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She said to me 'son, if you dip it, keep it covered'.
Nuff said.
i come home every weekend from uni to work (and get my washing done/a tasty meal cooked by my mum inside me) - it's about a 45 minute drive.
i've always lived around the city i'm at uni in so it doesn't really feel like i'm in a 'new' place. plus it's quite a small city - but it has it's advantages, too.
I love London!
thats why im really NOT looking forward to going back to live at home when i finish this june. i'm gona lose so much independence.. and i wont be able to do naughty things..
I wasn't prepared for uni when I went in. I did my GCSE's and I knew I was gonna do A-levels, then int he middle of A-levels it was like "you have to rpepare to go to uni now". I'd never realy thought about it. I looked around and did th ereseach a bit, settle don law and was considering moving away, then the whole expense thing got to me a bit and stuff and more I read about what u look for in uni, the more I thought I had it here. You want a good uni with a good rep and a big city with night life. Well Leds already had all that so I though, why not stay? Not point moving an dusing up all that money, so I did. I didn't get into law but did get ino leed uni and went. I had a mate with me on the course so I wasn't lonely or owt like that. Alway shad someone to work with and such.
But then the social isde failed a bit. When I started I was ill int he firts week during all the fresher stuff , so I didnt hang around much or go on nights out. First year now one spoke that much, just in seminars and then by 2nd year I tried striking ou tmore but cliques were already formed and people had their mates and stuff so it never really happend.
I mean there wer epople I talked to regualr, but only at the uni, never outside and now I have left I only have 2 people on my phone from uni. One who Inever got to meet and naothe rin lond who I never hear from.
One the plus side, I only had to take out 1 year of a student loan to buy a laptop so I only have a few grand worth of debt compared to the over 10 k's that eveyone else has.
Yeah it is best to move away and many times I wish I had. Tho not sure how I'd compe with the money worries.
From reading this thread, the choice seems to be - (1) move away from home and get saddled in debt; (2) live at home but not take part in the university life. What an inspring choice!
you'll still more than likely be debt ridden even if you live at home. your loan is means tested so they'll take into account that you won't be paying rent (though your parents might want a bit off you) therefore you'll get less loan.
i doubt they'd charge the same as halls etc would. not sure whether my mum would be i'd try and chip in with the food.
when i move back after uni and get a full time job i'll be paying some rent. maybe £20-30 a week or something.
you'll find that many people do this after uni to save money to start renting/get their own place.
i have a job here that i'll be able to keep when i finish so it'll be a job to keep me ticking over while i find another one.
i myself am moving back home after university because it will be rent-free and i need to save money so that i can go travelling.