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You can buy your way into Cambridge and Oxford real easy if you're rich enough, relatively few people who are actually smart enough to get offered a spot legitimately accept the offer, the tuition fees and accommodation costs are far out of range for most people these days.
That's not true at all.
Tuition fees are not a problem to anyone in the country at all, bar the uneducated who assume they are and then turn down University for no reason.
Every single person is entitled to a student loan to cover the cost of their tuition fees.
Fees are capped at £9k a year, which they will be for Oxbridge.

Your student loan covers the costs of your tuition fees. You do not pay back any of the student loan while studying, and you only start to pay back the loan when your annual income reaches £21000. Anything under that and you don't pay back. Interest on the loan is capped at an exceedingly low amount (lower than any other available loan).
If you go to Oxbridge and you get a degree and then don't get a job where you earn over £21k then you have forgeted up somewhere along the line.

The student loan is also the first loan you're likely to have in life and is not going to be added on top of your bills. It is not difficult to accomodate to paying it once you do start to.

Here's official information on Student Finances and how they are paid back. https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/repayments


The cost of living is high in Oxford and Cambridge, but it's not the highest in the country. As an Oxford born Brit I can attest to that.
You get plenty of maintenance loans and grants to live at Uni which the majority of which are means-tested, meaning those from poor off families recieve more money to cover their expenses (these are typically grants, meaning you don't pay back at all).
All it takes is for someone to manage their money properly. Idiots will drain all their money and that is their fault.
Anyone who can get in to Oxbridge can easily live there.



If you're trying to go to Cambridge then forget about your pamphlet.
You need to go here.
http://www.ucas.com/
Study in the UK
Finding Courses
How To Apply

Find the courses you're interested in. Look at what qualifications they require. Look for other universities.

As far as I am aware you won't be able to get in for September 2014, which is when the next educational year starts.
Applications (atleast for UK residents) have ended as of January 2014. You'll have to look to apply for September 2015.


I don't know what qualifications they would ask for from an Argentine background, but here most courses at Oxbridge (Oxford and Cambridge) ask for atleast 3 A-Levels at Grade A, and often require A* grades.
Furthermore many courses at the various Oxbridge colleges only have several places.
A friend of mine applying last year lost out in her application to Cambridge, as she didn't quite cut it, and her course had only 8 places.

why dose the united kingdom still want the falklands?
is their anything really important there, or are they just trying to hold on to the remains of their empire?
It has plenty of oil, it's a strategic location in the South Atlantic, and it legally belongs to us.
Furthermore the inhabitants of the Falklands wish to be part of Britain.

Given how things are in this country I would've expected that you're ineligible for a student loan if you're not a citizen of the UK and a member of a family that pays taxes or something like that, especially considering how much money the government loses on student loans that never get paid back because graduates leave the country

Im lost is dooble trying to say Oxford/Cambridge only costs 9k a year or am I misinterpreting what hes saying?

That's exactly what he's saying

Im lost is dooble trying to say Oxford/Cambridge only costs 9k a year or am I misinterpreting what hes saying?
9k pounds is like $15k
and he said tuition fees in britain are capped to that
afaik, "tuition fees" doesn't include textbooks and stuff like that

9k pounds is like $15k
and he said tuition fees in britain are capped to that
afaik, "tuition fees" doesn't include textbooks and stuff like that
Tuition fees for domestic students maybe:

http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/international/finance/#tuition
http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/information/universityrates/201213feerates/

And thats not even factoring in supplies, housing, or other surplus expenses.

9k pounds is like $15k
and he said tuition fees in britain are capped to that
afaik, "tuition fees" doesn't include textbooks and stuff like that

It also doesn't include the costs of accommodation, regardless of whether or not you're living on-campus as far as I know.
Also, I just looked into it and as the OP lives in Argentina he is ineligible for a student loan which means that he will have to pay for everything out of his families own pocket, Dooble. I may have been incorrect in saying that fees are prohibitive to most people, but for the OP they almost definitely are

Tuition fees for domestic students maybe:
http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/international/finance/#tuition
http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/information/universityrates/201213feerates/
And thats not even factoring in supplies, housing, or other surplus expenses.
anyone in the country
congrats
and you're right it isn't factoring those in, because those aren't part of tuition fees

congrats
and you're right it isn't factoring those in, because those aren't part of tuition fees

How hard do you have to try to come off like such an starfish? I find it hard to believe that you legitimately misunderstood what he was saying there.

