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Mature students at Queens

Hiya,

I am coming to Queens in September from Dundee as a mature student. Just wondering if there are many mature students about, or if anyone has any experiences of being a mature at Queens.
I dont know anyone in Belfast, I am slightly concerned about the apparently 'anti social' reputation the uni has been given on this forum - so if anyone knows about societies or anything like that - it would be great to know!

Cheers

Reply 1

gla81

Hi there,

I'm a mature student going to uni in September. Queens don't offer the course I'm doing so I'll not be there but I know a lot of other mature students from my course who plan on going. What have you applied for?

Reply 2

scooby22

Hi,

I'll be doing medicine at Queens, but there is an alarmingly low level of mature's on the course - eeeeek!!!

Reply 3

Spud

Well, I can comfort you in saying that I personally know one mature student going to do medicine at QUB next year! :smile:

Reply 4

scooby22

Ooooh - thats great, just to know i'll not be the only person over 18!
Are you originally from N.I yourself, i'm from sunny dundee - so not to familiar with Belfast myself, but the few times I've been over have been fun.

Reply 5

Spud

Yip, I'm a native, but I can assure you that you'll get to know the city fairly quickly - I know I did, and I'm not from Belfast. Have you got accomadation sorted out yet?

Reply 6

scooby22

Hey - no I've not got accomodation sorted at all. I'm going to pop over in a few weeks to have a look around, but i'll probably just get a wee bedsit to myself to start with until I get to know some folk and stuff. Have decided not to go into halls coz i feel I am just a little to old, and there doesn't appear to be anything separate for 'mature' students.
What about yourself?

Reply 7

Spud

I'm off to France for a year as a teaching assistant, as part of my degree so I'll have the same fun as you're having, ie finding accomadation in a different country! Only difference is that I don't know precisely where I'm going yet, and obviously, this is France we're talking about. :p:

Only reason I'm asking you is because the MBC (home of the Medecine teaching) is a wee bit away from the main campus. Only 5 minute walk or so (or ten if you're slow :biggrin:

), but it's probably just something you should bear in mind, especially given the early starts! The MBC is on the Lisburn Rd, so anywhere off it would probably be ideal.

Reply 8

username43584

There's wee terraced houses near Belfast City Hospital (in the area of the MBC) on streets named after Greek/Roman god (like Pandora Street). They'd be ideal if you could find a flat or people to share with...I think they're quite popular with med students. And they're literally round the corner from the hospital and teaching centre.

Reply 9

PhilMc

Oh come on!

The media blows out of proportion the 'Anti-social' behaviour of N.Ireland.

It's MUCH improved now. And any chavs don't make it beyond 5th year anyway!

Reply 10

scooby22

Hey,

Just trying to get some interest in the thread going!
Any matures doing anything for freshers week, got some booklets through the post - looks kinda cool

Reply 11

qubog

hey! im 21 and hoping to start queens in september, youl be grand but a bit worried about freshers week, i read on here that its a cattle market for 18 yr olds etc etc dunno if id be interested in that lol :rolleyes:

Reply 12

Henri Lloyd

I am nearly 20 too. Nothing to worry about I would say. But then again, I am not sure if I would really mind the prospect of the 'cattle market' [sic] :wink:

though I don't really think that is to be expected at Queen's as there are so many student actually from Belfast or NI who might also already know each other.

Reply 13

steve84

Yep another mature student at 23 here, I'll be attending freshers' week too, though I have some reservations myself the anxiousness is most probably over nothing and will hopefully be an enjoyable week :smile:

Reply 14

Sweet-Euphoria

When is freshers week :s-smilie:

I haven't recieved any information about it yet!