Open Days for 2007 ppl

**noworries** · 24-04-2006, 06:43 AM

I was looking at the open days scheduled for over the summer and there are a couple of schools I'm interested in holding their open days on the same day.

I'll attend one of the open days and try to arrange a visit for the other one. Will I get to see as much on an arranged visit? Will an arranged visit give a better or worse perception of a school? How much has an open day influenced your decision to apply to a school?

**o11y** · 24-04-2006, 06:51 AM

Thats definantly the same of me - about 3 are occuring on the 24th of June (Ive booked Peninsula for that day allready) and at school apparently we're not allowed to take more than 2 open days during school time which sucks (But i'll be off "sick" for a few times as well). So yep, i was thinking of going guided tours and arraged visits as well, but everyone is telling me to do lots of open days ugh.

**Wannabe-Doc** · 24-04-2006, 06:59 AM

Yeah, thats my problem as well - the Bristol, Leeds and Oxford open days are all on 28/29th of June! I'm going to the Oxford and Bristol open days and then arranging one at Leeds later on in the summer. I'm sure a lot of people have this problem - wheather its a clash, or they just cant make it, so I'm sure the guided tours will be worthwhile, they wouldnt run them if they were rubbish otherwise?

Some guided tours dont actually go to the accomodation and specfic departments though, I've heard the UCL guided tour and the Newcastle/Durham ones dont.

**o11y** · 24-04-2006, 07:00 AM

Hey, with the Bristol open isnt there a medschool one on July 3rd? Im a bit confused about that...

**noworries** · 24-04-2006, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Wannabe-Doc

Yeah, thats my problem as well - the Bristol, Leeds and Oxford open days are all on 28/29th of June! I'm going to the Oxford and Bristol open days and then arranging one at Leeds later on in the summer.

Don't Leeds have an open day on the 9th of September? My problem is that I'm booked in for their open day on the 24th (got a Chem module on the 23rd

) but it turns out PMS have their only open days on the same dates. The prospectus says that it will be "represented" at the Exeter and Plymouth open days, but that doesn't sound anywhere near as comprehensive as a proper PMS open day.

**gymmet** · 24-04-2006, 07:16 AM

I think the unis say that the official open day is better for looking around the uni in comparison to the med school one, but obviously the med school one is fine if you can't make it to the open day.

and yep will be 'sick' quite a bit, I reckon.

**Wannabe-Doc** · 24-04-2006, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by o11y

Hey, with the Bristol open isnt there a medschool one on July 3rd? Im a bit confused about that...

The 3rd of July is the Medicine one, I'm already going to the Imperial Open Day on the 5th, and the Cambridge one on the 7th - I cant go to all three!

Originally Posted by noworries

Don't Leeds have an open day on the 9th of September?

Thats too late for me, my school sends out our UCAS forms by the 7th of Sept usually I think (they say the earlier the better!? Supposedly its better for you if you send it off as early as possible so that the Admissions tutors get to see your app. first? I have no idea if this is true, but its just what my school does!)

**electrophilic_addition** · 24-04-2006, 07:27 AM

gymmet ur going on the cardiff open day arent u? i just found out i cant go on it anymore after booking it, cos ive got a gay field trip 2 go on...

bummer.

**gymmet** · 24-04-2006, 07:28 AM

Yeah I am... how rubbish for you!

....is it going to be a fun field trip?

**electrophilic_addition** · 24-04-2006, 07:34 AM

yes and i can see the sympathy seeping through the pores of your post...

nah it'll be boring.

its just looking at birds and stuff. and stones. and beaches.