Leicester Lass Posted 23 November 2011 Posted 23 November 2011 I keep getting the Uni confused with the footy ground. Even someone else told me that earlier But yeah, B'ham City university. I keep saying St. Andrews thinking of the football ground I go to uni in Birmingham and still have a season ticket. Train is only about £7 return with a railcard too, definitely still easy to get to games.
Simmsy Posted 23 November 2011 Posted 23 November 2011 I keep getting the Uni confused with the footy ground. Even someone else told me that earlier But yeah, B'ham City university. I keep saying St. Andrews thinking of the football ground Oh, fair enough. I was thinking it was maybe something to do with the football ground. You could probably still see Leicester play quite a lot- it's not exactly a massive journey. Base your decision on which uni you prefer.
Brown Fox Posted 24 November 2011 Posted 24 November 2011 Just got my first offer from Newcastle Where are you're other choices? Because I'm at Newcastle now and it is genuinely the most unbelievable time ever up here. Highly recommend.
Alexikokopops Posted 24 November 2011 Posted 24 November 2011 This statement is so true it's unreal I've been thinking and nowadays my life is spent thinking about irrelevant and unimportant nonsense like whether the most sensible option for a new car is taking out finance or leasing, or whether the next time I go shopping I should buy more fruit and start using this in place of muesli for breakfast, or it's spent forever worrying about all the stuff at work that in real terms isn't even important, particularly for the fact that I'm so under appreciated I could sit in the corner and set my head on fire and no one would really care. I miss the days when baking a cake for the flat upstairs as an apology for vomiting on their sofa was the most important thing in my life. Moving out for the first time and attempting to cook and the strange experience of going to Tesco’s for your first real shop and spending nights on end watching crap DVDs and signing up to take up a sport that you've never even heard of and drinking for several days straight and watching a group of teen men stare at a cooker not able to turn it on and missing all your lectures and the first time you get a girl back to your 'own' place and the people you meet and the amount of street paraphernalia you 'find' and store in your kitchen and the student loan instalments and the inevitable sprees that follow... Anyone that thinks uni is about getting a job is has either never been or is a geek, and to be honest I've seen most geeks give it a go with the best of 'em. Argh, I'm jealous and I want to be 18 again! You put it so much better than I ever could. I realise that i've come into this thread a bit late after 27 pages! But, in response to your original post I advise caution. Of the three people I know who left their university courses after one year and switched course (my brother included), NONE of them finished their second course. Not one of them. You're also three and a half years too late
Fox92 Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Decided to apply (deadlines Jan 15th I think) but who have previous poster's used as referees? A lot of people who I went to college with put our lecturer, but I last last year so how the hell am I meant to ask him?
The Doctor Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Decided to apply (deadlines Jan 15th I think) but who have previous poster's used as referees? A lot of people who I went to college with put our lecturer, but I last last year so how the hell am I meant to ask him? I used my lecturer and my boss from work experience - If you've got a job you could get your boss as one referee and maybe a local bobbie or someone similar?
Fox92 Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 I used my lecturer and my boss from work experience - If you've got a job you could get your boss as one referee and maybe a local bobbie or someone similar? Was you still at college when you asked your lecturer? (if that is where you were). Should I contact him in writing? I really don't know how to contact him about it, I only left in July this year, so he should remember me!
The Doctor Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 I was, but you should be able to contact him in writing no problems.
z-layrex Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Was you still at college when you asked your lecturer? (if that is where you were). Should I contact him in writing? I really don't know how to contact him about it, I only left in July this year, so he should remember me! He will do it, just contact the college directly and ask for his email address. I think I used my sixth form tutor a year after I left, wasn't a problem.
ousefox Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Where are you're other choices? Because I'm at Newcastle now and it is genuinely the most unbelievable time ever up here. Highly recommend. I have got 2 offers from Newcastle for Business Management, and for Sociology. Also applied for Durham (2 courses) and LSE Everyone seems to enjoy going to Newcastle and think that'll be my first choice? What are you doing? And more importantly, how many LCFC games have you managed to get to?
ScouseFox Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Offers from Birmingham, Leicester, Swansea, Bangor and Chester. Score.
