£85 pw sounds really unreasonable. £15-20 on groceries per week is difficult to stick to especially if you include the occasional snacks/drinks. £25-30 is more reasonable. It is very difficult to find a flat near campus (maybe not even possible anymore) for that kind of budget and if you are further out from campus and can't walk you will be paying around £20 a week extra at least if you are taking the tube (with the railcard discount and bear in mind that the discount only applies at off-peak times) and around £17 extra if you are taking the bus. Being further away from campus does not necessarily guarantee significantly lower rent either unless you are willing to spend an hour a day commuting. When you add the irregular costs like having to buy a new pair of shoes, clothes, the travel costs to go and get these, haircut, medicine, friends' birthdays, tickets to go back home or away for a couple of days etc. your average costs go even higher. I'm not sure if the bills were included in the rent cost but if not you need to add around £10-15 per week with this depending on the time of the year. You will be paying more for heating and electricity in winter. So, if you are making all your meals at home and don't mind spending time commuting etc. you can save a lot of money by compromising on your time and fun. But then what's the point of being in London?
Im a first year at UCL right now and I had a contextual offer. I'm a home student, I come from a household under 30K. I worked manual labour all summer to save up £2000 for the year and then got the UCL bursary to help pay for my Oyster card. So no, not everyone there is rich.
£85 pw sounds really unreasonable.
£15-20 on groceries per week is difficult to stick to especially if you include the occasional snacks/drinks. £25-30 is more reasonable.
It is very difficult to find a flat near campus (maybe not even possible anymore) for that kind of budget and if you are further out from campus and can't walk you will be paying around £20 a week extra at least if you are taking the tube (with the railcard discount and bear in mind that the discount only applies at off-peak times) and around £17 extra if you are taking the bus. Being further away from campus does not necessarily guarantee significantly lower rent either unless you are willing to spend an hour a day commuting.
When you add the irregular costs like having to buy a new pair of shoes, clothes, the travel costs to go and get these, haircut, medicine, friends' birthdays, tickets to go back home or away for a couple of days etc. your average costs go even higher.
I'm not sure if the bills were included in the rent cost but if not you need to add around £10-15 per week with this depending on the time of the year. You will be paying more for heating and electricity in winter.
So, if you are making all your meals at home and don't mind spending time commuting etc. you can save a lot of money by compromising on your time and fun. But then what's the point of being in London?
your points are all valid but some people only come to London for the education so having fun is not a requirement
Eating out is a familiar issue, trying to balance between £15 meals and 50p ramen LOL!
Are there a lot of American students at UCL?
IDC none of you even worked for your own money
not everyone who goes there is rich this uni was made to help underprivileged people too
@@evotr1p622 you keep thinking that kid
@@evotr1p622 Ever been so triggered about the truth?
Im a first year at UCL right now and I had a contextual offer. I'm a home student, I come from a household under 30K. I worked manual labour all summer to save up £2000 for the year and then got the UCL bursary to help pay for my Oyster card. So no, not everyone there is rich.
@@katozrippla1497 Walking W