Operating from home

Hey guys
Pls i live in South East london and i'm seriously considering operating from home due to expenses.

Please can someone from Imperial college tell me some of the major disadvantages I'll face by choosing this option?

Many thanx for your replies

Reply 1

Antzlck

You mean living at home? Alot of people at Imperial do it particularly 2nd year onwards.

Imperial College London

London

Reply 2

Emperor

yh but in my case it'll take abt 1hr.30mins to commute from my home to the School

Reply 3

Antzlck

Emperor

yh but in my case it'll take abt 1hr.30mins to commute from my home to the School

Ouch ... coming from south east London? Consider living in halls at least your 1st year, you dont have to live in the very expensive halls. You're gonna be joining my department :woo:

Reply 4

Emperor

Antzlck

Ouch ... coming from south east London? Consider living in halls at least your 1st year, you dont have to live in the very expensive halls. You're gonna be joining my department :woo:

You're studying ChemEng aswell lol great :smile:

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Yh I'll consider that option. Also being an International student I'll be expected to pay a tuition fees of £20400 so I was wondering if its possible to pay it in installments? :frown:

Reply 5

jayshah31

Don't live away for first year. You'll meet so few people in comparison.

Edit: English fail.

Reply 6

98QEHS

jayshah31

Don't live away for first year. You'll meet so many few people in comparison.

Actually, the only people I met in halls that I still regularly talk to did the same course that I did. The others I met just lurk around on my fb.. and I occasionally say hi to them if I see them on campus. Halls is a good opportunity to meet people though.

I wouldn't say that is a good reason not to live at home though.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'operating', but you will find that you have to/should attend lectures. Some may start really early in the morning, or finish late in the evening. You can't do those from home. Also if you need to do some work in the lab; I'm not sure what ChemEng people do, but I assume you can't take everything home with you.

I found it more convenient to live close, so I could easily go on campus and do work from really early in the morning (~7am) until security kick me out of the building (11pm typically).

If you don't mind travelling though and getting home late at night (unusual dinner times) then you can consider living at home.

Reply 7

jayshah31

98QEHS

Yeah, you're absolutely right. However, some of the people in halls are so amazing I couldn't imagine not having met them at the very least.

OP, you also get diversity. You will, otherwise, limit yourself to people on your course. You'll also miss out on the amazing freshers events.