Official Accomodation Thread!

Do I still need to apply for accom if I have an insurance?
It says in their housing guide you need to firm the uni to get the accom, but they just sent me an email saying I still haven't applied

Got an unconditional to study chemistry. really want to live at northfield or swanborugh because they look amazing. I do like to go out alot but are these halls really as dead as everyone makes out?

If anyone lived there last year was there still a sociable vibe throughout the year?

i dont expect massive flat parties every night but are there still groups of sociable people who have lively(ish) prees and are up for a laugh

If im doing a course with a foundation year, what years will i be living on campus? will it be the foundation year then year 1 and then year 2 i move off campus like the people on the normal course?

As far as I know from friends who have done courses with a foundation year they live on campus in their foundation year (presuming they apply by the deadline and want to) and then move out in year 1. Very few people get accommodation on campus after the first year of there course (which in your case would be your foundation year) and most of these have additional needs e.g. disability.

If im doing a course with a foundation year, what years will i be living on campus? will it be the foundation year then year 1 and then year 2 i move off campus like the people on the normal course?

As far as I know from friends who have done courses with a foundation year they live on campus in their foundation year (presuming they apply by the deadline and want to) and then move out in year 1. Very few people get accommodation on campus after the first year of there course (which in your case would be your foundation year) and most of these have additional needs e.g. disability.

can someone advise me please. Is travelling for 2 hours a day doable? Im planning on commuting for my first year and then getting accommodation. Does anyone have experience in this kind of scenario? When do I have to make a decision about?

Anyone living in East slope?

Is that one hour each way? Because although not preferable that sounds reasonable. It also depends on how you'll get to uni. If you're doing short journeys with lots of changes it would be more annoying than one long journey. And also how long between trains/buses (you don't want to just miss one and have to wait an hour). Of course this presume you're not driving.

And remember, you could need to be at uni for 9am and end at 6pm and you might find you have most of the space in between free.

Is that one hour each way? Because although not preferable that sounds reasonable. It also depends on how you'll get to uni. If you're doing short journeys with lots of changes it would be more annoying than one long journey. And also how long between trains/buses (you don't want to just miss one and have to wait an hour). Of course this presume you're not driving.

And remember, you could need to be at uni for 9am and end at 6pm and you might find you have most of the space in between free.

I've just finished my foundation year, and am now going into Year 1.The housing office states that you're guaranteed university managed accommodation on both your foundation year and your first year if you want it. Out of my foundation year of about 28 students, I know 10 who applied for on campus housing for their first year, and all got their first or second choice.

yh each way, there is only one change, one train journey is 35 min and the other only 5 min and at the end a 6 or 7 min walk to the uni from the station. I used google maps so not sure how accurate and how they came up with the 1 hour total.

I'm guessing you're changing at Lewes then going to Falmer... I would use the National Rail website's journey planner and look at the times of the trains - how often they come, and the change over time.

Falmer station is like a minute's walk from the edge of campus and the academic buildings are like 5 minutes further.

Falmer to Moulsecoomb. How do you know what uni im going lol?

You're in the Sussex Uni forum. It's a pretty reasonable guess you're going to Sussex.