The Warwick Accommodation Thread (+Guide in Post#1)

Original post by Fattyc95

Hey when do exams usually finish by at Warwick?

Original post by welcometoib

1st years, latest end of 2nd week of june, 2nd years latest end of week 8 i think which is 18-19th, 3rd years latest 1st week of june.

The above is broadly accurate. However, it should be noted that the exams were significantly earlier this year than previous years, and at this point nobody seems to know whether that will be repeated in the future.

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Amandeep_3

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picked rootes as my first choice, do you think i have a good chance of getting it?

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welcometoib

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Original post by BlueSam3

The above is broadly accurate. However, it should be noted that the exams were significantly earlier this year than previous years, and at this point nobody seems to know whether that will be repeated in the future.

is this just for 3rd years? apart from wbs everyone else i know has more or less fit those timeframes, i think some maths finalists were still revising in uni house today though which did surprise me a bit, maybe they do?

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Original post by Age

I mean don't hold me to the Westwood thing but that's what happened to my friend and I saw a few other users on this advising against applying there unless it's your first choice. Rootes is stereotypically the most sociable hall but honestly you'll have a good time anywhere. But if you want to play it safe this is the order I would say for sociability:
1. Rootes
2. JM/AV (both the same basically)
3. Cryfield
4. Whitefields/Tocil
5. Sherbourne
6. Westwood
7. Heronbank
8. Lakeside
9. Bluebell

Sorry if I've missed any out

Apart from my earlier note that there's no such thing as a sociable/unsociable first year hall, I have no clue how you got to your placement of Tocil. It's currently a third year hall, so dramatically less sociable than any first year hall, and there's no basis on which to predict what it will be like next year.

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Original post by welcometoib

is this just for 3rd years? apart from wbs everyone else i know has more or less fit those timeframes, i think some maths finalists were still revising in uni house today though which did surprise me a bit, maybe they do?

Yeah, they were later than that in the past. Before this year, first years were often still going into week 8, and second years well into week 9.

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welcometoib

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Original post by BlueSam3

Yeah, they were later than that in the past. Before this year, first years were often still going into week 8, and second years well into week 9.

alright, maybe warwicks cock up with giving us timetables affected something, idk.

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jlhk

Hi everyone I am new to this forum. I will be going on an exchange to Warwick the coming school year and am now pondering which residence to apply for. I personally prefer the en-suite ones but Bluebell seems to be a bit too much. May I know if Lakeside and Heronbank are good choices in terms of maintenance, security and social life? When talking about social life, I would expect things like eating and travelling together, but not getting drunk every night...

Thanks in advance!

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I_Hate_Usernames

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From someone living in westwood:
Pros:
Close to tesco and Canon Park, and you have to carry more from tesco than you need to to your lectures...
Not really that far from campus, if you have most lectures in the maths and stats building, there is a shortcut, I can run there in under 3 mins and walk in 5-7mins, I think it's actually closer than Sherbourne/Lakeside/Heronbank, and possibly than Rootes.
Good value for money, the rooms are bigger than Rootes for almost the same amount.
Quieter at night because it's far from the SU
There are 8 blocks, and 4 have really new bathrooms and kitchens (2 years old now I think) which are great, I only share a kitchen with 8 people, I think it's 12 upstairs but the kitchens are bigger. The other 4 blocks aren't as nice in that respect but have massive common rooms whereas ours is a bit smaller. I share a bathroom with my floor of 18 and there are 4 showers, but I've never had to wait for one and there has always been at least 2 free when I've needed one.
There are also 4 toilets, and again, never been a problem.Ground floor has a common room and a dining room and it's great to have places to chill, sitting in the kitchen while people are cooking is hot, noisy and not ideal really.
There is a field in Westwood and that is becoming rare due to all the building work, it's nice for picnics, games etc.
The Avon building in westwood always has loads of free computers, a printer, sofas and is generally a good place to work, doesn't get full like the learning grids in exam season
39 week lets, moving all your stuff out in holidays would be an absolute pain.

Cons
The distance if you're lazy/a humanities student
You don't have your own bathroom, but you do have a sink in your room
Older blocks have small kitchens for the number of people (unsure about the bathrooms)
washing machine and dryer per block, sometimes this is not free, but it's usually just a case of coming back in half an hour, as the laundry room is in your block you can just leave your stuff there, set and set an alarm for when the person before you is done.

