Life living at uni?
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Your girlfriend wouldn't be able to live with you, if you mean stay in the same room.
You can probably request you're both in the same hall, but tbh, why would you want to? You'll be 100m away from each other anyway and have the advantage of having your own space and meeting double the amount of people straight up.
You can probably request you're both in the same hall, but tbh, why would you want to? You'll be 100m away from each other anyway and have the advantage of having your own space and meeting double the amount of people straight up.
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Which halls are you in? Your girlfriend won't be able to live with you, officially at least, though you could do it on the sly.
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It's awesome. Most of your mates will be about a 2 minute walk from your room and hopefully a pub close by (when I was in halls at Kent I could reach the bar in about 15 seconds from my room 
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Your GF living there will be fine, just don't notify the uni.
). Your GF living there will be fine, just don't notify the uni.
Even if you were to share the room it would be best to check with your potential flatmates first.
A girl I lived with had her boyfriend round 24/7, he was a complete ****, they both were and they didnt stay long. She had said 'hope you don't mind but my b/f will be round a lot'. We didn't think much of it, but despite having his own student house he was actually living(with all his belongings in her room due to faling out with an ex he was living with). If your on water/electricty meters you could push the allowance over the limit and thus incur charges for everybody.
Her replacement also did the same but were bareable. You'd use twice the fridge/freezer space, which if you are short of, can be a pain for others. Not to mention just having an extra body about the place depending on the size it can be annoying.
I assume your applying for loans? (fairly sure you don't have to let them know where you're planning on living?) either way you're prepared to spend that money on accomodation, however I would recommend you go for halls to get the proper experience, make lots of new friends, meet new people and have some of the funniest times of your life
A girl I lived with had her boyfriend round 24/7, he was a complete ****, they both were and they didnt stay long. She had said 'hope you don't mind but my b/f will be round a lot'. We didn't think much of it, but despite having his own student house he was actually living(with all his belongings in her room due to faling out with an ex he was living with). If your on water/electricty meters you could push the allowance over the limit and thus incur charges for everybody.
Her replacement also did the same but were bareable. You'd use twice the fridge/freezer space, which if you are short of, can be a pain for others. Not to mention just having an extra body about the place depending on the size it can be annoying.
I assume your applying for loans? (fairly sure you don't have to let them know where you're planning on living?) either way you're prepared to spend that money on accomodation, however I would recommend you go for halls to get the proper experience, make lots of new friends, meet new people and have some of the funniest times of your life
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Nope i wont be applying for loans,ive been working for the past 2 years to save up for a flat of my own once i get to uni.
Now that i have a gf,she wont be in uni with me thats why i want to know if she could stay with me in uni even if she doesnt go there.
Now that i have a gf,she wont be in uni with me thats why i want to know if she could stay with me in uni even if she doesnt go there.
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Edit: ignore.
My course is very small at Uni and I get on well with everybody on it, but we rarely go out together but often catch eachother out. If it wasn't for some of my flatmates in the first year I wouldn't have/be living with the friends I will be when I return in September(these are not my coursemates). You can meet lots of people when you're out and smashed but I wouldn't expect to remember eachother you unless you're/they're quite the joker.
You need time away from the Mrs and to yourself. Are you already living together or would this be a sort of 'moving in' thing? I found girls I was seeing who lived just a few hundred meters away I saw too much of eachother and it got on my boobs.
Edit: Don't want to make it sound like you won't make any friends if you don't live in halls but it's a lot easier if you do! When randoms come knocking and invite you to parties etc.
When I lived in private student accomodation last year (could be an option for you- ours was owned by mainstay/mezzino) other halves were allowed to spend a maximum of 3 nights per week. Could be an option. But really do check with your flatmates first as originally I didn't think I'd be bothered but after a while just having that extra body taking up that chair or just in the way can make your blood boil!
You need time away from the Mrs and to yourself. Are you already living together or would this be a sort of 'moving in' thing? I found girls I was seeing who lived just a few hundred meters away I saw too much of eachother and it got on my boobs.
Edit: Don't want to make it sound like you won't make any friends if you don't live in halls but it's a lot easier if you do! When randoms come knocking and invite you to parties etc.
When I lived in private student accomodation last year (could be an option for you- ours was owned by mainstay/mezzino) other halves were allowed to spend a maximum of 3 nights per week. Could be an option. But really do check with your flatmates first as originally I didn't think I'd be bothered but after a while just having that extra body taking up that chair or just in the way can make your blood boil!
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And that of his flatmates.
Obviously I can't speak for every uni but the prospect of that happening officially is slim, even more so if she doesn't even study at that university. If you were to stay in halls she would have to live there without the university being aware of it. She wouldn't have student ID, dunno how important this would be at Birmingham. Perhaps inquisitor could comment on that. For instance at Kent it'd be pretty inconvenient not having a student ID.
Aye if you were in a flat. I just meant in halls for 1st year when you just have your own room and can do what you like.. with in reason
Aye if you were in a flat. I just meant in halls for 1st year when you just have your own room and can do what you like.. with in reason
True, but you can't spend every minute by your girlfriends side/ with your door closed or you'll have labeled yourself a recluse before you know it. Last thing I would wan't to do is look back at my University experience and realised I didn't make the most of the social freedom. It'd be even ****** if it didn't last and you sacrificed it for nothing!
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You need a student ID to get into student nights (including the Guild/union nights) and into the library, but I think that's it. That said, it'd mean she'd not be able to go out at all during freshers' week. She'd also obviously not be able to join in with anything you might be doing society-wise.