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The night life here is really good and there is a lot of choice depending on what you enjoy. During freshers week, SUSU (the student union) hold various club nights in The Cube (which is our on-campus club room). These are fun and a lot of people usually go to them. About a 15 minute walk away from campus (and 5 minutes on the bus) there is an area called Portswood which has different cheap pubs and smaller clubs, like The Hobbit (my favourite), Jesters, Sobar, The Shooting Star, and The Broadway. They often have events on with DJs or live music. Sobar was really popular last year during freshers week. There are also bigger clubs near the city centre such as District, Trilogy, Orange Rooms, The Edge, Cafe Parfait, and Revolution bar. Each of them are most popular with students on certain days of the week because of the events they have on.
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There are a lot of nice things to do during the day as well, for example, we have lots of cafes near campus. West Quay and The Marlands centre are good for shopping and have different things to do like bowling, pottery, a Showcase cinema, ice skating and the Xmas market during winter, etc... There is a train station near campus so it can be nice to have a day trip to another city too, e.g. Winchester is so pretty at Christmas time. SUSU often run activities too like paint and sip sessions, rollerskating, quiz and curry, etc. You can check what activities and societies are on offer here.
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Overall, I'd say that the night life is definitely more focused on going out into town for most people, but it depends on what you enjoy, and a lot of people still do go to the activities that SUSU puts on, and the on-campus pub (The Stags) can get super busy especially when karaoke is on! As for social life, we have over 200 societies and they are a massive part of life at Southampton uni. There are also other things SUSU does which I haven't mentioned (the post would be too long otherwise 😅) so I'd recommend having a look at their website which I linked above.
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The support from lecturers all throughout uni is amazing. They are always happy to be asked questions, and we have spaces online to ask questions anonymously if you find it intimidating in-person. They also have open office hours where you can discuss things from the lecture. The tutors are also really helpful as everyone is assigned one and they meet regularly at the start of first year to help get you started. I'm not sure about other subjects, but in psychology, we have community events all throughout the year where you can meet with others on the course and talk informally with lecturers and students from higher years. I would have a look at the @uos_psyc_community account on Instagram if you're interested! In the library, there are writing cafes and maths sessions you can go to if you're struggling with that side of uni.
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For your question about accommodation, I can't speak too much on it as I commute in from my home in Southampton, but from what I've seen of my friend's accommodations, Mayflower, Wessex lane and Glen Eyre are all really nice. There are frequent buses from the accommodations and they are all located relatively close to campus. If there is ever a problem, reception can help resolve it. I stayed in Glen Eyre for a few days for a residential event, and it was really comfy and the building inside looks really nice and modern too.
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For A-level results, it really depends on the year. Most of the time you do have to meet your entry requirements. For some courses the grade can be reduced by one if you get an A in the EPQ, or if you get a contextual offer. Depending on the year, a few people may still get into the uni even if they didn't quite meet their entry requirements. But this only happens if lots of people that year who applied and didn't meet the entry requirements, and then the uni starts to look at personal statements to decide who to let in. But this is definitely not guaranteed and most of the time, you definitely do have to meet the entry requirements to get a place.
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