Hi, I just recently got an offer from Durham, the college hasn’t been decided yet👍 At first I was super excited and then watched loads of videos from people from Durham and got really nervous.... So, with matriculation does everybody need a gown?? Is it expensive? I don’t come from the South and come from a state school so I’m worried that things are going to be expensive and I’m going to need a lot of things... which I really don’t want to get my parents to pay for. On this point, is it true that Durham has a lot people against Northeners?? What do we wear underneath the gown? All the guys have suits so I was wondering a dress?? Also, Durham seems to be quite spaced out so is it easy to get lost?? I’m quite bad with directions so I’m worried that I won’t find my way😣. With furniture and things do they have like a desk provided or do we need to bring/but our own? I’ve seen that all the colleges have bars are you allowed to just wear like normal clothes like jeans?? Sorry, I’m just so so worried about all the teeny things😭😭 I probably have more questions so will comment when I remember them 👍😂 Thanks so much for you content and I love your clothes and you’re so pretty x
Hi there! Firstly, congratulations for getting an offer from Durham! It is a lovely university and university city. For matriculation, not all the colleges wear a gown, it's just the more traditional ones. I went to St. Mary's and we wore gowns. The gowns can be expensive especially if you buy them brand new, but your college (if they are a gown wearing college for formal events) should have an option to purchase a second hand one and these are about £30 cheaper. For matriculation boys wear a suit and girls tend to wear a nice dress under the gown. You can wear flat shoes as it is very hilly in Durham! Things are a bit spaced out but the city overall is a small one, so you will find your way around in no time. Depending on your college, you may even have your degree faculty virtually next door. (The science site is located close to all of the hill colleges.). People overall are really friendly so don't worry if you've heard anything different! You'll be living in college for your first year so your room will already be furnished so you don't need to bring furniture, as you'll have a desk and a chair, draws etc. You can bring some home furnishings though like fairy lights, a nice lamp, cushions etc! Yes of course, normal clothes like jeans are totally fine when you go to the college bars! Ah thank you so much lovely, that's so kind of you to say! :) x
That's a great idea! I'll do that :) If you have any questions you'd like answering as part of it, please do let me know and I'll add them to the list!
Thank you very much for this video! I'm an EU student starting at Collingwood this September :) Would you recommend bringing my own mattress topper, pillows, etc. or is it better to buy them somewhere in Durham? Again thank you very much for the video
You're very welcome! I'm glad that you've found it helpful :) Firstly congratulations in getting into Durham! Collingwood is a great college, you'll love it! So college provides basic bedding and if you're travelling over from the EU, it'll be quite a lot of baggage for you to bring lots of soft furnishings, so it's better to get those once you get here. Pillows are provided but it's nice to get your own I think. For things like that, there's a big Tesco which is located in part of Durham called Gilesgate. It's only about 10 minutes on the bus from the city centre and they'll have everything you need. There's also a shop called The Range just over the road from it as well. If you've got plenty of room left in your luggage and you want to bring a pillow or some nice / good quality bedding though then that's absolutely fine. That way you can use it as soon as you get here and you won't have to make a trip to get any, but if there's not enough room, then don't worry about it as you can get some once you're in Durham. At some colleges, I know during the International Freshers' week which is 1 week before all the UK based students arrive, they do a trip to IKEA in Newcastle so everybody can buy room stuff and décor to make it feel more cosy. Hope that this helps :)
OMG I'm starting Durham this September and I've been allocated St Mary's college!!! I'M SUPERRRR NERVOUS and really confused on what to bring and how to decorate my room because I didn't get to attend the offer holder residential day as it got cancelled due to covid and I missed the open day at Durham. So I would be super grateful if you did a video talking about the essentials or more 'catered to durham' university kit list, it would really help a lot x Also, I heard Durham has a lot of Formal Dinners/Balls, do you recommend we buy formal dresses (like prom dress) beforehand? if so where would you recommend we get them from and how many should we aim to take?? Thank you for all the help!
Hey! Congratulations on getting a place and at Mary's too! You're going to love it :) Please don't be nervous, everyone is in the same boat and will be really keen to get to know each other and make friends, so just be yourself, try to be confident and chatty and it'll all be great :) Decorating your room will be so much fun! (This was something I really enjoyed doing.) I'll film a video about all of the essentials you'll need to bring very soon, including lots of Durham specific things that are good to have with you as well. Yes so Durham does have lots of formal dinners and balls each term. At Mary's you'll need a gown for your formals which you can buy directly from the college. I'd definitely bring at least 1 nice dress for the formals and balls. You can't go wrong with a little black dress as it'll suit any occasion and you can obviously style it differently with a variety of shoes and accessories as well. You could also bring a nice occasion wear dress like a prom dress if you already have one but you don't need a really obvious one with tonnes of netting etc. Just something pretty, elegant and of course something which you feel happy and comfortable in and can also dance easily in as balls always have a disco area :) Hope that this helps and the uni essentials guide will be coming soon!
