You’ve nearly made it to the end of your high school years so before you get here, I’d like to share with you: Three ways University is not like High School. How do you meet new people? How on earth do you manage all this extra time? How hard is it to get an E in NCEA vs an A+ at Uni?
Hi ! Just wondering, are there super rowdy people in your hall/floor? I really want to stay at a hall next year and meet some new people/possible future flat mates, but I’m afraid that I’ll be unhappy as I like keeping to myself sometimes and don’t like crazy drinking parties. What’s your advice on this ? Would you say that Ororke is more rowdy then Uni Hall? Thanks
Hi!! I’m sure every floor at every hall has people who love to partaaay 😉 All the halls have to be sort of quiet after 10pm and the RAs (Resident Advisors) go round the floors every night to check this. If drinking is not ya thing, then you might be interested in staying in an alcohol-free pod at O’Rorke Hall (you should be able to choose this when you apply online). Check out my latest blog post all about O’Rorke Hall here:
http://theinsideword.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2017/08/life-in-the-halls-ororke-style/
Hi! I’m choosing halls of residences right now, and am stuck between O’Rorke and Whitaker Hall. So I’m wondering, what do you like about living in O’Rorke and what made it your top choice?
Hey Lily 🙂 I really like the pod-style structure of O’Rorke Hall whereas Whitaker has a corridor-style structure. I also like that O’Rorke Hall is ever-so-slightly closer to the Auckland Uni City Campus (5-8 min walk) than Whitaker Hall (8-11 min walk). Whitaker Hall seems really homely though as it is the smallest first-year hall with 172 residents, whereas O’Rorke has 367 residents!
Check out my blog post all about my O’Rorke Hall experience here:
http://theinsideword.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2017/08/life-in-the-halls-ororke-style/
Here’s some official resources that could also help make up your mind 🙂
O’Rorke Hall Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuYBc6TMH0o
Whitaker Hall Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w341uEDKmg
Hall of Residences Comparison: https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/auckland/on-campus/accommodation/how-to-apply/school-leavers/2017-halls-comparison-chart.pdf
Great vlog! Botany local?? 🙂
Thanks! And yes I am!!! 🙂
Was O’Rorke your top choice for accommodation?
Yup but from what I’m aware, you can only choose one hall of residence as your preference anyway 🙂 If you have any questions about O’Rorke Hall, I’d be happy to answer!
Haha this was so cute.
How was umat
Haha thank you! I didn’t manage to finish although that seems to be the norm. I feel like you never really know how you did, with UMAT being the weird kind of exam that it is :’)
Nice video ! Could you talk more about O’rorke and moving in ? Also, could you maybe do a vlog of your normal day?
Thank you! I’ll definitely try to go over those in the next couple of blogs 😀