Living at home

I'm currently in year 12 and being told to think about applying for university. I think I know that I want to go to Newcastle and know which course I want to apply for. I live 20 minutes away from town on the bus and 10 mins by car. I feel like I would miss out if I stayed at home and am excited for making friends and going out but don't think this would happen if I lived at home. Does anyone live at home at the moment and how have you found making friends and going out? I don't think getting home from nights out would be an issue, but I just feel like the money isn't worth it...

You can make friends without living in halls, but its more effort.
Halls can be hit and miss as it can vary how well you get on with flatmates. Some people dont have good experiences, but most do. The reason its easier to make friends ie because you live together and all start off wanting t know each other, plus you do social things like cook and share food together to watch films.

You can still make friends commuting, but it has to be coursemates, societies, using other peoples networks. When you go home alone, then they go home as a group.

People survive and have a good time without living in halls, just make the effort and dont run off home.

What you could do is just do Halls for first year and then if you havent made friends you want to live with then live at home for the other two. IT may be as simple as weighing that with the thousands you will save, think abut how much food, books and socialising that can be used for.

You can have a good time either way. there was a good post by one of the Sheffield hallam reps where she commuted and feels she missed out on nothing.

I'm quite an extroverted person and want to join lots of things and the course I'm interested in is very people orientated and you get to talk more with coursemates.
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I'm currently in year 12 and being told to think about applying for university. I think I know that I want to go to Newcastle and know which course I want to apply for. I live 20 minutes away from town on the bus and 10 mins by car. I feel like I would miss out if I stayed at home and am excited for making friends and going out but don't think this would happen if I lived at home. Does anyone live at home at the moment and how have you found making friends and going out? I don't think getting home from nights out would be an issue, but I just feel like the money isn't worth it...

I'm currently in year 12 and being told to think about applying for university. I think I know that I want to go to Newcastle and know which course I want to apply for. I live 20 minutes away from town on the bus and 10 mins by car. I feel like I would miss out if I stayed at home and am excited for making friends and going out but don't think this would happen if I lived at home. Does anyone live at home at the moment and how have you found making friends and going out? I don't think getting home from nights out would be an issue, but I just feel like the money isn't worth it...

I'm currently in year 12 and being told to think about applying for university. I think I know that I want to go to Newcastle and know which course I want to apply for. I live 20 minutes away from town on the bus and 10 mins by car. I feel like I would miss out if I stayed at home and am excited for making friends and going out but don't think this would happen if I lived at home. Does anyone live at home at the moment and how have you found making friends and going out? I don't think getting home from nights out would be an issue, but I just feel like the money isn't worth it...