University Of Kent

Just received a conditional offer from The University of Kent and felt the need to make this thread for other fellow offer holders to interact and engage in. For current students at Year 13, how's the social life? (as a black girl I'm interested to know if the university is diverse) if anyone goes to park wood flat, Turing flats or Tyler Court B how is that like? If anyone is taking any social sciences how are you finding it and how is the timetable like for you?

Just received a conditional offer from The University of Kent and felt the need to make this thread for other fellow offer holders to interact and engage in. For current students at Year 13, how's the social life? (as a black girl I'm interested to know if the university is diverse) if anyone goes to park wood flat, Turing flats or Tyler Court B how is that like? If anyone is taking any social sciences how are you finding it and how is the timetable like for you?

ik this isnt what you wanted and im sorry but how long after you replied did you hear back???😭

Just received a conditional offer from The University of Kent and felt the need to make this thread for other fellow offer holders to interact and engage in. For current students at Year 13, how's the social life? (as a black girl I'm interested to know if the university is diverse) if anyone goes to park wood flat, Turing flats or Tyler Court B how is that like? If anyone is taking any social sciences how are you finding it and how is the timetable like for you?

Hi ! I recieved an offer too! I'm not too sure on this though, but I am also black and considering going!

Just received a conditional offer from The University of Kent and felt the need to make this thread for other fellow offer holders to interact and engage in. For current students at Year 13, how's the social life? (as a black girl I'm interested to know if the university is diverse) if anyone goes to park wood flat, Turing flats or Tyler Court B how is that like? If anyone is taking any social sciences how are you finding it and how is the timetable like for you?

Hi there
Congratulations on receiving a conditional offer.

As a BAME student, I would say the University of Kent has a really diverse environment, which is one of the reasons I chose Kent. There are many different cultures and related societies, it is a really welcoming environment (I have not received any discrimination for my gender nor race, so it should not be something you have to worry about here).

I lived in parkwood flats for first year, it is one of the nicest accommodations on campus in my opinion, it is a bit further out from main campus that the other flats, maybe by 5 minutes walk. However, it does have lovely scenery and it is close to the gym, co-op and one of our food outlets. The flats are quite spacious and well kept. For turing flats, they are more modern buildings, also one of the nicer accommodations (however, I have not lived there before). I think tyler is also quite nice, and you get to share with more people, so hopefully you can make friends easily there.

I am currently in my final year of studying law. In terms of timetabling, it is really quite free- I have 4 lectures a week and 4 seminars a week. (I believe I had a few more lectures last year, though I still had a lot of free time). You are given much more independence and freedom on how you use your time. So the work-life balance is up to you. In terms of social life, there are many events and societies that are hosted, so there is always something that you can get involved in.

Hope this answers your questions, if you have any other queries, feel free to let me know.
Chloe
University of Kent Student Rep

But i dont know if it a highly ranked and respected university, because I want to do Law, but I want to do it at a good uni.

Hi,

Firstly congratulations!!

Which degree did you apply for?

I am in my final year of psychology so if you are doing that too I would be happy to answer any specific questions you have about the course.

Have you been to an open day yet? If not you can check out which ones we have here: https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit/open-days. I think these are helpful to attend especially fi you are choosing between universities because you get a good feel of the place and location of the university.

If you cannot attend there is a live stream for undergraduates here next week Thursday (30 November): https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit/63082/undergraduate-online-open-day-1
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And if you cannot make any of these we are still offering campus tours. This might also be nice for you to see how diverse our campus is and make a judgement for yourself. The link is here if you are interested: https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit/campus-tours

You can have a look at what societies we have here: https://kentunion.co.uk/activities. You can check societies socials to see what they have been up to so you get a bit of an insight into what its like. As a BAME student too I can also echo what my friend Chloe has said in terms of receiving no discrimination for my race or gender.

I hope this helps and helps others too.

Alia
University of Kent Student Rep

Hiya. I've applied to do Criminology and Sociology (joint degree) I plan to attend the in person open days but I have no idea how to get there from where I currently live If I can't figure it out, I'm definitely going to attend the virtual one.

But i dont know if it a highly ranked and respected university, because I want to do Law, but I want to do it at a good uni.

ik this isnt what you wanted and im sorry but how long after you replied did you hear back???😭

Hey,
I've applied to Kent and got a Conditional offer from them for Law and Politics, and i know people who have gone there and have gotten in Magic/Silver ciricle firms.
I went to the open day and the lectures were really good, so i think it is respected for how they teacher their student as they have their own Law school.