Can I live off £55 a week at university?

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Reply 80

Drez999

Original post by le mayhem

she will be posting asking about joining ISIS next

(Allegedly) this :troll:

is a male of the species - but hey who knows? :smile:

Reply 81

jkls92

Original post by le mayhem

I think this person is an elaborate troll

What could I expect from people on a thread about living on a budget.

Reply 82

Tiger Rag

Your uni may have a second hand bookshop?

Meal plan

As tempting as it was, we had a Tesco 2 minutes down the road. It was a little 24 hour one. Being Metro, it was expensive. Ok, if you ran out of milk; but not for a full weeks shop.

Reply 83

Drez999

Original post by usualsuspects

Apparently trolls like grapefruit and they hide them to keep them safe...

Who knew? :smile:

Reply 84

jkls92

Original post by Drez999

Apparently trolls like grapefruit and they hide them to keep them safe...

Who knew? :smile:

Forgot you were gay. Look at my legs, if you can't even tell I'm a boy then no point discussing with you. The fact you call chav person who knows Latin and Ancient Greek already hints to you mental deficiency, but this even surpasses it.

Reply 85

Drez999

Original post by usualsuspects

I'm not gay you chavvy :troll:

Reply 86

jkls92

Original post by Drez999

I'm not gay you chavvy :troll:

Bisex sorry (you wrote it some time ago). Nothing wrong at all.

Reply 87

Drez999

Original post by usualsuspects

Bisex sorry (you wrote it some time ago). Nothing wrong at all.

If you mean bisexual then yes I am and quite open about it on here.

Reply 88

Sacred Ground

You should be fine. Buy the shops range I.e. Smart price Asda or Tesco range. Don't try and spend too much on nights out, I usually buy a 8 pound bottle of vodka and tropical juice and that's me sorted for the night. Prepare your lunch at home and take it to lectures because meals on campus are a fortune.

Reply 89

jkls92

Original post by Drez999

If you mean bisexual then yes I am and quite open about it on here.

Yes sorry I was typing quickly.
Didn't want to arouse you.

Reply 90

Drez999

Original post by usualsuspects

Yes sorry I was typing quickly.
Didn't want to arouse you.

You are seriously deluded...

Reply 91

Sacred Ground

Original post by usualsuspects

Yes sorry I was typing quickly.
Didn't want to arouse you.

You need a better hobby

Reply 92

Forecast

Original post by usualsuspects

I'm getting experience on TSR, that's why I'm here, because it's the best place to learn about the less privileged.

The TSR demographic is definitely not representative of what I would consider the least privileged in UK society. Your local food bank or Citizens Advice Bureau might be a better place to start?

Reply 93

jkls92

Original post by Forecast

The TSR demographic is definitely not representative of what I would consider the least privileged in UK society. Your local food bank or Citizens Advice Bureau might be a better place to start?

No such thing near me and I'm not too concerned about those who are extremely poor, but about the "common people" levels, poverty (or lack of money) that affects a significant percentage of the population.

TSR might not be representative as a whole of the underprivileged, but all the threads on budgeting seem to suggest there is a strong presence. For example, I learnt about "overdrafts" on here.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 94

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by TheFarmerLad

Nope. If you wanna socialise with the rugby lads you'll have to fork out considerably more on drink :wink:

Reply 95

MrsSheldonCooper

Original post by Gatewaymerge

I meant it as that there are ways to get books on the internet without paying for them. Obviously paper copies are better but you can't really afford that. Also curious about what's taking so much of your money? You say you have 7.5k and term time is what 30 weeks? Are you gonna go back home when it's the holidays or are you going to stay there? How much of that are you actually trying to save?

Rent will take up a lot of my student loan. Also I'm probably will be staying at halls during holidays..

Reply 96

SFASPIRANT

£55?! You shopping at Waitrose or something?

Reply 97

Jodie99

Original post by MrsSheldonCooper

Ahhh Lidl will be my best friend then :smile:

I'm not sure if nightclubs in Notts have free entry actually :/

Of course they do, you just need to poke around the social media a bit and maybe sign up to a few email lists! Trust me, if I can go clubbing in central London and spend effectively £0 (I already had a bottle of the alcohol for the pres), you can do it. If not totally free £3 entry is very easy to find.

In terms of the bigger question I have no idea but I hope so as I'm off to uni next September. If it were just for food and going out that should be fine- the only problem is the other costs that you don't think of immediately when budgeting if you've never lived away from home: toiletries, dish washer tablets (really pricey), washing liquid, travel, medicine (do students pay prescription charges?). Honestly I think getting a part time job asap would be the best idea.

(edited 6 years ago)

Reply 98

loperdoper

I got my weekly shop down to between £5-9 a week, and I wasn't even eating badly. Left loads of cash for socialising and travel, I spent around £35 on average.

It's doable, but make sure you budget for extra money for your first month, because you will spend more in that month than the rest of your year.