Hey! Great video. Hopefully I’ll be going to Durham this year. I just wanted to ask about packing 😅. I’m not very sure about what to pack and the essentials for Durham. As well as how much to take. I’m afraid I’ll end up taking my whole room with me 😂
Hey! Thank you :) So packing wise, you'll need all of the basics like clothes (a couple of dresses for formals & balls, & jumpers / hat / scarf / gloves / warm hooded coat as it gets cold in winter), flat shoes (the hills are real in Durham!) and for your halls room definitely bring some cosy room décor pieces as it'll really help to make the room have a nice vibe. I had fairy lights, bunting, an old fashioned map and I made a tree silhouette for the wall! During Freshers' Week there's a fair where you can buy posters and house plants etc too. There's a kettle in the kitchens so you won't need kitchen appliances and if you're catered, then lots of pots and pans won't be necessary but definitely bring a couple of mugs as tea is an essential haha! Hope this helps! :)
Yes definitely, Durham is excellent for music as a degree. They also have opportunities to join the university orchestra and most colleges also have their own bands / orchestras too. Yes, there are also lots of international students at Durham. :) Thank you so much lovely, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! x
Yeah you can request a self-catered college. South College, Josephine Butler and half of St. Cuths are self-catered. :) If you put two as a first and second option then you're very likely to get one. Hope this helps!
Thank you! Yes I had a few different part time jobs whilst at Durham. I worked in my college's toastie bar which was brilliant as it was really social and just downstairs from my college room too. Worth looking into the jobs at the college like working in the shop or bar :)
heyy!! im an international students starting at Van Mildert’s College in Sept! im super excited and nervous. may i know if having an ipad with keyboard is capable for my workload in durham (instead of a macbook cuz i dont wanna spend extra money)? and do i hv to bring ang cooking tools over😂? thank you and hope to see you soon😻
Hey! That's great, you'll love it at Van Mildert College :) So if you have a keyboard attached to it, then that'll be fine for doing your work. Macbooks are super expensive so you don't need to get one of those. If you do decide you'd like a bigger screen, I think a basic laptop works great! Also, there are computers in college as well as the Bill Bryson Library, so you could always use those too if you need to. Van Mildert is a catered college so no you don't need to bring cooking tools over, as meals are prepared by college for you. Just bring a couple of mugs so that you can make tea when you want it (kettles are in the shared kitchens too). :) Hope this helps!
Hey, I’m hopefully starting in September but am from a good city and love a night out! What do you think of the nightlife in Durham?? And also do people go to Newcastle often too?
Hey :) Firstly congratulations, that's great news! So I'd say that the nightlife In Durham is good but it's not as big as cities like Newcastle, but during freshers' week your college will likely organise one night out in Newcastle. Sometimes once everyone's established their friendship groups they choose to head to Newcastle for a night out - you'd have to get a train and return at around 6am or get the night bus back (eek!). Durham's clubs close by 2am at the latest too. However, because there are fewer clubs than in big cities (there're about 5 or 6) they do tend to be busy so a night out does still feel really lively, especially the sports night out which was every Wednesday after the matches / games etc. Durham also is renowned for its college bar crawls where people head to as many of the college bars as they can or they go to all the ones on the Bailey or all of the hill college's bars for example which is super fun! Each college bar also has its own specific famous college drink (at Mary's ours was called the Purple Haze as our college colour was purple! I believe it was some kind of red and blue alco-pop 'fusion'!) Hope this helps! I'm going to do a video specifically about the Durham nightlife too :)
Bilgi Thank you so so so much for the detailed reply- it means a lot! It also makes me feel better about choosing Durham! Looking forward to your nightlife video!!! Also, I’m at Collingwood and was wondering if there will be people like me who want to go out/venture to Newcastle often- do you know much about the college? Lastly, o just wanted to ask if you think Durham still has the same student life of other unis as a lot of people say freshers/general nightlife won’t be the same at ‘Dulham’- thank you so much again 😊
@@ajwills6039 You're very welcome! Ah I'm so glad it's helped you feel better about selecting Durham too, you'll love it here! Collingwood is a great college as it's really big so there'll be loads of people that you'll meet and there will definitely be others who want to go to Newcastle for nights out too. As a college, Collingwood is known for being quite sporty and it's also one of the more modern colleges so you'll get to experience all the best bits of being at Durham without it feeling really old fashioned. They've got lots of their own societies too, so if you join some of those, it'll definitely give you loads more going out opportunities as societies organise their own nights out and socials too. That way you won't have to rely upon one group of friends to go out. Definitely a good idea to have lots of different people to choose from I'd say! Student life at Durham I think could be considered a lot better than at some other universities. The collegiate system allows you to really get to know a lot of people, especially if you're at a big college like Collingwood, and being catered means you'll always be around other people at breakfast / lunch / dinner so it's more sociable than self-catered unis can be. The vibe at Durham is kind of magical, which you'll definitely feel once you settle in :) It's a beautiful city and it has a lot of potential to really be an amazing experience.
