Should I live at home or in uni halls?

hello everyone
i know this question has been asked a million times but i wanted to ask again myself
I live in london and will be starting uni next year. My uni (LSE) is about 50 minutes away from home by train...I am in a big dilemma whether to move out or not. Main thing I am worried about is that i might end up making no friends. I am sociable and stuff so will be joining loads of societies. Sorry for the rant so i halls worth it ??

hard to say. lots of pros and cons.
I only live 30 mins from my uni so i just stayed at home. I graduate next month and i've made like no friends. I'm not a loner or that, at uni there's lots of nice people who i know, go to class with, chat to, have lunch etc. Problem is i wouldn't class them like as proper friends bcos we don't do anythin outside uni. As i near the end of my time at uni i really wish i'd moved into halls and had a proper uni experience, u no drinking, taking drugs, not washing, political protesting, chlamydia, the usual student stuff. But bcos i stayed at home my exposure to that type of life has been very limited. i still go on nights out and stuff but i don't really feel as tho i'm living the student life. and i wish i had done.
But on the other hand, i'm so much better off financially, i'm set to move into a good full time job the minute i graduate bcos i was able to get a good job, get a brand new car etc.
so there's pros and cons for both. but going from my experience i'd say go to halls, at least for your first year.

proper uni experience, u no drinking, taking drugs, not washing, political protesting, chlamydia, the usual student stuff.

If you decide to move out, what do you do with paying? I know that sounds stupid :|

I'm planning on doing this as my University is 25mins by train. I plan on living on campus for the first year then moving back for the other 2 years. This is to ensure I have the social life and make my friends during the 1st year and then I can save money for the rest.

My brother claims I won't want to move back and instead I'll rent a house with my friends made in the first year. What do you guys think, is second year just as fun as the first? Will I miss out if I move back?

Your brother is right. I am doing exactly what you did and living at home sucks after having lived in halls or a flat.

I'm planning on doing this as my University is 25mins by train. I plan on living on campus for the first year then moving back for the other 2 years. This is to ensure I have the social life and make my friends during the 1st year and then I can save money for the rest.

My brother claims I won't want to move back and instead I'll rent a house with my friends made in the first year. What do you guys think, is second year just as fun as the first? Will I miss out if I move back?

Your brothers wrong. I moved out in the first year only, but have had an identical social life since living at home. You're always going to have friends who are renting/living in halls, so you can stay over after nights out

I'm sure I'd love renting a house with friends, but I wont be the one leaving with a 30k debt at the end of it. It's really nice not having to worry about money living at home. There's pros and cons, but the cons win imo.

I'm planning on doing this as my University is 25mins by train. I plan on living on campus for the first year then moving back for the other 2 years. This is to ensure I have the social life and make my friends during the 1st year and then I can save money for the rest.

My brother claims I won't want to move back and instead I'll rent a house with my friends made in the first year. What do you guys think, is second year just as fun as the first? Will I miss out if I move back?

You won't be leaving with 30ks worth of debt. My course is five years long and I'll be studying in London and I only intend on coming out with near that.

It's only "debt" in the sense of the word anyway. It's student debt, which is a joke.

When I first did my student loan back in 2007, I did the income assessed test and got hardly anything (something like £600 a term but I can't remember), so I transferred to the non-means assessed one and got around £6k a year. So over the three years, that would be £18k. Add that to the £10 tuition fees and that's £28k worth of debt by the time I graduate this year. That's no joke to me I was living in Zone 1 though.

I'm not entitled to the Grant, and I didn't get a scholarship to help me out, so I had to take all I could get. I worked, but that was money for phone bill, food, travel, going out- not paying off the loan.

Why don't you move in with your friends then? Or is it not bad enough to justify the additional debt?

Non-means assesed is a little under five grand a year. Not six. And that's for 2010 entry, and as it increases with inflation every year I find it difficult to beleive you got almost six grand a year.

Twenty-five grand of student debt over three years that you'll pay back <£100 a month (At max), have the first and last two grand written off and have 0% interest. Then after 25 years the entire thing is written off anyway. Sounds like a joke to me.

What on earth are you talking about! You can take just under £7k a year if you're a student, living away from home inside London. Back in 2007 it was probably a few hundred less.

As I said, it was years ago but whether it was 4, 5 or 6 grand, it's still money that I have to pay back. Either way you look at it, I still saved at least £10k by living at home for the last two years. I've lost nothing at all.

And this isn't even about me, since I've practically finished uni. Use your efforts on the OP.