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

I don't assume that AT ALL. I would never make that assumption, that would be idiotic. I'm speaking only of the experiences my friends and I have had in halls. I think there's a distinction to be made between the kinds of people on this forum who are clearly very excited and willing to go out and make friends in the same way as everyone else when they get to Bristol, and those who choose to seek out friends who speak the same language and are to nervous or shy to get involved with everyone else, and it has been the latter that I was referring to.

What are the halls like on visitors? I know some uni halls dont let visitors in after X time which is a bit annoying if you have a friend over staying or something.

Do you mean can we talk about cillit bang again? The topic being discussed was relevant to accommodation, and frankly more interesting than all the worrying and the minuscule unimportant questions which will be answered if people could just relax and actually wait for the university to send you the accommodation prospectus. With every intake I see the students on here getting more and more stressed out about really trivial things which will sort themselves if you give them time, and it's such a shame.

Anyway, back to your question cryptor. Halls generally aren't too bothered about guests; obviously a lot of people are going to be bringing people back from clubs and stuff in first year, and having friends come and stay over or visit. You're supposed to sign guests in in most halls (i think), but you can generally get away with not bothering. In Goldney, if you wanted to hire a mattress for your guest, you had to sign them in and leave a deposit and such, so obviously in those circumstances, you have to let them know. You'll be coming in with the visitor you're bringing anyway, and since you can get in any time, there's no issue about them coming in.

What is there in the Hawthorns other than the rooms, then?

Storage cupboards containing...Cillit Bang [this is getting easier every day]

Not hall, corridoor.

Basically, on a corridoor there will be many rooms, and many people sharing a kitchen. Thus, you have a higher chance of bumping into different people and meeting ones you like.

In a flat there are fewer people (8 maybe, not sure), and so there is a higher chance you will not like any of them, and it is harder to make friends with people who you are not close to (location wise).

Just think particle collision theory... Higher density of particles (people), more likely a collision (meeting) and more likely a successful collision (talking) and a reaction (friendship).