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Worried about accommodation at UCL/King's College

So I have received all my offers and I'm thinking of choosing LSE as my firm and UCL or King's as my insurance.

Issue is I am worried I won't meet my LSE offer and will have to apply for accommodation at UCL or King's in August, and I don't know how hard it is to get accommodation at that point. Will they still have housing available or will I struggle to find a place to stay??? Does anyone have/ know of any experiences of someone applying for accommodation at these universities in August??

For some context I live in Spain right now

Thanks

Reply 1

random_matt

Original post by VoicedSoup96831

So I have received all my offers and I'm thinking of choosing LSE as my firm and UCL or King's as my insurance.
Issue is I am worried I won't meet my LSE offer and will have to apply for accommodation at UCL or King's in August, and I don't know how hard it is to get accommodation at that point. Will they still have housing available or will I struggle to find a place to stay??? Does anyone have/ know of any experiences of someone applying for accommodation at these universities in August??
For some context I live in Spain right now
Thanks

Undergraduate students are eligible for a prioritised place in UCL Accommodation if they meet all the following:

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are a full-time student 

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are in their first year at UCL or are attending UCL for a full academic year on Junior Year Abroad (JYA) Erasmus, or Exchange programmes 

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apply for a single room (we have very limited couples and family accommodation) 

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have not previously lived or studied in Greater London at a Higher Education Institution (University). If you went to secondary school in London or if your home address is in London, you still meet the eligibility criteria

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list UCL as their firm choice by 10 June

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submit their UCL Accommodation application (separate to application to study) by 10 June

Entirely up to you to consider whether you will accomplish your LSE offer or not. By June I would guess the only options would be the expensive ones.

Reply 2

tuomatou

Original post by VoicedSoup96831

So I have received all my offers and I'm thinking of choosing LSE as my firm and UCL or King's as my insurance.
Issue is I am worried I won't meet my LSE offer and will have to apply for accommodation at UCL or King's in August, and I don't know how hard it is to get accommodation at that point. Will they still have housing available or will I struggle to find a place to stay??? Does anyone have/ know of any experiences of someone applying for accommodation at these universities in August??
For some context I live in Spain right now
Thanks

Don't worry. Even if the on-campus KCL/UCL halls are not available in August, you can still find suitable KCL or UCL accommodation options in August on uhomes.com, as cheap as dorms, close to the campus.

Reply 3

Londoncalling!

Original post by VoicedSoup96831

So I have received all my offers and I'm thinking of choosing LSE as my firm and UCL or King's as my insurance.
Issue is I am worried I won't meet my LSE offer and will have to apply for accommodation at UCL or King's in August, and I don't know how hard it is to get accommodation at that point. Will they still have housing available or will I struggle to find a place to stay??? Does anyone have/ know of any experiences of someone applying for accommodation at these universities in August??
For some context I live in Spain right now
Thanks

Hello to Spain, I am also going to King´s or UCL, haven´t decided yet, and I chose this accomodation:
https://www.yourtribe.com/buildings/south-bermondsey/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=gmb
I visited it personally and rooms are very nice and clean, great common areas, terrace... I loved it and booked, because it is intercollegiate, so no matter what uni I choose, I can stay there. I also have to wait for my grades...By the way, I am an Austrian student.