Bankside Hall feedback

I went to visit Bankside Hall the other day, the rooms were nice and it was very big compared to the other halls i visited (HH, CS, Roseberry). However, online I can't find much information about this hall. Is it very sociable? Do they organize good events? etc...
I would appreciate any feedback!

I went to visit Bankside Hall the other day, the rooms were nice and it was very big compared to the other halls i visited (HH, CS, Roseberry). However, online I can't find much information about this hall. Is it very sociable? Do they organize good events? etc...
I would appreciate any feedback!

On the website though it says first years should expect to share a room.. wondering if this is really the case..?

Having lived at 2 halls including Bankside, I'd say Bankside offers the best undergrad experience out of any other hall. I'd strongly recommend it to you all.

It's really nice having a bar + TV room + games room + arcade room + a restaurant (large groups of people go down to dinner together so it's a really nice atmosphere and easy to make friends). The downside is of course walking over the bridge when it's freezing cold, but it's also one of the nicest parts when it's the summer. If you do a course like EC102 Economics B, then it's really awesome having like 50 people walk to lectures together + everyone working together on problem sets throughout the year.

There are also decent facilities (shops, tubes, restaurants) around you - there's some annoying construction work going on though (may have finished now, not sure) which can be quite distracting in certain rooms.

Most people do not have shared rooms, no.

Ohh thanks for the comment Very reassuring especially since i've just put BS as my first choice

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Put bankside as my first choice too. Really worried that i will get HH which i put as second choice

Why are you worried with HH and if you are worried then why did you put it as your 2nd choice? I am not absolutely sure but on the visit day they said that approximately 80% gets into their first choice.

Having lived at 2 halls including Bankside, I'd say Bankside offers the best undergrad experience out of any other hall. I'd strongly recommend it to you all.

It's really nice having a bar + TV room + games room + arcade room + a restaurant (large groups of people go down to dinner together so it's a really nice atmosphere and easy to make friends). The downside is of course walking over the bridge when it's freezing cold, but it's also one of the nicest parts when it's the summer. If you do a course like EC102 Economics B, then it's really awesome having like 50 people walk to lectures together + everyone working together on problem sets throughout the year.

There are also decent facilities (shops, tubes, restaurants) around you - there's some annoying construction work going on though (may have finished now, not sure) which can be quite distracting in certain rooms.

Most people do not have shared rooms, no.

There is quite limited choices. I would like a single room if possible and HH offers that despite it's in a flat layout. Others like Northumberland, Passfield specify that first year must share and that leaves CS and Rosebury ( where they have more single rooms to offer) to choose from. I thought HH looks ok on the web, but someone was commenting how bad the rooms are and old and so that got me worried a bit after I submitted my choices. Oh well, we'll know soon

What was the other hall you were in? How was it in comparison, if you don't mind me asking?

Having lived at 2 halls including Bankside, I'd say Bankside offers the best undergrad experience out of any other hall. I'd strongly recommend it to you all.

It's really nice having a bar + TV room + games room + arcade room + a restaurant (large groups of people go down to dinner together so it's a really nice atmosphere and easy to make friends). The downside is of course walking over the bridge when it's freezing cold, but it's also one of the nicest parts when it's the summer. If you do a course like EC102 Economics B, then it's really awesome having like 50 people walk to lectures together + everyone working together on problem sets throughout the year.

There are also decent facilities (shops, tubes, restaurants) around you - there's some annoying construction work going on though (may have finished now, not sure) which can be quite distracting in certain rooms.

Most people do not have shared rooms, no.