? accommodation 2007!!

[in search of a mcdreamy]

EEEEEKKKK!!!! - just accepted my offer as firm on ucas!!!

im defo going on the viewing day or knowing me id end up in the worst one poss!! thou from the booklet thingy im liking devonshire and oxley, and id probs throw boddington down as my third just coz its massive so theres bound to be loads of stuff going on.
on the catered/self catered thingy im still really stuck... on the one hand i wanna be able to eat what i want when i want, but on the other i know id probs just get lazy and live on toast!! lol!

[Kingkong]

hey everyone! what do ppl think of these accomodations?

http://opalstudents.com/find-accommo...ils.aspx?id=20

Would anyone consider living here. Also any help and advice from current medical students would be welcome in terms of feedback received from m8s who may have lived ther, how far it is from campusetc etc

[Gizmo says -]

devonshire is full of public skoolers.
whislt theres nuffing wrong wif treading wif poshies, it means socialising wif them can be costly to keep up wif (cost spirals for them becos they generally dont pay for it), so fink carefully about going there.

i wuld recommend Boddingtons- many of the accom discussion websites wuld suggest the same.

[Kingkong]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

devonshire is full of public skoolers.
whislt theres nuffing wrong wif treading wif poshies, it means socialising wif them can be costly to keep up wif (cost spirals for them becos they generally dont pay for it), so fink carefully about going there.

i wuld recommend Boddingtons- many of the accom discussion websites wuld suggest the same.

hey gizmo. Boddingtons too far away about 4miles or sumat. How do u kno that devonshire is full of poshies lol Also wot u think of the opal courts?

[Kate24]

Originally Posted by Gizmo says -

i wuld recommend Boddingtons- many of the accom discussion websites wuld suggest the same.

but boddington is milees out! or is it not too bad to get to the uni from there?

[aysh]

I think Boddington can seem like a bit of a pain at first, but you get used to it really fast - all the medics know when to get their bus in the morning, and the buses run till early morning - I've been up there and stayed with a friend twice - the bus service was fine and I met loads of medics who loved living there - it may be far away but most of the other accomodation is along the road running from the uni to boddington so it's not really worse than a lot of otehr accomodation - and it's really social! I'm probably going to the accomodation day (just another excuse to visit my friend!) so hopefully see some of you there!

[Kingkong]

Originally Posted by aysh

I think Boddington can seem like a bit of a pain at first, but you get used to it really fast - all the medics know when to get their bus in the morning, and the buses run till early morning - I've been up there and stayed with a friend twice - the bus service was fine and I met loads of medics who loved living there - it may be far away but most of the other accomodation is along the road running from the uni to boddington so it's not really worse than a lot of otehr accomodation - and it's really social! I'm probably going to the accomodation day (just another excuse to visit my friend!) so hopefully see some of you there!

But still, boddington is quite far. Anyways, do u know hw mny medics live in both devonshire and in boddington? is it roughly the same

[shamz26]

hey guys im an international from kenya..got an offer and found out from track still not got the letter..lol..stupid royal mail..umm got a few mates in leeds doin dentistry and they both suggested opal and henry price..wot do u pple fink??..still havnt got thw wretched accomodation bklet..any1 from outside the uk??...

[Gizmo says -]

its tru, boddingtons is quite far out. this is inherently its only disadvantage, and its better than the others in ALL other respects. It feels like a all shuld feel like. And fortunatey, the bus journey in is short, and the location keeps the cost of living down a bit.

i wuld try and spend at least one year at the BOD so that you can truely experience wat 'all life shuld be about - none of the others comes as close to this ideal as Boddo does.

Devonshire is full of poshies aye.
Even if you aint been there yet, macca, look at it in the guide book. Now- imagine you are a poshie oxbridge reject who is miserable cos they aint gonna be in a poshie 'all anymore. Which leeds all wuld you pick as a substitute?
exactly. now multiply that by one 'undred poshies aving the same forts...teeming wif poshies

[Gizmo says -]

i wuld avoid devonshire.

i wuld try to do BOD in the first two years at some point. ma preference for in the first year being based on the fact that this is when you will be able to socialise most?

and you're rite, macca, i wuld try some accom nearer the uni within those two years as well.