In first year on the Carmarthen Campus you usually get a choice of three halls of residents: Tower, Myddin or Non. Some students have the option of living in the second and third year hall of residents, Archbishop Noakes, but this is mostly reserved for mature students or people with certain circumstances. The flats in Tower and Myrddin are also separated by gender, so you will only be living in a flat with your gender which I think is better. I've lived with men, I know how frustrated us girls can get when they accidentally leave a bit of a mess.
When I picked my accommodation I had never actually been to an open day, I'd been to my audition and had a brief look around the university, but I couldn't really remember much of it, so I just had to make my decision based on the few sentences description given on the UWTSD website:
- Myrddin is a two storey residence on the edge of the campus split into 17 different units of 8 bedrooms. Each unit contains bathroom facilities and a small refreshment area.
- Tower is a high rise building with stunning views of Carmarthenshire from the higher floors. Each of the 10 floors contains 5 bedrooms, with shared bathroom facilities. All floors have a small refreshment area.
- Non is a four storey building situated in the centre of campus and is split into units. Less separated than the other halls, it is ideal for the more sociable student. Available for female students only.
I thought that for my first time living with people that it would be easier for me to pick Tower as I would only have to share a room with 4 other people. I also thought that there would be less people so it wouldn't be so hard to fit in and make friends. I have quite bad social anxiety when I first meet people so Tower as ideal for me in this respect.
I was definitely very glad that I did choose Tower for many different reasons, I found it so much easier for me to fit in with my flat mates, three of them were on the same course as me and the other girl was so friendly and lovely, I feel like I may have been overwhelmed with seven other people or the amount of people in Non. For me, I also liked the fact I only had to share a kitchen and a shower with four other people. But in Myrddin they do have two toliets, a bath and a shower, so although I missed out on having a bath I didn't mind so much.
The rooms in Tower are also slightly bigger than Myrddin and Non, the seemed to have a little bit more floor space which I liked. All the furniture is exactly the same in all three accommodations, you'd get a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, sink, desk, chair and then a bookcase so it just meant that I would have more space when having friends over which was critical when playing Cards Against Humanity.
The only downside of Tower was that it was right next to the Students' Union, so if you weren't going out on a Wednesday or a Friday you would hear the music and sometimes it would keep you up if you don't fall asleep before the music started. It wasn't so bad that it would constantly wake you up but there was a lot of noise from there. The upside of this though is that you wouldn't have to go too far to get back home, one thing that does suck about living off campus is that it's a long walk home after a night out.
The one really good thing about the UWTSD on the Carmarthen Campus is that the three main first year accommodation is catered for, so you get breakfast and dinner Monday-Friday, which was always so helpful. Sometimes I wake up in my Uni house and wish I could just go to the canteen to get my full English breakfast before lectures!
I hope that gives you a little insight into why I chose Tower for my first year accommodation. It seems like ages ago I was on Floor Five with my flatmates. I loved my accommodation for first year and I wouldn't change anything about my experience.
I was definitely very glad that I did choose Tower for many different reasons, I found it so much easier for me to fit in with my flat mates, three of them were on the same course as me and the other girl was so friendly and lovely, I feel like I may have been overwhelmed with seven other people or the amount of people in Non. For me, I also liked the fact I only had to share a kitchen and a shower with four other people. But in Myrddin they do have two toliets, a bath and a shower, so although I missed out on having a bath I didn't mind so much.
The rooms in Tower are also slightly bigger than Myrddin and Non, the seemed to have a little bit more floor space which I liked. All the furniture is exactly the same in all three accommodations, you'd get a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, sink, desk, chair and then a bookcase so it just meant that I would have more space when having friends over which was critical when playing Cards Against Humanity.
The only downside of Tower was that it was right next to the Students' Union, so if you weren't going out on a Wednesday or a Friday you would hear the music and sometimes it would keep you up if you don't fall asleep before the music started. It wasn't so bad that it would constantly wake you up but there was a lot of noise from there. The upside of this though is that you wouldn't have to go too far to get back home, one thing that does suck about living off campus is that it's a long walk home after a night out.
The one really good thing about the UWTSD on the Carmarthen Campus is that the three main first year accommodation is catered for, so you get breakfast and dinner Monday-Friday, which was always so helpful. Sometimes I wake up in my Uni house and wish I could just go to the canteen to get my full English breakfast before lectures!
I hope that gives you a little insight into why I chose Tower for my first year accommodation. It seems like ages ago I was on Floor Five with my flatmates. I loved my accommodation for first year and I wouldn't change anything about my experience.
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