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University of York starters 2025

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ClearFoundation · 21/08/2025 08:06

So a while ago I saw a few threads on York and one of the mums suggested that we start a sort of Yorkies thread once everyone had results and knew where they were going.

I have a DD going who will be in James college

Anyone else?

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SockFluffInTheBath · 17/10/2025 20:44

I’m a guarantor for DS’ second year accommodation, though only for him not the whole house.

It wasn’t a financially driven decision with DD’s group, more a bitchy ‘we’re special’ kind of clique forming.

OldYorkMum · 17/10/2025 21:55

Another option is to look at making up a group to apply for the same flat/townhouse in private halls.

MamOfTwo · 22/10/2025 20:25

Sorry to invade your thread - my Y13 is really stuck between York and Warwick. Are your YP glad they chose York? She is desperate to love her time at uni and find her tribe.

SockFluffInTheBath · 22/10/2025 20:32

@MamOfTwo yes mine is happy, but she loves her course. She felt the open day was true to how she feels now she’s there iyswim, and she feels safe round the city.

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 22/10/2025 20:46

Yes, my DS loves York. His flat is quite quiet and he is not the most social of people but he has joined a club and finds his course really interesting and well taught. They are both great Unis in my opinion and either would be a wonderful opportunity.

1dayatatime · 22/10/2025 22:29

MamOfTwo · 22/10/2025 20:25

Sorry to invade your thread - my Y13 is really stuck between York and Warwick. Are your YP glad they chose York? She is desperate to love her time at uni and find her tribe.

It depends on what your DD wants out of her time at University. The reality is that Warwick is a higher ranked university than York.

The downside is that Warwick has a reputation for working their students harder. Also Warwick University is not actually in Warwick, it's on a campus near a business park just south of Coventry. Students generally live in Leamington or southern Coventry.

So it's a choice between getting a degree from a higher ranked university but having less fun than say York.

That said Warwick is not as bad as say Imperial where you would get a highly ranked degree but have alot less fun.

There's an upside and downside to everything.

GirtyPlunder · 23/10/2025 06:47

@1dayatatime I agree about the social climate differences you mention between York and Warwick, but come on, Warwick is generally #9 and York is generally #12 on the CUG which is a negligible difference and in some cases, specific subjects rank more highly at York than Warwick.

Do you have a kid at either?

I have a DD at York. She is enjoying her course, likes a lot of people she has met but she has also said there's a really fierce drinking culture. She's astonished by the ability of her flatmates to roll in at 4am after a night of clubbing, throw up, then get up for lectures at 9am. I am hoping this is not something she has to be around for the entirety of her time there. I suspect it's very much a Fresher feature, to be fair.

redskydelight · 23/10/2025 07:46

It depends on what your DD wants out of her time at University. The reality is that Warwick is a higher ranked university than York.

Marginal in the CUG rankings and for some subjects York is higher!
Highly unlikely that going to York rather than Warwick or vice versa will make any difference at all to future outcomes.

My DD applied to both York and Warwick and got offers at both but chose York she considered the course to be a better fit to her interests (the York department is also more highly renowned than the Warwick one, although that was not a factor that particularly interested an 18 year old).

redskydelight · 23/10/2025 07:51

I have a DD at York. She is enjoying her course, likes a lot of people she has met but she has also said there's a really fierce drinking culture. She's astonished by the ability of her flatmates to roll in at 4am after a night of clubbing, throw up, then get up for lectures at 9am. I am hoping this is not something she has to be around for the entirety of her time there. I suspect it's very much a Fresher feature, to be fair.

I think this is possibly indicative of her flat/the people she mixes with rather than true about York as a whole.
My fairly sociable but not mad partying DD found that most of the people in her first year flat hardly socialised at all. She also belongs to a college sports club where they have earlier evening socials on a Wednesday followed by going out to a nightclub, and there is no pressure to either drink at the social or go clubbing. I was surprised (based on her experience) how little drinking culture there seemed to be!

GirtyPlunder · 23/10/2025 07:54

redskydelight · 23/10/2025 07:51

I have a DD at York. She is enjoying her course, likes a lot of people she has met but she has also said there's a really fierce drinking culture. She's astonished by the ability of her flatmates to roll in at 4am after a night of clubbing, throw up, then get up for lectures at 9am. I am hoping this is not something she has to be around for the entirety of her time there. I suspect it's very much a Fresher feature, to be fair.

I think this is possibly indicative of her flat/the people she mixes with rather than true about York as a whole.
My fairly sociable but not mad partying DD found that most of the people in her first year flat hardly socialised at all. She also belongs to a college sports club where they have earlier evening socials on a Wednesday followed by going out to a nightclub, and there is no pressure to either drink at the social or go clubbing. I was surprised (based on her experience) how little drinking culture there seemed to be!

That is good to know. She has joined some clubs and she doesn't go drinking or clubbing because she is still 17 and honestly, what she has witnessed has not endeared her to join in when she can.

londoncalling1989 · 23/10/2025 08:27

DD very happy at York. Out clubbing a lot (wasn’t a big clubber before) but isn’t drinking a lot every time she goes and always makes her lectures! Has friends who don’t drink either. Goes to a fair few societies and has got involved with some Drama productions. Seems to have nice flatmates. Don’t get much info but she’s coming home soon for a few days so with grill her then!
Regarding League Tables, she wasn’t bothered by them but her course is higher up in the CUG than Warwick, Durham etc.

