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to search for accommodation you need to
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go to
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www.com.ed.ac.uk
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this is a separate website to any
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applications made through the university
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so make sure you do this carefully
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they have things like tours and
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you can kind of compare the
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accommodation it gives you the prices it
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gives you to say whether they have a
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common room if they have an ensuite if
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they're catered or not and things like
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that
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on the accommodation website each
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accommodation is shown on a map
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which even gives you a breakdown in
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minutes how long the walk is to the
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nearest supermarket
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and the main campuses of the university
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it is important to remember though that
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edinburgh is quite a small city and more
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places are walkable than you might
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imagine
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it's worth noting that accommodation
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doesn't go on a first-come first-served
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basis
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and so there's no need for you to rush
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your decisions
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you it's only they've only just started
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allocating accommodation around now
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but you'll get the same chance to get
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one of your five preferences
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if you applied by the deadline it's not
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first come first theft
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so i stayed in chancellors in politicals
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which is the cathode accommodation
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option
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at edinburgh um the
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positives are that i'm a horrible chef
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so moving to university i didn't want
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cooking to be an extra thing that i had
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to worry about in my first year
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when i was already a bit nervous about
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all the changes that were going to
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happen
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and having to move away from home i just
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didn't really want to think about
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cooking
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also i saw catering as
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a really sociable option and getting to
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eat meals with friends and talk about
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things over dinner time and breakfast
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time just
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felt like quite a nice way to meet
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people and make friends to me
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and so that's why i chose catered
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so i picked self-catered because i like
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to have that
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option to go to eat when i want to have
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breakfast where i want and
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you're able to spend your money perhaps
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more wisely so i'm able to
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shop cheap some weeks to shop more
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expensive without more money
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i also just like the ability to have a
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kitchen cook in it it's not for everyone
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sometimes if you like structure if you
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like to know you'll definitely have
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meals at a certain time go catered but
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for me there was no loss in going
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self-care
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we weren't less social if not growing
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more so i really enjoy cater and i would
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recommend it but it's all about what
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suits you
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so i think this is one of the most
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common questions um regarding
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catered accommodation and i also think
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it's probably the thing that maybe puts
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people off a bit
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i personally didn't find the um time
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allocation
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that constraining and i thought
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they were quite generous because that
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was kind of the normal time that you
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would be eating anyway
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for breakfast brunch and dinner i think
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it's about a three hour slot and when
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you think about it that
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that's quite a long time for how long
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you really need to eat
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also the time that it ends that's the
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last time you can go into the canteen as
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opposed to like
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that's the last time you have to stop
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eating so there's actually an extra bit
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of leeway either side as well
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um also if you missed occasional meals
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if you had a society
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or you were at the gym or something it
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wasn't really a big deal either because
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you could order in you could treat
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yourself get some food
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or you could make something in your
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pantry there's microwaves in there as
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well
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so if you wanted to grab a quick
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sandwich or actually make something you
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could do that as well
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but obviously that was only occasionally
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and to be honest in case of
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accommodation
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i don't think that many people found it
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that constraining
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i was really worried when i came to uni
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about sharing a bathroom but i needn't
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have been
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in my flight of six we had two bathrooms
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between us and you sort of learned to
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adapt to other people's bathroom times
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like i think i only queued for a shower
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once in the whole time i was in halls
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obviously you don't need an ensuite it's
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up to you and it's up to what you're
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willing to pay for
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and i wasn't that bored about it last
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week i couldn't afford an ensuite
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my life was no worse for not having one
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some people love an ensuite but you have
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to pay more money for it so it's really
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up to you
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and what you value i like having the
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money spent on other things
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for me i got one of my five choices and
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i don't know any of my friends or anyone
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else that didn't get one of their five
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choices
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so your five preferences aren't ordered
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like number one isn't your first choice
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number five isn't your last choice
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hopefully you'll get one of your five
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um but actually i got the one i put
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first which was the one i wanted most
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and most of my friends got that or their
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second choice
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so it seems quite common that people do
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tend to get the one that they want
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but there's no guarantee of that
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so i can only really speak on behalf of
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politicals which is the case
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accommodation so i think there's eight
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buildings within
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the um small village of politicals so
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there's the shared canteen and then
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eight different buildings around me
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which have
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hundreds of people in each one so
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obviously they've all got their
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reputation
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and they change year on year so it's
