u/numra24

Masters international student here.

Applied for Hulme, Ashburne, Sheavyn (in this order) as they were the cheapest available. They gave me Uttley House. 207 pounds a week.

I cannot afford it, point blank. Emailed them, but I don't know if anything will happen. I'm kicking myself a bit because if I had known accommodation would be so tough, I probably would have applied for a catered hall even if it was 200-210 pounds to get some relief somewhere.

What can I do? I am considering student properties, but I don't know where to start or how to even check them out. I don't know how to assess safety which is the biggest thing for me as obviously looking at residences while in another country I'm bound to make a mistake.

Carefully selected the UK for postgrad and was very excited to go - having weighed all costs and pros very thoroughly.

But the current condition in the country towards foreigners makes me very worried. I would like to avail whatever opportunity I can while I go there and have looked into those as well. It also does not seem very safe there.

I am very worried and am having second thoughts about studying abroad, or maybe waiting a year to apply to Canada even though I did not really like their programs and could not find a supervisor that I aligned with last time I applied.

I emailed them (admissions team) about a query related to deposit over a week ago, no response (including we have received your email acknowledgement). Followed up yesterday again.

I am worried and am in a bit of a rush. How can I get a timely response/contact them urgently?

I made the mistake of applying to 2-3 Canadian universities and got rejected from them. I applied to a lot of UK universities and got accepted in most.

My choices currently (if I go this year) are Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester. I did not get any funding from Manchester.

I do not know if I should wait one more year again to re-apply to Canada and more universities, or go this year. When I look at job and settlement opportunities anywhere, they seem so low. And people advise against going. If I wait to go to Canada (where I didn't really want to go but my dad wanted me to for PR), I worry if I will actually get a job. I feel like this will effect my academic performance as well.

I really want to go to study and learn but I also worry I will make the wrong decision because of these emotions, so I am looking for perspective.

my_qualifications: 3 international teacher certifications, one year of experience at an IB school, tentatively may be getting published in an academic journal