Aidans freshers week/events...

ChrisH2107

Don't be sorry, I'm neutral and can say I have for a while been of the impression that Cuths rocks, certainly more than Aidan's :p:

Well said sir.

It's weird though....you tend to hear about things in all the colleges but Aidan's and Grey... :confused:

Or is it just me that thinks that...?

Reply 42

i think £100 would probably be about average for freshers week - you could do it for less considering beer is £1.40 for most pints, if you bought all your fancy dress before you came, didnt go to the freshers ball (seriously expensive for ticket and drinks!) and didnt buy much stuff in the first week for your room or anything! £400 is certainly no where near the typical amount! si - did you buy everyone in the bar a drink apart from me?! how rude! :P

Reply 43

M1ke

Rach:)

It's weird though....you tend to hear about things in all the colleges but Aidan's and Grey... :confused:

Or is it just me that thinks that...?

No, I've heard alot about Aidan's. Though I suppose it does help that I'm going there :P

ScaryBabyGuy

Cuths rocks, certainly more than Aidan's

Ooh, you trouble starter you! :wink:

I'm quite crafty when it comes to spending money, even when out drinking, but I shall indeed have about £100 ready in my ATM account for the week, as you guys have all done it and that seems to be the usual.

Reply 44

For the ball or whatever, the formal thing, I need to know how formal it's going to be, i mean is everyone going to be in like just nice pantsd and tops or nice skirts or tops or do people go full out? Because I'm actually a balldress over with me and it's like a corset on top and really formal, I mean I wore it to some balls in Vienna and stuff....

Reply 45

croissantfever

Summat like that is good for proper balls and stuff but I wouldn't wear it just to your average formal.

Reply 46

but what about the fresher's formal which apparently is a black tie event?

Reply 47

croissantfever

The freshers formal? Is that the first formal in freshers week? I guess you COULD wear it for that, just see what everyone else is wearing for it and go with the flow. If its a proper ball gown then it might be a bit OTT, but if its just a nice dress then go for it.

wanna see a pic?

I'm just wearing a dress i wore for my prom when i left sixth form

Reply 50

As a general rule....dresses or skirt and a top for formals and ball gowns only for balls and black tie events.

Reply 51

Okay, thanks Rachel. :biggrin:

Reply 52

croissantfever

yeah what rachel said! Sorry, been out for mums birthday.

Reply 53

to be fair you can get away with pretty much anything at the freshers formal - at least half the girls last year were wearing ball dresses because nobody really knows what to expect. but as rachel said, skirt+top or cocktail dress is the norm after that

Reply 54

Does she mean the fresher's formal in college or the fresher's ball though....?

Reply 55

there's more than one? no idea really, but it was in our (aidan's freshers" handbook so...

Reply 56

It was probably fresher's formal then (is it on the first evening?) in which case its definitley just skirt/trousers and top or cocktail dress. Though noone really wore a dress to ours last year because noone had been to one before or knew what to expect.

Reply 57

you mean the fresher formal - an aidan's event which is just a meal (with wine), followed usually by an evening in the bar (possibly kareokee) and possibly by going out after

freshers ball is an actually ball, a university event, with people from all the colleges (held somewhere in the surrounding area of durham) - that is tux/ball dress event. its also very expensive for what it is so not that many people seem to go!

Reply 58

Nel48

ooo good, so a top and skirt event, that's good.

Could someone give me a rough guide of what the room contents are e.g. do we get a desk lamp e.t.c.?

Also, what sort of crokery and food are people bringing. I'd assumed that as Aidans is fully catered, we wouldn't need that sort of stuff but i get the impression from other threads that we do. Do people just bring one of each - mug, plate etc and some snack type foods?

Thanks, this packing and planning lark is driving me nuts

Reply 59