Edinburgh Uni

Hi! I just firmed my offer for Edinburgh for law however feeling quite scared about the whole aspect of making friends etc. I'm from Scotland and have heard of the whole snobbery aspect of EDI and quite scared so was wondering if anyone has any advice for friends or even if there's any way to make friends before even stating uni for that extra sense of comfort, thank you

Hi! I just firmed my offer for Edinburgh for law however feeling quite scared about the whole aspect of making friends etc. I'm from Scotland and have heard of the whole snobbery aspect of EDI and quite scared so was wondering if anyone has any advice for friends or even if there's any way to make friends before even stating uni for that extra sense of comfort, thank you

Hi! I'm also moving to Edi for vet med and I don't know anyone there so it's definitely scary. I guess forums like these could be an opportunity to know people in the same situation or other offer holders for your course.
I'm praying that flatmates in my hall are nice people and hopefully make friends with them lool.

yes that's exactly what I was thinking, my only issue is that I won't be living in halls because I'm home based so praying these forums work x

Heyy, could you elaborate on the snobbery aspect. I'm an international student, haven't heard of this side of edi before

Heyy, could you elaborate on the snobbery aspect. I'm an international student, haven't heard of this side of edi before

Aah I see, thanks for your responses, just read up the BBC article on the issue. Had definitely never heard of this before, good to know before I firm my choices

Aah I see, thanks for your responses, just read up the BBC article on the issue. Had definitely never heard of this before, good to know before I firm my choices

don’t worry about it too much, you will always find different kinds of people at a uni the size of edinburgh, it’s not something to worry about as long as you don’t pick Pollock halls

What seems to be the issue at Pollock halls? Elitist behaviour I presume?

basically pollock is mainly catered and so former private boarding school people end up applying there with their mates and it kind of creates really large friend groups of incredibly wealthy students from southern england who are known to generally be quite posh and discriminatory to other students from different backgrounds. I want to clarify this is not every one but that is very much the stereotype.

Oh ok

but really don’t worry about it, edi is such a big city and edi uni is such a big uni it will be super easy to find a crowd you fit in with )

Yess, definetly, looking forward to edi!!

what’re you thinking of studying?

Studying Vet med.... the 5 year course. Hbu?

don’t worry about it too much, you will always find different kinds of people at a uni the size of edinburgh, it’s not something to worry about as long as you don’t pick Pollock halls

Hi! I just firmed my offer for Edinburgh for law however feeling quite scared about the whole aspect of making friends etc. I'm from Scotland and have heard of the whole snobbery aspect of EDI and quite scared so was wondering if anyone has any advice for friends or even if there's any way to make friends before even stating uni for that extra sense of comfort, thank you