Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

University of Alberta. Paleontology.

 Goliath wrote:
Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

I did biomedical engineering at Sheffield - there are a few game stores around the place and there is a wargaming society at the university (though I never attended it). From what I remember some of the gaming stores give a discount to wargaming society members (I am pretty sure the one on the top floor of the Orchard Square did (the small shopping area just before you walk onto the main pedestrian area at the end of West Street)).

I don't claim to be an expert, and it was a few years since I was there, but if you want to know anything about Sheffield/university/engineering, drop me a PM.



I'm currently doing an MSc at Keele.

I'm of to Bath Spa this Sunday...
Should be a laugh.

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Goliath wrote:
Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

I did biomedical engineering at Sheffield - there are a few game stores around the place and there is a wargaming society at the university (though I never attended it). From what I remember some of the gaming stores give a discount to wargaming society members (I am pretty sure the one on the top floor of the Orchard Square did (the small shopping area just before you walk onto the main pedestrian area at the end of West Street)).

I don't claim to be an expert, and it was a few years since I was there, but if you want to know anything about Sheffield/university/engineering, drop me a PM.



I'm currently doing an MSc at Keele.

Is that the one near TK Maxx? I've been there twice, never really got to explore either time, so I only really know my way from the mechanical engineering department to dominoes, and the long way from the engineering department to the students union.

Still in the master program of OFO

 Goliath wrote:
Is that the one near TK Maxx? I've been there twice, never really got to explore either time, so I only really know my way from the mechanical engineering department to dominoes, and the long way from the engineering department to the students union.

Yeah, it is the one upstairs on the right of TK Maxx (as you look at TK Maxx). They used to have a bits draw there which was pretty awesome, and they had lots of 2nd hand models too.

If you go out of the main entrance of the engineering department (the doors facing St Georges Church) and essentially just keep walking forward (though you can walk round the right or left of the church, or even through the grounds) and cross over the tramline/main road you get to the union in about 5 minutes.

Not sure if you are interested but there is a forbidden planet if you go from the TK Maxx onto the main highstreet and turn right, following the non-pedestrian street past the fountains on your left. Keep going and it will eventually be on your left down near the end.

If you are interested in materials science or biomedical engineering and get the choice to select modules, check out the MAT modules and look for Dr John Haycock - he is a really nice guy and does some good modules, especially if you are interested in bioreactors or nerve cells and so on. You will almost certainly have some biomedical engineering students in some of your MEC lectures, so tell them I said hi and for them to do his modules whenever they can

Also, avoid advanced mechanics of solids (I think it is either a 3rd or 4th year MEC module) like you would avoid the plague unless you are freaking awesome at maths.

I'm off to Strathclyde on Saturday for freshers

For some reason English uni's go back later in the year

Im at a community college, i thought i would be able to transfer to a UC next year, but it turns out its going to be two years. And im not going to be able to go the the UNI i wanted.

What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

I think they are what colleges are to us and normal colleges in the US are unis here

3rd and final year at Teesside uni here studying Computer Games Art !

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:
I think they are what colleges are to us and normal colleges in the US are unis here

Oh...
Well that makes much more sense...

 purplefood wrote:
What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

Community colleges are--more or less--trade schools mixed with university for an Associate's Degree, usually used by individuals like myself to get an Associate's before transferring to a 4 year school for a Bachelor's Degree.

University of Quebec in Montreal.

Currently doing a compressed semester in one month.
It's like a month long finals week.

I feel guilty taking the time to type this.

 Goliath wrote:
Its that time of the year where thousands of 18 year olds (and a fair few people of other ages) disappear off to university.
This thread is so people who are going to go, are at, have been to or want to go to university can talk about it and possibly work out if other Dakkaites? Dakkanauts? (I don't know the correct collective noun ) are going to the same uni, or might have been at the same place, at the same time, or even the same course and not known each other.

So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Anyone else?

YOU MUST NOT FAIL THE EMPRAH!

no seriously, you must not fail him. Evaluate what you have due when, and how much everthing is worth. If you have an assignment worth 5% one day, and a midterm the next..... and you don't have time for both, then screw the assignment. Losing 5% is better than losing 30%.

Also, your firends, family and loved ones: say goodbye to them.

Also : kiss your minis goodbye, you will not see them again for a looooooong time.

Algonquin college taking biotechnology.

No idea what I'm to do with it.

 Goliath wrote:
have been to

I got my BS in Chemical Engineering many moons ago at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA.

