UNIVERSITY: WITH FRIENDS OR AT HOME?

I have a question to be answered: is it better to live on your own (with friends) or to live with your parents while you are studying at university?

It all depends on where you study, for example; in my case, if I wanted to study in Barcelona it would be better to live there, because it’s a little bit far to return every day. If I wanted to study in Girona, I would have the chance to return every day or to stay there in a flat with friends.

I don’t know where I am going to study; but I’m sure I will live in a flat with friends because I don’t like the idea of returning every day and going there every morning. It probably costs a lot of money to stay there, but if I work this two coming summers and I save the money I earn, I will probably have some money to go there.

OK, returning to the firs question, it really depends on each person and each ones economy. An advantage to live there is that it’s easier to get to the university because you are nearer than if you are at home. It’s true that you have to make your own food and wash your own clothes, but it must be a great experience. You have more intimacy and that’s a big point.

If you live at home while studying, you have the advantage that you don’t have to do housework and you have time to study, but you waste a lot of time going and coming back.

Another important aspect about living in a flat is to choose carefully the people you are going to live with. Sometimes it’s not the friendship but the responsibility to live on your own in a flat. 

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