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Durham Applicants 2007 Thread

Reply 1420

NickiM

14

Oooooh, you made your decision, officially :biggrin:

Yay!

Reply 1421

bluesky5

Finally decided at 5 minutes to the UCAS deadline!! Durham Firm AAB, Bath Insurance BBB for combined social sciences. So hopefully can change from Hatfield college (Jinxes, it wasnt my type of place either) and see you up in Durham in October, wooo!

Reply 1422

NickiM

14

^ Phew, that was close :smile:

What didn't you like about Hatfield?

Reply 1423

bluesky5

i just didn't like the social atmosphere. It's hard to put my finger on what exactly. It felt like some of the people there had lived very sheltered lives not in the real world and i had the feeling that i would have to change my personality to fit in. Everyone seemed very polite and nice just the people i talked to had different sense of humour and got overly excited about little things (eg the spooning thing). Also v.different backgrounds, which may be a slight problem when it comes to making friends. it also felt a little claustraphobic just after the one day and I wouldn't mind it for a week or 2 away like a holiday camp, but for 2 years nope, not for me. What college would you recomend as more relaxed and more people and more diverse? :smile:

Reply 1424

WokSz

17

H&B is very big and I doubt you'll feel claustraphobic. How about you visit each College?

Reply 1425

Danny_777

16

bluesky5

What college would you recomend as more relaxed and more people and more diverse? :smile:

Mildert!!! 'Comp on the swamp' all the way :cool:

Reply 1426

sarbruis

8

Just found out I've got an offer from Collingwood for Computer Science (07). YAY. I'll be seeing you in a few months, eggman and WokSz.

Reply 1427

WokSz

17

w00t well done! But what made you turn to Collingwood? :biggrin:

Also, how did you add the coat of arms in to your siggie? I need to represent Hatfield! :biggrin:

Reply 1428

sarbruis

8

It was kind of an arbitrary decision. I didn't have any great reasons to pick any of them over the others, but Collingwood seems nice, it's next to the gardens, its accommodations look nice, it has a new gym, and it's close to the science buildings. So Collingwood.

Reply 1429

WokSz

17

Nice!

I only picked Hatfield because it's very traditional and has formals lol. I know I'm a sellout.

Reply 1430

sarbruis

8

I'm not a big fan of gowns. Two or three megaformals is enough for me.

Reply 1431

Danny_777

16

I can imagine the novelty of gowns wearing off after a few dinners.

Reply 1432

WokSz

17

Atleast it'll be good for the first few :wink:

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Reply 1433

Winnipeg

Can anyone tell me when the Durham colleges send out accommodation forms/welcome packs etc? I know it's once everyone has their A-level results...I'd like to at least have a rough idea to make sure that I'm not away on holiday or anything :smile:

Reply 1434

Foxius

Winnipeg

Can anyone tell me when the Durham colleges send out accommodation forms/welcome packs etc? I know it's once everyone has their A-level results...I'd like to at least have a rough idea to make sure that I'm not away on holiday or anything :smile:

Mid August or something.

Reply 1435

Piggsil

16

Winnipeg

Can anyone tell me when the Durham colleges send out accommodation forms/welcome packs etc? I know it's once everyone has their A-level results...I'd like to at least have a rough idea to make sure that I'm not away on holiday or anything :smile: