just a thought for you, could save you an your parents a lot of money. I just bought a place with 4 bedrooms near a local university and am renting out three of the rooms enabling me to live for free!! Granted, its Wales and house prices near glamorgan uni are incredibly cheap. but even if houses near your university aren't cheap, you could always look into a buy-to-let mortgage which (if you have willing parents) they could take out without having to earn any more on their salaries. As long as you cover your mortgage and bills, you're laughing.
I just sold the first house I bought and as well as having lived for free for 18 months, I now have £30K sitting nicely in my bank! back of the net!