Tuition fees for domestic students maybe:

http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/international/finance/#tuition
http://www.ox.ac.uk/feesandfunding/fees/information/universityrates/201213feerates/

And thats not even factoring in supplies, housing, or other surplus expenses.

Based on the first link if the OP decides to go for medicine and veterinary medicine his family will be shelling out in the region of £35,000 ($58,000) a year for his courses. Holy stuff!
« Last Edit: March 13, 2014, 02:30:51 PM by Tokthree »

congrats
and you're right it isn't factoring those in, because those aren't part of tuition fees
I know they arent part of tuition fees, thats why I mentioned it wasnt factored in. If it was, it would have been part of the tuition fee... Are you intentionally being dull?

How hard do you have to try to come off like such an starfish? I find it hard to believe that you legitimately misunderstood what he was saying there
Yeah especially when he stated basically the same thing in his post:

afaik, "tuition fees" doesn't include textbooks and stuff like that

I edited my last post with a comment on the links you posted, Pixel

Im lost is dooble trying to say Oxford/Cambridge only costs 9k a year or am I misinterpreting what hes saying?
Tuition fees cost £9k a year. But you get a special loan from the Students Loan company to pay for those.
The average course length is 3 years, so in total it's a loan of £27k, plus minor interest.

But, you only pay back the loan if you're earning over £21k a year, and the amount you pay back is relative to how much over £21k you earn.

This is the case for every single university course in the UK. The tuition fees are capped at £9k, but can be lower. (Mine for example are £7.5k)
If you are an EU student however, or are a Welsh or Scottish national then you may not have any Tuition fees, as your government may pay for them or part of them. All Scots studying in Scotland for example do not pay tuition fees, as the Scottish Government pays these instead.


This information is all true for any UK or EU citizens.
It is likely not the case for Pie Crust, as he is an Argentinian citizen who is not a British citizen. He may have to pay for his tuition fees himself, without the help of a Student Loan.
Here is the information on how to eligible for a Student Loan: https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/who-qualifies

afaik, "tuition fees" doesn't include textbooks and stuff like that
It doesn't no, but individual universities offer Bursaries, Grants and Scholarships which help cover the costs for these, plus your own living costs.

Maintenance Loans/Grants are also provided for people to pay for their accomodation, whether that is a University Halls of Residence or private renting.

Most bursaries and grants also tend to be Means Tested, meaning those from lower incomes recieve more.
And then universities can offer bursaries to reward students with the highest entry-level grades, or for academic accomplishment at university.


Most of the information I've given isn't really directed for Pie Crust, besides the UCAS webpages.
I'm not an international student, and I'm not a non-EU Citizen, so I'm not up to date with how finances and such are provided for such internationals.
For anyone who is UK or EU though, this is how it works.

All the info on how international students can pay for and go to British universities however is available through UCAS and the individual websites of specific universities.
It's not impossible for foreign students to study here, and that is very true as Britain has a massive population of foreign students who come from outside the EU.

I know they arent part of tuition fees, thats why I mentioned it wasnt factored in. If it was, it would have been part of the tuition fee... Are you intentionally being dull?
Yeah especially when he stated basically the same thing in his post:
uhh?? I said it, and then you repeated it in your post, idk how what I did next is any different?
Based on the first link if the OP decides to go for medicine and veterinary medicine his family will be shelling out in the region of £35,000 ($58,000) a year for his courses. Holy stuff!
OP yes, but dooble wasn't talking about OP

I edited my last post with a comment on the links you posted, Pixel
Ye forget those prices. My tuition when I transfer should be like 10% of that

uhh?? I said it, and then you repeated it in your post, idk how what I did next is any different?OP yes, but dooble wasn't talking about OP
Im lost as to what youre arguing. What did you "[do] next"?

afaik, "tuition fees" doesn't include textbooks and stuff like that
then
And thats not even factoring in supplies, housing, or other surplus expenses.
and then
and you're right it isn't factoring those in, because those aren't part of tuition fees