What are people doing 'bout Accommadation?

[agneishd]

sounds great! sort of side Q, is it worthwhile packin' a suit, or is it basically only own clothes?

[voltonar]

definitely worth packing a suit, you'll probably need it on patient contact anyways

[agneishd]

thats great news

[jdr06]

yeah and a tux, quite a lot of black tie events if you like that sort of thing. for the rest of it you can wear what you like, youl get a load of t shirts and other uni merchandise when you get here aswell.

[agneishd]

sounds good, hope the merch ain't expensive!
will be strange wearing own clothes after many a year of uniform...

[agneishd]

just realised this'll prob cost more than tuition fees (home)

[zhangyuzhi]

Originally Posted by jdr06

haha, i was in fisher hall, yeah it is much cheaper, reason being its substantuilly more "studenty" than every other hall at imperial, considering the likes of beit and southside are 4star hotels over the summer. fisher's great, but the rooms are small (but cheap), there are no en suites, few double rooms and a triple room. has a common room - big tv with sky and a pool table. plus side is that cos its not as nice as the others they dont kick up a fuss if you break something/other drunken stunts (not that that applies to us medical students because the gmc simply wouldnt approve of that kind of behaviour).

lived there in past 2 summers, not a bad hall, but yeah single rooms are small (and slim). There are a few doubles which are very large (if lucky enough to get it lol).

P.S. Beit is 3* standard according to my seniors...(well it makes little difference from a 4*** anyway)

[agneishd]

alright still haven't got anything... that either means all the offers ain't sorted yet, or they're just gonna release it a little later

will it be like first and second choices? or more?

[InFairVerena]

They've already started releasing the accommodation information. They appear to be doing it in batches though. Apparently you get 5 choices, and then have to state whether room type on price band is more important for you if you don't get one of those five. But don't worry, it also (apparently) also says that no allocations are made until august, so it doesn't matter when you get the email.

[agneishd]

cheers for that, pretty useful...

interesting 'bout the price band and room type, tough choice

personally don't want to spend too much, but don't want a poor room at the same time, cause prices are high anyway!