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

You do know you can continue dancing at uni don't you even if you live out.

Hi I am applying for Northumbria, Teesside, Sunderland and Leeds what about you? I want to move away for the experience but it's just so expensive especially when I live close its all so confusing.

Ok guys so I'm looking to study pharmacy. Uni of Nottingham is number one for the course in the UK. I believe I will recieve an offer. But the problem is that I live in Nottingham, 5 minute drive from the university. Contemplating whether I should move out to a new city to get a full university experience, at the cost of going to a uni which isnt as good for my course. If I stayed in Nottingham I would stay at home, would drive and save more money, I'm worried that if I stay I won't experience University properly and may not make new friends...
Any Advice??

Honestly I'm in the exact same position to you and I have no idea what to do either. I'm also afraid that I won't make friends but I've spoken to a lot of people and they have all said near enough the same thing that you will always make friends on your course and whatever socialities you join its just is it worth the money that you would spend if you lived away from home.

Ok guys so I'm looking to study pharmacy. Uni of Nottingham is number one for the course in the UK. I believe I will recieve an offer. But the problem is that I live in Nottingham, 5 minute drive from the university. Contemplating whether I should move out to a new city to get a full university experience, at the cost of going to a uni which isnt as good for my course. If I stayed in Nottingham I would stay at home, would drive and save more money, I'm worried that if I stay I won't experience University properly and may not make new friends...
Any Advice??

Honestly I'm in the exact same position to you and I have no idea what to do either. I'm also afraid that I won't make friends but I've spoken to a lot of people and they have all said near enough the same thing that you will always make friends on your course and whatever socialities you join its just is it worth the money that you would spend if you lived away from home.

I'm having the same problem as you. The uni which is about a 15 minute walk from my house is one of the top for my course in the UK. I'd consider living at home for the first year and get some money behind me by saving on accommodation fees. However, i'm also worried about making friends. Going out and doing things with them wouldn't be a problem as i'm so close, but I feel like I'd be missing out slightly still..

What do I do? Risk moving away to a course that may not be as good just to live independently?

Hi, it looks certain that imperial will be my firm and I live about an hour away.
I had always thought that I would be staying home (hence I've never looked into halls) but I'm now considering moving out for the 1st year.

Could someone give me pros and cons of living in student halls, especially regarding living with others.

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I'll help as much as I can these are for living in halls.

Pros:
1) You have a ready made group to hang out with those first few weeks.
2) You become your own man and learn to live.
3) It's much easier to find house mates for second year.
4) you have a place close by if you have one of those oh so long 10 hour breaks.
5) you have a place close by if you have a long 12 hour day
6) Random unplanned nights out happen.
7) Computer game tournaments happen.
8) Just something I can't quite put my finger on a feeling.
9)The time you would spend Travelling can be spent studying.
10)The time you would spend Travelling can be spent sleeping.

Cons:
1) Homesickness will happen (you will get over it).
2) You may be kept up a couple of nights.
3) No one to take care of you if you get sick but an hour away you could probably go home if you do.
4)Sometimes you will be alienated by the people in halls it's not common but it does happen to some people
5) Food might disappear.

Hope that helps

Thanks. That does help.
A few more questions though.
1) Do the students share a fridge and cupboards?
2) How loud can student halls get? I thought must people went out
3) What are the reasons students are alienated?



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Finally, at my own university (and I have no reason to believe that this isn't something that isn't replicated at other unis), the group that is most likely to drop out of university is those that are living at home, which is food for thought.

Interesting view. But I would guess that most people living at home tend to have a bigger reason than 'saving money' so if they drop out, it may be more due to the stress academically and from family/personal issues?

I suspect it's because many of them don't feel a part of the university - they're often commuting significant distances, and so they have to get home at a certain time and miss out on evening activities (which can remove the chance to get involved with things like societies). They also miss out on living in halls and so miss out on missing friends that way.