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Original post by SagarG
JUST GOT MY OFFER FOR ENGLISH AND FILM :') sooooooooo stoked!
I have a question about accomodation by the main campus.... anyone here know about what it is like to live at Lafrowda Halls? and just generally the expenses in living in exeter?
I hear rumours about having to pay to be part of societies etc is this true?
thanks in advance!!
I have a question about accomodation by the main campus.... anyone here know about what it is like to live at Lafrowda Halls? and just generally the expenses in living in exeter?
I hear rumours about having to pay to be part of societies etc is this true?
thanks in advance!!
Is Lafrowda Halls the same thing as Lafrowda flats? Are you looking at en suite or non ensuite (they're in different buildings)? Let me know and I'll tell you : ).
Also, yes you have to pay to join societies. Depends what type you join, on how much it costs. Some things like the creative writing soc only cost £5, some sports cost £60. Sports societies are quite expensive, especially when you have to buy equipment etc.
It's not that expensive to live in Exeter on the whole. I'm in my first year now and the accomodation we picked for next year was reasonably priced. I find that nights out are relatively cheap if you try and get discount cards for each club and predrink quite a bit beforehand. The only thing that I think is ridiculously expensive is the fines if you're late with a library book (sorry, I'm a bit bitter about this).
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Original post by pinkbullets
Is Lafrowda Halls the same thing as Lafrowda flats? Are you looking at en suite or non ensuite (they're in different buildings)? Let me know and I'll tell you : ).
Also, yes you have to pay to join societies. Depends what type you join, on how much it costs. Some things like the creative writing soc only cost £5, some sports cost £60. Sports societies are quite expensive, especially when you have to buy equipment etc.
It's not that expensive to live in Exeter on the whole. I'm in my first year now and the accomodation we picked for next year was reasonably priced. I find that nights out are relatively cheap if you try and get discount cards for each club and predrink quite a bit beforehand. The only thing that I think is ridiculously expensive is the fines if you're late with a library book (sorry, I'm a bit bitter about this).
Also, yes you have to pay to join societies. Depends what type you join, on how much it costs. Some things like the creative writing soc only cost £5, some sports cost £60. Sports societies are quite expensive, especially when you have to buy equipment etc.
It's not that expensive to live in Exeter on the whole. I'm in my first year now and the accomodation we picked for next year was reasonably priced. I find that nights out are relatively cheap if you try and get discount cards for each club and predrink quite a bit beforehand. The only thing that I think is ridiculously expensive is the fines if you're late with a library book (sorry, I'm a bit bitter about this).
The cheaper hall, so not ensuite but standard as i'm on a budget hunt! and ahh okay, to be honest i dont like library book fines either if they are high then i'd be more bitter about it!
Original post by SagarG
The cheaper hall, so not ensuite but standard as i'm on a budget hunt! and ahh okay, to be honest i dont like library book fines either if they are high then i'd be more bitter about it!
I'm in standard. It's pretty good quality for money. Everyone in my block knows each other and there are always block nights out and stuff. The rooms are a good size, there's a massive desk and loads of storage space. I'm on the ground floor so there's only 5 people in my flat including myself but on every other floor there's 12 people per flat. The cleaner comes in to clean the bathrooms nearly every day and she does the kitchen once or twice a week. I have no complaints. People from other more expensive accommodations tend to think you live in a prison or something but actually my flat is a lot nicer than what I saw at other universities on open days. The heating's been on since mid November and it's absolutely boiling right now. You will never be cold, believe me. The only thing that's a slight negative about the standard accommodation is that there's no sitting room type of area. But we just sit in the kitchen so it's not too bad really. I do get slightly jealous when I visit other blocks and see their sofas and stuff though, ha.
My views of Lafrowda are probably going to be a little negative because of my experiences, so take it with a grain of salt. I've just moved out from standard Lafrowda, but was in there a good few months. There were 11 people in my flat, and I really think it is the party-block...which really isn't me. If you're into that, then great. But I wasn't and that seems to weird people out. Also, I'm pretty introverted, and as there's 11 people, the only place you can get away from everyone is your room as there's so many people, there's usually someone everywhere. But, y'know, if you're a people person, that's great XD Not me so much.
There seems to be the odd silverfish running around in the rooms and toilets and through the brick work, which is really weird. Not sure if that's a problem with my flat, or the block as a whole. The kitchen space is quite small. Although there are two cookers, it gets quite awkward when 3 or more people are cooking at the same time, especially as the cupboards are squashed next to them and can't open properly as they're right next to the cookers. The positives are that it's really warm, it's kept at 21c in winter, I think. The windows are pretty thin, so be prepared to listen to random people singing horrifically outside in the early hours of the morning as if you were standing next to them, even though you're on the top floor. It is generally very dark in the corridors and the stairs up are just stone, which does sort of back up the "prison" image.