@@ajwills6039 Yes absolutely! :) You definitely don't have to play a sport to go out on sports night out. :) Wednesday at Durham is definitely one of the best nights out each week.
Yes it is. It has it's own Business school and like all the subjects at Durham it is highly ranked so the course should be good too :) The business school is pretty close to the main library too as it's located on the hill. Hope this helps!
Just firmed my offer at Durham!!
That's amazing news, congratulations!! You're going to love Durham! :)
Hi, I just recently got an offer from Durham, the college hasn’t been decided yet👍 At first I was super excited and then watched loads of videos from people from Durham and got really nervous.... So, with matriculation does everybody need a gown?? Is it expensive? I don’t come from the South and come from a state school so I’m worried that things are going to be expensive and I’m going to need a lot of things... which I really don’t want to get my parents to pay for. On this point, is it true that Durham has a lot people against Northeners?? What do we wear underneath the gown? All the guys have suits so I was wondering a dress?? Also, Durham seems to be quite spaced out so is it easy to get lost?? I’m quite bad with directions so I’m worried that I won’t find my way😣. With furniture and things do they have like a desk provided or do we need to bring/but our own? I’ve seen that all the colleges have bars are you allowed to just wear like normal clothes like jeans?? Sorry, I’m just so so worried about all the teeny things😭😭 I probably have more questions so will comment when I remember them 👍😂 Thanks so much for you content and I love your clothes and you’re so pretty x
Hi there! Firstly, congratulations for getting an offer from Durham! It is a lovely university and university city. For matriculation, not all the colleges wear a gown, it's just the more traditional ones. I went to St. Mary's and we wore gowns. The gowns can be expensive especially if you buy them brand new, but your college (if they are a gown wearing college for formal events) should have an option to purchase a second hand one and these are about £30 cheaper. For matriculation boys wear a suit and girls tend to wear a nice dress under the gown. You can wear flat shoes as it is very hilly in Durham! Things are a bit spaced out but the city overall is a small one, so you will find your way around in no time. Depending on your college, you may even have your degree faculty virtually next door. (The science site is located close to all of the hill colleges.). People overall are really friendly so don't worry if you've heard anything different! You'll be living in college for your first year so your room will already be furnished so you don't need to bring furniture, as you'll have a desk and a chair, draws etc. You can bring some home furnishings though like fairy lights, a nice lamp, cushions etc! Yes of course, normal clothes like jeans are totally fine when you go to the college bars! Ah thank you so much lovely, that's so kind of you to say! :) x
hey there. just wondering if you're at durham now? if so which college were you allocated and are you having fun?
You should do a question and answer video love !!
That's a great idea! I'll do that :) If you have any questions you'd like answering as part of it, please do let me know and I'll add them to the list!
Thank you very much for this video! I'm an EU student starting at Collingwood this September :) Would you recommend bringing my own mattress topper, pillows, etc. or is it better to buy them somewhere in Durham? Again thank you very much for the video
You're very welcome! I'm glad that you've found it helpful :) Firstly congratulations in getting into Durham! Collingwood is a great college, you'll love it! So college provides basic bedding and if you're travelling over from the EU, it'll be quite a lot of baggage for you to bring lots of soft furnishings, so it's better to get those once you get here. Pillows are provided but it's nice to get your own I think. For things like that, there's a big Tesco which is located in part of Durham called Gilesgate. It's only about 10 minutes on the bus from the city centre and they'll have everything you need. There's also a shop called The Range just over the road from it as well. If you've got plenty of room left in your luggage and you want to bring a pillow or some nice / good quality bedding though then that's absolutely fine. That way you can use it as soon as you get here and you won't have to make a trip to get any, but if there's not enough room, then don't worry about it as you can get some once you're in Durham. At some colleges, I know during the International Freshers' week which is 1 week before all the UK based students arrive, they do a trip to IKEA in Newcastle so everybody can buy room stuff and décor to make it feel more cosy. Hope that this helps :)
@@BilgiDemirsoz Thank you very much!!!
