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15 things that only happen in university halls
15 things that only happen in university halls
1. Get up
2. Breakfast if number 1 goes to plan. If no time, put on some creased clothes.
3. Pack bag
4. Leave
5. Random lectures/tutorials/assignments etc.
6. Get back
7. Check TSR, Facebook and Hotmail
8. Sign in to MSN
9. Time cooking so that you're not in the kitchen with most of the block (after Hollyoaks is a nightmare in there!)
10. Watch a film/nap/go to the bar
11. Sleep
12. Repeat
2. Breakfast if number 1 goes to plan. If no time, put on some creased clothes.
3. Pack bag
4. Leave
5. Random lectures/tutorials/assignments etc.
6. Get back
7. Check TSR, Facebook and Hotmail
8. Sign in to MSN
9. Time cooking so that you're not in the kitchen with most of the block (after Hollyoaks is a nightmare in there!)
10. Watch a film/nap/go to the bar
11. Sleep
12. Repeat
It all depends on whether I've got uni. Generally, though it's pretty quiet during the days as people are either sleeping or at uni. No-one tends to come out their rooms til about 5/6 and from then on we all hang out or drink and go out, whatever we feel like. Saturdays are usually hangover days and the weekends are generally really quiet here, kinda like the recovery period from the alcohol because we never go out on the weekend because it's more expensive.
I live in college and it's catered and generally:
-get up for breakfast
-go to lectures if I have them
-if not,sit around drinking tea
-I have to go to the library if I want to get any work done because friends constantly knock on my door which I see as an invitation to procrastinate
-drink tea/go out in the evening
-weekends are v.quiet normally,some people go home,most try and do some work
It's very noisy,you don't get much peace but it's fun!
-get up for breakfast
-go to lectures if I have them
-if not,sit around drinking tea
-I have to go to the library if I want to get any work done because friends constantly knock on my door which I see as an invitation to procrastinate
-drink tea/go out in the evening
-weekends are v.quiet normally,some people go home,most try and do some work
It's very noisy,you don't get much peace but it's fun!
Get up, go to your lectures/seminars. When not doing that, majority stay in their rooms, doing work, surfing the internet, msn, porn etc. Around 5-7 people cook, and then some people go to societies, I play poker and darts, or go out and get drunk! Come back, eat takeaway in kitchen and go to sleep
As has been said, there are factors which affect each day. Typically I'd get up anytime between 8-9, so I can have cooked breakfast. At my halls between 9-10 you can only have toast and cereals. Cooked will be bacon, sausage, egg, fried bread etc, and you can still get other stuff (toast, juice, fruit, yoghurt). Wash/shower depending on time. Walk to uni, do whatever I have to on campus and walk home. Sit in my room on MSN, TSR, work, listen to music or hang out etc until dinner, which is from 5.30-7.30. After that it's whatever you want in your room (music, computer, tv if you bring one). Then go to the bar when it opens, until it closes, go home. Chill and then sleep. Repeat ad infinatum.
As a more general response to the title of the thread, life in halls depends on which hall you are in. Obviously and en suite room is going to be more comfortable than one with just a wash basin, which is goign to better than a room with neither. How much you pay will affect the quality of the room, the food served (if in catered) and even how well the walls deal with external sounds (i.e. drunk students getting home late at night etc). The more you pay the better your room is an obvious and general rule of thumb. Communal toilets and showers can be quite poor quality, and sometimes there will be very little hot water for a shower.
It can be a fun way of life too in many ways, with lots of people to socialise with, and hopefully you will form a nicely knit community.
That said, I'm moving into a house next year...
As a more general response to the title of the thread, life in halls depends on which hall you are in. Obviously and en suite room is going to be more comfortable than one with just a wash basin, which is goign to better than a room with neither. How much you pay will affect the quality of the room, the food served (if in catered) and even how well the walls deal with external sounds (i.e. drunk students getting home late at night etc). The more you pay the better your room is an obvious and general rule of thumb. Communal toilets and showers can be quite poor quality, and sometimes there will be very little hot water for a shower.
It can be a fun way of life too in many ways, with lots of people to socialise with, and hopefully you will form a nicely knit community.
That said, I'm moving into a house next year...
Jonah Ramone
As has been said, there are factors which affect each day. Typically I'd get up anytime between 8-9, so I can have cooked breakfast. At my halls between 9-10 you can only have toast and cereals. Cooked will be bacon, sausage, egg, fried bread etc, and you can still get other stuff (toast, juice, fruit, yoghurt). Wash/shower depending on time. Walk to uni, do whatever I have to on campus and walk home. Sit in my room on MSN, TSR, work, listen to music or hang out etc until dinner, which is from 5.30-7.30. After that it's whatever you want in your room (music, computer, tv if you bring one). Then go to the bar when it opens, until it closes, go home. Chill and then sleep. Repeat ad infinatum.
