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Should I Live At Home or in Halls? FAQ & Chat Megathread

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Reply 40

Jooooshy

I love living at uni and hate coming home! But my local town is a ****hole so maybe that's why..

Reply 41

tory88

Living away from university is a really useful gap between being dependent on your parents and being fully independent, as the university will still take some responsibility for you. As well as that, it is much easier to socialise when living in - both because it's easier to get back home afterwards, and because if you have to live with a group of people you will all want to be friends.

Reply 42

DirtyHarry01

Uni life sounds amazing to me, I cant wait personally. Its a great opportunity to become independent and grow as a person.

Reply 43

Paralove

You're going to have to move out at some point. Uni is the perfect opportunity to do so but you get to move home again every couple of months!

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Reply 44

abzy1234

I would defiantly recommend you to live at University. I've only lived away for a semester so far, yet I can truly say that it has developed me as a person so much already; in terms of confidence and in independence broadly speaking.

Don't worry about being nervous, it's completely natural. If you put in the effort, as with anything, you won't regret it whatsoever! :smile:

Reply 45

nmanvi

Is it really hard to make friends at university while also commuting from home?
It seems so much easier when you are in uni accommodations as you will be living with others
any advice or personal experiences would be appreciated thanks :smile:

Reply 46

Serentonin

Original post by Jooooshy

I love living at uni and hate coming home! But my local town is a ****hole so maybe that's why..

Reply 47

FlavaFavourFruit

^I guess that sums it up :redface:

Reply 48

xoxAngel_Kxox

It is much harder to make friends, because you're just not around for any of the social events. It took me 2 hours each way to commute, so every time something was planned socially, there was absolutely no way I could go because I couldn't get home and halls were strict about people staying over.

But - I did live in for first year, so I made 4 absolute best friends that stood the test of time (and the test of distance, even to this day). Yeah, there were a lot who weren't interested in people who couldn't go out with them every night, but to be honest that was no loss to me because it proved they weren't real friends anyway.

Talk to people on your course, go to lunch, make the effort to meet up on a weekend if you have the chance, and don't exclude yourself from things unless it's absolutely necessary.

I was glad I commuted, as it saved me £4,000 over the full course, but if money wasn't an object I'd have lived in for all three years.

Reply 49

lubus

The only reason to live at home, literally the only reason which would make it beneficial to do so is money. If you can afford it, live in halls/whatever uni acom. End of.

Otherwise, most conversations will inevitably come to

- So, what halls you living in / lived in?
- I live at home.
- Ah.

Reply 50

SillyEddy

Walk up to someone
Say hi
????
Profit (and friendship)

Seriously, just get to know people. A lot of my friends are in other years of university (whom I know through joining societies) or just people off my course. They don't live in the same halls, so I just know them from working with them. You don't have to be in someone's face to get noticed.

Reply 51

User995789

Bull****, I know loads of people that all will commute to go to QMUL or any London uni for that matter, as non London applicants take priority for accommodation.

Making friends is easy, just speak to them and go to clubs / societies and you'll have plenty! :biggrin:

Reply 52

User995789

Original post by Emstein A.

Or, in my case ...

- What Halls do you live in?
- I live at home.
- Oh, really? How come?
- Not allowed to move out.
- Ah.

/end

:frown:

Well no that's just you being silly in your response, if you say it bluntly like that then they will obviously "end" it as you say. Make up another reason then, like you want to be close to your grand parents or something, if it really concerns you lol, but it shouldn't.
You would still have lots of things in common with them etc.

Reply 53

Mystery_Man

Normally the home students are the anti social ones who don't have friends to begin with :biggrin:

Reply 54

Origami Bullets

Original post by holly.maybury

Hiya, I am a current year 12 wanting to study a degree in chemistry or pharmacy and simply, should I live in at uni? The prospect of it absolutely terrifies me, particularly the idea of going to a new place where I don't know anyone (I'm not used to it - I've never done anything remotely like The Challenge or DofE), but everyone I've spoken to has said I'll regret it if I don't so I'm considering just going for it...Really I have no clue and I'm rather confused about it all, can anyone share some experiences to clear this up for me please? Thank you :-)

Original post by nmanvi

Hi,

I've merged both of your threads into the megathread of home vs halls discussion. You might like to have a look at the first post on this thread, which covers lots of different aspects about the home vs halls debate :smile:

Reply 55

Sam DIGS

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STUDENTS take a look at our blog post

accommodation vs. private housing

http://blog.digstudent.co.uk/digs-student/digs-vs-private-housing/

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Reply 56

Origami Bullets

Original post by Sam DIGS

STUDENTS take a look at our blog post

accommodation vs. private housing

http://blog.digstudent.co.uk/digs-student/digs-vs-private-housing/

DIGS x

Hi Sam,

You appear to have misread the title of this thread - it's all about the question of whether you should live at home or in halls, not in private halls vs a shared house :smile:

Reply 57

hannahjk97

Original post by holly.maybury

Hello

I'm also in year 12 and I also think the prospect of moving out and living with complete strangers is terrifying! from what I've read of other people's experiences it all depends on your own circumstances and why you want to go to University... for me I'm quite shy and nights out/ clubbing really don't appeal to me, I like being at home and I want to go to University for the education and getting a degree and also I doubt I'd be able to afford to live in halls even with student loans/ grants .. but at the same time I don't want be alone and isolated from everyone else :/ It's still over a year and a half away until you need to decide so, I'm not going to decide yet.. I can guarantee that I'll change my mind on this several times between now and then anyway so I'll probably apply for accommodation when the time comes (I think it'll be around March 2015 when applications for accommodation open) then if I get a place at university at least the option to live in halls is there even if I decide to stay at home and turn down the accommodation offer- as far as I know you can turn down accommodation but I might be wrong on this

Hope this helps! and even if it doesn't, don't worry, you're not alone with the living in halls/ stay at home dilemma!

Reply 58

AndyKentHistory

Re: whether to live in halls or stay at home

im in this dilemma right now, I'm going to Uni this October and I still haven't decided where to live, the university isn't far from where I live; 30 minutes drive to the station, then 25 minutes train journey however the accommodation there is brilliant and I do want to live independently..however the big snag in my plan is the fact that my girlfriend who I have been with for nearly 2 years hates the idea of moving away and thinks that it will result in us splitting up. I don't want that but I also want to have a social life at Uni and not have to get up at 7am to be in for early starts etc. can anyone offer me any advice? Anyone been in this situation before and if so what did you do about it? It's really playing on my mind