Advantages of living in Student Halls over staying at Home

Are there any clear cut advantages of living at Student Accommodation on Campus compared to commuting from Home everyday. Excluding reasons related to travel would you rather live in Student Halls or at Home and why? Current Students, have you had any regrets about living at Home instead of on Campus or vice versa? I would value the opinions of both current and prospective students alike.

Living in halls means that you can socialise with friends much more spontaneously, whether this is a night out or just watching a film together. Due to where I live I never really had a viable option to stay at home and commute to University, but I can say that all throughout school I was the one village kid who lived quite far from all my friends in the school town and this really grated on me. Not sure how helpful that is but just my two cents.

I live at home and commute by train. I like living at home because I find it easier because:
- don't need to worry about food shopping/cooking so can save time and money (but obviously you should contribute at home so you don't keep relying on parents)
- I have my own space that would be much larger than halls
- Not leaving my family
- you can still go out with friends if that is what you want, you just need to make travel arrangements/stay with a friend
- saves money

Sometimes I do regret it because you feel like you aren't as independant as other student (especially when family is being annoying lol)

I think it would regret it more if I did want to be going out/clubbing a lot but I'm not into that so it doesn't bother me

How would you be commuting? I can tell you that it gets tiring!

smoke weed, get drunk, have fun

im joking, obviously you could still have fun, but I guess you learn how to do things yourself, and learn responsibility and your make your own choices, without being spoonfed ideas???

In halls you have more freedom to sleep with as many women as possible without your mum knocking the door asking if your lady friend wants a drink.

Sounds Great! I can definitely imagine nights out would be phenomenal in such an environment and like you say it's much less hassle and understandably so. Does it enhance the student experience too by any chance? Does that also mean that students that don't live on Halls are more likely to be secluded by those who do?

Ahh, I see.. So you had pretty much no alternative to living in halls? But even then you seem to wholeheartedly enjoy the experience, right? And surely you have no regrets, right?

I can imagine, that mustn't have been the most pleasant experience. But clearly, most University students are now in a similar position to you and you probably feel alot more integrated and at home

Thanks for the insight!

That's understandable but in essence, when it comes to time management, aren't you wasting time commuting to and from University? So in a sense Food, Shopping and Cooking would be more feasibly done on campus, right (with regards to time)? But in terms of cost effectiveness I totally agree, you would probably save a whole lot of cash by avoiding all the costs associated with accommodation away from Home, including catering. I agree, we should contribute more at Home, but too many overly rely on our parents? Living on campus would completely eradicate reliance on parents and develop your levels of independence significantly

Having more space is great lol but do you really need much space as a student? Depends what you're using it for tbh but if it's study I reckon it's rooms provided by the University are of ample size

I guess Family is probably one of the most important things to take into consideration when making such decisions because particularly at this stage they tend to play a huge role in our lives and most of us before this point in life have never lived away from our parents for so long so there's the sense of void on both sides.

I imagine if you have a friend who lives nearby to you, and you obviously go to the same University, it'd be very convenient to go out but if they don't and even if they're on a different course, it could be slightly more complicated.

I fully agree with you on the Independence factor. Sometimes I feel that is essential and in a way is a pivotal element when contrasting two people who live on campus and at home. You're right, sometimes family can get overly-involved in your life

Going out/Clubbing comes down to preference, and like you've demonstrated it's far from essential, and I'd like to think you've made a great decision by keeping away from it, I'm still not sure if it's something I'd like to get involved in (clubbing)

I'd probably be commuting by train too, and yes I've heard a lot about that too, it definitely results in exhaustion, particularly when it becomes a daily occurrence. But I'd like to imagine you're coping pretty well

Are there any clear cut advantages of living at Student Accommodation on Campus compared to commuting from Home everyday. Excluding reasons related to travel would you rather live in Student Halls or at Home and why? Current Students, have you had any regrets about living at Home instead of on Campus or vice versa? I would value the opinions of both current and prospective students alike.