What Residences and Why? (1 Viewer)

[smegger_em]

Just wondering where everyone is headed and why they chose them...

 

[MiuMiu]

Im headed off the Johns by the sounds of it! I chose it cos it looked the nicest on the outside when I went down there (didn't get to go in), and also its a real allrounder college.

 

[Alexander]

I cant decide. Something like B&G is around 100/week, while something like Bruce is around 170/week and gives meals.
Would anyone say that 70/week is a good estimate for the whole hastle of getting food etc.?

 

[2003HSC]

i chose b & g because it was the cheapest ($120)

 

[2003HSC]

Originally posted by Alexander
I cant decide. Something like B&G is around 100/week, while something like Bruce is around 170/week and gives meals.
Would anyone say that 70/week is a good estimate for the whole hastle of getting food etc.?

shit, i didnt know you were going to ANU

 

[Ribbon]

unless you eat heaps, $70 a week is way more than you would spend on food. $70 is probably nearly enough to cover a fortnights worth of food. Of course, it all depends on what price you put on not having to cook it yourself... I have heard though that is most catered colledges (regardless of uni) the food is pretty crap and you end up buying most of your own food anyway... I have no idea how that relates to the colleges at anu though...

 

[Alexander]

lol.... Yeah.
I wonder if you have to sit in a huge hall with everyone like a US school, man id hate that

 

[dissident]

im going to fenner hall. i wanted one where i had to get/make my own meals... and the b&g website wasnt loading i dont really mind that it's not on the uni campus itself
i still dont believe i got in since my academic referee forgot to send in his reference. it must have been slim pickings for fenner this year

 

[Ribbon]

At st andrews colledge at usyd they sit in a big old hall to have dinner... it so reminded me of hogwarts in the harry potter movie... I dunno, it was kindof cool though... like a good way to make new friends or whatever?

 

[cheesegrater]

W00t just got offered a spot at burgmann, so relieved booked into that AIHS place today then at like 8pm saved my the burgmanites shame its so dam expensive but im going to go well into debt

 

[smegger_em]

Originally posted by Ribbon
At st andrews colledge at usyd they sit in a big old hall to have dinner... it so reminded me of hogwarts in the harry potter movie... I dunno, it was kindof cool though... like a good way to make new friends or whatever?

At bruce we have to wear out accadmeic gowns (the black robes you wear when you graduate) to dinner every wednesday night for high table dinners. With all the people sitting in the hall in the black robes, you just need to throw in some owls in brittich accents and we could be extras for the nect harry potter movie (cept maybe the hight, i guess...)

 

[peut-etre]

Are you serious? You have to wear academic gowns every week? Do you know if any other colleges, ie. Johns, follows suit?

 

[Bolkonski]

nooooo we dont... we only have em a couple of times a semester dont we?? if we wore them every wednesday we'd get em dirty from all the bad eating habits and stuff and have to clean them all the time..

 

[Ribbon]

wow smegger I thought you were being sarcastic until I read the next two posts.... lol... what is the point in wearing your academic gowns to dinner once a week?

 

[Ribbon]

wow smegger I thought you were being sarcastic until I read the next two posts.... lol... that is kindof stupid/pointless that they make you wear your academic gowns once a week! and who owns an academic gown anyway

my share accomodation is starting to sound mighty good

 

[Bolkonski]

lol...

they sell them for 90 bucks at bruce or something..

 

[Ziff]

You're complaining about wearing gowns? Bally hell! That would be awesome! There's nothing better than sitting around going "I'm better than 99% of the population, ahh bliss" the gown just adds to the effect

 

[Ribbon]

lol... all you poor students will have a nice dry cleaning bill!