The "Ask a Durham Student" Thread :)

Hello.
I'm looking at choosing a college but I've been told Hatfield has a reputation for rahs which worries me a bit..
I'm looking at Hatfield, St. John's or St. Chad's. Can someone tell me their honest opinion of each and anything that is particularly important to know about any of them? thank you

I stayed at St John's (as a B&B) and was told that as a uni college it is "a big family, and sort of college"
it did seem like it would be really friendly, but i was a little freaked out by the giant picture of jesus looking very much in pain on the main staircase

Don't really know anything about the other two (except hatfield = rahs), although i heard chad's has a reputation for beer and rugby? Not sure how true that is though

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for the campus cards we have to upload a photo of us to recive our cards on arrival. Is their anywhere i can sent a passport photo of me, rather than uploading a photo, before we arrive? thanks for any help.

Hello.
I'm looking at choosing a college but I've been told Hatfield has a reputation for rahs which worries me a bit..
I'm looking at Hatfield, St. John's or St. Chad's. Can someone tell me their honest opinion of each and anything that is particularly important to know about any of them? thank you

Politics is more of a university thing, there are active Conservative and Labour societies, and a slightly less active Lib Dem one (though they do their best bless 'em) I'm not aware of many/any others, but if you have something specific you're interested in I can let you know what I do know.

oh, and the union society of course. Nearly forgot about that

and nowhere in Durham is a trek. fr browne who hangs around in the trevs thread sometimes does law at trevs, and he's something high up in the college this year too. Can't remember what though.

Ah thanks a lot! How is the accommodation where you are staying at (and which college?)? And about the specifics: how about Middle Eastern politics?

Hi there

I missed my offer this year to study Sociology by 4ums marks in History, I was just wondering if any student got in second time round after missing the previous year?

If soo did you ring the department before going through your second ucas application!

Thanks

I got in through reapplying, but that was from not getting an offer pre-results, then getting an offer when I applied the second time during a gap year. Guess that's a bit different since I went from predicted grades to achieved grades, but I'd definitely give the department a ring (or an email) if I were you, just to see their stance on it. So were your achieved grades lower than the usual asking grades or not? (ie. if it says AAA and you got AAB, you might not have much of a chance, but if it says AAB-AAA and they gave you an offer of AAA which you missed, you'd still have a chance of getting in if you'd acheieved AAB.) Hope that made some sense...