Ask a current first year MMU student

Hey Rhys, I think it's pretty cool what you're doing here and I just have a couple questions. All the people you've met, right, are they studying similar things or are they studying crazy things like forensic biology ?? That's what I'm coming to study and I just wanna know if I'll get the opportunity to meet random people and not just the people I share a flat with and work with on my course. Second question, does the social side of Victoria halls legitimately suck ?? I've heard so much about it being terrible, but I genuinely think it's just people who aren't really fussed about the degree and rather their social advances. I'm totally up for socialising but, like, I don't wanna be hammered 24/7 by people shouting, banging etc, that's why I chose Victoria hall, but now I'm pretty unsure about where I wanna be. But yeah, just an answer to the two questions if you'd be so kind

Hi! I just have a few questions, how easy did you find it to get a job so quickly? Did the uni help you or did you do the traditional walking round with your CV or apply online?
& does having a job affect your social life at all, or do a lot of people tend to work?
thanks ^_^

Hi

I got offered my job six days after moving, and was offered three other interviews, of which I think two were following the job offer I accepted.

Personally I found it really easy, but I'm lucky in the sense that my hometown is a 50 minute £5 return coach away. I started applying online for jobs around late august (including the one I currently have) and began to give CV's out early September, to beat the other students to it! My advice for this is to get to know Manchester, all of the students moving here won't know the area and more will apply for the city centre jobs than the ones a short bus/walk away in an area they've not heard of, that was my plan and it worked excellently, I got a job long before my other friends and it's down the road from Victoria Station.

I've never had any help with my CV, I just googled layouts, read up on a few techniques from google and just got on with it! It was something that was never taught to me at college or high school. However the university can help you with that via the employability hub, which is based on the ground floor of the NBS faculty, and there are plenty of on-site university jobs such as the union, visit days, and the shops/cafes.

It doesn't affect your social life unless you do nights or work really long hours, most students will work weekends so your friends will probably be working too, or you work your days off which won't be the same as your friends as they'll be in uni so it doesn't affect it too much, you just work around it.

Hi,I have an offer to read the MSc information systems program from MMU but have heard the city of Manchester is pretty unsafe for students with reports of violence and robbery.
I am an overseas student so no idea about how to verify the extent of these claims. Can someone shed some light on the situation from an unbiased POV? I'd really appreciate it , thnx

thanks for the feedback :-)
Are there any specific areas to be avoided by students and first-timers? my teaching campus is located at all saints.

So I saw a student do this last year and it was pretty helpful to some people so...Any questions/advice? Go ahead!

Background information:
So I'm Rhys, I'm from Liverpool and recently turned 20, I'm a current first year student at MMU studying Advertising and Brand Management in the business school, I actually started off doing Chemistry but left within the first 3 hours of the first day (Not even joking! - I literally ran out of the class in front of everyone and the tutors, but that's another story.). I currently live at Victoria Hall in block L in a single en-suite room, and work at H&M in Manchester Fort (a job I got within 6 days of moving here).

The one piece of advice I would give is DO NOT buy them stupid wristbands and freshers events tickets before you actually get here from private companies, You will either not go entirely or realise how much of a waste of money they actually are. It's all well and good buying a £20 for a one-week event, but you'll soon realise how far away the venues actually are, and how expensive the drinks can be. Last year I bought the unions own one and it was actually pretty good, it's where I met all my current friends and ones that I met on this forum and on facebook pages, and we all had an amazing time (And the drinks were cheap)! Also there's loads of independent bars that do events around this time anyway, again much cheaper and closer than any of the private ones so you aren't forking out for a taxi every night.

Hi Rhys.

Just wanted to know, is Birley Fields quite a distance from all the other accommodation sites? From the map on the MMU accommodation page, it looks quite secluded? Also, do you know what the rooms are like in Birley Fields? I've chosen the townhouse as my first choice but the lack of pictures doesn't help! Finally, how far is Oxford Road from the BF campus?

Hello!
It's not that far a all, it's about a 5/10 minute walk if that, the townouses are further back, but the distance is comparable to Oxford Rd train station to All Saints campus, and it's served bus by services 86,141,250,251 and 263 (To Chorlton/Didsbury/City Centre/Trafford Centre/Altrincham) and closer to the nerest supermaket (ASDA Hulme). I wouldn't call it secluded, it's just further out.

I've only been in the en-suite flats, but the rooms are really nice! They're definitely the nicest of the campus accommodation! I'm not really sure how to describe it but the kitchen is a lot nicer than victoria hall, and the bedrooms are generally larger afaik, and the beds are 3/4 ones instead of standard singles.

when you applied for you're first accommodation which i presume was through mmu ? when did they confirm you could actually pay a deposit and have a firm place to move into for your first year ?

I got the grades last year to get inn so I have an unconditional, shouldn't this make me eligible for an accommodation now ?

Hey Rhys, you said you were a scouser and I am one myself, always wondered what is the reception of scousers in Manchester as I am moving there in september hopefully and also, what are the top 3 halls in order would you say, I want a en suite and a active social scene but not a crazy 24/7 partyhouse?

Also I will be 20 in August so will I be lumped in with ''old'' people and kept clear of any 18 /19 year olds?

Hey,
Ive seen that you have already talked about Birley fields but i just wondered if you could give me a little bit more info. Would you say that walking to and from there everyday to get to the all saints campus would be inconvenient? And because its further away do the people there tend to only mix with others who live there? My friend lives in cambridge and really reccomends going with a larger flat as its more likely you will get on with people however i hate how small the cambridge rooms are and would prefer to have my own bathroom. Im just a bit worried that birley fields is just that bit far out. Would you say they are sociable hall or are they quieter? Also do you think the price is too expensive for what they are? I know this sounds a bit weird but would you say people are posher in birley fields because the price is much higher than all the others? It doesnt bother me if so but i am not from that type of background and dont know if i would feel slightly uncomfortable.

Think its great that your answering everyones questions, so thank you!!

I got the grades last year to get inn so I have an unconditional, shouldn't this make me eligible for an accommodation now ?