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UAS Rant Thread
« on: January 30, 2009, 02:47:10 pm »
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Release your anger here.

Me First:
Fucking shit ANU Uni Accomdation Service.  >:(

I applied in September, am being considered for NONE of my 4 preferences.
Currently being considered for fucking UniLodge which I can't afford.

And Unilodge only has a minimum 42 week contract which apparently costs the same as the 52 week one anyway.

And I still haven't even got an accom offer and probably won't hear till next Wednesday ie 2 weeks after academic offers were made. 

Now I"ll probably have to defer a year to save up or accept my Melbourne Uni offer (which doesn't even have the subjects I want).

Can I still accept the UoM offer now?

I'm so pissed. I wanna go to ANU so bad.  :'(

I hate UAS.
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2009, 03:03:00 pm »
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Why don't you find a close sharehouse? They are reasonably priced
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2009, 04:18:39 pm »
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Also, if the crisis is as bad this year as it was last year, you may end up being offered a place at a hotel. It isn't ideal, but it is much cheaper than UniLodge, and by mid-year they should be able to offer you a place at a college. I know a few people at Burgmann who this happened to. Unfortunately though, if you get a place at UniLodge you won't be offered any other places for this year. So, hope for a hotel, I guess? Rex Hotel is right near Fenner, so while it is a bit of a distance away, it isn't crazy. You'd probably be able to catch the bus that runs to and from ANU and Fenner.

It's a terrible situation. I think ANU should build more accommodation (not UniLodges though). They kept talking about shipping container housing in Worroni last year... that would be interesting.
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2009, 06:36:58 pm »
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Now praying for a hotel room/shipping container.
Otherwise screw UniLodge I'll probably go find my own housing somewhere.

I don't understand why they built another UniLodge when clearly in wasn't that popular.
Why didn't they just make another ANU owned cheap hall?

Worst bit is if I do get UniLodge and accept it I'll be stuck there for a whole yr with little chance of getting into another student res college later.




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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2009, 07:29:04 pm »
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Haha yeah - I ditched ANU due to the ridiculous accommodation system - I got an offer to Johns earlier in the week - but had already reconsidered my options here
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2009, 07:31:27 pm »
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fuck you uas
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2009, 08:26:44 pm »
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Death to UAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently some UniLodge offers have been sent.
No email yet - dare I hope there's a hotel with my name on it?
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2009, 08:32:09 pm »
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they have, and people aren't even getting a choice as to whether they get a single or shared apartment. can you freaking believe that?

anyway, it's almost certain we'll get unilodge, because of the new building they built. i don't think many had to be sent off to a hotel last year.
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2009, 08:58:55 pm »
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FUCK NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
UniLodge Dave 3 Bedroom Multishare
$234 per week for a 52 week contract from Feb 8th to Jan 31st 2010.

I want to break something.  >:( >:( >:(
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2009, 09:02:30 pm »
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are u taking it up?
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2009, 09:05:24 pm »
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I dunno.

On the one hand I desparately wanted to be part of the whole on campus life.
But due to extreme cost probably not.

Will try and find some sorta share housing.
Anything that's cheaper and not too far away I'm up for.

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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2009, 09:27:25 pm »
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I figured that maybe because demand for ANU has seemed to go up (indicated by higher entrance requirements) there may not be as many accommodation vacancies as anticipated. Also, I don't think quite as many people have been moving out as normal because of housing insecurity. I know of a few people who don't want to stay in college this year, but feel that finding accommodation is too hard. At Burgmann, I think they've been more prepared than usual to move undergraduates to the postgrad village for this reason, although I'm not really sure.

To be fair, even though accommodation in Canberra is rather dreadful, ANU is one of the few universities that will guarantee first year accommodation (albeit from a range of quality). Recently Melbourne Uni students have been discovered illegally living at some place because they couldn't get affordable accommodation at all. I don't know of any other universities which care as much about ensuring viable accommodation for students than ANU - and this is a very difficult task. But if ANU is serious about this commitment, it will build more residential halls.

If you live in a UniLodge 5 share apartment thing, I don't think the fees aren't totally unreasonable ($198 per week) studio apartments are a bit much though. But yeah, for a 3 share is just too much, really. Sorry, memka.

Anyway, something in Dickson for housing would be nice, it's a bit of a hike, but walkable (and if you had a bike it'd be quite good). I imagine it would be slightly cheaper than in the city too. Even if you lived near a bus stop out in Belconnen or something, you'd probably be quite fine (as long as it isn't too far away from the bus stop - you may need to ask). Bus services in Canberra are much more reliable than in Melbourne. Also, if you have a share house and one of you has a car then you can ride to uni with them (assuming your timetables are compatible). The only thing is this stuff would probably involve some travel costs. Good luck.

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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2009, 03:01:37 pm »
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Fuck that sucks, I always said that if I got UniLodge I wouldn't go cos I couldn't afford it. How about deferring? Gap years are the best, and I thiiink people who defer are sort of a bit more likely to get good accom? Cos I spoke to the accom lady some stage last year, and she thought I'd deferred (cos I did a gap year, but didn't defer actually didn't apply til this year) and she said that if I'd deferred I would have most likely been fine, not to worry etc should get an offer where I want it.. Don't know how true this is, but could be something, maybe call and ask?

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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2009, 09:58:34 pm »
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Ok at this stage I've decided I will probably just accept the offer.
I tried looking for alternate accomodation but there's nothing avaliable I find suitable.

I'm hoping to find a job straight away plus get a student loan (cover enough for 6 months or so accom fees) just in case I can't find one immediately.

I figure I'll be graduating with debt anyway and in 5 yrs I'll be hopefully working full time so that should allow me to make the repayments.

However I'm gonna call UniLodge tomorrow and see if I can get a 3+ share room at Kinloch.
Coz atm even tho I'm not a music student I'm still gonna be studying for my AMus and apparently UniLodge Dave doesn't have practice rooms.
Failing that I'll see if I can just get access to Kinloch's music room anyway.

I guess I'll just have to make everything work out.
Thanks everyone on VN for your csympathy, advice and support.
I really appreciate it. :)
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Re: UAS Rant Thread
« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2009, 09:59:24 pm »
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