OMG I'm starting Durham this September and I've been allocated St Mary's college!!!
I'M SUPERRRR NERVOUS and really confused on what to bring and how to decorate my room because I didn't get to attend the offer holder residential day as it got cancelled due to covid and I missed the open day at Durham. So I would be super grateful if you did a video talking about the essentials or more 'catered to durham' university kit list, it would really help a lot x
Also, I heard Durham has a lot of Formal Dinners/Balls, do you recommend we buy formal dresses (like prom dress) beforehand? if so where would you recommend we get them from and how many should we aim to take??
Thank you for all the help!
I’m starting at Mary’s too!!
Hey! Congratulations on getting a place and at Mary's too! You're going to love it :) Please don't be nervous, everyone is in the same boat and will be really keen to get to know each other and make friends, so just be yourself, try to be confident and chatty and it'll all be great :) Decorating your room will be so much fun! (This was something I really enjoyed doing.) I'll film a video about all of the essentials you'll need to bring very soon, including lots of Durham specific things that are good to have with you as well.
Yes so Durham does have lots of formal dinners and balls each term. At Mary's you'll need a gown for your formals which you can buy directly from the college. I'd definitely bring at least 1 nice dress for the formals and balls. You can't go wrong with a little black dress as it'll suit any occasion and you can obviously style it differently with a variety of shoes and accessories as well. You could also bring a nice occasion wear dress like a prom dress if you already have one but you don't need a really obvious one with tonnes of netting etc. Just something pretty, elegant and of course something which you feel happy and comfortable in and can also dance easily in as balls always have a disco area :) Hope that this helps and the uni essentials guide will be coming soon!
@@lucygreig7168 That's great! :) You're going to love it!
@@BilgiDemirsoz thank you so much for the detailed response. All your information was very useful !!
@@BilgiDemirsoz sorry but I have another question!!! At Mary's are all the beds single?? or 3/4??
Hey! Great video. Hopefully I’ll be going to Durham this year. I just wanted to ask about packing 😅. I’m not very sure about what to pack and the essentials for Durham. As well as how much to take. I’m afraid I’ll end up taking my whole room with me 😂
Hey! Thank you :) So packing wise, you'll need all of the basics like clothes (a couple of dresses for formals & balls, & jumpers / hat / scarf / gloves / warm hooded coat as it gets cold in winter), flat shoes (the hills are real in Durham!) and for your halls room definitely bring some cosy room décor pieces as it'll really help to make the room have a nice vibe. I had fairy lights, bunting, an old fashioned map and I made a tree silhouette for the wall! During Freshers' Week there's a fair where you can buy posters and house plants etc too. There's a kettle in the kitchens so you won't need kitchen appliances and if you're catered, then lots of pots and pans won't be necessary but definitely bring a couple of mugs as tea is an essential haha! Hope this helps! :)
Bilgi Thank you! Can’t believe I forgot how cold it gets up in the north 😂
@@m_butterflyyy You're welcome! Yes it really is cold up here! Layers are a must :)
aw I miss durham now
It's such a lovely place isn't it! :)
I’m applying for law next year and I’m really hoping to get into durham♡
Amazing! :) Good luck with your application, I'm sure you'll do great! You'd love Durham so I've got my fingers crossed for you! :) x
Bilgi you’re so sweet and kind, thank you so much ♡
would you say that durham is a good music school?? and would u say that durham has a lot of international students?? loved this video btw🤍🤍
Yes definitely, Durham is excellent for music as a degree. They also have opportunities to join the university orchestra and most colleges also have their own bands / orchestras too. Yes, there are also lots of international students at Durham. :) Thank you so much lovely, I'm so glad that you enjoyed it! x
Bilgi thank you so much for helping me i’m definitely considering going to durham for uni 💘💘
@@isabellaalvarez2467 You're very welcome! :) So glad that I could help you! x
Is it possible to request being self catered when you apply, if so how likely is it that this will be available
Yeah you can request a self-catered college. South College, Josephine Butler and half of St. Cuths are self-catered. :) If you put two as a first and second option then you're very likely to get one. Hope this helps!
