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Reply 20

Evil Muffin

gemma1811

This may sound very stupid, but what is a slone? Is it a fresher?

It's a posh person, with a very typically upper middle class background, who may or may not look down on those who haven't.

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Reply 21

gemma1811

Evil Muffin

It's a posh person, with a very typically upper middle class background, who may or may not look down on those who haven't.

Oh right thanx!

Reply 22

NeoNemesis

ickle_katy

i thought dyryard is catered??

ollies in dyryard too!!

love Katy ***

Sorry, Duryard is only Catered. I have no idea why i put the Self before it. Silly me!

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Reply 23

Theo2004

Hi

I'm writing this message from Hope Hall. The facilities are great, there are a lot of en-suites, the food is terrible, but worse elsewhere. One downside is its cost. For 2004/5 it will be between £105/115 a week .That includes all meals and room cleaning, plus free laundry facilities. Everyone who is here either took a gap year or has a medical condition, only a few of them arge genuine. If you want an ensuite just find an unscrupulous doctor to write you a letter. We all did. There are very few 'Sloane Rangers' here. Because the majority have taken a gap year its a much calmer quieter place to live. Yes, in other words it can be deadly dull. However, they don't show you the worst accomodation on the tour, and with a good group of people this can be a great place to live. We are within the boundaries of the campus and actually a lot closer to the main nightclub and the Law, Sociology, History, Politics, Economics, Engineering, Computing and Archeaology departments. And we are closer to town. Be warned we have four annex's, they are large Victorian homes, two are disused at the moment but the other two are a little scabby but the people who live there are so close and happy they wouldn't want to be anywhere else. The other halls in the "Exeter Halls" group cosnsit of people who applied for Hope, a large number of the males go around in their pastel yachting shirts with Pashmina's, but there are a few normal people out there.

Beware of hidden costs, when you get here you have to pay £40 in hall subs for entertainment, £50 for the internet, £25 for an 'Ents' card,£10 or a key for your cupboard and a bit towards your lunch each day (only about £15p though).

Good Luck

Reply 24

Baby_Angelz

If one is in Exeter Uni, is it better to go catered or self-catered?

If it's self-catered, roughly how much do you spend a week on food alone?

And do you actually cook regularly?

Reply 25

ickle_katy

If one is in Exeter Uni, is it better to go catered or self-catered?
depends on what type of person you are..i couldnt have coped with self catered

If it's self-catered, roughly how much do you spend a week on food alone?
depends on where you shop...roughly about £10

And do you actually cook regularly?
yes if you have self catered, or you'd die

love Katy ***

Reply 26

Baby_Angelz

That's a short, straight to the point answer, thanks.

ickle_katy

If one is in Exeter Uni, is it better to go catered or self-catered?
depends on what type of person you are..i couldnt have coped with self catered

I was just wondering why you couldn't cope with self-catered. Is it because of the hectic time table, such that there's no time to cook?

Roughly how many hours of lecture + tutorial time there is per week?

Reply 27

Evil Muffin

I'm sending off my accommodation form on Monday. Choices are:
1. Mardon
2. Lopes Hall
3. Duryard (thought I'd end up there anyway, so what the heck!)

Reply 28

ickle_katy

I was just wondering why you couldn't cope with self-catered. Is it because of the hectic time table, such that there's no time to cook?

well, i doubt id have been bothered to make breakfast as i would have got up even earlier, lunch would be fine, but Expensive at £2+ a day and although id be home at ~5 most days, i couldnt be bothered to cook, so id just watch telly and go to bed...and more than likely forget about food. so its more to do with being lazy that the timetable.

Roughly how many hours of lecture + tutorial time there is per week?

i get 17 hours a week, but its annoying because they're early mornings 9 and 10 and then last afternoon 3-5 so i have hyge gaps in the middle.

love Katy ***

Reply 29

gemma1811

Evil Muffin

I'm sending off my accommodation form on Monday. Choices are:
1. Mardon
2. Lopes Hall
3. Duryard (thought I'd end up there anyway, so what the heck!)

I'm sending mine off this week to. Have choosen:
1. Hope Hall
2. Holland Hall
3. Rowe House

Reply 30

t12345

i've gotta fill out my forms for exeter accommodation soonish. where would you people at exeter recommend applying to if I want to live with 'normal' people (i.e avoid as many snobby gits as possible!)?

Reply 31

gemma1811

t12345

hehe, are there that many 'snobby gits' there? when i've been to the open days etc the people seem really nice and there were not many 'snobby gits' there at all-which is why i've just applied to the halls that I like.

Reply 32

ickle_katy

gemma1811

lol, your in for a big shock...Exeter is nearly full of "snobby gits"!

if your trying to avoid them, go for the cheepest accomodation, aviod marden, holland hall, rowe house, nash grove,

try dyryard, kilmorie, south cloiseters (st lukes)

love Katy***

Reply 33

t12345

ickle_katy

lol, your in for a big shock...Exeter is nearly full of "snobby gits"!

yeah, so i understand from every opinion of the uni that i see online! just trying to find the best way of avoiding the spoilt sods...seems as if duryard is the way forward

Reply 34

gemma1811

ickle_katy

lol, your in for a big shock...Exeter is nearly full of "snobby gits"!

Oh well - i'm sure i'll learn to live with them - i go to school with quite a few "snobby gits" at the moment, so it'll prob be the same (so i'll either avoid them or learn to live with them :smile:

) Are they that bad then? xxxx

Reply 35

ickle_katy

gemma1811

Oh well - i'm sure i'll learn to live with them - i go to school with quite a few "snobby gits" at the moment, so it'll prob be the same (so i'll either avoid them or learn to live with them :smile:

) Are they that bad then? xxxx

yes they're bad. but the ones that realise theeyre snobby are ok...tey dont like you,you dont like them so you just dont mix. the worst ones, the ones that drive me insane are the ones that dont realise it. these are the type who live in dyryard...and they're like "oh im not snobby" and your like "just shut up" grrr, but you cope, you tend to attrach people similar to you in freshers week so you'll just all laugh at them!

the people at the accomodation office are very very skiled in what they do.

love Katy ***

Reply 36

t12345

ahha, so its easy to avoid having to socialise with the posh types? they just stick to their own breed?

Reply 37

ickle_katy

t12345

ahha, so its easy to avoid having to socialise with the posh types? they just stick to their own breed?

oh yea, they wouldnt dare go near the places we go...mummy and daddy wouldnt approve.

love Katy ***

Reply 38

Ollie

ickle_katy

lol, your in for a big shock...Exeter is nearly full of "snobby gits"!

its not that bad!

Everyone: Don't get up your hopes, everyone I know (in duryard) applied for mardon, hope and lopes. So don't feel bad if you end up in duryard, Ive had a great year! There is a chance of getting into Holland i guess.

Reply 39

jumahumour

how can people improve their chances of getting into the 'nice' exeter halls then. Everyone seems to say that mardon, hope, lopes, holland etc are all gonna be taken up by those who have gap years. why is this?

I really want to go to holland, anything i can do to improve my chances?