Today it's an evanescence song, which i am sure you know, because pretty much everyone knows Bring Me To Life. It's one of my favourites of theirs though, and seems apt for my mood today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u94-kdMYAL0
So this weeks i have visted two universities, and i thought i would give you my musings on both of them. One word of warning. I have discovered in the past month how expensive Uni really is. the three grand in tution each year is just the beggining. For some universities accomadation for one year can be up to six grand. Plus food. Plus books. Plus sports. Plus societies. Plus going out occasionally. So i say START SAVING! no matter how early, just start saving something! OKay, now onto the universities:
Southampton
Honestly, i was a little underwhelmed by the University of Southampton. Maybe it was because of our tour guide, or the fact that we didn't really look in any of the buildings, i felt like there was something about southampton that just wasn't that appealing to me. The actual main campus is nice, but if i do end up going there, i wont be on the main campus, so i haven't really had a feel for the area i will be studdying in. I liked the look of the library, and the sports facilities are pretty cool, although the swimming pool was a bit to cramped, not much place around the edge. But still, better than some that i have been to! The whole area is on the outskirts of Southampton, so it feels really enclosed, and there are a lot of buildings, including a five floor student union, which looked pretty good, although we only looked at it from the outside. Overall i liked it, but there was nothing which said to me 'You REALLY want to go here'. and the accomodation REALLY didn't appeal to me. After seeing some of the accomadation at other unis, in comparision the rooms were really small, and if you don't go en suite, you have to share 3 showers with 15 people! thats a lot of people!
Overall University of Southampton looked pretty good. Im pretty sure that i am applying there, but it definetely wont be my first choice.
Exeter
I visited University of Exeter today, and boy its nice. I could really see myself there. Only one downside really - its on a massive hill! Its fairly tiring going up and down it, and things are spread out across this whole hill. The uni has really nice grounds, lots of trees and has a really great atmosphere to it. The guide that we had was probably the most helpful out of all of them for me - she was friendly, and i felt like i could ask her questions, unlike the other tour guides. Sport at exeter looks really good, and you can do it at all different levels, and try something new like archery, or rock climbing, so im interested in that. Also if you are really good at sport you can get scholarships. I didn't get a chance to look at the pool, because it is across town on the other exeter campus site, but it has two pools, one outdoor for use in summer and one indoor. Also i will have chance to carry on coaching swimming if i do end up going there.
Overall, I like Exeter, and at the moment its third on my list of favourites!
Hope that was a little bit helpful for anyone looking at unis. Anyway I'm tired and my book is calling, so i will blog again soon!
xxxx Bex xxxx
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