 Goliath wrote:
So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

That's normal. It's one of those steps you take in life, moving away for college. Afterwards, there may be moving across the country for your job, or even out of the country. Just another chance to meet new people and experience new things. Also, new chicks.

Enjoy it. Study hard, but leave time for gaming and chicks.

Make a better fuel substitute?

I'm in York University in Ontario. I brought my orks

 Kanluwen wrote:

 purplefood wrote:
What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

Community colleges are--more or less--trade schools mixed with university for an Associate's Degree, usually used by individuals like myself to get an Associate's before transferring to a 4 year school for a Bachelor's Degree.

Go Kanluwen! I did that and now I'm edumaketed more goodr!

And always remember: people like me will be your profs.

 dogma wrote:
And always remember: people like me will be your profs.

Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Simon Fraser University. Criminology & History.

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

I took engeering.

Year One: Rocks
Year Two: Sticks
Year Three: (keystone course) Tying Rocks to Sticks

I'm a part timer as I also work in engineering, but I'm back into my 2nd year of BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, just finishing up so II can move onto my Honours.

 Frazzled wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

I took engeering.

Year One: Rocks
Year Two: Sticks
Year Three: (keystone course) Tying Rocks to Sticks

this killed me. excpet I can see that there's the extra stage of "strings" in there somewhere for me.

 poda_t wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

I took engeering.

Year One: Rocks
Year Two: Sticks
Year Three: (keystone course) Tying Rocks to Sticks

this killed me. excpet I can see that there's the extra stage of "strings" in there somewhere for me.

That's in the Masters course.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
That's in the Masters course.

You should have seen their research PhD's in Throwing Rocks Really Far With A Bit Of Leather.

Obviously marketing had not yet rebranded the resulting discovery as the "sling".

Thought the master coursewas how to "Gut a Antelope"?....why a antelope...well Frazz from TX

 poda_t wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Nah. I didn't take liberal arts. I took basket weaving.

Ah, the rocket scientist of the hunter gatherer society prevalent at the time you went to university

I took engeering.

Year One: Rocks
Year Two: Sticks
Year Three: (keystone course) Tying Rocks to Sticks

this killed me. excpet I can see that there's the extra stage of "strings" in there somewhere for me.

Strings is a postgraduate degree.


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 Jihadin wrote:
Thought the master coursewas how to "Gut a Antelope"?....why a antelope...well Frazz from TX

You gut an antelope. Jackalopes gut you.

 Frazzled wrote:
You gut an antelope. Jackalopes gut you.

And thus the circle of life is complete.

Also, on a kind of related note - as a student it is really important to eat well. Don't spend what money you have just on beer

Tesco (and probably other stores) sell reasonable frozen meals (like the Tesco light choices) for about £1 each... add in a handful of frozen veg and you have a reasonably healthy meal for under £1.50. Plus you can "cook" it all in the microwave

Everyone knows college food is ramein

PB and J!

I think Tesco Light is the UK equivalent to our Ramein Noodles.

Oh Hell....so who's the heretic on that...

Dunno. I ate cafeteria food since I lived on campus and a meal card was part of my room fee.

Money didn't carry over from quarter to quarter (use it or lose it), so if I had money left, I tended to eat a lot of steak during the last week.

More often than not though, I was skint broke!

Just graduated from Salford university with a 1st (in music, if anyone's interested). I work there now, on an archiving project.

 Goliath wrote:
So yeah, I'm off to Sheffield on Sunday to study Mechanical engineering, and am starting to get nervous

Interesting, if I wasn't leaving Sheffield to go and study at Oxford (Brookes) I would have asked if you wanted a game.

I wouldn't say there are very few gaming stores in Sheffield at all. The GW in town is really friendly, there's an independant store within 100 yards of it and then a few hundred miles further up is a premium store which offers 20% discount on new GW stuff and I believe 15% off privateer press. There's also a club called Steel City Wargaming. I'm a regular there when not out of town. Would definately recommend checking them out.

So yeah, I've lived and gamed there for 11 and 9 years respectively, so if you want to know anything that isn't about the University I'd be more than happy to help. I say not the university because all I know about it is that it's very good for engineering, which you clearly already know.

I'm about to start my third year at Canterbury Christ Church, doing Film, Radio & Television studies.

 kronk wrote:
I think Tesco Light is the UK equivalent to our Ramein Noodles.

