uni thread (what to take?)

I'd take as little as possible with you: I tried but still had too much stuff.

Essential:

Ability to play music
Alcohol- you don't drink but if your flatmates or hallmates do then you can still have an afterparty :)
Free condoms get handed out in most freshers weeks so :)

The rest is up to you: someone said everything you've touched in the past 48 hours. I'd go with this.
 
shaffaaf27 said:
and whats the general consensus, pc or laptop?
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Depends really. The benefits of having a laptop are that you can bring it to campus/lectures and you can bring it with you on the train when you go back home.

In reality, though, 90% of the people I know who have laptops don't take them off their desk, unless going home.
 
Gaygle said:
- School shirt and tie
- DVDs
- PS3/Xbox/Wii (great for breaking the ice with new people and generally lazzing on when you inevitably run out of money near the end of term)
- Toiletries
- Clothes
- Bed stuff
- Sleeping bag for when mates come to visit
- Forget the Hi-Fi, just get some good speakers for your pc and use them instead - you won't have a lot of room in your room.
- Chargers
- Surge protector
- alarm clock
- Shot glasses/pint glasses (although you can just steal these from bars/pubs, it's a bit of a pain)
- Cool posters
- PC/laptop
- A clothes hanger thing is also useful
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wtf is wrong with people? you do know your stealing from someones pocket when you do that? i have in fact stopped buying shot glasses now and got washable plastic ones instead and somebody has now stolen half of them
 
a door stop.

my mate uses a bin and it annoys him cus it keeps falling over,
one mate uses a suitcase but its huge.


Open doors = interact/welcoming. :)

Take some alkehols too. We all preffer staying in and drinking.
 
Inquisitor said:
Depends really. The benefits of having a laptop are that you can bring it to campus/lectures and you can bring it with you on the train when you go back home.

In reality, though, 90% of the people I know who have laptops don't take them off their desk, unless going home.
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yeah only the major geeks use laptops in lectures and on campus and even they only use them for the first week before realising how useless they are

the only things you need for lectures are pen and paper

laptops are a waste of money because you can use the pc's there when your at uni

i would deffo go for normal pc
 
lectures at my uni are online 24/7 in powerpoint slides.

I bought an eeepc for lectures, then sold it. And upgraded pc for my work load :)
 
Yeah don't bother with pint glasses, just thieve them :p I think i've got about 12 now, excellent for hall parties!

- Blu tac!
- Crate of beer
- teabags/coffee
- pens
- basic food like noodles, cereal, biscuits etc. etc. They're great for a middle of the night/drunken snack to avoid that damn kebab or domino's pizza
- Bowls, cutlery and stuff
- Ridiculous clothes for those fancy dress things at the union
- Might wanna bring a lamp, mine and most my friends' ones were utter crap
- flip flops or slippers

Just a few ideas, i'm sure they've been covered already mind. Oh, I didn't bother with insurance for my room actually, just make sure you lock it and you'll be alright if you're not on the first floor. I'd like to see someone climb up the castle i'm in and nick my stuff :o
 
I would say a laptop is much more use than a desktop while at uni. More sociable if your just chilling with a laptop in someone's room in the downtime between partying and lectures. We had good computer labs as well (for CS people only) when I really needed to get some hardcore working done.
 
Una said:
I would say a laptop is much more use than a desktop while at uni. More sociable if your just chilling with a laptop in someone's room in the downtime between partying and lectures. We had good computer labs as well (for CS people only) when I really needed to get some hardcore working done.
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when your chilling with mates your not gonna be using the laptop that much or if at all

studying and socialability dont go hand in hand

use a pc in your own room when you need to study

i dont know a single person at my uni who uses their laptop whilst on campus or when they have friends round

library's have pc's in them, well my uni does and its never short of pc's
 
Laptop's are very very useful, I didnt get mine until the beginning of the final year and I wish I'd done it sooner. It's far better for group coursework - just find somewhere nice and out comes the laptop. Getting a PC in the library etc can be a pain especially if you want several people to sit around it.
 
[TW]Fox;11803428 said:
Laptop's are very very useful, I didnt get mine until the beginning of the final year and I wish I'd done it sooner. It's far better for group coursework - just find somewhere nice and out comes the laptop. Getting a PC in the library etc can be a pain especially if you want several people to sit around it.
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Yeah I agree.. It's not like you can't use your laptop in your room if you want to. You don't have the option of bringing the desktop down to the living room and messing about on fb/msn while chilling out with your housemates. I wish I had left my desktop at home.. was no real point in having both here imo.
 
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