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

Well yeah, I bet goldney is great, fantastic, lovely etc..
Fact is, it's a hell of a lot of money.
And oversubscribed, so chances of getting in are slim anyway.

I'm tempted to go to HB. But I really like cooking..

Reply 924

db

17

Goldney isn't really that much. It's the same price as Durdham and I'd rather have the location than the ensuite any day.

Reply 925

stepheh

Well yeah, I bet goldney is great, fantastic, lovely etc..
Fact is, it's a hell of a lot of money.
And oversubscribed, so chances of getting in are slim anyway.

I'm tempted to go to HB. But I really like cooking..

yea its ridiculously oversubscribed, hence i didnt even apply there, despite its benefits etc... the chances are so slim, that youre not likely to get in, and then its all down to your second choice. mine was going to be hawthorns but since the applicatins for residences on the near campus (clifton/ precinct/ town) are likely to rise due to no student bus from SB anymore.. i figured that was alaos going to become more competitive.. so i upped it and put it first just to be safe!

i spose u could argue "if u dont try for goldney, there really is no chance, and ul never know if u would have gotten it" but id rather not risk it!! xx :biggrin:

Reply 926

db

Goldney isn't really that much. It's the same price as Durdham and I'd rather have the location than the ensuite any day.

Yeah, but i'd rather have the extra money to spend on going out, and going to gigs.
and buying food and stuff.

Oh actually, i have a question.. you know some rooms are ridiculously more than others [like in goldney, the fact that en-suite is an AWFUL lot more] what if you wanted a cheaper room rather than the most expensive? Like.. say I put the hawthorns down, and they offered me an en-suite room that I just couldn't afford, would they let you have a cheaper room?

Plus, i'm hoping that they'll put the sb bus back on, just to be really gay to the current first years.
Although i'm not bothered by the walk. Tonnes of people in the same boat, after all.

Reply 927

IguessIwin

9

howd u know how oversuscribed an accommmodartiojn is. i know on the site it says the ones in red but u seem to imply that u know the actual numbers. if so do tell :wink:

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In the prospectus last year they had little bar charts representing places-applicants.
That's where I got it from..
not sure if it's somewhere else though

Reply 929

IguessIwin

howd u know how oversuscribed an accommmodartiojn is. i know on the site it says the ones in red but u seem to imply that u know the actual numbers. if so do tell :wink:

i dont know the numbers but it says its oversubscribed, and on ALL the forums etc ive been on, nearly EVERYONE has said they are applying for/ have applied to goldney/ wills. they are by FAR the most popular two, and if all these people put them as their first choice, the fact that the prospectus says its oversubscribed has just been proved,,, big time!xx

ps yea i saw that bar chart too it was ridiculously oversubscribed for goldney!!

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IguessIwin

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stepheh

In the prospectus last year they had little bar charts representing places-applicants.
That's where I got it from..
not sure if it's somewhere else though

do u know how bad wills was

Reply 931

oblivious

13

Wills is the most oversubscribed hall.

Reply 932

db

17

I wouldn't decided against applying somewhere just because it's oversubscribed, that's pretty stupid in my eyes, some chance is better than no chance. It probably won't affect your experience that much where you end up so why not take the gamble? 260 people get into Goldney each year
and how many ever for Wills, why are you so sure you won't be one of them?

If you're stilll worried you can just make sure to put your second choice as somewhere you'd be equaly happy that is undersubcribed, then you should get at least one of your choices.

Reply 933

Well, after looking high and low, i cant find it. It's probably in my room somewhere..
I'll keep an eye out for it.

But it was pretty bad. As were durdham and goldney

I'm still amazed by how much better bristol accom is compared to places like SOTON and warwick.

Reply 934

db

I wouldn't decided against applying somewhere just because it's oversubscribed, that's pretty stupid in my eyes, some chance is better than no chance. It probably won't affect your experience that much where you end up so why not take the gamble? 260 people get into Goldney each year
and how many ever for Wills, why are you so sure you won't be one of them?

If you're stilll worried you can just make sure to put your second choice as somewhere you'd be equaly happy that is undersubcribed, then you should get at least one of your choices.

yea but i didnt like the undersubscribed places tbh, i didnt do the goldney then hawthorns thing coz i was worried about getting neither, and then being put somewhere in stoke bishop and thats the thing i really didnt want, that walk! no matter how "bearable" it is, i wouldnt appreciate a 40 min walk either way in the rain, ice or snow. lol

im not that fussed about not putting goldney to be honest, i dont like the layout, how its put in flats.. if you dont get put with people you get on well with, youre screwed! obv u can make friends in other flats/ blocks/ halls etc but its just easier with the ppl u live with. there are a lot of benefits to me putting hawthorns and then winkworth, coz i wouldnt mind going inn either really =]
xxx

Reply 935

artypersur

From the 2007 prospectus :

Under subscribed (less than 1:1 ratio) - Badock Hall, Culver House, Elmgrove Park, Hiatt Baker Hall, Hillside/Woodside, Northwell House, Osborne Villas, 115 Queens Road, 121 Redland Road, St Michaels Park, University Hasll, 97 Woodland Road.

1:1 (Subscription:Place) - Churchhill Hall, The Hawthorns, Manor & Sinclair, Richmond Terrace, Winkworth House.

Over subscribed (higher than 2:1 ratio) - Clifton Hill House, Durdham Hall, Goldney Hall, Wills Hall, Woodland Court

My 1st is Durdham self catered, now to find a second choice >.<

Reply 936

I'd like to apply to churchill.

Just for the nice food.

I'm sure loads of rah's can't be that bad.

Whenever i've been to wills, it's been packed with rah's and was never that bad.

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