University

[squillyfer]

I'm a bit worried about my finance, according to my payment schedule my tuition fee installments aren't being paid until february and may

[Abigail]

That's normal, its how everyone's tuition fees are paid.

[Katy]

That's normal, its how everyone's tuition fees are paid.

Yah Abigails right, its the way all tutition is paid. You dont need to worry about Tuitionj as iot doesnt even go anywhere near your account, goes straight to the Uni.

[Abbie]

Ok, well Ive been on and paid the deposit for my accomodation. Nice to know its dead easy to do

[Abigail]

This is for all those who have budgeted at uni...

How much have you budgeted for food, going out etc? How much is a decent amount to live on for a week/month?

After I've paid my rent I'll have about £2500, not including my bursary (which will be about £500 going on last year's.) I'm thinking £300 a month, including phone bill will be sufficient. My phone bill comes to about £43 a month so I'll have £257 after that.

I'm going to transfer a set amount each month into a different account (I'll be getting interest on the rest of my loan and can't overspend). My rent is inclusive of utilities and internet so all I have to pay is food and socialising.

I was on another forum and someone said they lived on £25 a week I spend more than that on food. It depends where I shop, Sainsbury's I often spent £75 every 7-10 days, not including alcohol whereas Tesco is usually cheaper. I have discovered the Booze Busters does three litres of wine for a fiver

I do have my overdraft but I don't want to end up in the same situation I was four months ago.

What is your typical budget? Is £250 a month enough? I am planning on cutting my food spending down, making meals and freezing them, not eating out for dinner and tea every day etc.

[Layne]

Still have no accommodation - glad im not off till very end of september!!!!

[Katy]

mine never came through till very late, i wouldnt worry, they are still people going through clearing.

[Abbie]

I just got an email confiriming my acceptance and they got my deposit

[Abbie]

This is for all those who have budgeted at uni...

How much have you budgeted for food, going out etc? How much is a decent amount to live on for a week/month?

After I've paid my rent I'll have about £2500, not including my bursary (which will be about £500 going on last year's.) I'm thinking £300 a month, including phone bill will be sufficient. My phone bill comes to about £43 a month so I'll have £257 after that.

I'm going to transfer a set amount each month into a different account (I'll be getting interest on the rest of my loan and can't overspend). My rent is inclusive of utilities and internet so all I have to pay is food and socialising.

I was on another forum and someone said they lived on £25 a week I spend more than that on food. It depends where I shop, Sainsbury's I often spent £75 every 7-10 days, not including alcohol whereas Tesco is usually cheaper. I have discovered the Booze Busters does three litres of wine for a fiver

I do have my overdraft but I don't want to end up in the same situation I was four months ago.

What is your typical budget? Is £250 a month enough? I am planning on cutting my food spending down, making meals and freezing them, not eating out for dinner and tea every day etc.

This is a good idea
I think I once worked out that when I took the total of my accomodation away from the total of the loan im getting and then divided that by 40, cos my contract is for 40 weeks, I ended up with about £40 a week

[Abigail]

This is for all those who have budgeted at uni...

How much have you budgeted for food, going out etc? How much is a decent amount to live on for a week/month?

After I've paid my rent I'll have about £2500, not including my bursary (which will be about £500 going on last year's.) I'm thinking £300 a month, including phone bill will be sufficient. My phone bill comes to about £43 a month so I'll have £257 after that.

I'm going to transfer a set amount each month into a different account (I'll be getting interest on the rest of my loan and can't overspend). My rent is inclusive of utilities and internet so all I have to pay is food and socialising.

I was on another forum and someone said they lived on £25 a week I spend more than that on food. It depends where I shop, Sainsbury's I often spent £75 every 7-10 days, not including alcohol whereas Tesco is usually cheaper. I have discovered the Booze Busters does three litres of wine for a fiver

I do have my overdraft but I don't want to end up in the same situation I was four months ago.

What is your typical budget? Is £250 a month enough? I am planning on cutting my food spending down, making meals and freezing them, not eating out for dinner and tea every day etc.

This is a good idea
I think I once worked out that when I took the total of my accomodation away from the total of the loan im getting and then divided that by 40, cos my contract is for 40 weeks, I ended up with about £40 a week

I couldn't live on a set amount a week. Its a psychological thing I think, but 300 a month sounds more manageable than 75 a week.

I'll probably leave uni as soon as I'm finished in April so I'm only budgeting up until the end of April. Anything after that will come out of my overdraft (which I hopefully won't have to use)