So you’ve just gotten that long-awaited acceptance letter to Oxford. Goosebumps, happy tears, a thousand screenshots shared with family and friends you already see yourself cycling across cobbled streets and studying in historic libraries. But then it hits: you need to find somewhere to live. In a city you’ve probably never even been to. And yo

So, you've received your acceptance letter from a Sydney university cue the celebrations, the Instagram updates, and maybe your mum already started making extra rotis to “feed you before you go.” But once the buzz settles, reality knocks: you need a student apartment in Sydney, and you're currently sitting in Delhi, Mumbai, or Bangalore. S

Here’s something nobody tells you before you move abroad for university: finding accommodation can be more stressful than the actual exams. I found this out the hard way when I arrived in Sydney last year. I thought I had it all figured out budget, contract, location. Until I realised I’d completely underestimated the cost of university acco