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Uni of Reading or Southampton?

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Just wondering. I wanna go to either to study English and languages and just wanna know if either is known to be better for any of them or whatever. Also, the towns, halls of residences, nightlife and just the universities' reputations in general.

I was also wondering...is a large proportion of the Reading lot from London? :biggrin:

Thanks

Reply 1

username81904

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i live in Reading and am going to uni in Southampton. Head south mate, better night life better reputation, lots of chinese people at Reading uni not a bad thing just saying. Very bland nightlife. Only 4/5 decent student places, none of the big bands and stuff visit us either.

Reply 2

Talya

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I am at Southampton, you can ask your questions here: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=76

It's amazing. Great night life, lovely campus. Halls of residence info and pics are on the TSR wiki. Along with other info about night life :smile:

Reply 3

turkish_delight

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southampton is way better

Reply 4

PJ

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Southampton !

Reply 5

Rob McK

i live near southampton and all of the students i talk to speak highly of it, as for reading in the words of borat "this one..not so much"

Reply 6

Sophieeeee

I live in Reading and I'd consider going there if I didn't live in Reading. The night life is pretty immense- the music scene is big and there are a lot of decent pubs and clubs around. The uni campus is really nice and the area it's in (my area :biggrin:

) is a great place to live if you eventually decide to move out of halls etc after your first year or so. Lots of shops nearby and the town centre is great for shopping, food, cinema and all that jazz.

Reply 7

Alexii

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Soton.

Reply 8

EskimoJo

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Southampton.

Reply 9

sol89

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Southampton! although I love Reading as well, which is why it is my insurance. :smile:

Reply 10

Ollie87

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reading

Reply 11

Proton Boy

cookiejest

i live in Reading and am going to uni in Southampton. Head south mate, better night life better reputation, lots of chinese people at Reading uni not a bad thing just saying. Very bland nightlife. Only 4/5 decent student places, none of the big bands and stuff visit us either.

If it's not important, why bring it up?

Southampton has a better academic reputation plus it has got slightly better nightlife, better shops and having spent time in both places I felt a bit safer in Soton as well, Reading seemed to have a bit of an edge to it.

Reply 12

crushedfruit

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I'm at Reading and I've had a fantastic first year, I couldn't recommend it enough. It has what you need as a student and a beautiful campus. I did modules in English and the department was good and really friendly.

Not too many Londoners but quite a few. There are many more Southerners in general than Northerners though.

EDIT: Reading is twinned with a town in Malaysia thats why there are "lots of chinese people". I don't understand why that was mentioned, I've found it quite diverse in different ethnicities.

Reply 13

Talya

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I'm at Southampton and I've had a fantastic first year, I couldn't recommend it enough. It has what you need as a student and a beautiful campus. I did modules in English and the department was good and really friendly.

Seriously, OP, go to Open Days at both. Go here: http://www.soton.ac.uk/study/visitsopendays/ug_open_days.html to book in for the open days at Southampton this summer.

Reply 14

username81904

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Proton Boy

If it's not important, why bring it up?

Just saying it to point out some of the diversity of the place. The main ethnic groups. There are alot of polish as well in Reading.

It means different things to different people but it is worth mentioning.

Reply 15

guitargirl03

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cookiejest

i live in Reading and am going to uni in Southampton. Head south mate, better night life better reputation, lots of chinese people at Reading uni not a bad thing just saying. Very bland nightlife. Only 4/5 decent student places, none of the big bands and stuff visit us either.

That's an over-generalisation. There is a mixture of different ethnic backgrounds.

The two campuses (Bulmershe and Whiteknights) are fab, but they're both different, meaning that they provide a welcoming balance if you spend a large amount of time on just one.

The area is very welcoming to students, and there are loads of really good clubs where well-known bands and artists play, for example the Klaxons.

I haven't met many people from London, but I have met a lot of people from Kent. Also, Reading is only a 30-minute train journey from London which is very handy if you want to go on a night out in a different place.

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