Financial Support for Students.?
I’ve left it very late to apply for Financial Support – mainly due to the fact that my Guidance Teacher told me (when I asked her) that I cannot apply for Student Accomodation and/or Financial Support until I get an UNCONDITIONAL offer. I am currently waiting for my exam results. But upon visiting University of Edinburgh’s website I was able to apply for Student Flats despite having a Conditional offer. Today I visited SAAS – and then found out that you should apply as soon as you get ANY offer.
My Question:
what should I apply for?
Grants/Sponsorships/Travelling Expenses/NHS Expenses/Bursaries/Loans
I have saved up approximately £3.2k so that should be almost enough to pay for 1 year living in flats.
My mum is out of work currently – that would mean and I would be living away from home – that means I can max out the bursary ~£6k and then get a loan as well?
So what should I do, and what can I get?
My advise to you, would be to apply for everything. What ever you borrow you pay back a tiny percentage of what you earn a week, once you’ve graduated. This could turn out to as little as a fiver a week. Plus if you dont work for some years, it gets written off. If you stop working, your not expected to pay. Plus if you apply for all the extras, they are non-repayable.
Especially as you hav £3.2k, thats not gonna get you very far, due to the years you have of study. I spent just under £3k of my own savings in my first year, even tho i had full loan and grants. So really you would need the full loan and extras to survive.
Just apply for EVERYTHING, that way you’ll get everything your entitled to. It has it all on the student finance website.
And dont worry, due to your application being late you may not recieve your payment at the beginning of the year. However once its processed you will. I think you can apply at any time during the year.
Hope that may have helped you a little.
