Cost of living as a student at London Business School
As a student at LBS, what is a realistic annual budget? If you could break it down into different categories (housing, food, travel, etc.) that would be even better. Thanks!
As a student at LBS, what is a realistic annual budget? If you could break it down into different categories (housing, food, travel, etc.) that would be even better. Thanks!
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go with the one shown on their webpage
Student Oyster card is about 70 per month Rent will vary with location and if you are sharing an apartment or not Eating out will vary between 10 for a sandwich and a beverage to 25-30 for a more standard restaurant Home broadband: 10/15 + 12 line rental p/month One school trek in Europe +/- 300 to 500 New Iphone on contract 25-45 per month To have an idea about grocery prices go to tesco.com for example
^What currency?
It's the UK so GBP
Thanks HF
Happy to help.
If you want more detail please PM with further details and I will be happy to provide further info.
i guess all in you should budget 1.7-2k a month?
If you have to buy stuff (ie. TV or furniture) for your place it should be more than that. Also, if you have kids you better add 2k on top of that.
yeah that was for a single student living a student lifestyle
i.e. being willing to live in cheaper areas as rent in central london (nice place) would be almost 60-100% of the budget
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