[Axellia]

How much do students typically spend at uni? The reason I'm asking is because I'm unsure which accommodation I can afford with my student loan.

[Mr Ben]

It completely depends on how much you drink, how good you are at cooking economically and what other outgoing spendings you have. I used to spend as little as £10 (including food) some weeks, and upwards of £100 in weeks with heavy drinking/big events.

[M4LLY]

Theres this one girl i know. On average she reckons shes going to be living off of £16 a week at uni

[#JayJay]

outside of accommodation costs AND as a catered student, probably between £60-80 per week

I still bought a bit of food though. I went out at least three times a week as well so that's why it's so high. if I didn't go out as much and bought smartprice food, I could have easily got away with £40 per week

[almalibre11111]

with 80per week i think someone is fine...about 30 for food{and 50 for the rest}

[iSMark]

(Original post by M4LLY)
Theres this one girl i know. On average she reckons shes going to be living off of £16 a week at uni

I'm guessing she doesn't study economics and finance. Does she know how to divide by 7?

[sanaindaclub]

(Original post by iSMark)
I'm guessing she doesn't study economics and finance. Does she know how to divide by 7?

Yes, because the smallest unit of money is £1

[Joker370]

One girl in my flat (who barely eats) did £25 a week when she started running out of money, for me I do a lot of sport and need a lot of food, so my weekly shop alone was around £30-£35. It obviously depends on how much you eat, whether you cook it from scratch (much cheaper), how much you go out drinking - £20 a night to be safe, and where in the country you are, as things tend to be cheaper up north and outside of major cities.

[iSMark]

(Original post by sanaindaclub)
Yes, because the smallest unit of money is £1

ohh dear... you completely missed my point.

[Blazara]

Some crazy high numbers already came up in this thread.

I was self catered; I could easily manage £15 a week, including some alcohol simply by buying in larger bulk for carbs and any meat I needed in one go (so a big initial spend then little to nothing over the following few weeks). I was a bit of a slacker on milk/bread though, because I'm not a huge fan of either of them.

[iSMark]

(Original post by Blazara)
Some crazy high numbers already came up in this thread.

I was self catered; I could easily manage £15 a week, including some alcohol simply by buying in larger bulk for carbs and any meat I needed in one go (so a big initial spend then little to nothing over the following few weeks). I was a bit of a slacker on milk/bread though, because I'm not a huge fan of either of them.

You easily live on just over £2 a day. That won't even buy you a small packet of chicken.

[Samus2]

Beginning of the year - 80-100 per week, end of semester I live off about 15 a week.

[I.D.G.A.F.O.S]

(Original post by iSMark)
You easily live on just over £2 a day. That won't even buy you a small packet of chicken.

Heard of Iceland bro? 8 Chicken breasts for a £1

[Samus2]

(Original post by I.D.G.A.F.O.S)
Heard of Iceland bro? 8 Chicken breasts for a £1

May aswell just drink a pint of water. That's all chicken and meat from iceland basically is.

[I.D.G.A.F.O.S]

(Original post by Samus2)
May aswell just drink a pint of water. That's all chicken and meat from iceland basically is.

Don't think students are that picky... Point is you can

[PVHickson]

So what would people at Uni recommend; catered or self-catered? I'm looking at accomodation and want to know what people would recommend

[Samus2]

(Original post by I.D.G.A.F.O.S)
Don't think students are that picky... Point is you can

I certainly am. I'd rather go without.

[DontWantYourBloodMoney]

Currently I live off £50 per week, around £20 on food, then the rest on anything else. The majority of time I'll spend less than that over a month and then spend it on going out for dinner, or buying something I don't need.

[funsongfactory]

(Original post by Samus2)
I certainly am. I'd rather go without.

Same! Literally have no idea how people live off so little, I would die!

[iSMark]

(Original post by I.D.G.A.F.O.S)
Don't think students are that picky... Point is you can

I could, but the thing is, I would never want to eat frozen chicken from Iceland. I may as well go to KFC as well, as their chicken is freshly cooked by professional chefs everyday.