Should I get student accommodation or should I stay at home??

I live in London and a 20min bus ride from King's Guys Campus, where I will hopefully be studying next year. I looked at the student accommodation near the campus and the cost is around 350/week so around £15000 for one year. I can't decide whether I want to stay at home or get student accommodation for the first year to meet some friends??

Reply 1

voidhearts

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Original post

by Anonymous

I live in London and a 20min bus ride from King's Guys Campus, where I will hopefully be studying next year. I looked at the student accommodation near the campus and the cost is around 350/week so around £15000 for one year. I can't decide whether I want to stay at home or get student accommodation for the first year to meet some friends??

If it would be possible for you to be in student accommodation, that would be a great option for your first year. You will begin to form connections and friendships and feel part of the community. However if you do decide to stay at home those things would still be possible, but may take more effort to do.

But remember its your decision for make to yourself! But if I was in your position and able to, I would apply for student accommodation.

Reply 2

Anonymous #2

Original post

by Anonymous

I live in London and a 20min bus ride from King's Guys Campus, where I will hopefully be studying next year. I looked at the student accommodation near the campus and the cost is around 350/week so around £15000 for one year. I can't decide whether I want to stay at home or get student accommodation for the first year to meet some friends??

i lived in accom for my first year but i dont think it makes too much difference. quite a few of my friends live at home (much further than you) and they didnt find it difficult to make friends. in my case i made most of my friends from my uni course as i only had one roommate anyway. i reccomend you save the money instead

Reply 3

JACKLHU

Official Rep

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Original post

by Anonymous

I live in London and a 20min bus ride from King's Guys Campus, where I will hopefully be studying next year. I looked at the student accommodation near the campus and the cost is around 350/week so around £15000 for one year. I can't decide whether I want to stay at home or get student accommodation for the first year to meet some friends??

Hi,

Hope you are well.

In terms of answering your question, there are benefits to both moving out into accommodation wherever that is based and staying at home.

If you do move out into accommodation, you will get to meet and get to know other students who are in the same situation having moved out. You will also make new friends when moving in to accommodation. Another good aspect of moving out is you will be able to get the student experience and see what it is like living at the University campus.

On the other side, living at home also has benefits such as saving money. In addition being at home is a familiar environment so can be a good place to work on your University assignments/ revision and have your family around at home to help if they can.

The decision will vary, some students will prefer the home comforts whilst others will want to move out and see what it is like. Maybe, make a list of pro's to doing both see what you think of.

Hope this helps!

Reply 4

LJMUStudentReps

Official Rep

18

Hi there,

Usually, for people who live nearby their uni of choice, I would recommend staying in accommodation for first year and then moving back home for second and third year.

However, just looking at the annual cost for your accommodation is making me feel a bit ill! I would definitely say stay at home, if that's something you would like to do! Living 20 minutes away means you can still get to classes and back quite easily.

As well, there are PLENTY of other ways to make friends at Uni that don't require you to live in halls. If you only live 20 mins away, you could join a couple of societies and go to some society events to meet people with similar interests as you and then get the bus home in the evening/a taxi if you're staying out late.

That being said, I would definitely do what the rep above said and write a list of pros and cons for each, but for the cost, my best advice would be to stay home and use what loan you get on doing things you enjoy as a way of making friends!

Good luck making your decision!
Jorja (LJMU Student Rep)

Reply 5

jonathanemptage

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Original post

by Anonymous

I live in London and a 20min bus ride from King's Guys Campus, where I will hopefully be studying next year. I looked at the student accommodation near the campus and the cost is around 350/week so around £15000 for one year. I can't decide whether I want to stay at home or get student accommodation for the first year to meet some friends??

it's tricky because you are so close to the uni a 20 minute bus ride really isn't that arduis in the morning when you consider at my uni my journey from halls was 17 minute walk or 16 minute by bus.and you most likley would save a lot of money by commuting by bus but as a home student you do get less loan.

With that said halls can be very fun and will give you some stories this happened in some of the halls at my uni while you might not do that you might have different experiences and as your so close to home you likley won't experience that much home sickness as it's so easy to pop home. There are a few considerations I think you need to consider here.

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How much is your bus fair? Buses can be expensive for example from my house to town it costs £8 per day return.

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How frequent are busses this is very important if your delayed gettin out in the morning are you going to have to wait for hours for the next bu or only a few minutes?

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How far is it from your house to the bus stop do you want to do that walk everyday. A pleasant stroll in the sun is very different to a mission in driving rain.

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When are the busses you could have lectures between 9am and 9pm at least in theory if the busses finish at 7pm you could be stuck.

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Do you have other options for travel if the busses aren't running like the underground.

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How social do you want to be this will be down to you but if you want all the madness halls might be the best option?

I would recommend costing it up so travel food etc and see if you think it will work for a year even doo some dry runs in bad weather if you can. Remember university is designed with halls in mind not commuting.

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