What's it like?
Top of the list of unasked questions is "what's it actually like?" But it's, you know, kind of a big deal.
There are lots of questions it’s important to ask before applying to a university and many students ask most of them.
But top of the league of questions that remain unasked, despite being more important than a cricketer remembering to wear his box, is ‘What’s it like?’
The problem is that it’s a tough question to get straight answers to. Hardly anyone will encourage you to ask it. A university’s atmosphere isn’t an easily definable thing. You can’t measure it. And to make matters worse, it’s relative to other universities.
But even so, it’s crucial. A university with the wrong atmosphere for you is like damp socks — they may cushion you, but there’s no comfort.
That’s why Push — ever ready to rise to a challenge — has done the impossible. This section is a guide to a university’s atmosphere: the range of possibilities, the factors that affect it and what it may mean to you.
More in this section:
What sort of place is it?,
What makes it like it is?,
Other factors,
Atmosphere: wrapping it up,
A few questions
Last updated on: 03 December 2008