Goldsmiths

That totally depends on whether you like sharing a bathroom with other people of either sex. I've put down that i want en-suite as i'd like to have my own shower, etc. Some of the halls come in flats and some are corridor, but you don't get to choose between those. It's the people you are with that are going to determine your "hall life", not so much the bathrooms, etc.

Got to send my accommodation application off tomorrow.

i agree with you 100%, wich one do you think is best if you want to live in corridor style, en-suite or standard?

does the non- corridor have a common tv room or so? or do you just share the bathroom together?

Did you not receive the accommodation guide?

All en suite is in flats of 8, 5, or 4-8 depending on which halls, where you share a kitchen. I want to be in flats as it feels more right, don't know why. =P

In the standard halls they are mostly flats, either 7 bed with one kitchen, or 20 beds with 2, with shared bathroom. Surry house has a corridor layour, with common room facilties. If you want to live in a corridor, then standard you can get them. But there isn't much choice, you won't know until you get your accommodation offer.

With Goldsmiths being my first choice, I've done plenty of research into the transport links that it has with more central "familiar" London. Yes, New Cross really isn’t the greatest place in the world, but on my visits to the university everyone seems very positive and happy to be there, so I happily assume its fine.

Reading an early post to this topic made me wonder how someone could think the transport links are bad around the area!

The university is on the end of the East London tube line, with two stations near the main campus. New Cross and New Cross Gate stations are both on a train line from Waterloo East as well, and along with the multitude of night buses in the area, doesn't look like getting around should prove to be a problem.

Shame the rooms don't have broadband access though.

But someone who is there at the moment, is in Loring Hall, i think it's B block, and they are getting the wireless network from somewhere, think it may be from the school next door. Hope i can get in there and get some free internet.

No kidding? I've got my wireless stuff with me now, you reckon we might have a chance with that? Haha. Would be perfect! Otherwise from that, you mean some people who used to live in the halls got broadband fitted?

Yeah, that’s true, I need to know when the freshers week and all that starts. I heard that south London looks like a dump but the college seems really good so I think it is worth it. And hopefully it’s a good atmosphere.

When do you think we will get all the information about the course and so on?