Do you live at home while attending uni?

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ZÃ¼rich

I could have lived at home for my first year at Uni in London, I didnt and regretted it from day 1. Moved back for 2nd/3rd years and the close mates I have from Uni, I never lived with.

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biffa

I have made the decision to commute from home for my first year of university at least. The commute is about an hour. Some people have questioned it saying I won't have as much fun or make friends.. I'll have a commute etc etc.
However life is what you make it and I am planning to get involved as much as I can. I cannot afford uni halls or private accommodation without being left with just pennies to survive on for food and travel and I don't feel the need to move out for independence because I don't live with my parents.

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Moonstruck16

Original post by Zürich

I could have lived at home for my first year at Uni in London, I didnt and regretted it from day 1. Moved back for 2nd/3rd years and the close mates I have from Uni, I never lived with.

Why did you regret it?

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Gilcrest1

I'm gonna be commuting to uni. Though I'm going to uni in the states. I'll be living with my sister, so hopefully i'll be able to still have some fun

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ZÃ¼rich

Original post by Moonstruck16

Why did you regret it?

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The pointlessness of it. Most of the friends I made werent from halls after about a week, so I was just paying thousands of pounds for a room that was worse than where my parents lived in London. I worked very hard at Uni most of the time anyway, and I'm not the type to sit around chatting with people endlessly so the experience of having dorm room mates was kind of lost on me.

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lucaf

I did for my first two years to save money, moving out in September for the last four years of the course. I found it ok, the commute was a bit of a pain when I had lectures but I didn't really miss out on much socialising. I always had friends (and over the past year a girlfriend) willing to let me crash after nights out so it was fine, but you do need to make a bit more of an effort to stay involved. Biggest problem is living an hour and a half away makes it hard when people decide to do things on short notice.

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veralucia91

Has a portuguese who came to be an au-pair is funny, I wont be in halls nor in a share house with other students, but I won't be with my parents either. So I have support from people from England that I already know for a long time, I still have a part-time job, and I am completely independent at the same time.
I am a bit worried about freshers, because since I am working I don't know how will I manage my time with everything.
Relating to real issue of the topic:
I believe is important for you to "leave the nest" like many said and University is great for that, but it depends on each individual I guess. For me was easy to change country without being with my parents since the beginning of the year, technology is a great thing with skype I never feel far away, maybe that is a good tip for people who are afraid of going because they think they will miss their family. But I promise you: it is worth it! You get more independent, more responsible, you learn many important things for the rest of your life when you start to live by yourself, and most of all you have a great different experience to remember and laugh about in a few years :tongue:

Just my opinion of course ^^'

Yes and no.

Original post by New- Emperor

First of all I am not bashing people that re living at home during uni. I was just wondering apart from money. why have you decided to live at home as apposed to in halls?

(I lived in halls and loved it)

I go to a city college and have my own flat/apartment. I loooove the idea of independence and self sufficiency living off campus gives you. Being on campus is like restricting and isolating. You then only develop bonds that whole time with the people attending, as opposed to still having freedom living off campus on a school without dorms. Imagine going to class and then leaving campus and still going about your life, growing into an adult. Best of both worlds.

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Moonstruck16

My dad wanted me to live at home and go to a closer uni but I'm not commuting from Cambridge to London everyday :redface:

Also, whilst I love him, I want independence and he does treat me like a child too much. I personally feel ready to take on the world and travel. While living at home would save me a lot of money (well if I was going to a much closer uni) I just would not be that happy. I need my own space and this is especially important when I'm studying. Also I want to be able to get a job and support myself almost completely.

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spotify95

I always wanted to commute from home to university, as (a) I didn't feel like I was ready to move out and (b) it was a lot cheaper to commute.

Also, I live quite close to the university I go to (De Montfort University) - hence, why I found it easier to commute. :smile:

I've done my first year, and am starting the second year in september. :smile:

I will also commute in year 2 of university.

Reply 72

New- Emperor

Original post by ApeMob

All the halls at my uni were off site (Solent) so l kinda had that.

Reply 73

Babygirlsamzy

I'm living at home when I start uni in September because I can easily commute. As well as this, I moved out away from my parents when I was 18 and I'm now 20 so I've already had the experience of becoming independent. Some people are saying that not living in halls can make it a problem when it comes to socialising but the thing that needs to be remembered is that it's down to us how our social life goes and not where we live. For example, although I'm staying at home, I'm still intending to go out over Freshers week and other social events.

Reply 74

rayquaza17

I live at home, but I don't live with my parents (or any other family member).

Reply 75

Botticello

I personally think it encourages you to be more self reliant and improves your identity and opportunity to live the full student experience. When you graduate youre back with parents anyway soo make the most of it. But I accept that its not for everyone and some students have suited home fine but I tried it for a year and I hated it with a passion.

Reply 76

Nigella

Original post by JulietheCat

I lived at home but because of my loneliness, I initially moved into halls.

Absolutely horrible. My flatmates were party animals and came into the halls, whooping and hollering at 3 in the morning. No matter how many times I confronted them about it, they laughed at me and continued to do it. So I moved into a private flat and decided to share it with a few acquaintances from my course.

With halls, it's basically a lottery in terms of who you end up with. In a private flat, you can choose your flatmates. So IMO:

Private flat > halls

Any day of the week. I'm still living quite close to my parents because I promised that I'd be there for my parents in these tough times.

This is why I'm deciding between getting a private flat vs staying in halls.

I'm clean (as in really clean) and after sharing with my friend last summer i realised I can't hack a messy house and I can't control what my flatmates do so…..

Also I can't stand noise…..

I'm honestly considering giving up my hall place as it's such a lottery and I don't want it to affect my experience…..

Reply 77

LSD

I lived at home for the first 3 years of uni mainly because of money (I didn't qualify for a particularly good student loan, it was like £60 per month) and I had reasonably good hours in a part time job at home. The uni was only 40 minutes on a train from my home town as well. I don't drink particularly or enjoy clubbing at all, which is often a big factor of staying around the uni in first year. Then there was the general comfort of being at home (I didn't particularly feel ready to leave at 17 either). Putting it all together, staying at home definitely outweighed the experience I would have got staying in dingy halls.

After saving some money and getting a job in the city I eventually moved there for my 4th year, and I'm staying in the same flat as I do my phd. Loving it now of course.

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