How bad is having housemates? Not sure if I want that situation.

I mean, my housemates can be messy and loud and wake me up in the middle of the night when they come back from a night out, but they're also my two favourite people in the whole world (one of them is my girlfriend) who I might never have got to know if I hadn't lived with them. One of them I've lived with since first year when we were put in halls together.

The thing is, if you're living with people you don't really know it's very hit and miss, and even living with people you do know can reveal a previously unseen side to them (like, it turns out they never clean the kitchen after they've cooked and used all the pans available or something).

It really depends how open you are to taking that risk. Within two weeks of living in halls I'd decided there was no way I was ever going to move back in with my parents, and I still feel that way. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't enjoy living alone either.

At Cambridge pretty much everyone lives in halls, I would definitely not advise living in a houseshare unless you have to. All the halls that I've seen have cleaners that clean the kitchens and bin anything that people leave lying around so they're pretty tidy. As for noise if people are being loud you can porter them, meaning a porter comes along and kicks them out / stops them making noise. I've never had to since it's very quiet.

If you are going to share with someone lay out some rules right at the beginning otherwise it gets very awkward. Don't share food and make that very clear at the start. You also need to sort out a rota for bins, cleaning and buying general crap like toilet paper too.

Wouldn't everyone hate me if I portered them though? Surely people are always making noise in halls drinking, partying and/or having friends in the common areas or their rooms?

If I'm going to share with my friend from school then we'd both agree to rules and rotas. I don't want people in halls to steal my food and other things, even if I lay down rules.

Ucl or imperial will be best for you
Even if you get your way they will end up hating you because students tend to be messy and they are quiet relaxed

If you go to cambridge you will have to live in halls. I would say stay in London you will be happier and you wont be frustrated with problems you will face whilst living with people.

What subject?
Hope this helps

I want to study maths. Couldn't I find somewhere to live in Cambridge and commute to the university? If I lived in London I'd just live at home where I'd get my way all the time as I do now. I don't want to live with people who are relaxed about mess, is this the case for most students?

Don't you get angry at them when they wake you up in the middle of the night? I'd be super mad and would tell them the next day that it was unacceptable. Do your housemates use your things without permission or steal your food?

I'm quite close to the guy at my school who said he'll live with me if I want, I know what he's like so I could live with just him, or own my own.

Maths at the institutions you have listed is great.
You can but hardly anybody does that

Many students dont care about being extra tidy because they are trying to have the 'university experience' and their cares include meeting new people/forming friendships and and partying. A lot of students also miss lectures (lol) because they are too busy having fun

If you stay in London you will be happy at a pretigious institution and a happy home/social life you wont have to chase up and be disappointed with house mates who fail to follow by your rules. An endless cycle of frustration.

I get annoyed sometimes but like I said they're my best friends and I moan at them but at the end of the day my friendship with them is more important.

We share most of our food anyway. I have had housemates who threw away a few bits of my food once because they decided they were past it but they were actually perfectly good. Still, overall I don't regret any of it.