[HDNG]IN COLLEGE:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Catered: 40% [BULL] Cost: ú51.50(30wks) [BULL] Self-catering: 23%[PARA][BULL] Cost: ú25-42(36wks)[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] 93% of students who want to live in can do so. This [PARA]means nearly all 1st years are housed by the University, mostly [PARA]within walking distance of each other and teaching sites. A [PARA]variety of old and new, large and small, single and mixed sex [PARA]accommodation is available to the 2/3 of St Andrews students [PARA]who live in. 20% of students have to share rooms. [ITAL]Tidy [EITAL]modern [PARA]student houses and falts form self-catered accommodation for [PARA]588 students in Fife Park, and Albany Park (on the beach).[PARA][BOLD]Catering:[EBOLD] In a recent survey, students said they were happy with [PARA]the accommodation, but not so chuffed with halls food.[HDNG]EXTERNALLY:[EHDNG][PARA][GRPH]A2[EGRPH][STAT][BULL] Renting: 33% [BULL] Ave rent: ú35-40[ESTAT][PARA][BOLD]Availability:[EBOLD] [ITAL]It's slightly harder to buy condoms in a convent than to[PARA]find suitable housing in St Andrews. There are no specific [PARA]student areas because it's so small. Many resort to local villages.[PARA]Remember, size [ULNE]is[EULNE] important. The available places are generally [PARA]good, a reflection of local prosperity. It's slightly easier to sell [PARA]condoms in a convent than to park in St Andrews - even in the [PARA]residential areas it is fairly bad. Bikes are recommended.[EITAL][PARA][BOLD]Housing help:[EBOLD] Help is available from the Head of University [PARA]Accommodation which employs 2 staff to help with house [PARA]hunting and the problems that inevitably will occur, even to the [PARA]most optimistic. [ITAL] After all, the difference between an optimist and[PARA]a pessimist is that an optimist isn't in possession of all the facts.[EITAL][PARA][PARA]
