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	seik 13:24 19/8/2005	i went to swansea uni last year (on del's advice!) it was w**k, came home did another a-level in politics, got a B (yay!) and now im going to leeds to do politics i thought you were going to liverpool amoeba? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	prawn 13:25 19/8/2005	Bloody students! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	mebR 13:28 19/8/2005	i was goin to liverpool, till i didnt get the grades :P nott trent was my insurance offer. but im still pleased with it, im just happy to be goin to uni :> [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	mOrt 14:14 19/8/2005	leeds seemed to be really lenient with the grades this year, atleast 5 or 6 people from my 6th form are goin there and none of them got the grades needed, 2 of them were like 4grades below over all and still got in, leeds obviously just after the money! off to huddersfield myself, only person goin there out of 200ish from 6th form :> should be good to get away from all the w**kshafts tho ;D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	uhh 14:16 19/8/2005	warwick university to do german (with some business studies crap on the side) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 14:44 19/8/2005	Nottm rocks, enjoy it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	blingy 15:11 19/8/2005	Surrey institute of art and design , tho i think its changed its name to some god awful crap ;D. Any way Grahpic Design here i come :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DooMeh Lite 16:12 19/8/2005	Im on my placement year at the moment, but computer science at salford uni. Just finished my 2nd year, course is ok, uni is good, salford is nasty. You tend to see scallys lying in the road infront of your car trying to get you to stop so they can rob it, only way to avoid this is to put your foot down and scare them out of it :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Abdo 16:27 19/8/2005	I'm at nottingham. My landlord has just died, which is nice, apart from his son, the new landlord, being an even bigger assfish. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Jabz. 16:41 19/8/2005	Heading to manchester met doing applied computing ^.^ cant wait to go [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Styla Infinity-eSports 16:54 19/8/2005	Nottingham / Leicester, haven't decided yet :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	eoj 16:55 19/8/2005	Cardiff - it better be good :'( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Seaweed 17:11 19/8/2005	Nottingham trent predicatbly doing comp sci [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Byatt 18:01 19/8/2005	Obligatory lol at nottingham trent/nottingham, why the f*** you'd want to come to uni here is beyond me. Anyway, have fun. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	luck RemOte.uK 18:19 19/8/2005	Isnt nottingham a rather expensive place to live for students, especially in town? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	blackjacksnoopy 18:22 19/8/2005	birmingham uni, on the off-chance that anyone cares. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fezemoN 18:35 19/8/2005	staffs uni, stafford is s***. at least i got the chance to come work in germany which will look rather nice on my CV along with my first class honours ;D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Chops classified 18:53 19/8/2005	Manchester University doing Economics. Manchesters an awsome place, highly recommend it and can't wait to get back. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Conscript classified 19:04 19/8/2005	I got to birmingham blackjack [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 19:36 19/8/2005	I thought you were at Durham Sant. What are you doing blackjacksnoopy/Conscript and living where? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	blackjacksnoopy 19:47 19/8/2005	History, maple bank in my 1st year (near shackleton) after that I guess I'll look at renting something [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	bigwest 20:14 19/8/2005	aberdeen uni going into 4th year computing science hopefully.. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 20:40 19/8/2005	Maple Bank's a nice place from the outside. They started doing it up around March so it'll probably be nice and shiny when you move in. It had a pretty bad crime problem though; almost every flat had something stolen. At least you're on the Vale, it's a great place. And expect to be using the library a lot, history buff. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stevenson 20:40 19/8/2005	Going to Durham uni at the castle and ill be doing yes thats right you guessed it, Computer Science!! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Jazzy Jebus Rage 20:47 19/8/2005	You went to uni on the advice of another person online?!?! Madness! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 21:11 19/8/2005	I think you were just unlucky being in the student village seik, I don't think I would have liked it myself there, particularly because in residences like that 90% of whether you have a good time or not depends on what your housemates are like. In campus halls there was a whole floor of 22 people and the floor below where the kitchen was of people to get acquainted with, so with that many people you were living with there was bound to be several hot chicks and several people you could become really good mates with. If you go into student village with seperate houses of 10 people, you might be really lucky or you might well end up with a total bunch of losers. It's basically being put in a 2nd year situation where you're in a house, without having had the first year to make friends and decide who you'll be living with. Fair enough you've got lots of other houses in the student village, the bar etc, but from what I saw when I visited mates I had in the village there wasn't that much mixing, people mainly hung out with their housemates or people from their courses, and the place seemed very sedate and staid in comparison to the campus. That's what I was like in the second year, living in a house in Uplands. In the first year it was just a big social scene in the campus halls, I could go out every night of the week on the p*** with different groups of people, non stop partying in the corridors, it was spectacular. Only drawback was that if you stayed in, the SU club with a massive PA system was about 50 yards away accross the block my window overlooked. It was rather loud until a good while after it had closed and the massive crowds of drunk people outside your window, shouting, trying to garner a last-minute shag, sliding down the steps on beer crates or singing DJ Otzi had dispersed. To be fair though it was great fun to watch, would often have 5 or 6 people in my room from less fortunate sides of the building glued to the window. Just for fun like, I let them go afterwards. It is something to bear in mind though when you choose your halls of residence. If you're an outgoing type who likes to meet and talk to a lot of people and have a large network of friends, or would be but was repressed by having been unpopular at school, then you definately want to choose a residence that holds a lot of people, and has lots of chance for socialisation - ie shared kitchens and bathrooms, and a decent tv room/ common area/ whatever. It might sound like an advantage to have cooking facilities and a bathroom en suite, but given such things some people would never leave their rooms. The only reason we had such a good mix in the residence I was at was because of the shared kitchen which was the hub of the social scene. But if you're more introspective and are the sort that tries to hide away from other people except perhaps for a few best mates, a student village type set up would be much more suited, as you have a stable, smaller group of people to live with. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Conscript classified 21:20 19/8/2005	I was in Mason Hall Shekky and next year in selly oak. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Conscript classified 21:21 19/8/2005	crime problem was huge, 1960s halls, walking to shackleton was a big hassle but second to none social life. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 21:23 19/8/2005	btw good choice of course seik in politics, what I've been leaning towards doing to do next year once I get back from New Zealand. Why did you decide to change from international relations though, which I'm guessing is a similar course, and why did you need to go back to get the politics A level? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 21:23 19/8/2005	doing to do, roffle [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 22:29 19/8/2005	So you've just finished your first year and you lived in Mason, Conscript? Which block; I was in NLG. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stevenson 22:32 19/8/2005	Cant imagine he needed the politics A level. I did it and managed to get an A, was pretty easy and really interesting, especially the UK/USA Comparative module [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Chops classified 22:33 19/8/2005	Yeah the kitchen is one of the main social areas of the halls, infact I met my now girlfriend while we were cooking together! Being catered also has its benefits cause everyone goes down to the canteen together, but I think cooking is a lot more social, and means your a lot more free, you dont have to be back at the hall by 5pm or whatever, you can just get a pizza from the kebab shop on the corner of the road whenever. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	dhh 22:51 19/8/2005	A few months ago I had my heart set on being a Primary School teacher and Edge Hill was wear I was going. I soon realised that I'd get bored easily by doing the same thing over and over again. I never want a desk job in my life. As of today I've applied for Air Engineering Technician in the Navy, where I'll be paid to travel and enjoy a different side of life. Middlesbrough and the towns around it are s***holes pretty much, cant wait to leave this place. Good luck you lot off to uni anyway. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	JammaN 23:40 19/8/2005	be starting my 5th year at swansea uni. no complaints whatsoever. Ill be doing a masters in aerospace technology/power generation [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Byatt 23:48 19/8/2005	yeah I'm at Durham shek, in the castle in fact - gj Stevenson, welcome to the club :D. I do live in Nottingham though, which is why I cannot see why you'd come to uni here! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Nebula Sector7G 23:54 19/8/2005	Didnt get the grades I was hoping for due to missing over a months of school in February. But off to Durham if I get my CEF in quick enough (First come, first served) failing that, got a position secured at Bournemouth University studying Accountancy and Finance BaHons at both unis...god i hope i dont bore myself to death before end of 3yrs :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	blackjacksnoopy 00:08 20/8/2005	:o ever have anything nicked Conscript? Thieving b******s :/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Tony 05:12 20/8/2005	blackjacksnoopy, I was in Chamberlain last year :o I probably saw you at Bar1 a few times ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stevenson 10:38 20/8/2005	Cheers Byatt, its the only place i had my heart set on, thank god i got my grades! Good luck getting into durham nebula, the more the merrier :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Conscript classified 12:04 20/8/2005	no but I know about 5 people who did have things nicked. Doors kicked in windows jarred open, even the cleaner opened the door to a burgler. In the end you had police patrolling round the hall which was quite funny. Its part of the fun as long as you keep your room locked when your not in its ok. Basicly you only get security in the evening and they're well part of the fun too ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	blackjacksnoopy 13:58 20/8/2005	Unlikely Tony, since i'm not there yet ;P should've explained it better, i'm going in september [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Tony 16:01 20/8/2005	Ah right. Maple bank is pretty good if you get in the new part. I think there are some parts still a bit s***ty. Bar 1 on a friday = easiest night of pulling ever ;) It's about a minute walk from maple bank too. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	exo41 17:00 20/8/2005	Aston Birmingham , bored of home now:( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Hayes- 17:54 20/8/2005	I'm doing History at Keele, it's ok I guess... ;-/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MAJ 18:51 20/8/2005	Surrey Institute of Art - Foundation Year. Needed only one single E to get in and i got an A so ;D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 21:02 20/8/2005	You sure about Keele hayes, I've said more about the place in previous years columns but I went there and was really put off. Nice part of the country (I'm from north staffs originally) but it's way out in the sticks and most of the students looked like grungers and most of the girls looked like they'd have armpit hair. You could definately say a lot of positive things about the campus but it left me with a feeling of isolation, I mean being that far away from the city centre when you're out on the p*? When I was at Swansea it was a fair way but still only around 20 mins walk from campus to city centre, which was good fun anyway when p*ed with decent company and a couple of traffic cones. I shouldn't mention the time though my memory and awareness hazed over for about 2 hours after taking a pill and when I 'came back around' I found myself dancing like a someone with parkinsons disease who's had a 22,000V line shoved up their arse, but with no shirt and no idea what had happened to my shirt, 10 minutes before the club closed. This was in December I should add, I had to go home with no shirt at all at 4am, I remember I had to run to keep warm even though I was that wasted. Imagine if you were at Keele though - you'd have like 5 or 6 miles to cover through Stoke-on-Trent's most welcoming areas up some decent sized hills. If they had a decent, regular nightbus that ran after 4am then it would be a different matter, but I'd be very surprised if they did and I'd expect most Keele students evenings in Stoke are curtailed or avoided all together in favour of campus based events. I've probably just written a complete load of bollocks but that's happy stoned UKT posting for you. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 21:04 20/8/2005	13% of text on UKT is Del [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 21:22 20/8/2005	Went there on an open day I should say [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Liam conneXion 23:22 20/8/2005	I'm going to Kingston. Anyone going message me on here [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Mango 23:59 20/8/2005	lol DoZ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	duck. Online Multiplayer Gaming 10:42 21/8/2005	can't decide what course to do, gonna give it another year' Nottm aint so bad, just stay away from certain areas ;) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Jolleh Team56 11:24 21/8/2005	get yourself to derby! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 12:23 21/8/2005	HE LIVES [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Conscript classified 12:48 21/8/2005	shek I was in e-block. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Jolleh Team56 15:50 21/8/2005	e-block eh? very civil [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	clamjuice 18:32 21/8/2005	University of life. - Currently taking a year off to study clams. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	monkE euthanasia 18:54 21/8/2005	I'm doing History at Keele, it's ok I guess... ;-/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rekkiem ForsakeN 19:33 21/8/2005	doesn't really count but i'm bored, so electrical installation/instpection and testing at stockport college come this time next year, eight hundred to one thousand of your finest english pounds a week, danke schon and au revoir i'm f***ing off to europe [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stevenson 19:59 21/8/2005	who in the right mind would pay someone coming from stockport college around 45k a year to test electrical circuits? