Uni student's thread. - Page 88

offlineforever · 15-12-2009, 11:04 PM

It's official my uni can't do anything to help me until after xmas now because they are all busy....

shadow-light · 15-12-2009, 11:27 PM

does anyoen know if there is a way to apply for a means-tested loan without your parents being involved?

my parents don't send my moey anyway and basically have nothing to do wth my life. But I still have to include them andthey just this as leverage over me... is there a way to get a loan without them? I've been looking online but I cant find anything...

frenchhorn · 15-12-2009, 11:42 PM

got an essay to do over the holiday, hopefully will have an extension, but its still going to be tough find writing very hard at the best of times, then got my technical exam in early febuary, and got loads of concerts before that, too much to do

Sans Peur · 16-12-2009, 12:07 AM

The stress is getting too much, now i can barely sleep and havent done in weeks. I regret doing this course

offlineforever · 16-12-2009, 12:49 AM

*hugs*

I regret uni too at the moment

Katters · 16-12-2009, 01:42 AM

It's so sad to hear that so many of you are struggling so much and regretting uni.

I've been through some awful **** during my time at uni, had to do a lot of deferring and handing things in late and eveng gave myself a nervous breakdown over work in the first year but i still don't regret being here.

beneathyou · 16-12-2009, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by shadow-light

does anyoen know if there is a way to apply for a means-tested loan without your parents being involved?

my parents don't send my moey anyway and basically have nothing to do wth my life. But I still have to include them andthey just this as leverage over me... is there a way to get a loan without them? I've been looking online but I cant find anything...

You have to have lived apart from them for 18 months then you should be able to :)

I have an assignment due in on friday that i havent even started. eep

shadow-light · 16-12-2009, 02:51 AM

18months? I've lived away from them for 6 years... I had lived away from them and bearly spoen to them for 3 yars before coming to uni but the loan company insisted I got back in touch to be able to get a means assessed loan...

Maybe I explained the situration to them incorrectly

beneathyou · 16-12-2009, 02:58 AM

Maybe... I know when i moved out they said after 18 months i could be classed as an independant student, if i were you i would ring them again

sdixon · 16-12-2009, 04:31 AM

I got my grades from Uni today, I got 4 A's and 1 D, I am far from pleased, but at least I will not have to take anymore literature courses (the course I got the D) and I am glad because I have very poor memorization skill when it comes to literature even if though I studied so much for that stupid course.

The One Who · 16-12-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by shadow-light

18months? I've lived away from them for 6 years... I had lived away from them and bearly spoen to them for 3 yars before coming to uni but the loan company insisted I got back in touch to be able to get a means assessed loan...

Maybe I explained the situration to them incorrectly

To be classed as independent you need to have been living and supporting yourself for three years prior to the start of your course.

And ONE DAY until the dissertation is due in. I think I'm pretty much finished apart from the finishing touches and making it look nice. I think I'm going to miss it.

offlineforever · 16-12-2009, 11:02 AM

Yeah i hated my first year because i only managed to hand in 4 out of 10 essays in on time. But once i got my results i felt ok.

Just a bit overwhelemed and trying to catch up... makes me feel down.

Katters- I like your quote, I have one of hers stuck up somewhere in my uni room.

shadow-light · 16-12-2009, 07:32 PM

I was living alone and suporting myself for 3 years before the start of my course...

I came to uni at 19 and moved out from my parents house at 16... And hadn't even spoken to my parents since i was 17...
but when i spoke to the oan cmpany they said i had to get back in touch with my parents or get a non-means assessed loan... the only way round it they said was to get 2 professionals outside of my family to confirm that my statment was true... or to show that i had been on benefits prior to being 18, but I hadn't been on benefits and I couldn't find anyone to write statments...

I've decided I hate the loan company

The One Who · 16-12-2009, 07:49 PM

Well I can where they are coming from that you would need to provide proof of independent status, especially since independents get more money. If there was no proof needed then everyone would claim to be independent.

shadow-light · 16-12-2009, 07:54 PM

no I can see the reasons too. It just someof the things they listed to use as proof or to use as a seperate way to clame independence were a bit rediculas.

do independents get more money? I didn't know that... I thought they just used your income rafer than your parents

The One Who · 16-12-2009, 08:44 PM

Well obviously it will depend on your household income, but I think they do get more money. I'm doing my travel expenses at the moment, and independents can claim more for those.

shadow-light · 16-12-2009, 08:48 PM

travel expenses? I wasn;t aware you could claim travel expenses

hmm... I think I may have to do some research as seemingly I have done something very odd and wrng with my whole loan thing

The One Who · 16-12-2009, 10:12 PM

It's a SAAS thing. People who commute can claim back some of their travelling expenses.

makedamnsure · 16-12-2009, 10:14 PM

Getting seriously stressed about january exams already. plus have exam tomorrow argh

Left. · 16-12-2009, 10:18 PM

What exam do you have tomorrow? Best of luck :)

Same, i really cant make sense of the fact im supposed to know everything when it feels like i've only started the course!