edd1.0
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Registered: 17th Sep 08
Location: kettering
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hello anyone else on here currently a student at uni and living away from home ?
im going uni next month and currently shitting myself
anyone else in the same situation ?
im just worried how im going to afford it
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Tom J
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Registered: 8th Sep 03
Location: Bridgend
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student loans, credit cards, you will be paying for it for years to come 
if im anyone to go by
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Tom J
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Registered: 8th Sep 03
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you only live once. if you don't enjoy your uni days you will regret it trust me
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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Just done 6 years of it
What are you shitting yourself about?
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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I was in the same situation, went into halls.
My flat was really good (except a random 3rd year student!) we all got on, we are living together this year except for one guy.
Just talk to anyone and everyone, you will meet loads of people from all different backgrounds. Most important thing is to have a laugh! We messed around and did so many things this year in our flat, from one of the guys sweet talking the salesmen at the vaux garage so we could get some full size cardboard cut outs of Potter, Hermione and Jame Dean. We had flour fights, cooked a roast dinner, went to sea world, had loads of movie nights, singstar, went out for meals together, loads of pranks. 2 of us blew up 200 ballons for someones birthday suprise, it goes on!
Money terms, you getting a maintenance loan? Are you or your parents paying for accommodation?
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edd1.0
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Registered: 17th Sep 08
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right i feel better now , my dads paying my accomadation but im still getting a maintance loan but its onli bare minimum , becuase my parents have good paid jobs but they also have 6 children to look after and alot of out goings etc so i dont expect to go crying to them when i run outa of money .
ive not been to school for 4 years which also worries me about work etc but im only doing a foundation degree so hopfully should be ok
i was just wondering how people coped ? im used to earning my own money and living at home so having a nice disposable income . I plan to get a job when im down there but i cant get looking until i get my student card and course details etc
one minute im buzzing and can't wait and one minute im worrying i think i will be ok when i get there though
i also need to learn to spell again haha
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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How much are you getting? I got about £1500 a term, which is usually about 10weeks.
I struggled money wise, but thats because in the first term I went mental was out at least 5 times a week for the first 5-6weeks, spending around £200 a week. Then 2nd term I bought a car cos I crashed my other one, so struggled as I was selling parts to get the money back.
This year I know whats what, so should be alright (plus I get more money!). Have a look around for charities and trust funds which offer grants, I've applied to 2, getting 2.3k a year off one, just received 1k off the other.
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jay.jay
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Registered: 28th Dec 10
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What foundation degree are you doin?
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edd1.0
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Registered: 17th Sep 08
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okk thanks theese trust funds do i look for whilst at uni or before ? business at uni college birghmingham
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
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Guess im one of the lucky ones.
Work pay me a decent wage, and have paid for my Foundation Degree which I have done day release.
Handed my notice in the other week though and am doing the top up course so I get a Hons degree full time for a year. Thing im gonna stuggle $£$£$£ 
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edd1.0
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Registered: 17th Sep 08
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that turned out alright then , im planning to top up after 2 years , i probably could of got into my local uni and stayed at home kept my job part time etc , but i like the idea of living in the city and the indepence
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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after year one you will hate home and not want to go back
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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im 24 and i start uni this year. im also a bit worried. im getting the full grant/loan buit have to pay accomodation out of it leaving me £57 a week left of my loan which i should be able to manage on if i can find a 10 hour part time job
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Ste
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What's wrong with parents starting trust funds when their children are born to pay for uni? Wouldn't need to take a loan then
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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edd1.0
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i think my dad started a trust fund but once i left school i had no intention of going uni i became a mechanic so some of that money was used to pay for a toolbox and tools for me :S , my dads paying my accomadation but i dont exactly know if its coming out a trust fund or his own pocket i just dont want to put a financial strain on my family which i dont think im doing , but my parents never really talk about money
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Jamie Walby
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quote:
Originally posted by antnee
cooked a roast dinner
WHOA!!! You crazy students!!! 
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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My sis and her 5 flatmates have a full blown roast every Sunday!
Don't go, turns 99% of people into instant cunts :zipsupflamesuit:
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Simon
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quote:
Originally posted by edd1.0
okk thanks theese trust funds do i look for whilst at uni or before ? business at uni college birghmingham
You're going to have to work on that spelling of Birmingham But brum is a good place to be at uni, I did a foundation art degree there
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edd1.0
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Registered: 17th Sep 08
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yehh i know my spelling of alot of words is awful lol
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Carl
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99% of people will be in the same boat, so will be friendly and willing to make friends new friends. My advice would be to make as many mats as possible at the start, don't just latch on to the first people you see as if they turn out to be weirdos you'll be stuck!
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Matty W
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off to uclan in preston in september doing foundation motorsports. its not too far to travel for me though so i can live at home and drive in.
went to the bank this morning to get my account changed over to a student account ( intreset free overdraft )
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Brum's a good place to go for uni 
Try to budget your loan, you probably wont in the end ( ) but then at least you ought to have time to do a bit of work on the side of your studies
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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quote:
Originally posted by music1990
off to uclan in preston in september doing foundation motorsports. its not too far to travel for me though so i can live at home and drive in.
went to the bank this morning to get my account changed over to a student account ( intreset free overdraft )
fuckers knocked me back on that yesterday, failed the credit check so now i need to get on experian or somethin and find out why because ive always paid everything.
i was gonna go preston or lancatser to do motosport but chose liverpool in the end to do mechanical
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jay.jay
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Registered: 28th Dec 10
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Im doin foundation motorsport too
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
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quote:
Originally posted by edd1.0
okk thanks theese trust funds do i look for whilst at uni or before ? business at uni college birghmingham
Look for them now, they have different closing dates.
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