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Hi, I'm currently getting really nervous for when i move into my student halls in Manchester..... all my family and friends say i will make friends easy and i'll like it. I'm just worrying that i wont... Are my fears actually worth worrying about...... or am i panicing over nothing. Any advice would be great 
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Lol am going to Manchester Uni in Sept (hopefully obvs) and moving into halls! I don't know annnnyyyyy body or have any family there!
And yeah, alcohol is a good bonding tool!
Salford Uni is better though
Dalton's a good choice (v pricey though!) I stayed in a hall nearby for my first 2 years and went there quite a bit to play tennis and squash.
Lots of good social events there too throughout the year.
Enjoy
Our building was opposite another uni hall where students lived in seperate suites down corridors. Even though they got much larger bedrooms and had their own bathroom, most of them agreed they'd prefer living where we were. In fact, a lot of them stayed in their rooms all day fiddling around with their laptops or cutting their toenails. How depressing.
For me it was hell. But at least I had a nice big room.
Yes, what he said. For me it was hell too.
Nah it's defo top end of the uni halls at over 3 grand, nice big rooms though! The more nasty places on campus are much cheaper ie. Whitworth Pk and Grosvenor.
So about £78 a week then. I can't remember how much my catered halls cost me but I remember that I only ever ate breakfast there twice, and was always at home at weekends. What a rip off.
When I lived in a house I paid £50 a week rent and about £30 towards bills and shared food. Much better value as I could eat what I wanted, when I wanted.
Yeah that's pretty good. I had to pay a ridiculous £3600 for 30 weeks with 2 meals a day and not even a sink or anything in the room....nice location, nice hall, but waaaaaay too expensive! glad i've left now!! (I wasn't even in the most expensive hall either!)
It's not always that easy living with a small number of other people. It's fine if you all get to like each other and end up doing things together, but when I moved in with 3 other people in my flat we found we didn't have anything in common and didn't really do anything together after the first week.
It's not really a problem as you can still make friends with people on your course, in socities and when you're socializing, though one benefit of going in halls is there is a much bigger potential friend supply and you're more likely to meet someone you get on with.
loftx2 comments about living with 3 other people is quite true... i think thats why i picked to share halls with 8 other people. Sounds mad but i will have plenty of instant friends... which i think i need... get lonely easy.
Any more experiences would be great and thanks for all the people who have commented
really excited. i put down owens park first choice and 2 other ones in fallowfield. that area was highly recommended from 2 other people i know there. very nervous bout meeting people but my sister said on the first day to go introduce yourself to everyone on your floor and those above and below you. you've just got to make the effort to make friends even though its gonna be scary!!
Yep i'm looking forward to it all now...ready to meet and greet. Wish the wait would end and the results would come out and we'd just move.... the wait is agonising :eek:
It didn't seem to work exactly like that for me. Though I got to know people during the first couple of weeks and started going out with them and things, I didn't really feel like we were friends until near the end of the second term.
There are always lots of people worrying about making friends at the start of the first term and people just try and get to know people fast but I think forming real friendships takes time - one of my good friends now I didn't even meet until the start of the second term and I have drifted apart from quite a few people I knew in the first term.
Jst try and meet as many people as possible in the first few weeks but don't worry if you don't become instant friends - i think it takes a while.
I didn't enjoy halls first time round. I was in a flat with 3 other girls, they were nice people but we didn't have much in common and I ended up feeling isolated.
Last year I lived in a university owned flat, which was a 2 bedroomed flat I shared with a postgraduate student. It was a nice place to live but not good for meeting people.
Halls aren't for everyone. A lot of students who live there will be noisy, drink a lot, and loud. I'm not saying they all are, but if you are a quieter sort of person, and need your sleep, you might not enjoy halls. It's not true that you get instant friends just because you are in halls but at least there is the opportunity to meet lots of people.
Good luck.