Good college, bad area, (Royal Holloway College, University of London in general)

Member Name: Kjn123

Product:	Royal Holloway College, University of London in general
Date:	14/10/09 (117 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Sporting facilities.

Disadvantages: Social Scene.

Royal Holloway, University of London is a place where I spent three largely happy years.

Please don't be fooled by the name however - this college is not in London and it takes 40 minutes on the train to get to London Waterloo. The nightlife is largely non-existent with only the Students' Union facilities and a few local (and over-priced) pubs in the vicinity. The SU in recent years has also really started to capitalise on this domination on the market, enforcing policies such as 'once you leave the SU on a function night, you can't come back unless you buy another ticket' (forcing you to stay there all night from an early time so you have to buy your alcohol from them). Taking into account that there is no free cashpoint or the facility to take card payments at the venue, one can rapidly establish what a unfair system this is.

The College itself has moved from strength to strength academically, with a number of departments that regularly feature in the top 10 in league tables. It also offers fantastic sporting facilities and on site playing fields which the majority of London colleges simply can't offer.

The main problem with the College is it's frustating location with nothing in the local area for young people to do.

Summary: Good degree, mediocre experience.