ucl accommodation

i've read in the prospectus and accomodation booklet that they offer accomodation to ALL undergraduates who have never attended university in london before. it doesn't say anything about people in london going to the back of the queue.

Reply 3

sisalto

notsoperfect

i've read in the prospectus and accomodation booklet that they offer accomodation to ALL undergraduates who have never attended university in london before. it doesn't say anything about people in london going to the back of the queue.

This is true - I live about an hour way and I got accom about 1 min away from my department!! :cool:

Reply 4

Ourkid

12

I asked this at UCL to the admissions tutor - who albeit was for Chem Eng, but he said that all people who are offered a place are garenteed a place in london or not. Also they said that they give you a form where you tick your requirements and they try and match you up to the best they can.

Good luck :smile:

w00tt

Reply 5

misty

2

dont tick the box that says 'if there are no single rooms availble i will share' or words to that effect. that basically means youll share. dont worry theyll give u accom. say single room is ur priority.

Reply 6

jay1234

dont go to schaffer, its boring as ****. All the rooms are seperated into small flats of 3 or 5. It's not easy to meet people

Reply 7

Erana

9

Just remember that if you do get a shared room, it's not impossible to get transferred to a single! It took me six weeks, but golly gosh I got my own room. There's a lot of sending letters around and talking/pleading with people and whatnot, but things can work out.

And for the record, they don't seem to look at whether or not you said you'd share if no single rooms were available. I sure as heck didn't tick that box, and I got a shared room - and I took it instead of having to put up with almost two hours' commute.

Reply 8

sb23

where's the best place to be if you're looking for self-catered? (possibly en suite too)

Reply 9

I think I actually prefer sharing in many ways. No, you don't get as much privacy as you might otherwise have but it can be awfully lonely when you are shut away in your room by yourself. As for your concern about not being offered accommodation.

I live in Arthur Tattersall (which is right by the Cruciform and main quad), out of the ten people living there, only two live a long way from London (Manchester and Monaco). The others live in South London, East London, Essex, Watford, and Amersham (I live in Hampshire). Hardly a long way away. Oh, and three of them are Medics, for what it's worth.

It's untrue that everybody gets accommodation, there are quite a few people that I know of who have not had accommodation from the start of term. But most people do (regardless of whether they live in London or not) and most of those who don't at the start get it in a few weeks' time.

Reply 10

sb23

where's the best place to be if you're looking for self-catered? (possibly en suite too)

Frances Gardner and James Lighthill are probably the nicest but they are quite expensive and not massively close to the main campus (although you can still easily walk it).

There are generally nice rooms in most of the halls. My room in AT is pretty crappy but the girls' who share next to me have a room twice the size of mine. Our kitchen is pretty disgusting (the table is broken, the chairs are useless for eating at the table, one of the cookers is completely knackered, the work surfaces are horrible, the freezer keeps turning itself off, there are cockroaches) but some people in AT have amazing, brand new kitchens. It's all about luck really.

Reply 11

I'm applying for en suite, and I'm prepared to pay for it... I can't stand sharing a bathroom, I did it before and I'm not doing it again!!!

Reply 12

tetedupet

I'm applying for en suite, and I'm prepared to pay for it... I can't stand sharing a bathroom, I did it before and I'm not doing it again!!!

I applied for a single en-suite with a maximum price of £130/week. Got given a shared room that is £76/week. They don't really pay all that much attention I don't think. Might be worth actually writing somewhere on the form the hall that you'd like to be in. A few people I know did that and seemed to get what they wanted.

Reply 13

Well I know for sure that I want to go to UCL and I hold an unconditional offer, so as soon as I have made it my Unconditional Firm, I will apply for my accommodation, which should be waaaay before most accommodation applications and because they know i'm definitely going, I might get a bit of priority... I hope anyway! Also I'm gay, so do you reckon if I told them I'm gay they will give me priority for single accommodation? I'm sure if I made enough fuss... Comments? My friend started at UCL last year and he got his mother to call in and say that he didn't want to be put with any 'rowdy boys' because he's gay and he was put in nice single accommodation with friendly girls!

Reply 14

Ourkid

12

lol! Yeah I'm straight though nice friendly girls sounds good! :wink:

I want a single as well, but have a conditional, so I'll have to wait. Might phone up and see if I can coax them into giving me an unconditional - I defo want to go there too
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I don't see why they would give you a single on the grounds of being gay though? I imagine applying so early would give you the single regardless.

Lets hope so :biggrin:

Good luck

w00tt

Reply 15

w00tt

I don't see why they would give you a single on the grounds of being gay though?

lol... well if I shared with a straight guy, I don't think he'd be happy with me bringing someone back!

Reply 16

tetedupet

lol... well if I shared with a straight guy, I don't think he'd be happy with me bringing someone back!

Well, that'd be his problem, not yours.

Reply 17

Zophixan

Worst comes to worse, you can do what some of my mates do and band up with other people and get a flat in the first year.

Reply 18

Zophixan

Worst comes to worse, you can do what some of my mates do and band up with other people and get a flat in the first year.

Well, I don't know anyone else going to UCL, so that wouldn't work for me, and once you've signed the contract, you have to remain in your accommodation (or at least pay for it) if you remain a student of the university, unless you can find someone else to move in.

Reply 19

newbie17