house near the uni. Yeah, the people are really friendly in general. The best advice I can give you is to really make an effort during Fresher's week. Go to all or as many of the events that the student union plan. It's a great opportunity to make friends and get to know people. The highlight last year was probably the school disco night, it was great fun :smile:

The first night is really good too, everyone goes to one of the student union bars and you get to meet loads of people.

Reply 13

El Scotto

OP

15

so what halls should i apply for then? i've picked it for my first choice for human rights and psychology.

Reply 14

funkymonkey44

i went to look around roehampton today. it wasnt an open day or anything but im in london this week so i thought i would go i soppose i was tresspassing really but it is so beautiful i only saw the outside but it looks really nice. The first thing i saw when i walked in was a small like with carp in it i was very impressed deffinatly will be going there. Open day soon so will look round halls and all that hope there nice!!!

Reply 15

icklehc

1

it is a lovely campus considering how near to london we are! and especially when the summer ball is on you realise how much green we have! hehe. which reminds me events such as the summer ball are the highlight of my time at roehampton, so thats something to look forward to. apart from meeting some great ppl and learning so much stuff of course! :smile:

Reply 16

Paeony

11

El Scotto

so what halls should i apply for then? i've picked it for my first choice for human rights and psychology.

The halls you can choose from depend (I think) on what college you've chosen to be affiliated to. You choose either Digby Stuart, Southlands, Froebel or Whitelands (I had to do this on my UCAS form), and then they will send you halls information for that college. You don't have to be affiliated to the college that teaches your subject - some people are, most, I would think, aren't.

Psychology is taught mainly at Whitelands, which is the college that is separate from the main campus - it's about a 5/10 minute walk away. Human Rights is mainly taught at Southlands, which is at the bottom end of Roehampton Lane - basically you've chosen two courses that are taught the furthest away from each other :wink:

Accomodation wise, Whitelands is probably the nicest - everyone who applies there gets an identical ensuite room, usually in a flat of about ten people. They were built two years ago and are still in fairly good condition. Most people who live on Whitelands are either Sports Science or Psychology students, because that's what mainly taight here. Digby is probably the next best, but you should be aware that there are only a few rooms that are modern and ensuite - if you get into Lee House then well done, but you could end up in Bede which is nice, but is traditional style 'halls' with lots of rooms sharing bathrooms and kitchens. Handy for the library though lol.

Southlands has fairly new accomodation. A very small number of the rooms have tiny ensuites, but most don't. They are generally in flats of about four or five, sharing kitchens etc. Froebel is generally seen as the campus for teaching/education. The rooms vary a lot here - there are some fairly new rooms (Aspen, Willow and Linden) and some not so new (Lawrence, Old Court, New Court). Internet access varies here too.

Finally there's Mount Clare - it's probably the cheapest of the Roehampton accomodation but it's a long way from the campus on an estate that has a bit of a reputation. It doesn't have (I don't think) internet access in the rooms either. Seems to be a bot of a love it or hate it place, from what I've heard.

Best thing to do is come to an open day and have a look round - lots of the rooms are open for you to see, so you can work out what's on offer and what you like best.

Reply 17

tinkerbellejess

13

I applied there, but decided not to put it as my firm

Reply 18

anzys

hey i got in through clearing to roehampton..........i waz wonderin, is it a gud uni for biological sciences and if anybody else iz doin the same course
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Reply 19

ordinarysuperhero

I been accepted by Roehampton for Drama course

Anyone here at or considering Roehampton?

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