Quite a bit better than noodles. The 7/8/9p noodles (not sure how much they are now I have a job and enough money to actually buy food ) are certainly there for those who are in need of something to fill the stomach

But even worse than that, I know someone who wasted all their money and ended up having to "live" for a couple of months at the end of term by making their own "bread" using just flour and water, and then frying it in oil

- Unless you have a private shower, get flip flops for the shower, or prepare so spend $$$ on foot fungus cream.

- Shower each morning before class. Don't be that guy that covers himself in cologne instead of showering.

- Don't sit in your dorm room all of the time, studying. Join some intramural sports or something.

- Empty mouthwash bottle + vodka + food coloring = something, something...

Enjoy it, man!

I'm off to Plymouth University on Sunday to study Physical Geography. Good luck to all those in the same boat as me

Royal Military College of Canada, degree in Military and Strategic Studies. Think West Point, but with maple leaves, and a lot more drinking.

I'd probably know anybody who went to the college, but I'm curious if anyone has a similar degree.

 kronk wrote:
- Unless you have a private shower, get flip flops for the shower, or prepare so spend $$$ on foot fungus cream.

I never understood this. I never wore sandals when I had a public shower, and the vast majority of my public showers were taken in a football locker room with a bunch of sweaty dudes that were also barefoot.

I've never once had foot fungus.

That's cool. You have an excellent immunity system or were lucky.

I wouldn't walk around barefoot in a public locker room or shower, though.

Yeah, I walk around barefoot in public showers all the time and I'm fine too. My feet are pristine and beautiful.

 LoneLictor wrote:
Yeah, I walk around barefoot in public showers all the time and I'm fine too. My feet are pristine and beautiful.

Being one quarter gator I can't go to public showers. I'll transform and wait for unwary prey to approach the water hole. Ooyea time for the death roll!!!*



*True story.

Maybe it has something to do with rarely wearing shoes? Because I only wear shoes when running or in a public venue (restaurant, class, Adepticon, etc.), and even when I go running I don't wear socks.

 dogma wrote:
Maybe it has something to do with rarely wearing shoes?

Dogma's real name is Dances with Bare Feet.

 Frazzled wrote:

 dogma wrote:
Maybe it has something to do with rarely wearing shoes?

Dogma's real name is Dances with Bare Feet.

Or maybe Dances with Bear Feet.

Might explain why he doesn't wear shoes. Must be hard to get them in the right size...

if the public showers are in such a bad state of hygiene, pee on the floor. I'm serious. the ammonia in your urine will should kill anything breeding on the shower floor ground. It's a given though that you should be wearing slippers once you step out of the shower area, but strictly speaking, if the shower area itself is a hazard.... peeing on the floor is a solution to killing the germs when the janitors fail to show up on a regular basis to sterilize it.

The good ol' University of Michigan......Dearborn hah

Remember to all the freshman....spend all your money on beer...food is for the weak

 Huffy wrote:
The good ol' University of Michigan......Dearborn hah

Remember to all the freshman....spend all your money on beer...food is for the weak

In Dearborn that's true.

Soon to be starting second year of Architectural Studies at Newcastle University.

 rodgers37 wrote:
I'm about to start my third year at Canterbury Christ Church, doing Film, Radio & Television studies.

Really ? Hmm.. we'll have to have a beer some time then.

.. you should have popped into, at the very least, some of the events we held up at the real university

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

It's a great university, both city and county are lovely.

I went to Reading.

I now work there.

I have a sad life.

I've been to Reading!

 kronk wrote:
I've been to Reading!

It's not something one normally admits to*





*I've been there too

I'm going to Aberystwyth a week tomorrow to study Physics, will be interesting.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

I'm leading a team of helpers in Welcome Week, so I may see you or even help you move in. Know where you're staying?

 Lux_Lucis wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

I'm leading a team of helpers in Welcome Week, so I may see you or even help you move in. Know where you're staying?

Denstead Court in Parkwood.

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Lux_Lucis wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

I'm leading a team of helpers in Welcome Week, so I may see you or even help you move in. Know where you're staying?

Denstead Court in Parkwood.

Ah, I am working Parkwood. Don't know what court though. You'll probably hear my team anyway though, loud bunch.

I'm a Junior, but looking at colleges nonetheless. I might go to Florida Institute of Technology. I currently make 4.0 (possibly 5.0 if I get A's in my AP classes this year), so I'm doing quite well. Though I still think most homework is fething stupid.

