Royal Holloway has provided me with an enjoyable first term of university. The course has proved be largely engaging, with lectures and seminars being mostly well organised. The accommodation of Kingswood has been disappointing with the food provided being substandard as well as some other annoyances. The limited options in terms of nightlife can also be an issue, frustrating when I want to enjoy myself after a stressful essay submission. Nonetheless, university is what you make it and I have had an enjoyable time so far.

Best: Making friends, becoming more independent and looking at studying in a different light to A-Levels Worst: Homesickness and being unwell for most of it.

Best: interesting course, quite hands on with teaching and is a lot of work so you get your moneys worth. Worst: stats is not taught well, too much work sometimes compared to other subjects.

Best: easy to meet lots of people, catered so don’t have to think about cooking, cleaners come every day to clean up after us which is nice. Worst: not a lot of drinking water facilities, pantry/kitchen area doesn’t have a lot of facilities, lots of fire drills, founders hall food isn’t that good most of the time and we still have to pay for it.