MamOfTwo · 23/10/2025 08:30

Thank you so much to you all for the replies, food for thought! She is leaning to York, I think. Wishing your YP all the best with their uni experience,

GoodNamesOnly · 23/10/2025 09:01

Mine's experience is similar to @londoncalling1989 I think. The campus and college system at York seems to work well for her. She regularly attends 5 or 6 societies/ college sports, which was a lot more than I did at a city university (Warwick being on campus may be similar).

She goes out a lot and does drink, but some people she goes clubbing with never drink, which I think is a great sign of progress. Presumably that is the same in any uni.

Her course was also highly ranked at York, it would have been above Warwick. But as others say I am sure a few levels difference in the rankings are not as important as other aspects.

GirtyPlunder · 23/10/2025 12:22

GoodNamesOnly · 23/10/2025 09:01

Mine's experience is similar to @londoncalling1989 I think. The campus and college system at York seems to work well for her. She regularly attends 5 or 6 societies/ college sports, which was a lot more than I did at a city university (Warwick being on campus may be similar).

She goes out a lot and does drink, but some people she goes clubbing with never drink, which I think is a great sign of progress. Presumably that is the same in any uni.

Her course was also highly ranked at York, it would have been above Warwick. But as others say I am sure a few levels difference in the rankings are not as important as other aspects.

Thank you for this, I've told my DD so hopefully if she does want to go clubbing she'll know not everyone there is plastered.

GoodNamesOnly · 23/10/2025 12:47

@GirtyPlunder we hear so much against young people in the media, but I honestly think one of the huge advancements they have made compared to my generation is that drinking just doesn't seem to be the big deal it used to be. DD has several friends who don't drink/ barely drink and nobody bats an eyelid. They all go out together (the sober ones might go home earlier). This is the same at home and at York, so I assume it is everywhere. When I was at uni, we all drank to excess and it would have been almost frowned upon not to join in. Hurray for young people!

Now, whether your DD wants to be in a club where other people are drunk is a different matter!

GirtyPlunder · 23/10/2025 15:47

GoodNamesOnly · 23/10/2025 12:47

@GirtyPlunder we hear so much against young people in the media, but I honestly think one of the huge advancements they have made compared to my generation is that drinking just doesn't seem to be the big deal it used to be. DD has several friends who don't drink/ barely drink and nobody bats an eyelid. They all go out together (the sober ones might go home earlier). This is the same at home and at York, so I assume it is everywhere. When I was at uni, we all drank to excess and it would have been almost frowned upon not to join in. Hurray for young people!

Now, whether your DD wants to be in a club where other people are drunk is a different matter!

I am not reading things in the media, I'm hearing about them from my DD. But I have to say, what makes it slightly different for us, is that we lived overseas up til this Summer where teenage drinking is far, far less prevalent than it is in the UK. So while I'm sure young non-drinkers are more the norm than in our own experiences of youth, there's still enough heavy drinkers to make an impression on my DD.

GoodNamesOnly · 23/10/2025 15:53

Oh yeah, it is probably still a lot compared to other countries. I am just comparing it to my uni years in the UK in the early 00s. Things have got better!

GirtyPlunder · 26/10/2025 06:51

Are your DC coming home for a few days this consolidation week? My DD was not going to, but her entire flat cleared out this w'end so she's coming back. I thought I wasn't bothered either way but now I'm really excited to see her (but not her usual kitchen mess...)!

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 26/10/2025 08:33

I think mine will come for a few days later this week. No plans yet.

holidaydreaming · 26/10/2025 10:20

Dd is the only one left in her block since yesterday. She’s coming tomorrow on a road trip with us to see various family. I agree @GirtyPlunder, I’m suddenly excited to see her. We like the same things so a few days with her will be great. Then it won’t feel long until they come home for Christmas 🎅

SockFluffInTheBath · 26/10/2025 13:11

DD is home, her brother is too from a different uni. Only here for a few days though.

londoncalling1989 · 26/10/2025 13:23

DD also home for a few days. Seems to have missed certain takeaways not available in York more than her family! Although has requested steak for supper as refuses to cook meat herself…

GirtyPlunder · 01/11/2025 07:02

It was great to see my DD for a couple of days / nights this week. She told me that 16 people in her flat share 3 fridges and it's so territorial that she has no space to use whatsoever. She put an apple on a shelf and someone shouted at her. She also said that people come in late and leave the kitchen filthy then other people point the finger at everyone. It sounds quite stressful at times, a bit Lord of the Flies too, with one girl telling everyone "I can't believe you cooked that, it looks terrible, don't you know how to do it properly" but on loop - so she says it to everyone about everything.

I'd be tempted to move out with this kind of thing going on but DD seems to take it in her stride, so good for her, at least.

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 01/11/2025 07:58

@GirtyPlunder
That sounds a nightmare. My DS says his flat are not that interactive but no hostility just very quiet.

BlueBirdOnAWire · 01/11/2025 16:20

Anyone else find when you see your young person again, it makes you miss them even more

it’s a bit like being love sick in a way ! So weird

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