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hard to say which one is lively which
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one's not from my
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personal experience i was in
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chancellor's court and i thought that
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was a very sociable
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house to be in i also have that holland
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house is extremely sociable but i think
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they all are to be honest and
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yes some might be slightly rowdier than
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other ones but again it varies so much
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year on year and i'm sure you can check
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like online forums and
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and tip pages i think there's some
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things on the website as well
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which you can check like um the
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reputation that they have
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but yeah i mean you're gonna have a good
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time no matter where you go but if you
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want to request somewhere quieter
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that information can be found on the
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website
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there are some accommodations that are a
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bit more out the way and a bit away from
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the hustle and bustle of the city
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so yes i was acquired and i stayed in
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robson's close which is on the cow gate
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at street field club
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so our night times were not quiet but
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that was fine
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we were high enough high up enough that
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it didn't really bother us and it was
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quite exciting
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you were two minutes away from
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everything that was going on in terms of
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the people there
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you don't know until you get there it
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might be that your accommodation a lot
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of people like to party in it it may be
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that it doesn't
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but um usually when you fill your form
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you can request
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people that you live with to be the same
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sort of interests and the same
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intentions that you do so if you put
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that you like going out a lot you might
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be matched with other people who also
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like going out a lot
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so and there's no sort of balance here
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coming from london i initially found
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edinburgh quite a cheap city to live in
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because i was used to paying six pounds
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for a pint
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however now that i've lived here a while
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i think it's more of a
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middle-of-the-road city in terms of
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living expenses
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outside of my rent the biggest portions
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of my monthly budget are allocated to
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society events and socials
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but i also like to put aside a little
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bit of money every month to save for
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something nice for my flat or for myself
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well it's not too bad i was in
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self-catered accommodation in first year
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and that ranges from about four thousand
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to six thousand pounds for a 38-week
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lease
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and within that is included all of your
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bills your wi-fi your personal content
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insurance
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the resident life team and cleaners that
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are in most of the common spaces in
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their accommodations
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so that felt quite affordable i was on
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the kind of four thousand pound mark of
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that
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i then spent about sixty pounds a week
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mostly on food but also on things like
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social activities or
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you know going out or snacks and coffees
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and things
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i kind of budgeted by using an app
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called weekly budgets
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and dividing my loan by the number of
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weeks i was at uni that worked really
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well for me
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and then in second year my flat was
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about 550 pounds a month
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um which did feel more and i had bills
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on top of that but it definitely feels
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fairly affordable and you can also work
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really easily in the city as well
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and on every floor we had an ra live
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with us which is a resident assistant
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so it's typically another student who's
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maybe in their fourth year or beyond
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and they live alongside you and it's
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just someone who is kind of your first
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point of call if you've got a problem
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you know um social problems medical
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problems
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they were the person to go to they're
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the person to ask advice from
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and and they're really helpful living
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with us
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they have their own space as well so
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they're not like involved in your living
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situation
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but they're the person to ask if you've
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got questions or worries or
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anything about like um logistical things
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on your floor as well
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we also had wardens living in our
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building so these are someone slightly
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older who
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if you had a more serious problem you
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could go to them with
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but yeah it was really nice to have that
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person there some extra support
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the university has an official new
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students website
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webpage on facebook which you can join i
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found that my accommodation has
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its own different web page on facebook
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where i joined and got in touch with
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some of my flatmates but there's no need
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to worry if you don't find them
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because you'll definitely get to know
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them once you get there
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so before i came to university i met
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people on my flight in a facebook group
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and we just put what flatware and then
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people commented saying oh i'm in that
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one too so i was lucky enough to meet i
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think all my flatmates were moved in
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and after i moved in the best would do
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is just talking people we went
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and knocked in doors and everyone in our
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sort of block of flats and just invited
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them around
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and so it was nice to get to know people
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after that societies you have your
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societies fair
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uh usually wednesday and thursday
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welcome week go there meet some people
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see what interests are
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and then go to events and meet people
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and that's one of the best things that i
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did to expand my social structure
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there are a range of different options
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for how you can pay for your
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accommodation edinburgh once you've
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accepted your offer
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including paying info upfront or paying
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in semesterly or monthly installments
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which is what i chose to do
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because it made the outgoing cost more
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