What is the social life like in Arthur Vick?

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Hi everyone,

I've applied to study History and Politics. Being a disabled student I did not have a choice over the accommodation as rooms in Arthur Vick are given automatically since they are deemed the most spacious etc. Unfortunately when I went to visit and sort out any special arrangements needed for my room, none of the ones I would be given were available to see :frown:

. However, I was taken around the halls of Arthur Vick which seemed really quite cut off and er…quiet. I was just wondering what the general consensus on living there is; I know obviously there is a different intake each year but I just felt a little worried. I don’t want the quiet life till I’m at least 62!

Also, on a slightly different note – in the second year students are encouraged to live off Campus but I was advised that it would be easier for me to stay in the halls rather than find adaptable accommodation for bath rails or whatever. What worries me is that, from what I was told, if I were to stay on Campus I would be stuck with the new first years and any other disabled students (whatever their year). I felt like saying it would be like living on the set of Little Britain but wasn’t sure if they’d be able to take a joke :rolleyes:

I’d appreciated any advice or comments on Arthur Vick. Good luck to anyone waiting for results! I've not been panicking about them...until today :eek:

Thank yooou

Alex x

Reply 1

Paradiddle_man

Hey Alex,

I'm sure you've read how everyone says that AV is anti-social and how everyone stays in their rooms. It really depends who you get put with.

Everyone who stayed in my corridor were alright. There were a few of people who were never around or prefer hanging out somewhere else but most of them were fairly social.

When I told someone from another hall about our corridor's little outings or how we went out together, he told me that he thinks that my kitchen was odd :s-smilie:

Apparently he always heard people in AV never doing anything together with their own neighbours and I even heard some extreme cases about how some AV people didn't know the name of their next door neighbours :eek:

unbelievable..

Anyway in my own experience everyone were still fairly social. Our corridor and the next one were although we didn't do much inter-kitchen mingling. It is of course a lot milder than let's say rootes which is on the other side of the spectrum. It is all due to the extra anal AV wardens. They seem to be lonely single people who procrastinate around with their phd and try to find the bad out of everything. Some also think that their presence is welcomed and hang around when they do come down.

I'm not saying AV's bad. It's hotel-like accommodation and everyone wants to be in your bath or use your laundry, maybe hang around in your extra spacious sitting room. It really depends on who you're put with and I think what you write in your application may determine that (most of us in our corridor lied about how we wanted a quiet place to study while still being social as well). Oh and take a note about the 30 weeks let. It's really annoying packing at the end of every term especially if you don't have parents to help you. Everyone dreaded it.

For your second year there are still other places in campus. For example there's lakeside which has the largest rooms in campus with the nicest baths. But it is a bit isolated and far of course.. I believe rootes also has some disabled rooms and apparently they are quite large.

Hope that helped a bit.

Reply 2

baggiesbaggies

I really do agree that it just depends on who you have in your corridor. A couple I hardly saw, perhaps no more than five or six times in the entire year which was weird and not exactly what I expected!! One thing I disliked was the lack of any inter-mingling between kitchens, I guess other AVers might of had different experiences, but it seemed people were happy to remain strangers if they didn't live on the same corridor, despite being in the same hall. I guess I should have just gone into other kitchens and introduced myself but I'm not sure how well it would have gone down with others, many seemed to lose the "I want to make friends with everyone" fresher spirit quite quickly!

Reply 3

envious

Well I didn't live in AV but I knew quite a few people who did and although a few did confirm that it was slightly quieter than the other halls, it was mostly agreed that it wasn't a bad place to live at all. Of course like in all other halls it is a bit of a lottery as to who you are assigned to live with but I think that as long as you make an effort with the others sharing your hall it should work out fine. Also remember that you will hopefully have your course mates/ people you know from societies etc to socialise with so it's not as if the fact that your hall may be quieter than average will signify the end of your social life. Also there are definitely massive rooms for disabled students in Rootes as my friend who is not disabled chanced upon getting one so you are not necessarily destined to spend all three years in AV if you choose to stay on campus throughout the whole of your degree.

Reply 4

Gabriel-AA

Jinxyfeet

Wasn't sure where to post this exactly, so please move if necessary

Hi everyone,

I've applied to study History and Politics. Being a disabled student I did not have a choice over the accommodation as rooms in Arthur Vick are given automatically since they are deemed the most spacious etc. Unfortunately when I went to visit and sort out any special arrangements needed for my room, none of the ones I would be given were available to see :frown:

. However, I was taken around the halls of Arthur Vick which seemed really quite cut off and er…quiet. I was just wondering what the general consensus on living there is; I know obviously there is a different intake each year but I just felt a little worried. I don’t want the quiet life till I’m at least 62!

Also, on a slightly different note – in the second year students are encouraged to live off Campus but I was advised that it would be easier for me to stay in the halls rather than find adaptable accommodation for bath rails or whatever. What worries me is that, from what I was told, if I were to stay on Campus I would be stuck with the new first years and any other disabled students (whatever their year). I felt like saying it would be like living on the set of Little Britain but wasn’t sure if they’d be able to take a joke :rolleyes:

I’d appreciated any advice or comments on Arthur Vick. Good luck to anyone waiting for results! I've not been panicking about them...until today :eek:

Thank yooou

Alex x

I think that some students from their 3rd year elect to come back to campus, so they will be there as well...

You sound like a top bloke, however; exactly like my mate (Kyaks with my club)! I doubt that some people would take the Little Britain joke well, but it made me laugh!

Glad you got in, I'll see you in September!

Reply 5

envious

Gabriel-AA

I think that some students from their 3rd year elect to come back to campus, so they will be there as well...

Good point, although they probably won't be living in AV as that tends to be for first year undergrads only.

Reply 6

Gabriel-AA

envious

Good point, although they probably won't be living in AV as that tends to be for first year undergrads only.

My ignorance on the subject shines through again :o:

Reply 7

Happy1

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THe thing with AV is that it's layout makes inter-kitchen mingling difficult.

Also, as its expensive and en suite you get people who want to spend all day studying and never having to be sociable. THe only reason places like rootes are different is because they attract people who have no problems sharing bathrooms and therefore being forced to mingle lol.

However, as long as you make an effort to get to know your kitchen, and you make an effort to join as many clubs and societies as possible, and you make friends on your course, it doesnt matter how reclusive your AV kitchenmates are. You'll never be bored.

Its totally what you make it.
Same for all residences.

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