As a more general response to the title of the thread, life in halls depends on which hall you are in. Obviously and en suite room is going to be more comfortable than one with just a wash basin, which is goign to better than a room with neither. How much you pay will affect the quality of the room, the food served (if in catered) and even how well the walls deal with external sounds (i.e. drunk students getting home late at night etc). The more you pay the better your room is an obvious and general rule of thumb. Communal toilets and showers can be quite poor quality, and sometimes there will be very little hot water for a shower.
It can be a fun way of life too in many ways, with lots of people to socialise with, and hopefully you will form a nicely knit community.
That said, I'm moving into a house next year...
As a more general response to the title of the thread, life in halls depends on which hall you are in. Obviously and en suite room is going to be more comfortable than one with just a wash basin, which is goign to better than a room with neither. How much you pay will affect the quality of the room, the food served (if in catered) and even how well the walls deal with external sounds (i.e. drunk students getting home late at night etc). The more you pay the better your room is an obvious and general rule of thumb. Communal toilets and showers can be quite poor quality, and sometimes there will be very little hot water for a shower.
It can be a fun way of life too in many ways, with lots of people to socialise with, and hopefully you will form a nicely knit community.
That said, I'm moving into a house next year...
you have to get up at 8-9!! how depressing for you!!
wake up about 1/2 - 45 mins before lectures [ i am a 10 minute wal 
]
shower + get dressed + have brekkie if i have time
lectures, studio -- cme back whenever
back - shower -eat + internet
TV, work
later - wooooo!!!!
] shower + get dressed + have brekkie if i have time
lectures, studio -- cme back whenever
back - shower -eat + internet
TV, work
later - wooooo!!!!
A typical Tuesday from last year
8.00 Wake up
8.15 Wake up
8.30 Wake up
8.37 Check TSR
8.45 Wash and dress in nearest jeans and top
8.58 Grab notebook and bag
9.02 Wander to kitchen for a drink
9.04 Check watch
9.06 Grab apple to have for breakfast since there's not time for more
9.08 Wander to theatre
9.15 Lecture
10.15 Back to flat
10.25 Decide to do work
10.30 Check TSR
11.00 Decide work isn't going to happen
11.07 Back to theatre for seminar
12.24 Back to flat
12.37 Make cheese sandwich
12.50 Do some reading
2.05 Leave for class
2.15 Class
5.15 Back to flat
5.30 Quickly make tea for self and bf
6.15 Eat dinner
6.35 Get bf to do washing up
6.44 Change into sports kit
7.00 Sports practice
9.10 Put kit away and chat to people
9.25 Discover flatmate picks this time of all times to be in the shower
9.30 Resolve to do some work
9.45 Shower
10.30 Decide work isn't going to happen
10.35 Browse TSR
1.00 Sleep
8.00 Wake up
8.15 Wake up
8.30 Wake up
8.37 Check TSR
8.45 Wash and dress in nearest jeans and top
8.58 Grab notebook and bag
9.02 Wander to kitchen for a drink
9.04 Check watch
9.06 Grab apple to have for breakfast since there's not time for more
9.08 Wander to theatre
9.15 Lecture
10.15 Back to flat
10.25 Decide to do work
10.30 Check TSR
11.00 Decide work isn't going to happen
11.07 Back to theatre for seminar
12.24 Back to flat
12.37 Make cheese sandwich
12.50 Do some reading
2.05 Leave for class
2.15 Class
5.15 Back to flat
5.30 Quickly make tea for self and bf
6.15 Eat dinner
6.35 Get bf to do washing up
6.44 Change into sports kit
7.00 Sports practice
9.10 Put kit away and chat to people
9.25 Discover flatmate picks this time of all times to be in the shower
9.30 Resolve to do some work
9.45 Shower
10.30 Decide work isn't going to happen
10.35 Browse TSR
1.00 Sleep
A day in the life:
Wake up
Shower, dress, eat, etc.
Walk to uni
Lecture/tutorial/whatever
Play pool in the SU bar
Lunch in the capitalist canteen that we're supposed to be boycotting but aren't because it's so cheap and good
More classes
More pool
Go to the library and study, puncuated by occasional games of pool
Possibly eat at uni; preferably not
Leave at roughly 7.30-8.30pm
Walk home
EAT and chat with friends and flatmates
Then perhaps finish any work that needs doing; or go out somewhere; or just chill out.