@@BilgiDemirsoz Thanks!!
Do you have time to have a part time job and if so are there many jobs available? Nice video btw
Thank you! Yes I had a few different part time jobs whilst at Durham. I worked in my college's toastie bar which was brilliant as it was really social and just downstairs from my college room too. Worth looking into the jobs at the college like working in the shop or bar :)
heyy!! im an international students starting at Van Mildert’s College in Sept! im super excited and nervous. may i know if having an ipad with keyboard is capable for my workload in durham (instead of a macbook cuz i dont wanna spend extra money)? and do i hv to bring ang cooking tools over😂? thank you and hope to see you soon😻
Hey! That's great, you'll love it at Van Mildert College :) So if you have a keyboard attached to it, then that'll be fine for doing your work. Macbooks are super expensive so you don't need to get one of those. If you do decide you'd like a bigger screen, I think a basic laptop works great! Also, there are computers in college as well as the Bill Bryson Library, so you could always use those too if you need to. Van Mildert is a catered college so no you don't need to bring cooking tools over, as meals are prepared by college for you. Just bring a couple of mugs so that you can make tea when you want it (kettles are in the shared kitchens too). :) Hope this helps!
I’m going to van mildert too!
Hey, I’m hopefully starting in September but am from a good city and love a night out! What do you think of the nightlife in Durham?? And also do people go to Newcastle often too?
Hey :) Firstly congratulations, that's great news! So I'd say that the nightlife In Durham is good but it's not as big as cities like Newcastle, but during freshers' week your college will likely organise one night out in Newcastle. Sometimes once everyone's established their friendship groups they choose to head to Newcastle for a night out - you'd have to get a train and return at around 6am or get the night bus back (eek!). Durham's clubs close by 2am at the latest too. However, because there are fewer clubs than in big cities (there're about 5 or 6) they do tend to be busy so a night out does still feel really lively, especially the sports night out which was every Wednesday after the matches / games etc. Durham also is renowned for its college bar crawls where people head to as many of the college bars as they can or they go to all the ones on the Bailey or all of the hill college's bars for example which is super fun! Each college bar also has its own specific famous college drink (at Mary's ours was called the Purple Haze as our college colour was purple! I believe it was some kind of red and blue alco-pop 'fusion'!) Hope this helps! I'm going to do a video specifically about the Durham nightlife too :)
Bilgi Thank you so so so much for the detailed reply- it means a lot! It also makes me feel better about choosing Durham! Looking forward to your nightlife video!!! Also, I’m at Collingwood and was wondering if there will be people like me who want to go out/venture to Newcastle often- do you know much about the college? Lastly, o just wanted to ask if you think Durham still has the same student life of other unis as a lot of people say freshers/general nightlife won’t be the same at ‘Dulham’- thank you so much again 😊
Bilgi also sorry one last thing on sports nights, do people who don’t play sports go out too?
@@ajwills6039 You're very welcome! Ah I'm so glad it's helped you feel better about selecting Durham too, you'll love it here! Collingwood is a great college as it's really big so there'll be loads of people that you'll meet and there will definitely be others who want to go to Newcastle for nights out too. As a college, Collingwood is known for being quite sporty and it's also one of the more modern colleges so you'll get to experience all the best bits of being at Durham without it feeling really old fashioned. They've got lots of their own societies too, so if you join some of those, it'll definitely give you loads more going out opportunities as societies organise their own nights out and socials too. That way you won't have to rely upon one group of friends to go out. Definitely a good idea to have lots of different people to choose from I'd say! Student life at Durham I think could be considered a lot better than at some other universities. The collegiate system allows you to really get to know a lot of people, especially if you're at a big college like Collingwood, and being catered means you'll always be around other people at breakfast / lunch / dinner so it's more sociable than self-catered unis can be. The vibe at Durham is kind of magical, which you'll definitely feel once you settle in :) It's a beautiful city and it has a lot of potential to really be an amazing experience.
@@ajwills6039 Yes absolutely! :) You definitely don't have to play a sport to go out on sports night out. :) Wednesday at Durham is definitely one of the best nights out each week.
Is durham top 5 in the UK?
Yes it is :)
I want to know is durham.uni is good for MBA studies
Yes it is. It has it's own Business school and like all the subjects at Durham it is highly ranked so the course should be good too :) The business school is pretty close to the main library too as it's located on the hill. Hope this helps!
@@BilgiDemirsoz thank you so much 💜