Halls Of Residence At The University Of Edinburgh

My experience of Pollock Halls is that of an exchange student so a bit different to what has already been written, but perhaps useful to someone. I was in my last year of Uni back in the USA when I came to study in Edinburgh. We were given the choice of the halls, or a flat. I'd spent 2 years in the dorms at my own university, and a futher year in a sorority house. I was ready for the flat experience, but on this occasion chose to stay in the halls. My reasons? More people to meet, my food provided, a decent location. Cost wasn't really an issue as it was part of my overseas package, so I'm not much help on that one but for what it's worth there was a good ...  Read the complete review

I stayed in Pollock Halls during my first year - in Lee House to be exact - and found the whole experience to be positive in the main. The location of the halls was a slight concern to me when I first looked at it on a map - it seemed awfully far to get to the university buildings from the halls. Let me assure you that the maps are deceptive. At the most, the walk from Pollock Halls to George Square takes about 10-15 minutes - if you walk incredibly slowly, perhaps a little longer. The best thing about the location is that it is so close to Arthur's Seat, a large dormant volcano that forms a picturesque setting in the centre of the city, and Holyrood Park, ...  Read the complete review

There's a lot about Pollock Halls on here, but not much about the self-catered residences offered by the University of Edinburgh. These include places such as Warrender Park Crescent, Nicolson Street, Kincaids Court, Darroch Court, Hermit's Croft, and so on. As someone who's done the freshers thing twice (I took an interruption of study, didn't complete my first freshers year, and am doing it again) - I've stayed in two different self-catered residences, and feel I know them enough now to review them. The first I stayed in was 5 Nicolson Street. This was originally post-grad accommodation, until the uni ran out of places to put their ever-increasing numbers ...  Read the complete review

Yes, Pollock halls is quite expensive - that I can't deny, but if you are aware of the price and want a halls that is in a stunning and picturesque setting, where the food is absolutely fine (and im no food slob who only eats chips and beans) - they've even recently won awards for their healthy food - and resnet (free fast unlimited internet in most of the halls) then Pollock is for you. I'm not really sure why the presence of ras is always either greatly exaggerated or made out to be the worst thing in the whole world ever. If you don't like 'ras 'sloanes' whatever - you don't have to hang out with them! It's not like every other person is some horrible snob ...  Read the complete review

DONT CHOOSE POLLOCK HALLS--- is the key advice i was given and should be given to any student looking at places to stay for their first year. Pollock Halls are outrageously expensive, the food provided is terrible and the whole place is populated by boring, loud, obnoxious yahs. Instead i suggest looking into self catering flats provided by the university. I stayed in Fraser Court in my first year and it was a good lesson in living with flat mates and indeed away from home. It was a brilliant way of meeting people and had a lovely community atmosphere. I shared with three other girls in small, but cosy flat. There was a good garden area out the back, perfect ...  Read the complete review