Purplefluffychainsaw wrote:
Nico, while I remember, make sure you look up what you're entitled too from the disabilities services. I'm not sure if this is just my university, but it's been implied that it's law: I get a student room for all three years. It's really, really helpful: I didn't have to bother looking for housing (really stressful, especially in student cities like Cambridge), and I got to keep the same room so I don't have to worry about what my new room will be like. And I assume you're applying for DLA? You need to apply for it as early as possible to make sure you get stuff on time. I did fairly well out of them - I got a macbook because I have epilepsy and am doing an arts course so I need a mac, plus all the softwear I need. All of the other aspies I've spoken to at Brookes got laptops though, so that seems to be a fairly standard thing. The money for the tutor I have comes out of there as well, as well as money to pay for the internet in my halls.
It's becoming one of my obsessions too. ^^; Between the amount of friends I have in the two unis and the fact my brother is applying to pretty much the same range of unis as you applied to (but for bio-chem, so a bit of change for that), and my sisters probably will as well, it's not too bad a knowledge to have either. :3 I wanted to go to oxford before I decided that I wanted to do film.
From what I've found out, I will live in the same place for all 3 years too (I'll stay on university campus accomodation). Also, I already receive DLA and will apply for what I think is called a Disabled Student Allowance.
To update, I visited Goldsmith's University of London on Monday and was very impressed with the staff and the university as a whole so that will be one of the 5 universities I will apply to.
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31 May 2008, 3:31 pm