We have 3 showers and 3 toilets. There generally won't ever be a queue for them, only when everyone comes back from a night out at the same time. Or if someone's left a carpet of their pubes all over the shower floor and not bothered to clear it up, rendering it "unusable". Thought I had to give a special mention to the guy who did that about once a week. Ick. The showers are quite small, one larger one, but they have no stand or anything to put shampoo etc on, which was annoying.
I'm nitpicking. For the price, it's all right, and I don't see much reason to spend more on accommodation you're only going to be in one year, anyway.
There seems to be the odd silverfish running around in the rooms and toilets and through the brick work, which is really weird. Not sure if that's a problem with my flat, or the block as a whole. The kitchen space is quite small. Although there are two cookers, it gets quite awkward when 3 or more people are cooking at the same time, especially as the cupboards are squashed next to them and can't open properly as they're right next to the cookers. The positives are that it's really warm, it's kept at 21c in winter, I think. The windows are pretty thin, so be prepared to listen to random people singing horrifically outside in the early hours of the morning as if you were standing next to them, even though you're on the top floor. It is generally very dark in the corridors and the stairs up are just stone, which does sort of back up the "prison" image.
We have 3 showers and 3 toilets. There generally won't ever be a queue for them, only when everyone comes back from a night out at the same time. Or if someone's left a carpet of their pubes all over the shower floor and not bothered to clear it up, rendering it "unusable". Thought I had to give a special mention to the guy who did that about once a week. Ick. The showers are quite small, one larger one, but they have no stand or anything to put shampoo etc on, which was annoying.
I'm nitpicking. For the price, it's all right, and I don't see much reason to spend more on accommodation you're only going to be in one year, anyway.
I'm doing BA hons drama
Had 2 years out and I honestly cannot wait
Had 2 years out and I honestly cannot wait
Original post by pinkbullets
Is Lafrowda Halls the same thing as Lafrowda flats? Are you looking at en suite or non ensuite (they're in different buildings)? Let me know and I'll tell you : ).
Also, yes you have to pay to join societies. Depends what type you join, on how much it costs. Some things like the creative writing soc only cost £5, some sports cost £60. Sports societies are quite expensive, especially when you have to buy equipment etc.
It's not that expensive to live in Exeter on the whole. I'm in my first year now and the accomodation we picked for next year was reasonably priced. I find that nights out are relatively cheap if you try and get discount cards for each club and predrink quite a bit beforehand. The only thing that I think is ridiculously expensive is the fines if you're late with a library book (sorry, I'm a bit bitter about this).
Also, yes you have to pay to join societies. Depends what type you join, on how much it costs. Some things like the creative writing soc only cost £5, some sports cost £60. Sports societies are quite expensive, especially when you have to buy equipment etc.
It's not that expensive to live in Exeter on the whole. I'm in my first year now and the accomodation we picked for next year was reasonably priced. I find that nights out are relatively cheap if you try and get discount cards for each club and predrink quite a bit beforehand. The only thing that I think is ridiculously expensive is the fines if you're late with a library book (sorry, I'm a bit bitter about this).
Can you start applying for accommodation now?! I haven't been able to accept my place yet because I'm still waiting on 2 uni's to get back to me -_-
Original post by joecaton93
Can you start applying for accommodation now?! I haven't been able to accept my place yet because I'm still waiting on 2 uni's to get back to me -_-
Not until 8th April; and it's not first come first served so it doesn't matter even if you're still making decisions about your firm then.
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Medicineeee! <3 Exeter so much, hoping to firm it!
Has anyone else got an offer for English at Streatham Campus and going to (or have already been) to the offer-holder open day?? Just that I can't go but I know that they're doing a practise lecture/seminar thing and just wanted to ask what it's like. Like what you talked about and what the tutor was like and stuff like that?
Original post by lena_hanafy
Has anyone else got an offer for English at Streatham Campus and going to (or have already been) to the offer-holder open day?? Just that I can't go but I know that they're doing a practise lecture/seminar thing and just wanted to ask what it's like. Like what you talked about and what the tutor was like and stuff like that?
Hi there
I got an AAB offer and just went to the visit day yesterday. I don't know if you have seen the campus yet or anything but it is really nice. The mock lecture was very interesting, it was based on Shakespeare and the lecturer was discussing things like how the stage set up and factors like the lack of full copies of the script would have affected portrayal of the characters. She also had a boy dress up in a skirt and her jacket and recite some of 'The Taming of the Shrew' which was quite funny to watch We broke off into smaller groups in the seminar so I don't know if we all did the same thing, but we basically just discussed some poems (one of them was ygUDuh by E.E. Cummings, and it was my first time seeing this poem and was interesting to see others digging for its meaning). It seems to me from the mock lecture and seminar that the work here will be challenging but very interesting Hope I helped.(edited 10 years ago)
Original post by laurenjenny_
Hi there I got an AAB offer and just went to the visit day yesterday. I don't know if you have seen the campus yet or anything but it is really nice. The mock lecture was very interesting, it was based on Shakespeare and the lecturer was discussing things like how the stage set up and factors like the lack of full copies of the script would have affected portrayal of the characters. She also had a boy dress up in a skirt and her jacket and recite some of 'The Taming of the Shrew' which was quite funny to watch We broke off into smaller groups in the seminar so I don't know if we all did the same thing, but we basically just discussed some poems (one of them was ygUDuh by E.E. Cummings, and it was my first time seeing this poem and was interesting to see others digging for its meaning). It seems to me from the mock lecture and seminar that the work here will be challenging but very interesting Hope I helped.
