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prospective med student here. I live in birmingham but plan to move out for first year to socialise and get some independence living away from my parents. I'd appreciate some advice on UOB accom. I've heard the vale is a good place to live for socialising and meeting lots of first years. I've seen Mason and I though it was really nice. It also has a nice lake around it too. However I've heard Prittchats is a better choice as its closer to the med school but I'm not sure. I don't mind commuting- I think the med school is only 20mins walk to the vale? Can I get some advice x

I am an international student who will join UoB this September for a Master degree. Upon receiving my offer, I have paid 3,000€ as the deposit for tuition fee in April through Flywire following the admission portal instruction (yes I have the receipt from Flywire as well). However, over 1 month has passed, there are no confirmation via email from UoB about the status of my deposit, and at the admission portal, its status is still “outstanding”. I tried to email some departments, like admission team (said that they cannot advise on tuition fee), AR - finance team (said they don’t reply email, and need to be already a student to make query ?!)

Is there anyone having experienced the same problem? What should I do? It comes to money so I’m deadly worried about this.

helloo, im currently thinking about firming UoB for medicine(yes i still havent firmed and insured..) and i was looking at some of the accommodations but have no idea what to actually look for. i know the medical school is in edgbaston, but thats really it. i also want to know the main differences between between the university accommodation and private accommodation, and which is preferable. i know that uni accoms are more practical, closer,and more social but i feel like i can get a nicer place for the same price privately. is it still worth it?

sorry if my questions sound stupid, im the first to go uni out of my siblings and i have no one to really guide me through this😭

hello fellow engineer students, I am a first year pharmacy student and to say the least am regretful of picking pharmacy, one of the options i wanted to try and switch to is engineering however i always hear on the media that engineering can be pure hell, how would you describe the experience? and what skills are needed to actually pass in engineering?

the reason im not fond of pharmacy is that I was always good at maths and found physics fun during highschool, however it was the fact that parents who are engineers will try to keep you away from it and instead wanted me to enter a healthcare subject. which I am absolutely not doing well at for the moment due to the sheer amount of 95% of what we take is to be memorised and is almost entirely lectures. is engineering actually less memorisation and more about applying principles and mathematical formulas? or is it more heavy on the memorisation side?

Hi I’m a first year undergraduate studying a masters in computer science with a year in industry. I’m also currently sitting my finals for first year and honestly I don’t think I’m going to do exceptionally well . My main concern is however that as second year approaches that means I need to start applying for industrial placement roles as well as internships , but I don’t currently feel my cv is up to scratch all I have is a couple stuff from sixth form . Does anyone have any summer project ideas or advice that I could use to boost my cv this year to secure an industrial placement or internship for my 3rd year or second year summer ? As well as this does the fact that I didn’t secure an internship or spring significantly harm my chances or is there still hope for me ? Thanks

Hello! I’m not looking for self-catering, so I’m a bit confused about the difference between “Catering Available” and “Catering Included.” I assume “Catering Available” refers to the Student Living Plus meal plan, but how is this meal plan different from the “Catering Included” option?

Going through paperwork as an incoming international student and at some point my birth year in the system got changed from 20XX to 20XY. I know this happened recently because they already verified that my passport matched my application when I accepted the offer like 2 months ago and had to confirm another bit of information. I tried reaching out and was told that they can't change anything due to data protection issues (understandable) but also I need this to be corrected in order to adequately pay my tuition/accommodation and take out my student loans.

So like... exactly how concerned should I be about getting my CAS and visa lol

Hi everyone! Im currently sitting my a levels but I’m a bit worried about meeting my offer (AAB) because I’m pretty sure I flunked my bio exam, which is the one subject I need an A in oops. I really really dont wanna resit but I also really want to go to uob as it’s my dream school. Some people have told me some unis accept you even if you dont meet their offer, so has anyone on here had that experience? If so could you let me know what your offer was and what you got just so i could see if i even have a chance lol. I’ve also heard its based on what course you do, I applied for what I think is a course with not a very large cohort, and they also gave me an offer even tho i didnt meet their entry requirements initially.
Thank you so much!!

I have a 3200 essay due - would 320 words under be ok, or would it be more like 100 or 200?

Thanks in advance.