Great if you're stupid (University of Wales, Aberystwyth in general)

Member Name: I Hate Aber

Product:	University of Wales, Aberystwyth in general
Date:	17/03/08 (1043 review reads)
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Advantages: Beautiful town, cheap alcohol, if you're a moron then you'll be in great company.

Disadvantages: The town is full of morons. Intelligence is frowned upon.

I've been here for almost a year now, and when I look back at on my hopes and dreams for this place I realise how naive I've been.

Aberystwyth is rated highly in the student satisfaction tables, but also boasts one of the highest student suicide rates. So what are the reasons for this? Well, the majority of people who go to Aberystwyth University are vapid, vacuous morons who fill their meaningless lives with alcohol in the numerous, noisy, overcrowded pubs with crappy food and nowhere to sit. Moreover, You will not find anywhere else in the world where it is so hard to strike up a conversation. Not because the people in Aber are unpleasant, quite the opposite, but because the vast majority of students in Aber have nothing remotely interesting worth talking about, except perhaps the extent of their hangover or the last person they slept with. This means that for the poor souls like myself who actually like intelligent conversation and doing things other than getting completely plastered, have little to do other than consider how they might go about ending their miserable lives.

I'm not finished yet, it gets worse. The women in Aber have the magical combination of being both ugly and stupid. Unless you're also ugly and stupid, don't go to Aberystwyth University. Still, every so often you will come across a girl who even when compared with your average woman, is quite good looking but don't get your hopes up. She's probably a whore and will have slept with every member of the American football team at least three times and will have had at one point, and will have every single STI under the sun.

From what I can tell (this being somewhat difficult seeing as I'm a straight man) the most of the men on campus fall into a similar category to the women. There is a well established rugby and american football team, and so if well built, arrogant wankers are your thing, then you should give Aber a go.

It's not all bad though. Aberystwyth is incredibly beautiful, with lots of well maintained walks and more beach than you could possibly want. As with everything else in Aber though, there is a slight caveat: it's covered in three seasons of the year before the tourists arrive and the council decide to clean it up. Still, given the alternative, a long walk along the sea front on your own (the majority of the student population don't appreciate what a beautiful town they live in) might well be the best course of action; and, if you do decide that suicide is a viable option after all, there are plenty of places where you can kill yourself and be washed ashore the next day to the delight of the locals.

So to summarise, there's nothing inherantly wrong with Aberystwyth, just the people who inhabit it. If you're not a vapid moron, go somewhere else. You won't regret it.

Summary: Great if you're a moron, crap if you're not.