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Bristol University Accommodation Info (please post all questions here!)

Rui

For example, some guys down my corridor get involved with organising formal dinners, putting on plays, sports teams, JCR etc.

Whereas some people, like me, can't be arsed.

Hence they'd pick the others.

-Image of people fighting to have the honour of putting a spoon on a table-

db

blasphemy is such a word. It just sounds so, right.

You're going to hell for that.

Reply 741

db

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kasias

You're going to hell for that.

erm, ok.

Reply 742

Over_The_Odds

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db

erm, ok.

No, I'm afraid he's right, I've added you to my list...

www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/db

Reply 743

kasias

Over_The_Odds

No, I'm afraid he's right, I've added you to my list...

www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/db

She.

I've added you to the list for that.
www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/Over_The_Odds

however non-existant it may be...

Reply 744

Over_The_Odds

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kasias

She.

I've added you to the list for that.
www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/Over_The_Odds

however non-existant it may be...

Well I'm taking you with me

www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/kasias

Reply 745

kasias

Over_The_Odds

Well I'm taking you with me

www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/kasias

You can't do that. It's againt the rules.
Look.

www.whosgoingtohell.co.uk/guidebook

Thou who art already sent to hell may not make others follow

Reply 746

Over_The_Odds

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kasias

You can't do that. It's againt the rules.
Look.

Darnit, I knew I should've read the terms and conditions!

I shall just have to curse you from my seat in hell for the rest of your life!

Just out of interest, which halls are the best at sport? Chiefly football?

Reply 747

IAJTHOMAS

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Over_The_Odds

Darnit, I knew I should've read the terms and conditions!

I shall just have to curse you from my seat in hell for the rest of your life!

Just out of interest, which halls are the best at sport? Chiefly football?

That obviously depends who is in a particular hall in a particular year and whether they to chose to play for their hall or another team...

Reply 748

oblivious

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Alot of the best sports people in Wills this year don't play for their hall, so it is hard to tell which hall is best at sport when the best players are too preoccupied with playing for the University or national teams.

Reply 749

gregsterposition

sorry if its been asked before but can someone make a lil thing about pros and cons of catered and selfcatered accommodation?

at the open day there where three people, the two who lived in catered said they really enjoyed it and the other who was selfcated (however i think in a student house) didnt really present such a good case for that accommodation.

Also about living in either bishop or clifton, wats the differences there? is one better socially? do ppl hang out mainly in the halls bars? in the SU bar? or in the city or wat?
lol im not sure i really get how it all works out, is it a really major factor which accommodation you go in?

thank you

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oblivious

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Advantages of catered :

- Cooked breakfast in the morning, especially useful when you've just been on a wild night out or just can't be bothered to cook breakfast.
- You get at least 2 meals a day in your diet. Whereas in self-catered, I personally thought I may have missed meals because I couldn't be arsed to cook.
- (Relevant to Wills) You get formal dinners every Friday, it makes every Friday an occasion. The dinner is generally better than the rest of the weeks and you get soup so that it is a 3 course meal.
- You can still cook if you're catered but it is limited to a microwave unless you get a George Foreman grill which is super useful. If you apply to Hiatt Baker, in their kitchens there are hobs and ovens.
- Brunch on a Saturday is great when you've been out on Friday night, not just to relieve your hangover but to talk to your friends about the night before.
- Sociable, being in catered is really sociable since the best way to catch up with your friends is over dinner. In freshers week it is a great way to meet new people.

Disadvantages :

- Meal times, if you don't like breakfast from 7.30am to 8.30 or dinner from 5.30pm to 6.30pm then this ain't for you.
- Quality of food, not always great but what do you expect when your kitchen caters for over 300 people?

If I got to choose again It would be catered again.

Stoke Bishop in my opinion is more sociable since there are more halls and the bars in the Clifton halls are crap from my experience. People generally hang out in the hall bars, nobody really bothers with the SU.

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Cliché

oblivious

Advantages of catered :

- Cooked breakfast in the morning, especially useful when you've just been on a wild night out or just can't be bothered to cook breakfast.
- You get at least 2 meals a day in your diet. Whereas in self-catered, I personally thought I may have missed meals because I couldn't be arsed to cook.
- (Relevant to Wills) You get formal dinners every Friday, it makes every Friday an occasion. The dinner is generally better than the rest of the weeks and you get soup so that it is a 3 course meal.
- You can still cook if you're catered but it is limited to a microwave unless you get a George Foreman grill which is super useful. If you apply to Hiatt Baker, in their kitchens there are hobs and ovens.
- Brunch on a Saturday is great when you've been out on Friday night, not just to relieve your hangover but to talk to your friends about the night before.
- Sociable, being in catered is really sociable since the best way to catch up with your friends is over dinner. In freshers week it is a great way to meet new people.

Disadvantages :

- Meal times, if you don't like breakfast from 7.30am to 8.30 or dinner from 5.30pm to 6.30pm then this ain't for you.
- Quality of food, not always great but what do you expect when your kitchen caters for over 300 people?

If I got to choose again It would be catered again.

Stoke Bishop in my opinion is more sociable since there are more halls and the bars in the Clifton halls are crap from my experience. People generally hang out in the hall bars, nobody really bothers with the SU.

Nice post. Wills seems really nice. I was gonna apply for Goldney and Manor Hall(Self-catered halls in Clifton) but now I think I will apply to Wills and Hiatt Baker. Catered seems really nice and sociable. Only real downside is that they are in Stoke Bishop which is so far from the uni.

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Marinus

I was gonna apply for Goldney and Manor Hall(Self-catered halls in Clifton) but now I think I will apply to Wills and Hiatt Baker.

Same for me... I'm thinking more and more about going catered. However I'm still hesitating between a (nearly) guaranteed place at Manor (or is there very much competition to get in there as well?) and a very low chance for Wills... Since I would then put HB as a second choice, how would you guys position HB compared to Manor ?

Social life better in HB ?
Room size better in HB or Manor ?
Manor buildings nicer ?

:confused:

Reply 753

Cliché

Marinus

Same for me... I'm thinking more and more about going catered. However I'm still hesitating between a (nearly) guaranteed place at Manor (or is there very much competition to get in there as well?) and a very low chance for Wills... Since I would then put HB as a second choice, how would you guys position HB compared to Manor ?

Social life better in HB ?
Room size better in HB or Manor ?
Manor buildings nicer ?

:confused:

I think it's mainly about whether you want to be cateredor not .
Manor is a nice hall, but it is self-catered and in the clifton area.
HB is catered in SB.
I don't really see the point in applying for one catered and one self-catered hall personally so I think if you want to apply for SC the best seem to be Goldney and Manor and if you want catered then Wills,Durdham,HB is probably the best. Also HB is good for second choice since for some reason(anyone know why?) it hs more places then applicants.

The other questions I will let current Bristol students answer :smile: