Does living at home for uni make a person less social?
Discussion for current and prospective students about social life at university, societies, what stationery and bedroom items to buy and anything else relating to life as a university student.
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Re: Does living at home for uni make a person less social?Sadly I do think living at home (if you don't live in the local area) does mean that your social life can be limited. I commute and if I wanted to go out, it'd be really hard to do because the last train to get home is really early (half 8). I'm not really much of a pub/nightclub person though so it hasn't really bothered me. I also think that people in halls are able to build a bond that those staying at home don't have because they are all in it together and tryna survive with plenty of access and room to socialise with one another.
You don't have to become a social hermit though, there are things you can do like joining societies and I hope I haven't put you off uni just because you're living at home. If your home is in the local area then I don't see any reason why you'd miss out. If not, there are still advantages and disadvantages to home vs halls (mainly less expensive is my main motivation for staying at home). -
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Re: Does living at home for uni make a person less social?You didn't put me off lol, I just wanted to make sure I'll still be social in uni when living at home(Original post by Inseriousity.)
Sadly I do think living at home (if you don't live in the local area) does mean that your social life can be limited. I commute and if I wanted to go out, it'd be really hard to do because the last train to get home is really early (half 8). I'm not really much of a pub/nightclub person though so it hasn't really bothered me. I also think that people in halls are able to build a bond that those staying at home don't have because they are all in it together and tryna survive with plenty of access and room to socialise with one another.
You don't have to become a social hermit though, there are things you can do like joining societies and I hope I haven't put you off uni just because you're living at home. If your home is in the local area then I don't see any reason why you'd miss out. If not, there are still advantages and disadvantages to home vs halls (mainly less expensive is my main motivation for staying at home). -
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Re: Does living at home for uni make a person less social?I've lived both in halls and at home (parents moved through to university town) so I've experienced both sides.(Original post by UWS)
Just wondering... because I'll be living at home during uni and worrying that I'll be missing out on all the fun as most of my friends are living out
The answer is yes, you will miss out on a lot that your friends in halls experience, there are no two ways about it. Much of student life is impromptu, and if at 10:30pm people in a flat have suddenly decided that they want to go out, they will, and are unlikely to wait for someone to travel in to join them, just as an example. Much of the fun of student life also takes place not on nights out, but after nights out and all sorts of other random times that you'll miss out unless you actually live there.
I definitely do not recommend living at home. It stops you from learning to become independent and self sufficient, two other big bonuses of living away from home.
In fact unless you are massively extroverted it essentially ruins the whole student experience.