I got an AAB offer and just went to the visit day yesterday. I don't know if you have seen the campus yet or anything but it is really nice. The mock lecture was very interesting, it was based on Shakespeare and the lecturer was discussing things like how the stage set up and factors like the lack of full copies of the script would have affected portrayal of the characters. She also had a boy dress up in a skirt and her jacket and recite some of 'The Taming of the Shrew' which was quite funny to watch We broke off into smaller groups in the seminar so I don't know if we all did the same thing, but we basically just discussed some poems (one of them was ygUDuh by E.E. Cummings, and it was my first time seeing this poem and was interesting to see others digging for its meaning). It seems to me from the mock lecture and seminar that the work here will be challenging but very interesting Hope I helped.Hahaha yeh that's great thanks! Would've loved to see the boy in the skirt,
if only I didn't live like on the other side of the country! Glad you enjoyed it because i'm firming Exeter and wanted to get an idea of whether I'd enjoy learning English there. Thanks for replying! Original post by lena_hanafy
Hahaha yeh that's great thanks! Would've loved to see the boy in the skirt, if only I didn't live like on the other side of the country! Glad you enjoyed it because i'm firming Exeter and wanted to get an idea of whether I'd enjoy learning English there. Thanks for replying!
if only I didn't live like on the other side of the country! Glad you enjoyed it because i'm firming Exeter and wanted to get an idea of whether I'd enjoy learning English there. Thanks for replying! No problem! Aww that is a shame, luckily for me I live in the adjacent county
I have firmed Exeter, so if all goes well I may see you in September it really is a beautiful campus. Nice to speak to a fellow English applicant 
Anyone know what Holland Hall is like?? In terms of its surroundings and room size?
I've firmed Medicine at Exeter!! I cannot wait to start. It cannot come soon enough!
Original post by laurenjenny_
Hi there I got an AAB offer and just went to the visit day yesterday. I don't know if you have seen the campus yet or anything but it is really nice. The mock lecture was very interesting, it was based on Shakespeare and the lecturer was discussing things like how the stage set up and factors like the lack of full copies of the script would have affected portrayal of the characters. She also had a boy dress up in a skirt and her jacket and recite some of 'The Taming of the Shrew' which was quite funny to watch We broke off into smaller groups in the seminar so I don't know if we all did the same thing, but we basically just discussed some poems (one of them was ygUDuh by E.E. Cummings, and it was my first time seeing this poem and was interesting to see others digging for its meaning). It seems to me from the mock lecture and seminar that the work here will be challenging but very interesting Hope I helped.
I got an AAB offer and just went to the visit day yesterday. I don't know if you have seen the campus yet or anything but it is really nice. The mock lecture was very interesting, it was based on Shakespeare and the lecturer was discussing things like how the stage set up and factors like the lack of full copies of the script would have affected portrayal of the characters. She also had a boy dress up in a skirt and her jacket and recite some of 'The Taming of the Shrew' which was quite funny to watch We broke off into smaller groups in the seminar so I don't know if we all did the same thing, but we basically just discussed some poems (one of them was ygUDuh by E.E. Cummings, and it was my first time seeing this poem and was interesting to see others digging for its meaning). It seems to me from the mock lecture and seminar that the work here will be challenging but very interesting Hope I helped.Hey fellow lit students! I went to last week's open day - got so nervous because I was pretty sure it was the one! My lecture was different but also really interesting - it was on gothic literature & was quite sciencey which wouldn't usually appeal to me but i really enjoyed it. Then had a seminar on Shakespeare
I think what stood out for me was the amazing facilities - the campus is so lovely & clean & modern and they clearly have invested in a lot for students.Also the course is so flexible you can study any thing you want (and avoid those areas you're less interested in). Anyway, I sound like i'm promoting it :L but basically i was pretty sure before and now i'm certain Exeter is for me! Hope a second opinion helps!Firmed!
Aw I remember being here this time last year. I do English and Classics at Exeter and it's such a good place to be Check out the blog I do for the Uni if you want to get an insight into student life here! http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/eyesofimi/2013/03/15/fun-fresher-facts/
Check out the blog I do for the Uni if you want to get an insight into student life here! http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/eyesofimi/2013/03/15/fun-fresher-facts/
Original post by Sarahl89
Mee! For conservation biology & ecology.. but at the Cornwall Campus.. so none of you are probably going there?!
Hey, you posted this like years ago, but I'm interested in doing the same course as you did at Exeter in 2014, and i just wondered, what the course is like if you did do it, also the university itself and would you recommend it? I'm really interested in the ecology and animal side of biology, so it would be really good if you could give any info about the course, thanks very much
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