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Stevenson 20:17 21/8/2005	not having a go or anything, im just really surprised at that pay packet [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ensnare Atari.Crew 20:36 21/8/2005	certainly not me [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MAJ 21:01 21/8/2005	the clubs at kingston are great, im defo going to uni there after iv done this foundation year...pref so i can live from home :D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	fun time fatteh 21:35 21/8/2005	im doing an electrical apprenticeship, next year or 2 and i should be on around 550ish a week, only working local in hastings big bucks are in the city but its true testing electrical circuits has a hell of a lot of money in it as you have to be part P qualified for so you can certificate the work, think you can charge something like 300 or so for just a single test. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	monkE euthanasia 21:44 21/8/2005	id pay 800 quid just to be in the presence of mike addison [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	m00fiSh 22:32 21/8/2005	Ha, where I live all electricians are broke. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	mebR 23:34 21/8/2005	anyone in/used the private accomadation for nottingham trent? unfortunatly the uni accomadation is full, so gotta go private :( [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 00:11 22/8/2005	My m8 did mebR, he wasn't very happy with it. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rekkiem ForsakeN 07:31 22/8/2005	who in the right mind would pay someone coming from stockport college around 45k a year to test electrical circuits? it's not just testing, it's installation as well. and the quals from college really do mean f*** all, it's the 16th edition and part p that matter - there's only 3500 FULLY quald electricians in britain... someone else do the maths for how many per person, it's too early for me and cheers phil, i'd pay that money to just hear your voice ;D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	seik 08:20 22/8/2005	Del, I think you're spot on with the Village comments, however I also thought Swansea was a bit small and s***, I'm used to big city nights out. As for the course, I'm doing International Relations again, I've just learnt in this past year that I can't be arsed explaining it to people so I just say Politics. The Politics A-Level was something to fill my time as I didn't want to get a full time job, I did a few hours at school a week where the Dep. Head let me back in and worked behind a bar part time, now doing full time general slave work at an Actuarial place. Decent pay, go to Malia on Friday and then Uni when I get back, I can't actually wait. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Del` Sniper's Alley 10:16 22/8/2005	Aye, I'd always lived in a small town before I went to uni so Swansea was a big change. It did seem very small and pedestrian though after living in a proper big city like Vancouver though, so I can see what you mean. But the nice sandy beach right next to campus and gower etc were more than enough compensation for me, though the trouble with starting uni in the autumn is you've got to be there for 6 months before you can make use of the beach (well, unless you're p***ed at 4am), in the spring/summer though with all the barbecues, parties and sport that goes on down there it's brilliant, top lifestyle. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	pie Black Death Warriors 10:28 22/8/2005	Yep kingston is great. The town is really good, with lots of shops/cafes/restaurants/bars and clubs, Oceana being the main place to go! (cheese room is where its at :)) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DoZ Anti-saviour of UKT 11:32 22/8/2005	mebr, as long as your private accommodation isn't in the following areas it'll be ok St Annes Meadows Forest Fields Hyson Green Any others that I've forgotten this early in the morning, someone else can fill you in on ;-) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	mebR 12:29 22/8/2005	cheers doz on the site it gives loads of locations to choose from, but i have no idea where they are or what theyr like :< either way, the uni said there is prolly still room in the uni residence, so hopefully ill get in there. :-D [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	seik 13:28 22/8/2005	I'm surprised no one else is going to Leeds... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rekkiem ForsakeN 13:57 22/8/2005	i'm not, it's full of leeds scum ;-) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ShekkyBoy 17:12 22/8/2005	Truth be told, the kind of people going to Leeds probably wouldn't post here, nor have heard about UKT or Counter-Strike to begin with. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	seik 17:16 22/8/2005	^^ Yeah good innit :) [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Liam conneXion 19:10 22/8/2005	you're a prick dave [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Sl!ck 11:37 23/8/2005	5th and final year at Glamorgan doing an Msc (i love that place sniff) , spend alot of time at cardiff union. their boom box is like the size of a house :o [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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