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

Really cause i've heard the exact opposite from a lot of people. It's apparently the most 'cliquey' hall in bristol to the extent that people from other groups find it difficult to talk to each other.

On the other hand i've also heard their food is exceptional so i guess thats a bonus...

Hmm, well its only the impression I get from having visited friends there - maybe my friends there are all in the same clique! In fairness though, it's kind of natural for people to form cliques. After the upheaval of going to university people like to settle down with a group they feel comfortable with.

agreed but then theres a difference between one settling with a comfortable group and one refusing to talk to anyone else who isnt in 'their group.' Unfortunatly I've got the strong impression that a lot of people in CHH are the latter

Well the people will change each year, so the make-up/atmosphere of the hall could be completely different.

Do you know what Manor's atomosphere is like?

I am now swinging towards applying there because I could not take getting rejected by Goldney and being put in a students house

I don't think I am prepared to take the risk for a pretty garden, and a building that was in skins *Sniff*

Thats good...less competition for me...

Are you not scared you will get rejected though?? Its so oversubscribed

Barry Scott never gets scared!

I applied to unis I thought I might get rejected from (and did) so why not accomodation...I can't get a place if I don't apply...

lol, well if burnt on grease doesn't scare him, nothing will

That is true... but would you mind being in the small accomadation/university hall?

The problem is I would mind... so I think I better go for the safe option lol

I walked round CHH in an open day - it didn't feel like halls of residence at all, felt more like a big mansion really

It was alright, the bar/JCR/rooms all seemed to be well equipped - but it didn't personally appeal to me.

Do you know what Manor's atomosphere is like?

I am now swinging towards applying there because I could not take getting rejected by Goldney and being put in a students house

I don't think I am prepared to take the risk for a pretty garden, and a building that was in skins *Sniff*

I've only been to Manor a couple of times, but personally I prefer the idea of it to Goldney. Goldney is sposed to be lovely, but I'm just not keen on accommodation arranged in flats, it seems to make it harder to meet people.

This question probably seems obvious, but could someone please briefly explain the differences between a hall being arranged as flats and as a hall, and why people say it is harder to meet people in the former.

Thanks x

I don't agree with the point that it's harder to make friends with people outside your flat; I was in goldney last year and now live with girls who all lived 3 blocks away from me. I know loads of people who don't live with the people from their flat- there's so many social activities arranged and so many chances to meet loads of people you're bound to make friends outside your flat.

So, OK, how is the Hawthorns set out? I mean, it houses 116 people... surely that's just as good as being in halls?

You'd think so but alas it isn't. It's part of orbital so is therefore a student house and thats how a lot of people there act (similar to winkworth house). But the rooms are HUGE and for some being so ridiculously close to the university is very appealing however if your view of the first year is to get socially as much out of it as possible, the hawthorns isnt for you.