Did anyone live at home for uni?

R34P3R said:
I'm gonna see through this year and then decide later what to do next year, your right the tuition fees and rent are a lot but is it worth it in the end.

I just dont fancy getting up and getting a busy train to University and then home again aswell. I'd probably spend asmuch on bus/train fare as i would living in halls ><
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A friend of mine at Southampton uni moved to portsmouth in her second year (or was it the other way around? I forget.) to live with her boyfriend, who was at the other one. *big* mistake. Its only an extra half an hour or something to get to the uni, but it makes all the difference when socialising compared to being able to pop down the road to other rooms or flats. Not saying its impossible, but its hard to have the same uni life.
 
It will suck big time. I did it for the first two years of university and it was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I had no uni social life at all. Once I moved out, I actually took a year out just to catch up on what I'd missed.

You NEED to live with other students or you'll never hear about various nights out. Most nights out are not planned. It involves a bunch of stoners/ students sat around who suddenly realise that going to the pub/ club/ super mario mushroom world, etc etc is suddenly the best idea ever. If you're at home... you won't be a part of it.

When I lived at home, I woke up in my own bed every day. When I finally moved out, I woke up in other people's beds, sofas, in ditches, in fields, at raves, in various parts of the country I didn't know existed, pretty much all on a whim. I'm not sure how I ended up in most of these places and I don't really care how because I had the time of my life. I'm still in touch with the majority of those people now and we regularly relive these moments every weekend when we're not working.

Stay at home and I guarantee you will regret it.
 
R34P3R said:
Suppose music thru night could be a problem, not allowed it on loud past 11 at a lot of places though.

I'd just report em if it was crap music :p
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If you can't beat em', join em. The second loud music was heard, I'd either try to sleep through it or roll up a smoke, knock on the door and make it louder. It's the way forwards.

If you really want it to end, take a few dnb/ drill core or techno lp's round. It'll either end it very quickly or you'll be wide eyed and dancing like a loon covered in glow sticks in no time at all. All good fun.
 
Stay at home. 100%. It will save a fortune. All you will miss out on is getting drunk and making a fool of yourself 5 times a week. 'Oh look, a traffic cone...I wonder how many apparently amusing and original things we can do with this!'
 
big_white_dog84 said:
Stay at home. 100%. It will save a fortune. All you will miss out on is getting drunk and making a fool of yourself 5 times a week. 'Oh look, a traffic cone...I wonder how many apparently amusing and original things we can do with this!'
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Did you even go to Uni?

don't listen to this guy, there's no price on having a good time, it will only save you a couple of grand a year... you can make that back in no time.

ANyway my student loan paid for all my accom
 
big_white_dog84 said:
Stay at home. 100%. It will save a fortune. All you will miss out on is getting drunk and making a fool of yourself 5 times a week. 'Oh look, a traffic cone...I wonder how many apparently amusing and original things we can do with this!'
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lol.

In all honestly, I think it depends what you are like really. If you like drinking, making a monkey of yourself, then go to Halls. Unfortunately I didn't really like it myself. However, I did make a group of friends who I still keep in touch after leaving. Am now unfortunately living at home - although will be moving out with a group of 3 and cannot wait.
 
ArmyofHarmony said:
Did you even go to Uni?

don't listen to this guy, there's no price on having a good time, it will only save you a couple of grand a year... you can make that back in no time.

ANyway my student loan paid for all my accom
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I went to uni - 5 year course and I lived at home and away. Most students have a 'good time' by getting so drunk they miss lectures and mess up their course. You are at University to get a degree. Nothing else. If you want a good time why not move into a large flat with 5 or 6 student flatmates but get a job yourself?
 
You sound like my housemates, would rather not have any friends and just let Uni rush past them with a degree at the end of it.


Anyway Andr3w, if you have a choice and aren't mega poor definatly live away
 
ArmyofHarmony said:
You sound like my housemates, would rather not have any friends and just let Uni rush past them with a degree at the end of it.
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Let uni rush them by? As I said before the only purpose of attending university is that slip of paper you get at the end. In my opinion those people who spend more time watching neighbours or in the union are the ones who are letting uni 'rush past them'.
 
It's completely down to personal opinion...

Some people focus compeltely on getting the best degree they can get, whilst others use it soley as an excuse to get ****** every night, some people are inbetween, there's no 'definite' purpose of going to Uni.
 
Andr3w said:
think i will stay at home first year, get a car soon if i pass my test. Then live away second year
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Please don't - if your parents are truly being ******* about it, declare yourself as receiving no support from them and you'll get as much money as the maximum allows.

You really, really, have to stay in halls. Think of it as this: you've had 18 years of living at home - you've absolutely done that gig to death, so get out on your own!

Also, with not living in halls, you'll never really get to see the 'real' side to people, sure, you might have really good nights out with them etc, but when it comes to living with them it's a totally different kettle of fish.

Basically halls allows you to see who you really get on with, and could stand living with.

And besides all that, you really will have the most fun you've ever had in your life, regardless of whether you enjoy your alcohol or other assorted contraband. There'll be people there who will fit your idea of friends.

Please, for the sake of the baby Jesus, go into Halls.
 
Andelusion said:
It's completely down to personal opinion...

Some people focus compeltely on getting the best degree they can get, whilst others use it soley as an excuse to get ****** every night, some people are inbetween, there's no 'definite' purpose of going to Uni.
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Yeah, but a good balance of both is whats good... there are loads of people who get firsts, who also go to all the nights out.
 
I start Uni this September and have decided to stay at home for the first year.
I dont really want to i would move away as far as possible if i had a choice, But i want to save money and from past advise form family member's who moved away to stay in halls they have said it cost more than they could afford and the people in the halls were idiots.
If it sucks that much at being at home in my first year I will move out straight away but not into halls, dont think i could handle a bunch a bitchy nurses all day and night.
 
Well, I'm going to go against the grain here, and say that I stayed at home for uni, and don't think I missed out that much. :)

I went out with my friends when I felt like it (Who lived there), and working from home saved me from having no work ethic whatsoever. I can't see how you can create a decent working environment in halls. The ones I've been to (I've been to 3) all seem like there's always too much going on for me to concentrate. My room was my safehouse where I could actually get some work done. I like the comforts of being home too, so a library wouldn't do.

Plus, a lot of people I know are now finished with their degree and have *enormous* debts around their necks. I've finished uni with a first (hons) in computer science, and I don't have a single penny of debt. I've worked a placement year during my degree which solely funded my last year and I'm now a graduate working for a web firm that'll in about 8 months pay for me to move into my first house. :)

As a sidenote, I don't like getting drunk very often, let alone every night, and I have loads of friends that haven't required me moving into halls and 'partying' with.

There are benefits to both sides of the situation andr3w. Just go with what suits you, and don't feel pressured to move out. If you've got a level head, you'll mature anyway and won't need a dingy flat and a tin of beans to do it.
 
well if it all works out well like for Karl, that would be great

I may even swap my year in halls for living at home if i knew i'd definatly get a first, no debt... good job etc.
 
I lived at home first year and absoloutely despised Uni and got resits, I just hated going in.

I think if I lived there I would have enjoyed going in more and made some mates (I made 0).
 
Don't EVER live at home whilst at uni. It will jsut be like a grown up version of school, plus parents will always be on your back asking where your going and what your doing.

Have your own freedon and move out. Then after big nights you will be able to sleep in bushes or screw around with other people whilst they have collapsed in their room, and jsut generally have fun. Much rather do that then go home to see mummy and daddy for some dinner then watch some eastenders in the evening ;)
 
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