Sorry I’ve not been on Tumblr in aaaaaaaaaagggggggeeeessssss so I didn’t see this message… Why are you anon, though? :S Ah well. I’ll answer, though I doubt you will ever read this (you know, if you weren’t anon, I could have actually replied directly to you…) and you have probably already decided where to go by now…

But anyway!

Sheffield is amazing. There is no way around it - it’s a great place to live and a great place to study. I’ll explain it on a few points:

The union:
You picked up on it from the tour, our union is immense. And when I say immense, I don’t just mean “generic good stuff” - I mean it’s massive, has brilliant club nights 6 nights a week (where there really is something for everyone - Pop Tarts is the best, IMHO), has all the usual support stuff that you may need, and generally there is just always something going on there. It’s great.

City life:
Sheffield is one of the biggest cities in the UK, so we really do have EVERYTHING, yet it’s so spread out and laid back that you could easily convince yourself that you are in a small town in the middle of nowhere. And, as the city is DOMINATED by students, the prices on everything are the same as some small town in the middle of nowhere. I recommend “Broomhill Friery” on that note - discount for Med students, and it’s run by Sean Bean’s sister…

The clubs:
Most cities advertise “there’s something for everyone”. In Sheffield, we advertise “there’s dozens of things for everyone”. Yo will never get bored here, and everything is so dirt cheap that you can afford it on a student budget - Corporation, for instance, is free entry before midnight, and a quadruple vodka and IrnBru for £2.40… I defy you to find better than that.

The course:
Guess I have to come to it sooner or later, as it is kind of what you are here for, in a way… The course is great if you want to be a real doctor. If you want to be a researcher, sure, fuck off to Cambridge. But if you want to be a good doctor, if you want patients to know they can trust you, if you want to be experienced in how to deal with disease - ie, if you don’t just want a fancy version of a biology degree - Sheffield is the place to be.

If you want more specific information, email me - a_parsons@live.co.uk - and ask. I’m happy to tell you anything, I just don’t really know what to type out here, especially as the asked probably won’t ever read this…

Although cake is a serious rival of chocolate for my affections…

I still remember sitting on your windowsill one night while you were asleep, reading a book, and contemplating whether to go to the bakery downstairs and beg them to sell me a freshly baked cake in the middle of the night…

Admittedly this was only partly because they smelt so good - it was also partly due to the munchies…

I’ve been asked this question on here multiple times, and my answer is still the same as it always is - with the exception of with chocolate, I honestly don’t know.

LIFE IN SHEFFIELD IS FRICKING AWESOME.

I love it here. I love the city, I love all the people, I love my course, I love my flat, etcetera etcetera. It’s great - you really should have come here for university.

It’s settled down a little now as well, so I’m not drunk 24/7. However, I am busy most of the time (either with uni work, socialising with my new friends, attending additional seminars from one of the various clubs I joined, or with rock climbing), so I barely ever come on Tumblr any more… I’ve actually reached that dreaded point where, when I turn my computer on, I check Facebook before I check Tumblr…

Now, I must be going, as I have a lecture in just over an hour and I’ve only just got out of bed… Bye!

Shoot me. Shoot me now.

On a slightly nicer note, I’m loving uni. Admittedly I haven’t actually settled down to doing any real work yet, but still…

I bought my first ever stethoscope today! I feel like I’m becoming more a part of the profession every time I do something like that… When it arrives I intend to start practising on my flatmates! They don’t know this yet, and obviously it will require them to be topless… That’s going to be a pretty awkward conversation to start.

Oh, and my hair is now green! Look!

It’s actually quite a bit darker than it looks in this photo, but you get the idea.

Today I am going to attend an optional lecture about the Krebs Cycle, given by a Nobel Prize winner. Aren’t I just the coolest?

krisrunsformiles:

abiwatz:

“When girls can dress up like total sluts and no one will say anything”

Change that to any fancy dress party anywhere. Ever. You got yourself an agreement!

We have a “Sheffield Medics fancy dress bar crawl” next week.

I’m tempted to go as a slutty nurse.