Universities Option - The Accommodation (Part 1)

~1:00pm

I guess it's time for me to decide, seriously... which university should I go to further my study at UK. Masih tak ada kabar berita dari Liverpool. I've emailed them yesterday, but still no reply. Ok, let say I got the offer to Liverpool University, so I have 3 universities in my option list...

1. Liverpool
2. Bristol
3. Southampton (Soton)
Bye bye to Newcastle & Imperial College London.

There are a few criterias that I shoud consider before really make up my mind. I'll start with the accomodations offered by the U.

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~8:00pm

Hehee... at last I've got a reply from University of Liverpool. Yes, I got it! Depa ni mmg nak kene push, baru lah nak anta notification emel. Maybe the decision was just being made since they said the offer letter has been sent today and expected to be arrived within 3 weeks. I have always said that Liverpool is my 1st choice. However after surveying the accommodation, I start having doubt. If Liverpool allowance rate is Rate C, then I'd have a problem... I might don't have enough money or the budget might be very tight for the accommodation.

Here's the accommodation allowance rate for UK that I've got from JPA:
Rate A: GBP575.00
Rate B: GBP460.00
Rate C: GBP345.00

I've surveyed on Internet...
Rate A - London, Univ. Oxford & Cambridge
Rate B - Bath, Surrey, Reading, Edinburgh & Bristol
Rate C - other than A & B.
... I need to confirm this with JPA. I'm not sure whether Soton is rate B or C, but since Soton is nearer to London compare to Bristol, I'll assume that Soton is under rate B.


Liverpool...

Philharmonic Court

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Cost per week: GBP73.85 to GBP103.60

Take the lowest rate (I doubt) which is GBP73.85 x 51 week contract / 12 months = GBP313.86 per month. Need to email the U for the cost confirmation... (I hate doing this emailing & surveying job).


Bristol...

Chantry Court's Small Ensuite: GBP84.50 x 50 week contract / 12 months = GBP352.08 per month.
No floor plan though. The study bedroom has its own toilet and shower/bathroom but shared kitchen. So, the floor plan might be like the 1st image.


Soton...

Self catered accommodation: GBP65.45 (for a very basic bedroom I believe, shared shower and shared kitchen) to GBP158.90 per week.
The actual cost might be similar to Bristol.


To be continued in Part 2 - The Syllabus...