A word about other blocks:
Claycroft is without a doubt the best located, especially for maths, it's next it tesco, but it's post grad next year
Bluebell is really unsociable, EVERY door locks so you can't visit other kitchens, there tends to be a small number per kitchen, my friend who lives there never sees his flatmates
Rootes is ok, but worse than westwood in that the rooms are much smaller, it's also not that near to buildings where lectures actually are (have a look at a map), it's social but not really much more than other blocks, you just have to find the right kitchen.
Sherbourne/Lakeside/Heronbank are actually pretty far from central campus tbh, I'd say the worst location, particularly for maths.

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Age

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Original post by BlueSam3

Apart from my earlier note that there's no such thing as a sociable/unsociable first year hall, I have no clue how you got to your placement of Tocil. It's currently a third year hall, so dramatically less sociable than any first year hall, and there's no basis on which to predict what it will be like next year.

But like I said this is just stereotypes from what I have heard? I personally went for Sherbourne. There's no denying Rootes is known as the party hall and I've known that before I even applied. Stereotypes are stereotypes and will always exist so there's no harm in ranking according to what students in the years above us post in freshers pages or share at open days.

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Original post by Age

But like I said this is just stereotypes from what I have heard? I personally went for Sherbourne. There's no denying Rootes is known as the party hall and I've known that before I even applied. Stereotypes are stereotypes and will always exist so there's no harm in ranking according to what students in the years above us post in freshers pages or share at open days.

But Tocil. I still don't have the first clue how you got to your conclusions about Tocil.

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LumosNox

Original post by Amandeep_3

picked rootes as my first choice, do you think i have a good chance of getting it?

You have a fairly good chance I'd say. Mainly because, whilst I think it is a popular choice, the number of rooms means that 923 students will be placed there. In 2014, the intake was 4,224 according to this link: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/profile/people/
Ergo, just under a quarter of students will be placed in Rootes, theoretically. Why shouldn't you be one of them? :smile:

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Original post by hellolollol

Oh no! I've put yes in my application form and I'm now worried that I'm going to be stuck with people who are very quiet and unsociable. Is there any way I could make another request?

I'm sure if you call accommodation services (I'm sure theres a number on the website), they will be able to!

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Original post by Fattyc95

What accommodation are you staying if you don't mind me asking and how is it? I really doubt I'll get into Jack Martin, how's tocil? Do you know how may toilets/bathrooms they have?

I'm in whitefields :smile:

I'll copy something I posted before about Whitefields at the bottom.
I can't tell you much about Tocil, I don't think it was available to undergrads in my year (not sure about this). I've not met anyone who lives there. I thought it was house of 12 sharing toilet between 6, but I'm not sure! In Whitefields its technically supposed to be 6 to a toilet (12 all together also), but theres actually 7 people downstairs and 5 upstairs so thats also the split of the toilets.
You might get in to JM but don't fret too much about it, JM was my first choice and I ended up in Whitefields and loved it! No one I know hates their accommodation, a couple of people have had noise issues (rootes) but thats about it.

Whitefields
I'll break it up as a list
Positives
Cheap
Close to Costcutter, pharmacy, the laundrette coffee shops, Student Union, Terrace bar, Fusion bar (football and sport screenings), the dirty duck pub, the bread oven (sandwich shop), piazza area and the bus stop
Close to path to gibbet hill (Life sciences, medicine and some modules of psychology) and the learning grid (mini library, useful when you need to print something in a rush!)
Can't stress the location enough, I love it
Homely feel
Common room is nice
Nice patch of green behind the houses
The rooms are quite big

Negatives
If you are one of the houses closest to the SU (Flats 10-14), the SU can be quite loud (But I know if you expressed in the application "about me bit" that you don't like noise, they won't put you on these houses). I live in one of the closest ones and my window is close to the SU. Its bothered me like a handful of times, twice during exam period when I put ear plugs in. No one else in my house seems that bothered.
About general noise, no noiser than anywhere else really. You hear people walking by but thats the same anywhere. If you put in your about me section that you don't want noise or noisy flatmates, they won't put you near the noise or noisy people!
The kitchen is small. Its not uncomfortable but fridge space isn't super abundant.

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http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/accommodation/studentaccommodation/all/campus/residences/

Original post by Bella_96

no i don't think so, as long as you apply by the deadline you will have as equal chance as everyone else to get your first choices so don't rush it, take your time to look at the options.

Their website is good, its got lots of info on them and once you have decided it doesn't take long to fill out the application. :smile:

Even the people who apply in learning have the same chances as everyone else, don't worry at all!

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