Anyone Going To City College Norwich?

I just finished there :^_^:

What are you planning on studying?

Reply 2

OP

Hey, glad someone replied.. lol.. Im going to study the FdA in music practice.. what is it like as a college? ooh and did you live in the accomadation - southwell lodge?

Reply 3

Ah, I don't know about music I'm afraid :no:

And neither did I know anyone doing it, so I can't help you there :>.<:

Nope, I live in Norwich anyway so I just commuted from home. But I hear the accom is pretty good.

Reply 4

OP

thanks you for your reply.. Im sure I will make new friends when I arrive.. Im coming all the way from shropshire, so quite a way away.. lol. Did you have any sort of freshers ball?

Reply 5

Um... I think there was something, but I didn't go to it. They had one for over 14s and one for over 16s/18s (I can't remember which) But there'll be signs up and stuff.

I'm guessing you've been to Norwich and seen the college then?

Reply 6

OP

ye, I went for my interview and audition.. I loved it.. great city.. Im really looking foward to studying there.. Ive been told theyre redeveloping the whole campus.. £175m in the next year or so.. what did you study?

Reply 7

Yeah, they're planning on pulling the whole place down to redevelop it. Ambitious! :p:

Norwich is a lovely city. It's one of the reasons that I applied to the UEA. I love the city and I didn't want to leave. plus, the uni had a great course going for me.

At college, I did English lang and lit, politics and psychology. I did AS law in my first year too.

Reply 8

OP

ooh cool... I hear CCN has just been awarded to teach the BA hons in music, otherwise i would have been moving upto the UEA after the 2 years to do the top up degree..

Is there much of a night life/ good social scene in norwich? I didnt have a chance to have a look around the city whilst I was there.. pity really.. I havn't got a clue where Id be if I had a walk around.. lol..

Is the student union any good at the college? :smile:

thanks for replying

Reply 9

Umm.... there's a few clubs in the city: Mercy and the Waterfront seem to be the main ones. I've been to the Waterfront before, they do lots of gigs there for pretty cheap (saw Elliot Minor for a tenner). There's also the LCR at the UEA which holds gigs too. There's some other clubs around near riverside but I don't know them that well. There's lots of pubs and restaurants as well id you're into that sort of thing. Plenty of coffeeshops too.

Yeah, the Student Union is pretty good. They're pretty helpful (unless, like me, you know someone working there who is deliberately unhelpful just to annoy you :p:

) There's a decent student advice centre as well.

And that's okay, I'm always happy to talk about the city :^_^:

Reply 10

OP

ahh coffee shops.. mmm.. lol.. If you want to talk, it might be a bit quicker and easier to talk on msn.. if you want.. no forcing you.. lol..

my msn addy is

[email protected]

im always online, its good to hear from someone who knows a bit about the city..

Reply 11

Mernard

Was going to go there after being at UEA for a year. But they pissed around as much as the uni, so screw them.

Reply 12

OP

really? there was a few times I had when they didnt inform me until the last minuite but nothing I couldnt handle..

Reply 13

Norfolkadam

18

My mum is in her second year at CCN. She's doing a degree in Psychology, part-time. Some of my friends are there doing BTECs in bits and bobs.

Reply 14

OP

Cool!! are any of them doing music courses?

Reply 15

Norfolkadam

18

Rocker_C

Cool!! are any of them doing music courses?

No they are all doing Graphics courses in their second year. :yep:

Reply 16

OP

Norfolkadam

No they are all doing Graphics courses in their second year. :yep:

oh cool.. what's your opinion of the college? lol.. sorry just trying to get a few peoples opinions of it before I start

Reply 17

Norfolkadam

18

Rocker_C

oh cool.. what's your opinion of the college? lol.. sorry just trying to get a few peoples opinions of it before I start

I don't actually go there but from what I've seen I haven't heard any real complaints. I go to a smaller college in a nearby town and in my experience CCN is a lot less friendly. In my Sixth Form everyone knows each other, everyone gets involved in charity things and says hello in the street but when I go to meet my friends at college it's like going to a University because you have to go through a main reception desk and it's all very impersonal. That's not to say it isn't a great place to study. I mean I am in love with Norwich, I've lived nearby my whole life and Norwich is just an amazing city.

If you are going to CCN for a degree you might find yourself being seperated from the BTEC people and it might be harder to make friends and find an actual community like you would at a University.

If you want to ask anything about Norfolk or Norwich like travel, shopping, accomodation, areas of the city go ahead. I'd be happy to help. :yep:

Reply 18

Norfolkadam

If you want to ask anything about Norfolk or Norwich like travel, shopping, accomodation, areas of the city go ahead. I'd be happy to help. :yep:

Ditto

Reply 19