Cardiff University

46th  in Freshers' Weeks

Reviews

Anonymous

Was a very exciting and fun time. It was quite stressful moving everything in, but once it was all moved in it was good fun. Going out was also a highlight during freshers week, with all the events posted online it was easy to navigate. Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Anonymous

Moving into halls was very smooth and a comfortable experience. I think that the university induction was also right and was how it should be. The freshers wrist band however was not for the right normal student nights at the specific clubs, so the clubs would often be quite empty and we would also have to pay entry into a different club.

Anonymous

It was well organised and you could buy the tickets in advance which was useful. It was good value for money and the environment felt safe and secure for a nightclub

Anonymous

Freshers week was really well planned and the SU put on loads of really good events. Move in experience was easy, as staff were there who were very helpful and friendly.

Anonymous

I had a great couple of weeks in Cardiff and the freshers events helped me to make friends and get to know the city. I wouldn't recommend buying a freshers wristband as there are so many other events going on and you can pick and choose which nights you want to go to- all in all I had a good experience but did manage to waste a fair amount of money!!

Anonymous

Freshers week went on for 2 weeks and was full of things to do for the day as well as the night. You can definitely get away with not getting the wrist bands and paying on the door for the SU nights. Most freshers seem to have the Paper wrist band but again tickets are available at the door if you go early enough.

Anonymous

Halls was great to meet new people since I knew no one coming to Cardiff, the groups on Facebook were very helpful finding my flatmates before we started so we all planned our nights out before we got there

Anonymous

Lots of good events to choose from, tried out all the different went. Went out every day at night which I would recommend as it is a great chance to meet new people. I even met one girl on a night out who lived in the same accommodation as me but she hated her flat and we ended up meeting and she arranged to move into my flat which was great. Everyone is in the same position and I wish I wasn't as nervous as I was because everyone is so nice and it is so easy to make friends with your flat mates in the first week. I would say it would've been quite hard if I didn't drink alcohol so more events in the day time that do not involve alcohol such as water fights or BBQ's would be a good thing!

Anonymous

The move in was fun, but little help was sent out before we arrived with regards to advice etc. There was lots going on in Freshers week, plenty of activities- but there was no need to buy the expensive wristbands that were advertised online. It was much cheaper to do things separately than planned activity weeks.

Anonymous

Standard but good craic Ripped off to travel into town from talybont halls as always, could do something for cheap travel in freshers Freshers fair was tidy with good offers plenty of free stuff , the prices in the Su were tidy, well organised nights out,

Anonymous

It was confusing as we didn't know whether to buy tickets for SU events or the ones in town - I think the SU were better

Anonymous

There were events on every night and although you were hounded into getting wristbands these were completely unneeded. The uni putting on the sports fair also made itb very easy to sign up for trials for the sports team you wanted to be on. Moving in was made easier by the Facebook chats set up before so you had a feel for some people before you joined. A tip would definitely to avoid a wristband.

Anonymous

Met some of the best people at some of the worst events would never buy any freshers tickets in advance was a mistake