I don't get enough sleep.
Wake up
Shower, dress, eat, etc.
Walk to uni
Lecture/tutorial/whatever
Play pool in the SU bar
Lunch in the capitalist canteen that we're supposed to be boycotting but aren't because it's so cheap and good
More classes
More pool
Go to the library and study, puncuated by occasional games of pool
Possibly eat at uni; preferably not
Leave at roughly 7.30-8.30pm
Walk home
EAT and chat with friends and flatmates
Then perhaps finish any work that needs doing; or go out somewhere; or just chill out.
I don't get enough sleep.
Acaila
A typical Tuesday from last year
8.00 Wake up
8.15 Wake up
8.30 Wake up
8.37 Check TSR
8.45 Wash and dress in nearest jeans and top
8.58 Grab notebook and bag
9.02 Wander to kitchen for a drink
9.04 Check watch
9.06 Grab apple to have for breakfast since there's not time for more
9.08 Wander to theatre
9.15 Lecture
10.15 Back to flat
10.25 Decide to do work
10.30 Check TSR
11.00 Decide work isn't going to happen
11.07 Back to theatre for seminar
12.24 Back to flat
12.37 Make cheese sandwich
12.50 Do some reading
2.05 Leave for class
2.15 Class
5.15 Back to flat
5.30 Quickly make tea for self and bf
6.15 Eat dinner
6.35 Get bf to do washing up
6.44 Change into sports kit
7.00 Sports practice
9.10 Put kit away and chat to people
9.25 Discover flatmate picks this time of all times to be in the shower
9.30 Resolve to do some work
9.45 Shower
10.30 Decide work isn't going to happen
10.35 Browse TSR
1.00 Sleep
8.00 Wake up
8.15 Wake up
8.30 Wake up
8.37 Check TSR
8.45 Wash and dress in nearest jeans and top
8.58 Grab notebook and bag
9.02 Wander to kitchen for a drink
9.04 Check watch
9.06 Grab apple to have for breakfast since there's not time for more
9.08 Wander to theatre
9.15 Lecture
10.15 Back to flat
10.25 Decide to do work
10.30 Check TSR
11.00 Decide work isn't going to happen
11.07 Back to theatre for seminar
12.24 Back to flat
12.37 Make cheese sandwich
12.50 Do some reading
2.05 Leave for class
2.15 Class
5.15 Back to flat
5.30 Quickly make tea for self and bf
6.15 Eat dinner
6.35 Get bf to do washing up
6.44 Change into sports kit
7.00 Sports practice
9.10 Put kit away and chat to people
9.25 Discover flatmate picks this time of all times to be in the shower
9.30 Resolve to do some work
9.45 Shower
10.30 Decide work isn't going to happen
10.35 Browse TSR
1.00 Sleep
Wow. thats dedication to the TSR cause if i ever seen it, fair play
My Halls of residence had 21 people in it, so it was a very BIG social scene.
First 2 weeks of Uni during freshers nearly all 21 of us would leave together as one big group, We would watch movies in the communal kitchen together, cook for each other, board games were played often etc, then as the weeks passed by the groups separated into smaller groups based on the people we got on with the most, same interests etc.
Mine consisted of the 'lazy' bunch, missed most lectures, stayed asleep till 1 pm, played ALOT of video games together, played poker and other card games, chilled out in each others rooms and talked etc.
I felt halls was like a journey of self discovery, because of the sheer number of people i met from different cultures by the end of the year i had new interests and hobbies, so in a way it certainly developed my character. Not to mention the thrill of being away from home with like minded individuals. Its like an extended sleepover.
I definetly loved every minute of it and made lifelong friends, since i left after the second year and am now in the process of applying to other universities for first year entry i intend to try halls again for the first year, though i hope the experience would be similar to my first.
First 2 weeks of Uni during freshers nearly all 21 of us would leave together as one big group, We would watch movies in the communal kitchen together, cook for each other, board games were played often etc, then as the weeks passed by the groups separated into smaller groups based on the people we got on with the most, same interests etc.
Mine consisted of the 'lazy' bunch, missed most lectures, stayed asleep till 1 pm, played ALOT of video games together, played poker and other card games, chilled out in each others rooms and talked etc.
I felt halls was like a journey of self discovery, because of the sheer number of people i met from different cultures by the end of the year i had new interests and hobbies, so in a way it certainly developed my character. Not to mention the thrill of being away from home with like minded individuals. Its like an extended sleepover.
I definetly loved every minute of it and made lifelong friends, since i left after the second year and am now in the process of applying to other universities for first year entry i intend to try halls again for the first year, though i hope the experience would be similar to my first.
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