Uni accom fees -advice

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You mean he/she is on of those people at the back of newspapers?

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Hey thanks for the reply


Yeah its £155 a week,and its not even in london! Its down south in west sussex.. i was really surprised about how expensive it was myself. En suite with food - a bit overpriced!

I did have a look around on the bursaries page at uni and was pleased to see that they give out £1070 or around that to students. I suppose that would help.

As for getting a job, i think i will have to at some point but i don't want to be a social reject and look for part time work in the evenings or weekends in my first week or something.

No savings, parents aren't really well off either... I suppose I'm just going to have to grit my teeth and drink tap water at freshers week

Dont worry youre not on your own. My loan and grant (only £800 per year so basically around £230 each term) and my savings £600 wont be able to cover the cost of my accomodation alone! If i cant swap halls, ill just have to get a job even with a job im still going to struggle . I never knew brighton was so expensive!

How come you are getting such little maintenance loan? I never knew brighton was so expensive till I got my halls offer. I was in so much shock! Can't you get help from your family?

my maintainence loan is about the same as yours but my grant is £800 (around 230 each term so still not enough).

Me too, I had no clue, im going to learn to look at prices more carefully in future! Really hope the great wilkins is worth it though. I hope I can get help from family though otherwise im screwed. What flat are you in btw and what day are you moving in? Im in b1

Oh right because I was gonna say! It's not that much at all is it? My parents freaked when I told them my maintenance loan isn't going to cover my rent! Yeah I hope so to. My parents are kindly going to help me out with the rent, but i have to get a job. Im in B7, probably near each other?I was going to move closer to uni starting but Im moving on the 17th september so I can use that week to go job hunting and get settled before uni starts. What are you studying by the way? x

Mine too When I saw the monthly payments I was like ' what the f...?' Oh yay its probably the same building . Im moving on the 17th aswell should be easier to look for a job then and I want to explore the city aswell. Im studying pharmacy at mouslecoomb. You? x

I know, it is so expensive isn't it. I totally understand how you feel at the moment because im getting about 3500 maintenance loan and barely covers my rent. I'm not even getting a grant on top of that. You can't be worried about being a social reject. This has to come first. You just need to get your head down and look for a job if you're parents can't help you out. If people can't understand your situation then they just aren't worth your time. I know thats easy to say, but it's true, they really aren't. Is there any way you might be able to swap for cheaper accommodation? Like maybe going self catered instead?

Yeah i know what you mean about it coming first and all that. Im scared that if things do carry on like this ill probably be sucked into getting a loan from the bank or end up getting a credit card... and thats just a digging an early grave into unmanageable debt . I guess thats the reason ill have to look for a job, but in this climate ill be lucky to get that!

Swapping accommodation did cross my mind, but I've paid the £150 booking fee, there are hundreds of students who didn't get halls accom this year and i guess i should just count myself lucky... if i want to swap, ill have to give away that room and then be put on a waiting list.. too much hassle and stress as uni is only just round the corner.

I know what you mean about people not understanding the situation. Just gonna see how it goes. Are you off to uni this year?