The UCL accomodation thread

Hi! I have one practical question - when you were in your first year and lived close to campus, did you buy an oyster card? I was wondering whether it is worth investing in it...Thanks!

I think the point is that it goes in a sort of three tier allocation for shared rooms:

People who have put a shared room price limit/expressly asked to share will be given the first ones.
As these people will likely not fill up all the shared rooms, they are then filled with people who are "willing to share".
If there are still shared rooms left over, they will be filled with people who said they did not want to share even if there are no single rooms available (so basically the question is worded pointlessly/is pointless) but I'd imagine this would be people who put a lower price limit, or put priorities that fit in line with the shared accommodation rather than shoving someone who wanted a catered en suite intercollegiate room in there.

Hope that makes sense - it's partly just my own speculation but I'd imagine this is sort of how it works.

Oh god, I really hope i end up in a single room. btw, Ive decided not to do the prayer and snoring excuse lol. Im just gonna leave it and hope for the best.

But I had one last question, Do I have to completely fill my room preference list? As in I have only 2 preferences : Single room, and single room ensuite (both student houses) I dont want to choose twin rooms so I have left out the remaining 3 preferences list. Is that Okay?

Finally, (so sorry about this) but what accommodation do you think will I get?
My most important factor is single room. Max spending a week is £200. Preferences are single room and single ensuite. I am not willing to share even if no single room available.

I don't actually know how that works - we didn't have a list like that. We were allowed one priority, and our only list was where we prioritised catered/self catered/intercollegiate.

As you have put £200 I wouldn't be surprised if you were put in one of the en suite accommodations as there is a limited amount of people who can afford them, but there's no way of telling which one and that could be well off the mark - the allocations can be so random by the looks of things in the past.

Am I right in saying that if you have put, say, £150 p/w as the max you're willing to pay for accomodation, they won't allocate you accommodation that costs more than that?

i just firmed ucl. should i be expecting an email to confirm that change as well as instruct me on further steps such as accommodation or should i just go to the website to apply.

I've made UCL my insurance for physics, but haven't received any emails regarding accomadation, is this normal ?

I want to apply for accommodation but I don't have a UCL userid! Where did you get yours?

I think you select "i don't know" if your applying for first year undergrade. That's what I did as they are yet to issue you an ID card until you study there. But I am holding UCL as my insurance if it makes any differance, I'm not sure.

And how do I know my UCL student number which is required for me to register?

Yeah. That's exactly what I did

Hi everyone, I applied online in March but am not sure if my application went through.

There is no Submit button and it currently says 'Pending'. I´ve completed all sections, but there was no confirmation/acknowledgement email. Should I worry?