Second year accomodation

I'm just about to go into my second year of uni at York, after having taken a year out, and I have stupidly left accomodation till the last minute. This means my options are either house sharing with random people or living in halls again. I'm debating between the two and I was wondering if anyone had lived in halls as a second year student, and if you're living with other second/third years, or if you'll be with freshers - which I really don't want. It would be a lot cheaper to flat share with random people, but I'm worried about living with people I don't know, obviously it's a similar situation in halls, but it's somewhat less bad since you're not joining a group of friends and everyone will be in the same boat of not knowing each other. So I guess I'm just wondering if anyone has experience of the either option and if they have any advice? thanks 😊