The UCL accomodation thread

Original post by Mmrawrr

Ah I see. I shall be pretty careful. I doubt I'll be allowed to share a room, so that's a shame. I wouldn't really mind sharing. :smile:

I'm just hoping for a close-by (20 minute walk or less) self-catered pretty cheap place.

Whether your mum likes it or not, they may allocate you a shared room. I've heard of loads of people who said they didn't want to, but got given one anyway. I'm hoping I get lucky with a single too >.<

Reply 5982

UCL Residences

Our online application portal is now open for prospective students for the academic year 2012-2013. Please see our webpage for full details about the application process and information about our residences. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation

Reply 5983

Mmrawrr

5

Original post by yakuzakitty

Whether your mum likes it or not, they may allocate you a shared room. I've heard of loads of people who said they didn't want to, but got given one anyway. I'm hoping I get lucky with a single too >.<

Aha I see.
I've decided not to apply for accomodation in the end.
I haven't even got a reply from UCL yet anyway. :colondollar:

Reply 5984

Original post by Mmrawrr

Aha I see.
I've decided not to apply for accomodation in the end.
I haven't even got a reply from UCL yet anyway. :colondollar:

Ahh fair enough. I'm sure you'll hear back soon!

Reply 5985

Original post by UCL Residences

Our online application portal is now open for prospective students for the academic year 2012-2013. Please see our webpage for full details about the application process and information about our residences. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation

Fantastic! Thanks for letting us know. Do we have to wait for the physical offer letter to arrive before applying? If so, how long after we receive an offer via UCAS should we expect such a letter to arrive?

Reply 5986

Meh_

5

Original post by UCL Residences

Our online application portal is now open for prospective students for the academic year 2012-2013. Please see our webpage for full details about the application process and information about our residences. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation

Just tried it and got directed to an error page. :/

Reply 5987

Original post by UCL Residences

Our online application portal is now open for prospective students for the academic year 2012-2013. Please see our webpage for full details about the application process and information about our residences. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation

The link works for me, but it led me to a page asking me for a userid and password. Below that, it gave me the option of registering to receive a userid and password, but for that it asked for my student number, which is apparently 'quoted on all communications UCL sends you'. Do they just mean my UCAS personal ID? Because that's the only number that's ever appeared on a UCL communication to me...

Reply 5988

Original post by mahassociates

The link works for me, but it led me to a page asking me for a userid and password. Below that, it gave me the option of registering to receive a userid and password, but for that it asked for my student number, which is apparently 'quoted on all communications UCL sends you'. Do they just mean my UCAS personal ID? Because that's the only number that's ever appeared on a UCL communication to me...

That's exactly my problem! I signed up with my UCAS personal ID and it seems to have worked, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was right. I hope that hasn't messed everything up...

Reply 5989

Original post by yakuzakitty

That's exactly my problem! I signed up with my UCAS personal ID and it seems to have worked, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was right. I hope that hasn't messed everything up...

Can you let me know if everything works fine? Because if it does, then I'll just use my personal ID too...

Reply 5990

Original post by mahassociates

Can you let me know if everything works fine? Because if it does, then I'll just use my personal ID too...

I'm reluctant to start applying just in case it's wrong, so I'm gonna ring up the accommodation guys tomorrow and see if I can sort it out. I'll let you know what they say :smile:

Reply 5991

freakonomist

Is it just me, or is the accommodation soooo overpriced for 2012/2013? (for example, Astor College went up to 134 pw from 119 for the single room)

Reply 5992

kerily

15

Original post by freakonomist

Is it just me, or is the accommodation soooo overpriced for 2012/2013? (for example, Astor College went up to 134 pw from 119 for the single room)

To be fair, it'd be quite difficult to get a single room with a sink and its own fridge (unless the website lies to me :tongue:

) within a few minutes' walk of campus, in Central London, for substantially lower than £134 per week. I'm starting to look into places to live next year, and while you don't have to live in a bin when you live out, halls begin to look less overpriced and horrible after all :wink:

Reply 5993

thrilled

Original post by freakonomist

Is it just me, or is the accommodation soooo overpriced for 2012/2013? (for example, Astor College went up to 134 pw from 119 for the single room)

Where did you find the fees for 2012/2013? I was on the accomodation site but could only find information for 2011/2012...

Reply 5994

Original post by mahassociates

...

Aww crud. Looks like I was supposed to sign up using something labelled as "Our reference" on their letter (obviously ¬¬ would help if they called it the same thing as on the web page...). Hoping I can fix this, because it now won't let me sign up using my email twice with two different numbers! This system is diabolical, it's like they're deliberately trying to make things difficult.

Reply 5995

Original post by yakuzakitty

Aww crud. Looks like I was supposed to sign up using something labelled as "Our reference" on their letter (obviously ¬¬ would help if they called it the same thing as on the web page...). Hoping I can fix this, because it now won't let me sign up using my email twice with two different numbers! This system is diabolical, it's like they're deliberately trying to make things difficult.

Ahh damn that's annoying. And I can't find anything labeled "our reference" in any email from them and in the offer letter on Track. Did they tell you where it's supposed to be?

Reply 5996

Original post by mahassociates

Ahh damn that's annoying. And I can't find anything labeled "our reference" in any email from them and in the offer letter on Track. Did they tell you where it's supposed to be?

It'll be on the physical letter they send you with your offer. Mine arrived about a week after I got my offer.

Do tell me if the applications process gets easier or more convoluted after the sign up stage, looks like I might not reach it for a while... ¬¬

EDIT: Just noticed you're from the States. The offer letter might take a while to arrive, in your case...

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 5997

Original post by yakuzakitty

It'll be on the physical letter they send you with your offer. Mine arrived about a week after I got my offer.

Do tell me if the applications process gets easier or more convoluted after the sign up stage, looks like I might not reach it for a while... ¬¬

EDIT: Just noticed you're from the States. The offer letter might take a while to arrive, in your case...

Urgh I did get an offer pack last month...now I just have to find it amongst the heaps in my room. But thanks! Yeah, I'll let you know once I find it. :smile:

Reply 5998

otatoP

At the moment I'm living in a single room in international hall, which is an intercollegiate hall. I would like to swap to a UCL hall. If anyone is interested please PM me :smile:

Reply 5999