Sleeping quarters

You have three options to where you want to spend your sleeping time. Home (that’s if you decide to study at your home province), University residence (Res) or digs (an apartment or house outside campus).

Home:
Living at home when attending Uni is the reasonable thing to do, that is, if you’re studying near home. It has the luxuries of home-cooked meals, your room and plus it’s cheaper. So for example if I had decided to study at UKZN I would have stayed at home. But thank the Lord that I’m not and I don’t have to live with my mothers gripe 24/7.

Res:
Some say that staying in res is like living in a 5-star hotel. I say that those people have never stayed at a 5-star hotel and the closet they’ve come to one is a motel on Point Rd in Durban. Res can be fun at times with the friends and the constant jolling. But really when it comes down to studying the noise factor can be become a problem.

Digs:
Apparently living in digs is the epitome of cool. That is if you enjoy eating canned food and cheese rolls for the rest of your Uni life. Living in digs can be cool because there are no annoying sub-wardens and inter-visiting hours but digs is also a lot of work. You have to buy your food and then cook everyday, you have to drive to Uni everyday and you have to be wary about the security of your premises and on top of that you have Uni to deal with. Though if you can do that then go for it.

Choosing where to live during your varsity years can be a mission since there is no option that has all negatives and no option that has all positives. So I say choose the one which you think will best advantage you.