I'm going to college with aerospace engineering in mind (specifically the "space" part). Not sure If I want to work for NASA or a private company though.

Two more members at Kent?

Clearly it has become Dakka's favoured UK University of choice.

Alas, I'm on a gap year before taking up my PHDship in Defence Studies at King's College, London. So I'm having the opposite experience to you young 'un's, and trying to figure out how real life works again.

I'm an uneducated college drop-out, so I'll be staying here, mooching off the state.

College is for sissy draft dodgers. The Marine Corps will teach me all I need to know about living: How to take a man's life, and how to run for long periods of time. What else do you need to know?

I foresee going to college. I like biology. And ecology. And History. And psychology. And geology. I could see myself pursuing any of those. Heck, I could try them all. And on Uncle Sam's dollar too!

I'm at Grove City College right now... going for a Mechanical Engineering and Math Major. I got some nice financial aid.

After this, I want to get my masters in electrical engineering... hopefully at MIT, Cornell, or Carnegie Mellon.

 reds8n wrote:

 rodgers37 wrote:
I'm about to start my third year at Canterbury Christ Church, doing Film, Radio & Television studies.

Really ? Hmm.. we'll have to have a beer some time then.

.. you should have popped into, at the very least, some of the events we held up at the real university

Yeah sure.

I was going too, but this year I was on holiday when the tournament took place, and last year it was same weekend as last game of the season. Shame really, would have really liked to have gone.

And yeah, I'm at the substandard Uni I got a place at UEA, but didn't like the course as much, which was more important at the time. Now i don't think I'm even going to bother to try and get into the media industry.

Starting my third year at Leicester University. Just hoping for no more issues with the internet so I can keep up with all the Dakka shenanigans

 Storm Lord wrote:
Starting my third year at Leicester University. Just hoping for no more issues with the internet so I can keep up with all the Dakka shenanigans

Son of a....I finished there last summer dammit...

I share your internet pain, beware Virgin Media not giving you an answer to 'why doesnt my internet work?!'. I went in to the shop in the city centre and found out the reason we were getting 2Mb instead of the 20Gb we were paying for) was because the whole south half of the city had a problem and they didnt know what it was....3 MONTHS of that! got a free month after that though so not all bad...

D, D, DMWho?

 Ketara wrote:

Alas, I'm on a gap year before taking up my PHDship in Defence Studies at King's College, London. So I'm having the opposite experience to you young 'un's, and trying to figure out how real life works again.

I'll say this, having done the whole doctoral thing it is way more annoying than real life. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.

 Revenent Reiko wrote:

 Storm Lord wrote:
Starting my third year at Leicester University. Just hoping for no more issues with the internet so I can keep up with all the Dakka shenanigans

Son of a....I finished there last summer dammit...

I share your internet pain, beware Virgin Media not giving you an answer to 'why doesnt my internet work?!'. I went in to the shop in the city centre and found out the reason we were getting 2Mb instead of the 20Gb we were paying for) was because the whole south half of the city had a problem and they didnt know what it was....3 MONTHS of that! got a free month after that though so not all bad...

D, D, DMWho?

Hmm, well the Virgin people are coming on Tuesday to hook things up, so I'll grill him about it then

 dogma wrote:
I'll say this, having done the whole doctoral thing it is way more annoying than real life. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.

Well, for the last year I have been working full time while doing my second masters (currently busting my balls to finish off my dissertation for Monday ) and have to say that I would much rather stay at university than have to work in the real world

University of Jyväskylä, Finland. I'm studying nanophysics.

 Maalis wrote:
University of Jyväskylä, Finland. I'm studying nanophysics.

I'm just finishing a project on assessing magnetic nanoparticles for use in magnetic hyperthermia

 Storm Lord wrote:

 Revenent Reiko wrote:

 Storm Lord wrote:
Starting my third year at Leicester University. Just hoping for no more issues with the internet so I can keep up with all the Dakka shenanigans

Son of a....I finished there last summer dammit...

I share your internet pain, beware Virgin Media not giving you an answer to 'why doesnt my internet work?!'. I went in to the shop in the city centre and found out the reason we were getting 2Mb instead of the 20Gb we were paying for) was because the whole south half of the city had a problem and they didnt know what it was....3 MONTHS of that! got a free month after that though so not all bad...

D, D, DMWho?

