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Official - Residences 08/09

Considering this hasn't been done in a single thread I suggest everyone who has submitted their residence application, post's what they put as their choices. (very annoying that you have to state 10 I'm only intersted in 2!)

well here we go:

Subject - Marine Geography

1. Taly North
2. Taly South
3. Taly nrth reduced
4. Taly nrth rm 6
5. Colum Hall
6. Taly Court
7. Student Houses C
8. Student Houses V
9. Cartwright Court
10. Aberconway Hall

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Reply 1

Polly1101

11

oo well done for starting this!
i'v put:
taly south
taly north
senghennydd court
column hall
university hall
taly north reduced
taly court
senghennydd hall
roy jenkins hall

then student house, i'm only interested in the first two also, how come you chose taly north over south? just out of interest as iv done it the other way round!

Reply 2

tiger_vio

11

How do you apply exactly? Lost my letter, woops! (Also having trouble deciding between Taly N&S!)

Reply 3

Jamin

12

Im annoyed i cant apply for halls until i hear back from edinburgh.

but looks like my first choice will be Colum unless anyone has any horror stories to post and the majority opinion is that its not a great place. it looks fine to me, en suite, close to business school and close to city centre.

Reply 4

nexttime

22

although i haven't got the offer from Cardiff yet, at interview they were hinting they would ("just because we make no medical offers till March, you don't have to accept offers at other unis...") i really hope this doesn't affect my choice of accomodation in any way (should i get in, of course). does anyone know how they allocate the accomodation, coz if its first come first serve i could be seriously behind...

Reply 5

Jamin

12

its first come first served thats why im annoyed with edinburgh

Reply 6

nexttime

22

right well im not going there if i have a choice then...

Reply 7

AA7

Subject - Business Management

1. Taly South
2. Senghenydd Court
3. Colum Hall
4. Taly North
5. Aberconway
6. Taly North Reduced
7. Taly North Reduced Room 6
8. University Halls Ensuite
9. University Halls Shared
10. Student Houses

Only want one of the first two really though :biggrin:

Reply 8

Fruitporn

does anyone know the difference in size between taly north normal and taly north reduced?

Reply 9

tiger_vio

11

Done

1. Talybont South
2. Talybont North
3. Senghenydd Court
4. Column Hall
5. University Hall
6. Talybont Court
7. Talybont North reduced
8. Aberconway Hall
9. Cartwright Court
10. Roy Jenkins Hall

Phew! I'm doing psychology too polly! I could be seeing you around quite a bit :P

Reply 10

ses7dcs

Look, here's the lowdown.

All of the residences at Cardiff University are good! Don't make a stupid decision like "im not going to cardiff because I might not get the accomodation i want".

All of the residences have their pro's and con's. When I found out I got put in University Hall I was totally hacked off because on the map it makes it look like it is a long long way away. But infact, I'm stoked I was put here. It is such an awesome little site and the bar is cool here too.

University life if what you make it. Just chill, take life as it comes. I promise you wont be disapointed where you live.

Reply 11

Jamin

12

nexttime

right well im not going there if i have a choice then...

i dunno if that was directed at what i said which i read now as confusing, ill clarify

im annoyed with edinburgh because they are taking so long to get back to me..therefore, i cant confirm cardiff atm, therefore, i cant apply for halls and therefore, i cant take advantage of the first come first served basis...

Reply 12

nataloulou

couldn't you just reject ediburgh? or are they your insurance or something?

Reply 13

Jamin

12

yeah well, i got a conditional for the one i think im using as my insurance.but if i get an unconditional from edinburgh i might choose them as an insurance just so i know for a fact that im going somewhere next year.

It was a tough decision on my insurance in the first place so id be quite happy going to edinburgh.

Reply 14

ses7dcs

Jamin

yeah well, i got a conditional for the one i think im using as my insurance.but if i get an unconditional from edinburgh i might choose them as an insurance just so i know for a fact that im going somewhere next year.

It was a tough decision on my insurance in the first place so id be quite happy going to edinburgh.

Surely if you havent got exam results yet you'll get a conditional offer anyway. They only give unconditional offers if you already have your results.

Reply 15

Jamin

12

No, last year i got AAAB in my highers, but i didnt get Higher English, hence why thats my only condition for Strathclyde..some courses dont need higher english and therefore AAAB should be fine

It's only Cardiff who want me to get Bs in two more highers and two advanced highers which i thought was a bit steep coz thats effectively asking for AAAAABBB at higher level.

Reply 16

kate03

1

Just wanted to say if anyone has any questions about anything to do with Cardiff or studying psychology here send me a PM and I'll do my best to help...also, if I remember rightly last year people were getting their first option even if they weren't sending their residences form in until March time...so don't worry, you do still have time :smile:

xxx.

Reply 17

nataloulou

i've sent mine off now and i'm just worrying i've made a mistake with the order.
I've put Talybont Court as my top choice which is worrying anyway as i don't know if i can reeeally afford it. But i've heard rumours that people in Taly court aren't that sociable. Which is scary! Surely it just depends on the people you're with?

Reply 18

Jamin

12

i don't think you can really make a general, sweeping statement like that. I mean, it's hardly like there's something in the water there that makes people unsociable.

I reckon someone probably went one year and found that that particular year a lot of the people they came across weren't nice to them so they started saying that Taly court people are unsociable.

Really it's the sort of thing that changes every year.

Reply 19

nataloulou

well wherever i am, i am not going to be unsociable! or stand for other people being unsociable.
Cardiff is gonna be wicked, and we should all meet up when we get there.

Official - Residences 08/09

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