I lived there for 7 terms in late 60's/early 70's. It was good then by existing standards, but now it looks wonderful. It was really cheap when I first when there, and I think I paid £3.50/week. Obviously the medical school canteen has gone, so you need better kitchens. Some people even got to park a car there.
@@aph2772 yes, that was what things cost then. An average working man's salary was about £1k, so scale that up by x30 and various other stuff. I also paid no tuition fees, and received not only a grant from local authority, but they re-imbursed most of my travel home.. Astor College was cheap, but even the other nearby halls were similar. I lived in the LSE hall for a year as an exchange student, but you got half board there and full at weekends. I guess the big difference was that most school leavers were not awarded university places.
I think you should show us the bad ones too.......One might end up there,cause students have no choice to where they are placed. My son went to one of the lesser halls,and got so depressed that was thinking of leaving,and instead started commuting from home....we are in London so lucky. The kitchen was so bad,the electric hob cooker took forever to warm up,so there was no use cooking.
@@V4nita I paid for the remaining term...then Pendamic struck and working from home.The uni asked us to vacate the room and did not have to pay for rest of the year.
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