Should I decline based on living costs?

Everybody tells me how expensive living in London is, and I am aware of this.

however, so many students from a broad spectrum of backgrounds go to ucl and so i would just like an insight into just how dear it is to live in london.

i know it will be difficult for a student to live anywhere on there own, is this difficulty increased when living in london? Obviously things are dearer, but my way of seeing it is that loans from UCL will be bigger as will grants and there will be more job opportunities?

could anybody who goes to UCL (especially someone from a not-so-well-off background) give me any insight? thanks.

i know it will be difficult for a student to live anywhere on there own, is this difficulty increased when living in london? Obviously things are dearer, but my way of seeing it is that loans from UCL will be bigger as will grants and there will be more job opportunities?

could anybody who goes to UCL (especially someone from a not-so-well-off background) give me any insight? thanks.

I'm going to invade the thread (sorry!) because my question apparently gets lost in the "ask a current student" thread.

Do you people already living in london think it would be impossible without the maintenance help?

I'm a EU student, so I only get help with tuition. My parents agreed to fund my accommodation and they made huge sacrifices to do so, so they can't cover the whole cost, if it's over roughly £5000. (the very minimum at ucl, I think).
So I should help with those costs and pay for my everyday life with my savings and, hopefully, part-time job.
Is it doable?

I'm so scared of not enjoying london for being pressed for money, and also of not being able to focus on my studies because I have to work.
That's what scares me the most and why I'm thinking of going to Durham, where life will be more "confortable" but less exciting.
I'd love any input!

So you're asking if you can pay for your living from your own money costs excluding accommodation?

I would say you'll be comfortable with about £60-70 per week as long as you're sensible, so multiply that by around 40 weeks (term time) and that's £2400-2800. You should be able to work out from there if you can afford it. If you worked all summer, you could make that much in a few months. Aim to have around £3000 so this will include extra costs you may face at the beginning of the year and backup money etc. But otherwise, you can even make £30-40 a week from working a few hours at UCL if you need to, they pay £8.55 per hour (london living wage), so you'll be fine.

Thank you, this reassured me.
London living is made out to be this gigantic, evil beast
Unfortunately, jobs are non existant and pay very badly where I am in Italy, so I'm thinking about moving somewhere for the summer and work my butt off.
I'm partly reassured by the fact that job opportunities are apparently plentiful in London.

Can you really live in halls after first year?