The truth about bristol

I've heard so many people saying they wouldn't want to go to Bristol because the uni is spread out across the city and you have to walk miles between lectures but this really isn't true! The university buildings are all located close together and it takes 5mins at the most to walk between them although this is not the case for most people. I'm currently a third year here and my time here has been the best three years of my life. Also if you are put off bristol by accounts that it is full of rahs, don't take too much notice of it. Once you get to uni your background is'nt really an issue and people don't care which school you went to (or at least that's the case in my dept). There are loads of normal people in bristol in addition to the rahs!

Bristol really is a great place to come to uni. It's a big enough place so you don't get bored in the evening as there are heaps of places to go apart from the legendary wedgies! But on the other hand not a day goes by when you are unlikely to bump into someone you know outside of lectures, so its got a really friendly feeling about it!

Sorry about the rant but bristol really is a fab place to go to uni and please to don't be put off my all the bad press it's been getting at the moment! :smile:

Reply 1

hildabeast

7

Genie1

Sorry about the rant but bristol really is a fab place to go to uni and please to don't be put off my all the bad press it's been getting at the moment! :smile:

This bad press hasn't stopped it becoming one of the most oversubscribed universities in the country though...

Reply 2

Tek

7

Bristol is a bigoted University. How could anyone perpetuate such blatant discrimination in their admissions procedures?

Reply 3

Genie1

OP

I can see where you're coming from but to use the word bigoted sems a little strange.

Bigot:
One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ

Surely this is the total opposite of bristol's admissions procedures? By trying to increase the number of state school entrants, bristol aims to increase the diversity of the student population and try and remove the stigma of it being filled with the green welly brigade.

Reply 4

Tek

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No, they're bigoted because they discriminate against privately schooled children. Which is frankly disgraceful.

Reply 5

fit

Tek

No, they're bigoted because they discriminate against privately schooled children. Which is frankly disgraceful.

Well those at private schools have had better educations than those at state schools purely (in the majority of cases) because of their parents ability to pay for that....surely thats no more unfair than the bristol admissions process? And I know a number of people who've been accepted (for the most oversubscribed subjects) at bristol that go to private schools so I would take what you read in the press with a pinch of salt.

Reply 6

HammaL

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fit

Well those at private schools have had better educations than those at state schools purely (in the majority of cases) because of their parents ability to pay for that....surely thats no more unfair than the bristol admissions process? And I know a number of people who've been accepted (for the most oversubscribed subjects) at bristol that go to private schools so I would take what you read in the press with a pinch of salt.

True.

Reply 7

emom100

8

especially when it comes to the mail..... they seem to really hate Bristol

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