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Imperial, London……..Any tips please

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SueDonim Sat 24-Aug-24 12:56:54

Congratulations to your GC!

There will be loads of information on the university website, there’s the Student Room website where you can ask anything - this is the link to Imperial. www.thestudentroom.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=18

There will also be FaceBook and other social media websites where your GC can contact other students. Good luck!

Romola Sat 24-Aug-24 12:54:34

Your GC must be very clever to have got into Imperial.
Will he be in student accommodation? That is normal in year 1. The main thing is to find out what it comprises..London is very expensive but wonderful for a young person. Good luck to him

BlueBelle Sat 24-Aug-24 12:21:02

Where does it say it’s a boy Foxie
All I can say is don’t panic it will all happen with or without your help I had two daughters go to Uni one went to Goldsmiths in London and one to Brighton We didn’t have a car so it was all done on trains and coaches 🤣and all worked out very well. So far three grandaughters have been to Uni one just this year got a first class honours and is going back to a different uni for her masters It’s all mad but settles down into a routine very easily.
My biggest tip is take them shopping at the nearest cheapest supermarket so they know where it is and if you can manage set them up with their first shop and then leave them to work the rest out themselves and don’t worry that’s the main thing it’s a great leaning curve and half the fun is making their own mistakes
Sorry I can’t help with anything personal to that Uni though

foxie48 Sat 24-Aug-24 12:07:54

No tips but congratulations, Imperial is one of the top Uni's in the country and the world. He's obviously a very bright young man!

Tottylimejuice Sat 24-Aug-24 11:59:46

My lovely Grandchild has secured a place here. First of our family to embark into Uni Life. I just wondered if any of you have experience of your own GC going here in the last couple of years and could just give me a few tips to smooth the way. (ie food shopping, travel into and from Halls, do’s and dont’s, actually moving in, (where to park to drop off ‘stuff’). Yikes!, anything really. Thank you in anticipation.