Brown Fox Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 I have got 2 offers from Newcastle for Business Management, and for Sociology. Also applied for Durham (2 courses) and LSE Everyone seems to enjoy going to Newcastle and think that'll be my first choice? What are you doing? And more importantly, how many LCFC games have you managed to get to? Doing politics but I do a sociology module as well and let me tell you'll love the sociology (purely because everyone is a girl and unbelievably good looking) And I have managed to get to a couple of home games, but got to boro and hull. Yorkshire games are easy to get to. Train tickets are really expensive unless you have a railcard and book a good few weeks in advance. Also lucky we've been on TV a good few times.
ousefox Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Doing politics but I do a sociology module as well and let me tell you'll love the sociology (purely because everyone is a girl and unbelievably good looking) And I have managed to get to a couple of home games, but got to boro and hull. Yorkshire games are easy to get to. Train tickets are really expensive unless you have a railcard and book a good few weeks in advance. Also lucky we've been on TV a good few times. Yeah if i took Sociology i'd probably be the only guy which could be very interesting, more interested in Sociology just think i can make more in Business Management but we'll see if i change my mind! Well i already travel quite a lot living in York and having a ST, but the extra hour and a half i think it is to Newcastle will definitely put a stop to that Any other Leicester fans? Advice on accomodation or anything to join? I honestly have no idea what to expect!
Brown Fox Posted 8 December 2011 Posted 8 December 2011 Yeah if i took Sociology i'd probably be the only guy which could be very interesting, more interested in Sociology just think i can make more in Business Management but we'll see if i change my mind! Well i already travel quite a lot living in York and having a ST, but the extra hour and a half i think it is to Newcastle will definitely put a stop to that Any other Leicester fans? Advice on accomodation or anything to join? I honestly have no idea what to expect! Yeah and the prices from Newcastle to Leicester you're looking at £40ish minimum and thats with a railcard and by booking in advance. Surprisingly i've met 3 Leicester fans which i wasn't expecting at all! Accomodation-wise Castle Leazes - Full of raaaaaaars but good craic Windsor Terrace- best location by far but not the most social St Marys/Henderson - absolute trecks away everyone I know there hates it Richardson Road - absolute shithole but socially the best by far Victoria/Central Link - ridiculously nice but slightly more expensive You'll find Newcastle is one of the cheapest places for accomodation/food/drinks in the country. A pint at the union is £2 and at most pubs its just over £2 or some i've seen £1.80. Girls here are absolutely mint as well.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 9 December 2011 Posted 9 December 2011 Will be applying to Stirling, Strathclyde, Napier, Aberystwyth and Brunel sometime next week. Have done minimum research into all of them and fully intend on going into it completely blind. Might be a massive mistake but ahhh well.
ousefox Posted 9 December 2011 Posted 9 December 2011 Yeah and the prices from Newcastle to Leicester you're looking at £40ish minimum and thats with a railcard and by booking in advance. Surprisingly i've met 3 Leicester fans which i wasn't expecting at all! Accomodation-wise Castle Leazes - Full of raaaaaaars but good craic Windsor Terrace- best location by far but not the most social St Marys/Henderson - absolute trecks away everyone I know there hates it Richardson Road - absolute shithole but socially the best by far Victoria/Central Link - ridiculously nice but slightly more expensive You'll find Newcastle is one of the cheapest places for accomodation/food/drinks in the country. A pint at the union is £2 and at most pubs its just over £2 or some i've seen £1.80. Girls here are absolutely mint as well. Well there should be at least 1 more this time next year! There a lot of chances to play football at the uni? 5-a-side or anything? Ha i've heard about these raaaaaars. Cheers for that, where are you? That sounds good to me, went to the open day in summer and loved it, literally the only problem is it being so far from Leicester. Definitely sounds like my sort of place then! Forget there's Northumbria there as well and loads of my mates who can't get in to Newcastle are trying to get in there. Everybody seems to love the idea of going to Newcastle to live.
Brown Fox Posted 9 December 2011 Posted 9 December 2011 Well there should be at least 1 more this time next year! There a lot of chances to play football at the uni? 5-a-side or anything? Ha i've heard about these raaaaaars. Cheers for that, where are you? That sounds good to me, went to the open day in summer and loved it, literally the only problem is it being so far from Leicester. Definitely sounds like my sort of place then! Forget there's Northumbria there as well and loads of my mates who can't get in to Newcastle are trying to get in there. Everybody seems to love the idea of going to Newcastle to live. Yeah they're all at Leazes, but once again I will point to the quality of girls and there are none better than the girls at Leazes. Seems like everyone from there I meet is ridiculously good looking. It might be far from Leicester but the way I thought of it was how during the xmas period there are at least 2-4 home games, easter there are 2-4 games and before you even leave for uni you have basically all of the games in August and September games to go to so it's not as bad as it sounds. It really is the place to be. Just constantly busy and buzzing and the locals are surprisingly really friendly! Northumbria is right next to the Newcastle campus as well so if you have any mates at Northumbria it's easy to go and see them.
