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

A tad unsure about the course - but oh well, here goes...

I feel you brotha SISTA. [Politics with Sociology]. But I'm excited as well..

Can anyone answer my question? Or are there no such figures?

I don't think Warwick or any university would release such figures. Possibly because it would highlight that the % of applicants that get their first choice is very low.

Based on some of things said on the forum and on open days, its mostly down to pot luck. People have got accomodation that weren't even on their lists.

I'm more interested in whether or not someone who puts Tocil as first choice is more likely to get it than someone who puts it as second choice behind an ensuite- surely Warwick accomodation can answer me that?

Oh! Well, if you put any non-ensuite before an ensuite then you are more than likely to get it. So yeh, if you put Tocil first, and someone else had put an ensuite in first then Tocil, you would be more likely to get it.

I know that that's the way it SHOULD work, but people on here keep saying "you've got nothing to lose by applying for an ensuite", which confused me into thinking it can't actually work like that.

But do you even want an ensuite?
If you really don't mind whether or not you get the ensuite, put it as second. Additionally and hopefully that way, people who really want the ensuite, would be more likely to get it.

Of course I would prefer an ensuite, and as I've said I'm really going to struggle sharing a bathroom with people who use that bathroom to vomit in following nights out. Plus I have pretty severe IBS and have to spend a lot of time on the toilet... but will have to squat on a shared toilet, which is sure to be uncomfortable.

But I had sort of agreed with myself that I wouldn't go for ensuite because my parents think its unneccesary expense- they don't get why I don't just apply for the bottom three priced accomodation in ascending order- and I know I'm going to struggle financially so an extra five hundred pounds saved would be pretty good.

One thing pushing me towards applying for ensuite is knowing that I will definitely be coming back home during holidays, so it seems a waste of money paying for nine extra weeks. I don't think I'll need anywhere to leave my stuff, because my dad lives in the West Midlands and is generally available, so I reckon he'd be able to pick me up whenever and I'll just leave all my stuff at his.

Does Cryfield really have a theft problem, btw?

Cryfield? Theft problem? I hope not! I've not heard anything like that about it and I've read all of the pages on this thread.

Yes, I see what you mean. Based on what you've said, I reckon you should go for the ensuite - especially with IBS - I get that occasionally and that pain is just . Sharing bathrooms with IBS is not the most practical situation, be sure to mention it on your form.

As for the financial aspect, have you sort of worked out what you are entitled to? If you could sort that out, it might help you form a decision.
I'm in the same situation, I live in the West Midlands too, and paying for 39 weeks is not really sensible when it wouldn't take long to get home.

I live in the East Midlands, not the West Midlands- I don't live with my dad. But still, I don't live too far away.

Is the form just about what type of a person you are? If I write about paying for 39 weeks being a waste of money, and that I have IBS, will that do? Because I don't know much about myself as a person. Sometimes I can be realy sociable and up for anything, but sometimes I just want to sit in a corner and not be disturbed. And I like my sleep and I like a clean environment.

But I can't pick who I live with I don't understand human beings who think its acceptable to live and eat in a pig sty, and who are selfish enough to dirty communal areas without cleaning them. If I get given Rootes I'm not sure I can go to uni next year; I can' afford to go en-suite but I won't actually be able to use a bathroom that countless other people have vomitted in after nights out, and that's the impression I've been given of Rootes.

How often are bathrooms cleaned?

And how long do you reckon my bladder can go without emptying?

LOL.
I'm soo excited too. I'm literally counting down the days.

Oops, sorry then, sista :P. (just for the record, I looked for a gender indicator, but it wasn't there, so I guess I randomly picked the brotha thing :P).

Anyway, I finally made my decision for my first choice, guess it's also going to be an ensuite, which is Arthur Vick. Rootes will probably come second in my preferences in the end because when I want to sleep, I REALLY want to sleep, and I become aggressive if I can't, haha.

haha its all good. i was just being a bit arsey lol.

WHOOP! hopefully we might end up seeing each other lol.
i really really want Arthur Vick - i dont want to be in a really rowdy place but im scared I'll get stuck with really unsociable people or people who wont understand that they cant touch my kitchen stuff lol

Pretty rare for all the toilets on a rootes floor to be vomited in by many people.
If someone gets drunkill chances are the others on the floor are going to take them home.
The floor would have to be pretty hardcore to have many people throwing up all over the place.

I would advise to approach a possible year in Rootes with a fairly relaxed attitude to cleanliness (and indeed a relaxed attitude to everything)
Mind you you should be aiming for that wherever you are staying.

Its only one year after all.

I have a feeling Cryfield will become just as bad as Rootes in terms of cleanliness and noise what with it being the cheapest next year.

No way I would be able to take a RELAXED attitude towards other people being unhygenic in a place where I have to live! Why should I?! I can't stay in Rootes, I just can't, and I definitely can't afford ensuite, so I don't know what to do. I have a feeling Cryfield will become just as bad as Rootes in terms of cleanliness and noise what with it being the cheapest next year.