UK Students?

[ezza]

in the first year of uni...

u have to pay 3 lots of rent for halls throughout the year, the last instalment in the middle of May, which uses up all your maintenance loan till the next one in september

then obviously u have to get a house sorted for second year

but then all the house contracts start from around the first of july, so u have to pay till september (around £1000-1500) with no student loan covering u????

what the fuck did u/are u gonna do?

obviously there's the 'get a fucking job' response (which im trying to do), but surely thousands of students are in this predicament yearly and don't all find work

how did u guys cover it?

ffs long. was hoping to pissed owith my student loan and now by the looks of it every last penny has to go on fuckin houses and rent

[Muncey]

Go home lol.

[ezza]

but then when u need to get a house in september they're all taken and you can't find no one to live with?

or u mean go home and stop posting shit? lolol

[Muncey]

Haha no I meant in terms of living until September, go home until then. 1st installment has to pay rent + living until next one.. same with 2nd, last one is usually cheaper rent anyway and the rest is just money to fuck around with if you move home for summer.

Fuck student houses they proper mug you off making you move in a month before uni starts. I stayed in halls again 2nd year and 3rd year got a 12 month contract in an apartment, this will be the first summer I don't go home all summer. Although I'll need to go back quite a bit for work to pay off this rasclart overdraft.

A lot of my mates last year went into a student house and ended up back in halls this year.

[Forum]

The student loan system is based on the assumption your parents will be helping you out

[ezza]

Haha no I meant in terms of living until September, go home until then. 1st installment has to pay rent + living until next one.. same with 2nd, last one is usually cheaper rent anyway and the rest is just money to fuck around with if you move home for summer.

Fuck student houses they proper mug you off making you move in a month before uni starts. I stayed in halls again 2nd year and 3rd year got a 12 month contract in an apartment, this will be the first summer I don't go home all summer. Although I'll need to go back quite a bit for work to pay off this rasclart overdraft.

A lot of my mates last year went into a student house and ended up back in halls this year.

yeah the house and contract is sorted now so i guess im sorta fucked. im in the city centre just where i wanna be though so im happy with that

The student loan system is based on the assumption your parents will be helping you out

yeah, some of my house mates get there rent payed by their parents and still get student loan which is sick

unfortunately my parents won't help me out, except for food now and then

so guess i need a job, and fast

[Muncey]

Mate of mine got money from a guy who died like 100 years ago, hes from a small village and the guy was mega-rich and left it all to students cause he had no family.. so all students who live in a certain radius get like £1,000 a year.

What you studying?

[ezza]

yeah, that sounds sick

i need some strike of luck like that, might start the lottery again. im sick at doin shit when ive got p

& im studying audio technology

it's alright man but didn't realise what i was getting myself in for it's mainly engineering and programming, two things i know loath

what about u?

[ezza]

yeah man, don't think im eligible for much bursary cus my parents earn too much. i get about £400 each loan which is alright tho

gonna get on the job search now, hopefully find something before the end of may

and banks hate me cus i fucked about with wonga

[Muncey]

Economics, its pretty dull. Audio technology sounds cool, I wish I'd done something more along those lines now.. only thing I've really learnt is that I don't want a job in economics lol.

At least you're in a good city, that was the main thing for me. Uni was more getting away and experiencing somewhere else, glad I chose Manchester. Was here or Bristol. Thats why I've ended up not completely enjoying the course cause I chose it more cause I was good at it rather than interest, think a lot of people do that.

[Terpit]

smoke a joint, do some k and dont worry about it

[AxeD]

I've been working since I was 13 and here shit is arranged proper and not overly expensive
Although I don't get any benefits because I study at a private school...

[ezza]

Economics, its pretty dull. Audio technology sounds cool, I wish I'd done something more along those lines now.. only thing I've really learnt is that I don't want a job in economics lol.

At least you're in a good city, that was the main thing for me. Uni was more getting away and experiencing somewhere else, glad I chose Manchester. Was here or Bristol. Thats why I've ended up not completely enjoying the course cause I chose it more cause I was good at it rather than interest, think a lot of people do that.

haha yeah, good in the long run though for employment

and yeah i basically came to uni to move to Bristol, i try to enjoy my course but i find it hard too

think i kinda went uni just cus it was expected of me

[Blenky]

Most student houses do reduced rent over summer don't they, or is it completely different here? I set mine up so that it's the same payment plan as halls as well pretty much, money get's taken out 3 times just after loan comes in, makes it easier than fucking about having to find a spare hundred quid the week before rents due

[ezza]

smoke a joint, do some k and dont worry about it

i've been doin that for too long, it's time to become a responsible tenant

Lol, fair play. If you mix, see if your SU will pay you to spin a couple sets? I managed to play a garage set at mine :p

i wanna play techno tho, and they wont let me play techno ffs - they told me word for word that "it would attract drug dealers"

also they only got cdjs and i ent no battyboy

edit* nah i might actually try tbf, i think i can handle playing some cheesy garage

[ezza]

Most student houses do reduced rent over summer don't they, or is it completely different here? I set mine up so that it's the same payment plan as halls as well pretty much, money get's taken out 3 times just after loan comes in, makes it easier than fucking about having to find a spare hundred quid the week before rents due

mines the same all year

but yeah im doin the payment 3 times a year just after my loan which is good, means i cant fuck up too bad

[Mason]

last year my overdraft paid for that but this year my loan just came in and i'm only +£50 so fuck knows what i'm gonna do this summer.

[ezza]

yeah man ffs

student life is hard

aint even got no powder to ease the pain

[hugh]

you could apply for extra support through student finance.

[ezza]

you could apply for extra support through student finance.

how how how???