Ultimate St Andrews Accommodation Thread

Reply 1780

As a postgrad in DRA self catered, is it possible to occasionally eat some of the catered meals at DRA?

How much would it cost?

Reply 1781

Immyk

I still haven't received any information about what accommodation I'm in, is that normal? Thanks.

Reply 1782

ombtom

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by bk2uni

As a postgrad in DRA self catered, is it possible to occasionally eat some of the catered meals at DRA?

How much would it cost?

Have a look at this:
http://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/product-catalogue/university-services-and-facilities/accommodation/university-residences-guest-meals

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by Immyk

I still haven't received any information about what accommodation I'm in, is that normal? Thanks.

Completely normal :smile:

Reply 1783

MomofUSgirl

4

@bk2uni look here for meal card that gets you 10 meals in DRA for 55 pounds

http://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/product-catalogue/university-services-and-facilities/accommodation/dra-student-mealcard

Reply 1784

bk2uni

Thanks for the info. more expensive than I thought it would be lol

Reply 1785

MomofUSgirl

4

Probably cheaper than eating out.

Looks like a ton of A level kids got their accommodation offers yesterday and today.

Don't forget- room number is on your bank letter or financial statement and all halls have Facebook groups. If you are in a shared room you can usually find your roommate by sharing your room number there.

Reply 1786

ami13

I'm an English A Level student but have not yet received my offer of accommodation despite my offer becoming unconditional on the 17th. Should I be worried? Does this mean I have a smaller chance of getting my first choice accommodation?

Reply 1787

katherineeegrace

2

What day are we meant to arrive at our halls?😊

Reply 1788

emmakatemcc

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by ami13

I'm an English A Level student but have not yet received my offer of accommodation despite my offer becoming unconditional on the 17th. Should I be worried? Does this mean I have a smaller chance of getting my first choice accommodation?

I'm a higher student and got my accom offer about a week after my offer become unconditional and still didn't get my 1st choice accommodation :frown:

Reply 1789

emmakatemcc

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by katherineeegrace

What day are we meant to arrive at our halls?😊

i think we're expected to arrive on the 9th or the 10th, but the earliest we can move in and get our keys is 10 am on the 9th i believe.

Reply 1790

CB31

I'm a postgrad about to start my MSc and I just received the entrance email a few days ago, and just applied for accommodation yesterday, is it likely that I will receive a place? If so, how long will it take to hear back?

Reply 1791

CameroSJ

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I received my offer a few days ago for DRA. I'm a first year English student.

Reply 1792

la_banane_verte

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by CB31

I'm a postgrad about to start my MSc and I just received the entrance email a few days ago, and just applied for accommodation yesterday, is it likely that I will receive a place? If so, how long will it take to hear back?

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/accommodation/pg/

Are you from the UK/EU or outside of those? Overseas students get priority in uni accommodation (I guess maybe because it's harder to find a private place from further abroad). There's then a whole bunch of dates that if you responded by, give you further priority.

Based on you saying you only applied for accomodation yesterday, you've missed the 30 May/30 June deadlines. If you accepted your offer/paid your deposit by the 30 June deadline, you'll get priority over those who didn't. If you didn't I think you'll be at the bottom of the pile.

It's really hard to guess how many spaces there are in uni accommodation in a given year. Some years they have been massively over-subscribed and had to turn common rooms into temporary bedrooms, and some years they've had space for people who turn up in Freshers' week with nowhere to stay.

If it was me, I would wait until a week after I'd applied and if I didn't hear back I'd get on the phone (don't email, it's too easy for them to ignore) and ask them what the status is.

Reply 1793

La Sinjoro

3

Hello all,

I got my accommodation offer last week on Wednesday. Since then I have worked my way through all the online martriculation, except for the section for paying the accommodation fee, as my accommodation fee hasn't been generated yet. How long does it usually take for the University to generate the fee so that I can finalise this part of the martriculation?

Also, is there something I have to do to make the fee generate? On the site it talks of setting up payment in installments or in full, but I have been assuming that setting that up comes after I've generated the fee. Am I correct in this, or do I need to be emailing the University to work that out?

Finally, as a UK student who'll be paying the accommodation fees from the UK maintenance loan do I count as self or externally funded? Evidently the money is originating with an external organisation but then the loan is put into my bank account before I pay the accommodation fee, so it seems ambiguous as to which I count as.

Thanks.

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 1794

MomofUSgirl

4

Did you accept the offer?

Reply 1795

La Sinjoro

3

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by MomofUSgirl

Did you accept the offer?

Do you mean me? Yes, I did. Straight after receiving it.

Reply 1796

la_banane_verte

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by La Sinjoro

Hello all,

I got my accommodation offer last week on Wednesday. Since then I have worked my way through all the online martriculation, except for the section for paying the accommodation fee, as my accommodation fee hasn't been generated yet. How long does it usually take for the University to generate the fee so that I can finalise this part of the martriculation?

Also, is there something I have to do to make the fee generate? On the site it talks of setting up payment in installments or in full, but I have been assuming that setting that up comes after I've generated the fee. Am I correct in this, or do I need to be emailing the University to work that out?

Finally, as a UK student who'll be paying the accommodation fees from the UK maintenance loan do I count as self or externally funded? Evidently the money is originating with an external organisation but then the loan is put into my bank account before I pay the accommodation fee, so it seems ambiguous as to which I count as.

Thanks.

Afraid I don't know the answers to most of your questions, but I would recommend emailing studentfinance@ to ask them. What I do know is that you shouldn't stress about getting all the parts of online matriculation completed - plenty of people are still doing parts of it during freshers' week!

Reply 1797

La Sinjoro

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by la_banane_verte

Afraid I don't know the answers to most of your questions, but I would recommend emailing studentfinance@ to ask them. What I do know is that you shouldn't stress about getting all the parts of online matriculation completed - plenty of people are still doing parts of it during freshers' week!

Thanks for your honesty. I have emailed them now.

Reply 1798

ElizabethRG

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by emmakatemcc

I'm a higher student and got my accom offer about a week after my offer become unconditional and still didn't get my 1st choice accommodation :frown:

next to no one gets first choice accommodation... Not possible when everyone's first choice has no more than 200 places :P

Reply 1799

DanielleKy

1

Hey I just got my room code! Does 'LD...' for uni hall mean I'm on the mixed floor in the Lumsden building? And if it is mixed, are the bathrooms mixed?

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