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is uni life not quite what you expected
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for me its suprisingly pretentious, could just be me here in london as all other unis seemed alright, but my uni UCL ust seems erm to be quite crap
we quite possibly have the deadest freshers week
we quite possibly have the deadest freshers week
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They actually expect us to do work in the first year!!
I'm going to the Student Union Karaoke Night so, we'll see how it goes.
I have to say though, the halls I'm in are the most antisocial piece of crap ever....
Ilora x
or at least the version of it you have been told. I was well aware during my exams that i both needed to remember that uni was going to be the best experience of my life ever (to keep me working hard) and that there would come a time when i would have to discard this utilitarian image and face up to reality.
well here it is.
in academic terms it is everything i could have hoped for x10, but the social side is sadly lacking and the great myth that you meet all of your good mates at uni has so far proved to be just that...:)
im 2nd year chemist sand other than saying hi, how holz to people in dept, they seem to be just as annoying as they were last year, okay met some nice people, but they all in years above....
dont know anyone doing biology here, whats it like? closest thing is my amte who does pharmacology, best dept for the subject in europe
Freshers fayre is crap but last yr i got so much free stuff i might pop along this yr to see whats on offer (freshers included....
I'm now wondering why the hell I decided Uni life was 'me' I'm now starting to regret even going through clearing.
*I just want to see my mummy*
I'm also now looking for other career opportunities just in case the fuckin awful and depressing homesickness doesn't go away....
Ilora x
Mmmm, neuro-pharmacology...bit of a hobby of mine.
Anyway, back to the question. Non-campus uni's expecially ones in london are crap for socialising.
However, you do have the best selection of bars, clubs, societies, theatres....etc. anywhere in the world right on your doorstep.
you can say that again.....
...just talk to people whenever you have the chance seems the way, like stuck in a queue, or something to moan about, or something like that
got talking to some actually cool 3rd years like that, all seem to be complete druggies, says a lot obut who make good company to me :rolleyes:
we should set up a university of london society for disenfranchised students, have so many members then!!!
They make out that we're pissed for the wholeweek, comin home a 3am, when in reality the SU's events finished at 10 and have to be up early for the 'induction' week. Which sucks.
Urgh. Ilora x
i think the problem here is that its london and therefore any stranger talking to you, is either wanting to mug, attack or rape you, therefore you dont talk to strangers yourself
with a bit of effort u can meet some decent people though
There may be a light at the end of the tunnel then!
Ilora x
I imagined my halls to be like this, but instead I'm in what is basically a big old house with bits added on. It even has turrets, not what I bargained for!
Anyway, my point is that it has 47 people in it compared to the few hundred or so people that are in all the other halls of residence buildings. The much smaller number has meant that everyone in the house at least knows everyone else, if not talking to them regularly. From what I've seen, no one doesn't make friends unless they don't particularly want to.
Now I'm thinking this may be to do with the size and numbers of people, because my uni experience has been pretty good so far.
Ilora x
my halls last year were 70 people with 3 shared kitchens, and erm yeh that was it
knew aobut 15 people well in them
Most of my good friends from uni are from my halls not my course.
I think we work way too hard at UCL- the work load in term time is so over-whelming.
Chemistry (poor you) is very unsociable as a department by comparison to other departments.
Living in halls was good while it lasted but it got a bit intense for me towards the end. I meet my best friends in my halls as we had 36 on each floor (18 per kitchen with one oven and one microwave so you soon get to know each other).
I don't want the work to start.
even if i hate it, at least i get to move country
a lot of problems are caused by people having all these expectations about something they have never experienced
I hate mess and dirt, its revolting.
Though in freshers week i was on the phone to my boyfriend in floods of tears most nights. And on the first night i got so drunk i got covered in cuts and bruises and cracked my head open slightly, got me a bit of a rep, but at least it got me noticed!
Uni isn't really living up to what i thought but i just have to keep thinking i need to give it time, wait to settle in. I think (hope) that's when uni life becomes great, not in freshers week.
I'm not living in halls for my first year, got a house with 3 other people.
I was disappointed with Freshers week, a complete waste of money. Paid £25 for a combined ticket for sunday - wednesday. On sunday night there was an al fresco thing where there were meant to be bouncy castles, giant hamster wheels etc. The hamster wheels weren't there and the other things there were crap. It was an outside event and was very very cold and the queue to the bar was about half an hour. Monday night was really good, tuesday was the same as monday and we didn't really like it as much (the original tuesday night event had been cancelled as had wednesdays). They gave us a free voucher for entry to the Student Union Bar another night but that's only worth £4 so it hardly makes it seem worth £25!