Hmm, well the Virgin people are coming on Tuesday to hook things up, so I'll grill him about it then

Do it. Plus, make sure if there are any problems, that you are constantly on the phone to them, annoying them, till they fix it and then give you free stuff after...Also, beware your tenancy agreement and the 'cleaning up' clause, you can lose a lot of money that way....

Had my freshers/induction week at the University of Abertay this week, starting the course proper on Monday. Now, if only I actually had a timetable...

 SilverMK2 wrote:

Well, for the last year I have been working full time while doing my second masters (currently busting my balls to finish off my dissertation for Monday ) and have to say that I would much rather stay at university than have to work in the real world

Good luck on your dissertation and eventual defense.

Heading off to the University of Glamorgan on the 24th. To study Computer Forensics (first year). And moving out on monday, not sure which i'm more excited about?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 purplefood wrote:
What is a community college?
I hear about them but I've never actually known what they are...

Community colleges are--more or less--trade schools mixed with university for an Associate's Degree, usually used by individuals like myself to get an Associate's before transferring to a 4 year school for a Bachelor's Degree.

Community college next year for me. I can't afford to get my Bachelors degree at one university, so I'm going to get my electives out of the way at community college. I'm gonna need to shop around to see what colleges/universities will accept community college credits, as some of them don't because they want people for the full 4 years. I might go into a vo-tech school instead of getting a Bachelors degree. Whatever I end up doing, I refuse to go into an office job.

_Tim?

 Lux_Lucis wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Lux_Lucis wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
I'm off to University of Kent in Canterbury to do Physics (Foundation year then on to Astonomy, Space Science and Astrophysics).

I'm leading a team of helpers in Welcome Week, so I may see you or even help you move in. Know where you're staying?

Denstead Court in Parkwood.

Ah, I am working Parkwood. Don't know what court though. You'll probably hear my team anyway though, loud bunch.

Well it was nice to meetcha (that is if you are the guy with the glow stick glasses and feathers whom I got a wristband off of )

You a part of the Adventure Games Society?

 automatonsleuth wrote:
Had my freshers/induction week at the University of Abertay this week, starting the course proper on Monday. Now, if only I actually had a timetable...

Really?? I have a couple of friends that go there, I think


I'm onto day 3 of Freshers and already have lost my debit card

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

 automatonsleuth wrote:
Had my freshers/induction week at the University of Abertay this week, starting the course proper on Monday. Now, if only I actually had a timetable...

Really?? I have a couple of friends that go there, I think


I'm onto day 3 of Freshers and already have lost my debit card

Ah man, bad luck. Managed to keep track of my debit card so far

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

 automatonsleuth wrote:
Had my freshers/induction week at the University of Abertay this week, starting the course proper on Monday. Now, if only I actually had a timetable...

Really?? I have a couple of friends that go there, I think


I'm onto day 3 of Freshers and already have lost my debit card

Ah man, bad luck. Managed to keep track of my debit card so far

I get new one next Tuesday and will have to survive off dried pasta and rice until then

And i've had the card for ~1 year but it's the first time it's been missplaced, it was probably at the uni shop but only discovered after closing time so decided playing it safe so cancelled it

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Hlaine Larkin mk2 wrote:

 automatonsleuth wrote:
Had my freshers/induction week at the University of Abertay this week, starting the course proper on Monday. Now, if only I actually had a timetable...

Really?? I have a couple of friends that go there, I think


I'm onto day 3 of Freshers and already have lost my debit card

Ah man, bad luck. Managed to keep track of my debit card so far

I get new one next Tuesday and will have to survive off dried pasta and rice until then

And i've had the card for ~1 year but it's the first time it's been missplaced, it was probably at the uni shop but only discovered after closing time so decided playing it safe so cancelled it

Good choice, my first response was 'cancel it! For God's sake cancel it!' BEtter to struggle for a couple weeks than struggle for the rest of the semester because someone used all your money....

Yeah The nearest branch gets it next Tuesday but I've got lectures all day so I'm going to pick it up Wednesday

Hmm, do they not send them in the post these days? Or are you purposefully going to pick it up?

Still, glad you are getting it sorted.

Just moved into halls so the card would be sent to my normal home so I would have to pay to travel there to get it so its just easier to collect it

Ahh i see, thinking about it, ive been there and had the same issue (also with getting train tickets, plan ahead so your parents can forward the tickets on to you ). Makes sense.

Heh, I don't move in until friday and I've already lost my debit card...

Starting physics at University of Mcgill in Montreal. So much work already...