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she probably meant there were 230 in her halls, not like 230 people on her floor or something lol. and no for the bigger halls this is about normal.

however, if you rely on the number of people in your halls for your entire social structure, something's not right...

SillyFencer: but the point is that halls food is really no healthier for you than living on takeaways, particularly when (as here in Oxford) you can have chips every day if you want.

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la fille danse

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jus-mi

she said

'In my first year, I lived with 230 other people who I could potentially make friends with. This year, I live with four.'

i was amazed isn't 230 people alot ...or did you mean something different?! and ive completely missed the point *baffled*

Yes I lived in halls... it's not particularly a lot for halls. :confused:

My halls this year (self-catered) have around 580 people... but I've only met around 10 of them, because of the way each flat is sectioned off from one another.

I've been in both self-catered and catered halls and the catered halls were INFINITELY more social. In fact, every person I've talked to who has lived in the self-catered flats at my university has used the word "anti-social" to describe them...

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20083

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linkdapink

Lol... you're taking the piss right?

It's the same here, there's about 200 odd people in each of the three catered buildings. SC are flats of 5 to 7 people.

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linkdapink

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jus-mi

she said

'In my first year, I lived with 230 other people who I could potentially make friends with. This year, I live with four.'

i was amazed isn't 230 people alot ...or did you mean something different?! and ive completely missed the point *baffled*

Aha... I wasnt sure whether it was sarcasm or not. Yeah... now that you mention it its a TINY number of people. 1000+ in my accomodation, and I'm sure the smallest in Newc has 500 :s-smilie:

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Angelil

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no hero in her sky

Yes I lived in halls... it's not particularly a lot for halls. :confused:

My halls this year (self-catered) have around 580 people... but I've only met around 10 of them, because of the way each flat is sectioned off from one another.

I've been in both self-catered and catered halls and the catered halls were INFINITELY more social. In fact, every person I've talked to who has lived in the self-catered flats at my university has used the word "anti-social" to describe them...

wow, what the hell is wrong with your uni? That really isn't normal. Something sounds seriously wrong if that's the situation for SC. In Exeter certainly SC halls were extremely sociable.

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Angelil

Self-catered all the way even in first year. It's much better value for money, offers greater flexibility and independence, and ANY catered food at ANY uni* is going to taste like ferry/airline food (I've worked in mass catering and it basically all comes off the back of a Brake Brothers lorry, in huge bags, frozen. Nice :s-smilie:

).

Here, they cook the basics (chips and stuff) and the rest gets cooked in one of the top hotels in the city, who then stick it in the back of a van and drive straight up to halls with it. The food here is nothing special, but it's good. Nice fresh fruit n salad, choice o three main meals, sweets to die for and as much as you want to eat :smile:

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Angelil

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In which case you're lucky - it's certainly not like that in the vast majority of universities.

Reply 27

la fille danse

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Erm, each flat is separated by a locked door, as is each block, which is not an environment conducive to socialising... no matter what your uni.

Perhaps you were in traditional halls, as opposed to flats.

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Angelil

wow, what the hell is wrong with your uni? That really isn't normal. Something sounds seriously wrong if that's the situation for SC. In Exeter certainly SC halls were extremely sociable.

I founds pretty much the same here, SC people tended to stay in their rooms. In catered you are sitting with/talking to people at dinner and breakfast. Lol, no hero, you aint in Aberdeen too are you? hehe, sounds so familiar.

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la fille danse

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I'm on the other end of the country. :p:

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Angelil

In which case you're lucky - it's certainly not like that in the vast majority of universities.

Quite possibly we are lucky. I mean, don't get me wrong, some of the food is crap. Like today, the lasagne was pretty disgusting. But there is always a nice big salad bar, soup, etc. to fill yourself up on.

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no hero in her sky

I'm on the other end of the country. :p:

lol, well you're pretty much describing what it's like here. I love catered, came back into it for a second year running. Really dreading the thought of not being in catered next year, but gonna have to learn to cook myself. lol.

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A Stranger in Moscow

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Angelil

wow, what the hell is wrong with your uni? That really isn't normal. Something sounds seriously wrong if that's the situation for SC. In Exeter certainly SC halls were extremely sociable.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAY
I'm going SC at Exeter.

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A Stranger in Moscow

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no hero in her sky

Erm, each flat is separated by a locked door, as is each block, which is not an environment conducive to socialising... no matter what your uni.

Perhaps you were in traditional halls, as opposed to flats.

Sounds like a good opportunity to have some sort of hijinx! like steal the keys or break it down or something, or throw stuff at their windows, post notes, etc.

ohhh ok

I've always preferred the idea of self-catered as I think I would find the eating at certain hours restricting in catered, and also the fact that you've no idea what you're eating when you go catered.

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.ACS.

I've always preferred the idea of self-catered as I think I would find the eating at certain hours restricting in catered, and also the fact that you've no idea what you're eating when you go catered.

It's not too bad, there's like a 2 hour timescale where you can go eat.

Reply 37

Redlime

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i live in catered now and i did not apply for it.
i have never been to breakfast...which is a waste of money
meal times are restricted ...dinner is half 5 so by 10 ish you are starving
and the food is awful, really sick, left overs used for a few days, everything is in some weird sauce with an array of mystery vegetables thrown in.
i dont get meals on saturday or sunday evenings so have to pay money to buy or order food
the only good things......i wold say it is a social thing and if you are very lazy which i am not cos i love to cook. i you can.....go self catered...definitley!

Reply 38

Crystal89

Well, Sussex is 100% self-catered anyway but I would have chosen it anyhow. I like the freedom of being able to eat what I want when I want with no restrictions on meal times. Also, I'm an incredibly fussy eater so I'd probably end up buying my own food anyway. I'd never be up for breakfast either so that would be 1/3rd of the money down the pan straightaway. I haven't found it anti-social at all but then I suppose I have nothing to compare it to.

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Crystal89

Well, Sussex is 100% self-catered anyway but I would have chosen it anyhow. I like the freedom of being able to eat what I want when I want with no restrictions on meal times. Also, I'm an incredibly fussy eater so I'd probably end up buying my own food anyway. I'd never be up for breakfast either so that would be 1/3rd of the money down the pan straightaway. I haven't found it anti-social at all but then I suppose I have nothing to compare it to.

Yeah, this is what I meant earlier when I said something like it depends on the person. I know I will eat breakfast 5 or 6 times a week and the same with dinner. I eat a lot at these times too, so it's good value for me.

OP, just think through things like that, will you get up for breakfast, are you too fussy, what times do you normally eat. Also, find out the difference with the accommodation, we get far better rooms than the SC people.

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