hey, as has already been said they didnt ask you questions about yourself last year when i applied so i was quite worried, however they do seem to put you with people with similar backgrounds, for example in my flat all of us went to single sex schools, although i didnt actually coming for 'ladies college' implies i did, so they do consider things slightly i guess...
i live in jesmond road, it was postgrad last year, and personally i think its amazing, i mean its not party central like ricky road is, but depending on what house you get put in it can be great as the house im in is technically 6 flats, but basically its just one big huge house with 36 people in, so i have a big group of friends from this house who go out together a lot, but it also means there is a huge selection of people from which to make friends with, i mean the main thing is to make the effort in the first few weeks to go talk to other people, as there is one flat in the house which didnt really make that effort and stayed just as their flat for the first month, and once people have bonded its difficult for new people to introduce themselves, and jesmond road is just as cheap as ricky road, has 2 bathrooms between 6 of us and is the closest accomodation to uni, even closer then windsor terrace, and the rooms are much larger then normal, with one of my friends rooms at least 6m by 6m, she even has a sofa in there to try and fill up the space