I got Cambridge accomodation.. but wth!?

"Dear James..

etc... etc...

You will need to...

Pay the £100 booking fee.
Confirm that you have read and understood the Terms of Occupancy and indicate your acceptance of the conditions.
Confirm that you have read and understood the Halls Disciplinary Code of Conduct to indicate acceptance of the code.
Confirm that you have read and understood your financial obligations regarding fees and the payments schedule.

End Quote"

Where the hell did the £100 booking fee come from? I've never heard about this til I checked my e-mail this morning.. and I haven't even got my letter of acceptance at the University as I haven't got my A level grades yet so I can't go to my bank and ask for my student account...

I knew you usually have to pay a deposit on halls, but as they haven't even told us which rooms we'll be getting or any other info further than "you're in X halls" and so forth, I think its a bit early to ask for the deposit now. But I'm sure that you get your deposit if you say you don't want the room before a certain date. Maybe its like the kind of deposit you get back when you leave the halls and nothing is broken.
Basically, ring the uni, they'll have all the answers.
But yeah, it put a big drain on my funds I wasn't expecting :/

You'll never know what rooms you are in until moving in day.

Orly?
Hmm, well that's fine I guess, not like knowing beforehand affects anything. I guess it'd just make the whole moving in thing seem a little closer.

Yes really. I rang constantly wanting to know (international student (well kinda) and all that) since I had a lot of luggage but I wasn't told - then found out I was on the top floor that day lol.

I can pay the money; I'll have to borrow from a family member, but im just a little pithed that nobody was told about this before! It's as bad as getting a cheesecake voucher, taking it in, being promised a cheesecake in the future, and then being sent a letter before you are supposed to get your cheesecake and being told it will cost you an extra £50 to get into the store. Yes, it's that bad, and I like cheesecake!!



You got told then? Top floor sposed to be the best caus in Winter you'll be warmer away from the ground?

I can pay the money; I'll have to borrow from a family member, but im just a little pithed that nobody was told about this before! It's as bad as getting a cheesecake voucher, taking it in, being promised a cheesecake in the future, and then being sent a letter before you are supposed to get your cheesecake and being told it will cost you an extra £50 to get into the store. Yes, it's that bad, and I like cheesecake!!