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Mixed Gendered Accommodation

Hi!
So I just attended an open day at the University Of Manchester, I really enjoyed it! (I believe that it will be my first choice when I apply.) But, when it came to the accommodations I learnt that most of the flats are mixed gendered. On the spot I didn’t think much of it and wasn’t too worried, but now I’ve had time to think and it’s really weighing on me, and I have a couple of questions about it.

Firstly, I’m aware that it’s possible to say that you would prefer to have a single sex floor (all female in my case), but I’m worried that if I put that preference down it will diminish my chances of having an accommodation that I prefer. So, will it?

Secondly, if I were to land myself in a single sex accommodation what type of people would I come across? I’ve heard that most people that ask for single sex flats are mostly religious people and are quite reserved (not that it would matter to me as I’m not really a party animal, but I’d like to become more social in uni), but I’m not doing it for any religious reasons, it’s just a personal preference for comfort, and I’m afraid that I won’t get along with any of my flats mates if they are all there for similar reasons, and I’m not.

Also, if I were to go into a mixed gendered accommodations, what are the people like? Like, are they clean people? (I know this varies most of the time), is there any drama?, do the flatmates get into relationships together? and what is the privacy like there? (Cuz I’m worried that I won’t be able to relax of be comfortable I’m my PJs if there are boys around).

Generally, I’d say I get along with everyone, as long as they are nice to me, and I’m able to make friends with any gender. But, I’m afraid that people, especially the boys, will find me awkward and socially inept and will ice me out or make fun of me. I don’t think I’d be able to handle that in a space where I’d like to be safe and comfortable.

I apologise if these questions are unreasonable and sound completely dramatic, but as you can tell I’m quite the over thinker and this has been bothering for a while. 😅

Any answers to these will be helpful, and I’d be extremely grateful.

Thank you!
P.s, these questions can apply to any uni halls, but I’m mostly looking at University of Manchester.

(edited 9 months ago)

Reply 1

HoldThisL

the first question is unfortunately not answerable by anyone here. to give the answer, you'd need to look at data do with preferences and availability that's simply not available to us

mixed accom is no guarantee of anything. the drama that is talked about is not the norm, but it's also not nonexistent, and unfortunately, plenty of people are a pain to live with, girls or boys - either because they're noisy, unclean, weirdos or otherwise. you won't escape that in single gender accom

speaking personally i think mixed accom is a better life experience - you can't avoid being in close contact with boys forever - and everyone in my flat wore their pjs regardless of who was around

also university is a lot more liberating than school. 'icing someone out because they are socially awkward' is not a term i would use to describe anything i witnessed

Reply 2

Username123ab

Most uni halls are a private bedroom/en suite and only share a kitchen/maybe a common area between the floor so I wouldn’t expect there to be any issue with privacy. And the kitchen probably wont be the cleanest as no student flats are but you get used to just ignoring it and its not like you have to sleep in there

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