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Southampton or High Wycombe?
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I don't know whether to put this under Student or Going Out..
Basically I need to decide where to go to Uni, Southmampton or Buckinghamshire Chilterns in High Wycombe.
I haven't been to either of them. High Wycombe appears to be smaller and a bit more peacefull but very near London (which I know my way around quite well).
Southampton seems to be more busy, but I've never been there so I don't know what it's like for nightlife e.t.c.
Can anyone give me advice on either Uni's or just the city's in general for nightlife e.t.c?
Basically I need to decide where to go to Uni, Southmampton or Buckinghamshire Chilterns in High Wycombe.
I haven't been to either of them. High Wycombe appears to be smaller and a bit more peacefull but very near London (which I know my way around quite well).
Southampton seems to be more busy, but I've never been there so I don't know what it's like for nightlife e.t.c.
Can anyone give me advice on either Uni's or just the city's in general for nightlife e.t.c?
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As Renzo says, Dr. Pirate is the one to ask about BCUC (I only went there once and got naked in the canteen...) - he loves it, so my opinion is clearly not gospel. Just this once, mind.
Oh, and just to say that it's really expensive to get from Wycombe to London if you do it regularly, so don't bank on it being easy access.
I have no idea about High Wycombe though sorry! Oh yeah, the weather is fab in Southampton!
The proper uni is good, the institute or whatever they call it now isn't.
It's alright. At least it's not Portsmouth.
plus in the summer you can go on trips to the isle of wight :thumb:
I've just spent three years studying in Birmingham and the nightlife is incomparably better than Soton BUT if I had the choice between the two Unis I would choose Soton; absolutely no contest.
High Wycombe always struck me as a bit of a one-horse town.
However if your wanting to go out every night drinking in more of a town rather than a student style then Souton is the best - but i dunno how good the actual clubbing is there - i get the impression that it might be quite cheesy - where as clubbing in london is quite a serious affair - so you might find yourself travelling anyway for a reallllly good night out. Having said that you could always try and stalk skive into taking you to parties in the new forest!
Haha, I know the New Forest quite well too, so Skive, I'll be PM'ing you to meet up in 2008! lol
The thing is, I've always lived in the countryside but within easy access of a city (Brighton is half an hour on the bus and London is about 45 mins on the train from where I live). I've never actually lived in a city before so Southampton would be different, but I do think it's got the upper hand at the moment. I want something different anyway, I wanna experience a new lifestyle.
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Aye I'd definately go to Southampton then - is it southampton uni or solent?
However the only reason why i asked is becuase I wasn't sure weather solent was actually in town - because and I only know this from random sailing - i'm sure there is a big campus on southampton water - but its like round the hamble river - not in the middle of town - like a train journey away.
Having said that i've only actually been to southampton uni once as well and it was also in the middle of nowhere near the airport in a dodgy area of town.
I've got a map with the Prospectus, and Solent is kind of near Southampton Central Train Station and the Marlands Shopping Centre...if that means anything to anyone.
Im guessing its kind of central then
Think you would enjoy univeristy in Southamton better.
The shit one. Not sure how it compares to whatever's in High Wycombe.
The Marlands is a naff shopping centre. The institute/solent uni is (or was) across the city centre from the station, not far, though.
So do I.
I have offers. I need to decide by the 6th July, but they are deferred offers until 2008 because I'm taking a gap year.
That's a little closed-minded of you isn't it?
I go to Bristol which is in the Russell group of universities (the UK Ivy League) and granted, whilst there are twats there, there are far more really top people who are not fox-hunting public school boys (though I myself went to public school) than not.
I defy you to find me a situation, a party, a job, a school, a university or any situation in the world that doesn't have its fair share of wankers. Wankers are a part of life.
I had a night out in Cambridge whilst workign away a few years back - it full of Hooray Henry toss pots types - the type Pill'ed is on about. My mate and I, did however do extremely well with the ladies. :thumb: They obviously liked a bit of rough.
Pill'ed, I'm a born and bred Bitterne (southampton) boy. Southamptons not rough in the scheme of things - not when you compare it to larger cities and that shit hole down the coast they call Pompey.
It's got an excellent student night life, quite cheesy but there's also a decent hardcore and d&B scene. The studenty area of southampton is Bedford Place - not a bad place to have a few drinks.
New Forest down the road, Isle of Wight across the water, and Bournemouth beaches only a 30 minute drive.
I'm going to do something that I enjoy and have a right laugh, Southampton sounds the place Skive. I'm used to going out in Brighton which has cheesy nightlife too, so I'm sure I'll fit right in. As long as the Hardcore and DnB scene is good, I'm all for it.
Love the New Forest aswell, and I hear Southampton airport flies out to Amsterdam.
One guess on what your student lone is going on...