r/sotonuni

just to help out anyone who needs it, i know i had a million questions this time last year. doesn't have to be about the uni system, it can be anything!

This may be a shot in the dark but I applied to the uni via clearing and missed the accomodation dealine. Tried reaching out to the accomodation team but they haven't been much help. Hoping I can find someone who has uni halls accomodation for 2026 september but wants to drop it, perhaps due to deffering or maybe wanting another accomodation. I'd honestly be open to seeing whats available out there and if anyone wants to release their current accomodation offer

Can any of the incoming second years or third years let us know how hard it is to make friends out of Glen/Wessex/Mayflower/Capital house as there are less freshers in the other accoms and they are further away from uni (lucia/crossings/highfield hall) . How did it affect you socially in first year? And what can I do to overcome this and have a less hard time making friends if I get placed in one of those?

hi everyone, unfortunately i missed the unis guaranteed accommodation deadline and so now i’ve been told by the admissions office it’s not likely i’ll get uni halls and to start looking at private accom. I’m so lost when it comes to private accom so if anyone knows about them could someone let me know as a fresher who really wants to make friends and wants the classic freshers experience which private accom is the best? the admissions office told me freshers typically pick orion point or southampton crossing, but i’ve seen on tik tok that orion point is dead.

anyway please do let me know i’m genuinely freaking out about this, i’m so upset im having to pay international fees to go to my insurance uni and i don’t even have accom😭😭 help would be so greatly appreciated!

freshers, prospective students or current students please feel free to ask me any concerns/questions :)

Hi guys, this autumn im due to start a course for film with a year abroad.

Looking at the course it’s very theory driven instead of practical, in comparison with other unis which aren’t Russel groups. For example, Uni of Sussex has drama and film which is more pratical and it comes with a year abroad.

What I’ve found is that a Russel group unis have a lot of theory based film degrees. I want to be an actress/director that is my goal. I have a lot of experience doing acting already, i previously wanted to do psychology which is why I didn’t apply to any acting schools. I’m applying this year tho and if I get in I will switch . So my plan if is go to southhampton is to do film, and in my spare time coming up to London for auditions, getting with an agency, going to networking events and workshops which people are helping me with. So I have my feet and both sides of a the industry, and in my mind that doubles my chances. Southhampton have good links and alumni with companies such as BBC, Warner brothers etc etc and I know they help their graduates get jobs after.

So is this a good plan or?

Who here is in 2nd+ year at Southampton studying Physics? What is it like there? How are you finding it, and if you’ve completed university how’s the job search and what jobs can you get?

Idk if anyone else is going through the same thing but I applied through clearing and got my offer but I haven’t been sent anything by the uni yet. Getting worried/just unsettled bc I have no clue what to do as every time I’ve called they’ve just said they can only fast track me and can’t get a hold of it

I’m not sure when the uni will get back to me about where I’m staying so in the meantime I booked Southampton Crossings privately and only have a week to withdraw the offer. how is it as a home first year student?? I’m worried that there might not be that many first years or if there are they’ll be internationals that don’t wanna talk to me😭😭

opinions of people who have stayed there? its the cheapest accom and i just got an offer for there so im very tempted but ive read very mixed reviews

i’d have appreciated this this time last year so ask me any questions, course specific ones i probably can’t answer except for cardiac physiology and potentially stuff about health science/healthcare courses but anything else i’ll try my best, dosent have to be about the uni specifically can be anything :)

Hi, I’ll be starting first year in September and I’d like to know 2nd and 3rd years and experience in each accom. I’m got through clearing and they haven’t even sent me my student ID yet (the accom application deadline is today) so I’m definitely not gonna get the ones that everyone loves such as wessex or glen eyre. Are there any other accoms that are good for freshers? Such a shame mayflower is closed

Update: only Highfield hall and lucia foster standard shared bathroom, wessex enhanced plus shared bathroom and southampton crossings available :,)

I think I’ll put wessex as my first choice but I would’ve liked an en-suite 🥲 does anyone know of good private accom?

I am currently an offer holder and unfortunately my results have been delayed to the 17th of September how likely would it be for me to get an accommodation space in glen eyre, Wessex lane and archers road preferably it being an en-suite

I’m getting worried cuz I haven’t received my accommodation offer yet and a lot of people have. I put mayflower as my top two but it’s closed so I’m worried that’s messed it up?

Hi I got an offer from York through clearing but tbh Ionly around £6.5k to spend for accom. This means Ihave to get into the 2 cheapest accom at uni of yorkwhich is uncertain. For 2nd year housing is it expensivein general? I truly won’t be able to afford anythingaround £200 and + per week. I will definitely get a jobbut it may take a couple of months to get one. I’m veryworried that the reality is York might just be tooexpensive for me? Otherwise I would love to go. I havean offer from southampton and uni of surrey too but i’veheard guildford is very expensive as well. So issouthampton my best bet?

where/what actually is freshers week? do i need to pay to attend? (ive seen a couple screenshots like this but havent interacted)