FAO people at uni

[Rossi]

I'm hoping to go to Portsmouth uni later this year, and I think the accommodation stuff is supposed to come through next week.  I'm probably going to go for the en-suite bathroom and self catered. Does this sound like the best option?
Also do you rekon it's worth me getting hold of a laptop for lectures and playing footy manager, or would it just be as easy to take my PC down and put it in my room?
Is there any other tips you have, like stuff to take etc?
I was thinking it would be good to go over to France every so often to stock up on cheap booze

[walrus]

Damn you weren't you going to Sussex?  I was hoping to liftshare next year so I can see the mighty Town in action!  I'm in the same boat, and you definitely need an ensuit or it'll be tricky doing your hair in the morning....  

[Rossi]

I never even looked at Sussex. I have Hertfordshire as my 2nd choice.  I couldn't stand sharing a bathroom with lots of other people.  Pubes in the showers, shitstains in the bog and people passed out from the night before :beers

[flammableBen]

You''l probably want self-catered. I was catered in my first year and the food was shit.

Dunno about en-suite. If you really want it then go for it. Got to balance the extra expense vs the extra few pints you could afford each week.

You'll likely to have an awesome time in halls even if you end up living in a shit hole.

I only ever had my desktop while at uni, and in my experience very few people take their laptops to lectures anyway. Just a bit of a hastle carrying it about, and accidently leaving it in the bar after a post-lecture drinking session

[Kinky Tom]

Well I'd definately say that going self-catering would be the way to go.  I did in my first year and the students that didn't moaned like mad about the food.  I do enjoy cooking though, so it suited me.

En-suite probably would be beneficial, but I never had it so I can't really comment.  On the plus side though you wont get loads of girls breathing down your neck to keep it to the unreasonable standards they like to keep.

Laptops are cool, but you wont take it to lectures.  You will though find one usefull for group projects,

[oxford_fan]

 I'm probably going to go for the en-suite bathroom and self catered. Does this sound like the best option?
Also do you rekon it's worth me getting hold of a laptop for lectures and playing footy manager, or would it just be as easy to take my PC down and put it in my room?
Is there any other tips you have, like stuff to take etc?
I was thinking it would be good to go over to France every so often to stock up on cheap booze

accomodation wise, i went for the most expensive one with en-suite. if i could apply again, i'd go for the second cheapest option because they're the one's with the best atmosphere and i think that pattern is pretty much common at most unis.

nobody uses laptops in lectures. desktops are fine, i've got a laptop for ease of transportation but i use this at home too.

[Boeta]

im going for a normal place in halls with shared toilet/shower facitilies

i'm not a fuckin poofter like parkin ticket seems to be

[Reg Smeeton]

Fucking students en-suite fucking bathroom.....whats that all about?

[Rossi]

I just don't like the idea of having to share a bathroom with 8 other people and have to queue in the morning for a shower

[oxford_fan]

i dont really care what my room looks like or if i have to share showers, but if thats important to you then go for it. do remember you'll be sacrificing some of the party atmosphere though probably. i was lucky and got a good flat in terms of flatmates but some of the one's downstairs are full of losers who complain about smoking and stuff.

[Reg Smeeton]

I just don't like the idea of having to share a bathroom with 8 other people and have to queue in the morning for a shower

 Whenever I've been a student "the morning" was something you tried to avoid.

[oxford_fan]

exactly, you wont be waking up until at the most you've got 1 hour until your next lecture/seminar, everyones shower times will be staggered.

[BrightonRed]

I've only ever had a desk-top at uni but there are a couple of times when it would have been useful to have a lap-top, namely group work and being able to go home at holiday times and do work without having to drag the pc home (my parents didn't have a pc at the time)

I shared 2 showers and 2 toilets with 6 people in halls, looking back I can't think of a single time it was a problem... everyone had different timetables which rarely clashed.

It was the cheapest halls that seemed to be the best laugh though..

[timmyg]

I was in a catered hall and the food wasn't bad, but the set times were a bit of an arse... Having said that, you don't have to think about what you have to buy etc. Also the cooking in the kitchen can be crowded if you all decide to cook at the same time.

[Simon Pieman]

I went self catered with en-suite. I would agree with oxford that I would go for the cheapest option next time round - there is a better atmosphere in those halls. Also, when you move into  a house in the second year, you will have to share a bathroom anyways.

Laptop wise - I wouldn't bother is you have a decent desktop - I've only ever bought in my laptop for group work anyways and I could have used the uni pcs anyhoo