Father Ted Posted 9 December 2011 Posted 9 December 2011 First offer today from Leicester for Physics
Guest ttfn Posted 11 December 2011 Posted 11 December 2011 I have got 2 offers from Newcastle for Business Management, and for Sociology. Also applied for Durham (2 courses) and LSE Everyone seems to enjoy going to Newcastle and think that'll be my first choice? What are you doing? And more importantly, how many LCFC games have you managed to get to? I went to Durham and it was bloody hard to get down to Leicester. It's at least 2, often 3 trains and probably 2 and a half hours each way. If you want to play football it's a non-starter.
ousefox Posted 11 December 2011 Posted 11 December 2011 Yeah they're all at Leazes, but once again I will point to the quality of girls and there are none better than the girls at Leazes. Seems like everyone from there I meet is ridiculously good looking. It might be far from Leicester but the way I thought of it was how during the xmas period there are at least 2-4 home games, easter there are 2-4 games and before you even leave for uni you have basically all of the games in August and September games to go to so it's not as bad as it sounds. It really is the place to be. Just constantly busy and buzzing and the locals are surprisingly really friendly! Northumbria is right next to the Newcastle campus as well so if you have any mates at Northumbria it's easy to go and see them. hmmm will definitely have to take that into consideration then! Yeah, it's still difficult for me as i won't be going to Leicester at those times i'll just be going back to York, but i know what you mean! Think you've just about sold it to me! Have you got a job there? Is it easy too if you're at the uni? I went to Durham and it was bloody hard to get down to Leicester. It's at least 2, often 3 trains and probably 2 and a half hours each way. If you want to play football it's a non-starter. I do 2 and a half hours each way from York so will probably add another hour on top of that! Think my heart's set on Newcastle now though!
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 11 December 2011 Posted 11 December 2011 I've just finished the first year of my psychology degree at Coventry University, and feel like I've utterly wasted my time. It looks like I'm going to come out with a pretty good mark for they year, but the subject matter has bored me rigid and left me regretting my choice. I should have accepted the offers I received for a Politics degree, as it is something I am far more interested in. I made my choice on as I was reluctant to move to far from where my friends live, Hinckley, but now feel as though I allowed it to hold me back. I was quite scared of losing touch with them, I'm 24, came to Higher Education late, and have had these friends for some time. I have of course made some new friends at uni, but haven't formed such a close attachment to them as I possibly would have if I had to throw myself in making friends more by being further away from home. Today I received an email from Swansea University, offering me the chance to apply for a place on their politics course directly, without going through UCAS and having to pay money to that system. The location appeals to me as does the course. I've already agreed with Coventry University to switch course, and there were problems with this. But I feel very tempted to take Swansea up on their offer. If my friends value me as much as I do them, then keeping in touch shouldn't be an issue, and anyway, people lose touch in life I guess. By the time I leave uni I won't be a million miles from 30. Perhaps its just time to move on, live in a different place, and give myself a chance to escape the fate of my parents, never living anywhere other than the Midlands. Well, good luck, Mr future Prime Minister.
Father Ted Posted 20 December 2011 Posted 20 December 2011 Offers from Warwick, Leicester, Loughborough and Sheffield now Just Leeds yet to reply.
SemperEadem Posted 20 December 2011 Posted 20 December 2011 Sheffield is a top city to be a student in.
Rincewind Posted 20 December 2011 Posted 20 December 2011 You are following in some famous footsteps DT. LLoyd George and Neil Kinnock to name two that came from Wales. Just pick the right side.
leicsmac Posted 20 December 2011 Posted 20 December 2011 Offers from Warwick, Leicester, Loughborough and Sheffield now Just Leeds yet to reply. For Physics...I think I've said this before, but Leicester Leicester Leicester all the way. Superb department and staff, and one of the best courses in the country. But then I'm biased because I went there to do the same thing.
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