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student loans etc help
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Richard Reynold's Haircut
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that is the maintenance loan is it not....
Sajerz
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Correct
turienzo's lovechild
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- Oct 25, 2003
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you have to pay for your own accommodation.........you'd use the maintenance loan for it
if that doesn't cover it then i'm afraid you're relying on the banco del parento or part time work!
if that doesn't cover it then i'm afraid you're relying on the banco del parento or part time work!
TheJasperCo
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Yeah, if you break down ALL your uni costs into 3 parts: accommodation, living and tuition fees - the last two are covered by your student loans. As for residence costs, you have to rely on your parents or your own savings.
You could use maintenance loans for accommodation, but that would probably leave you less than £800-900 to spend on food and booze and books and booze and condoms and booze over the whole year.
You could use maintenance loans for accommodation, but that would probably leave you less than £800-900 to spend on food and booze and books and booze and condoms and booze over the whole year.
seagullondon
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- Mar 15, 2011
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this. if you don't have a banco del parento you maintenance loan will only just about cover your accom unless you get extra grants etc
Spider
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- Sep 15, 2007
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The maintenance loan should be enough to cover your accomadation with some change (unless you're in London). If your parents aren't giving you a hand to do uni you'll have to do a year before saving or part time work - which will be enough to cover your living cost whilst you study, unless of course the reason you're going is more to do with getting pissed every night for a year!
turienzo's lovechild
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however, living in uni halls will be pretty much the cheapest accommodation you'll ever have apart from living with your parents/a grimy bedsit
mainly because (i'm pretty sure always) bills are included, as well as (in some cases) food
mainly because (i'm pretty sure always) bills are included, as well as (in some cases) food
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Check your uni's website for details of other bursaries/grants available.... I was eligible to qualify for two at Sussex, I forget what they were called now... The Chancellor's Bursary and the other one was just called the Sussex Grant or something. You might have to fill in forms and details of household income/special circumstances etc but it's always worth trying cos everyone I know who asked for them got them.
Philzo-93
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Maintenance loan does mention its use is to finance accommodation in the student finance website 
Currently going through the procedure myself...bloody time consuming even with UCAS!!!
Currently going through the procedure myself...bloody time consuming even with UCAS!!!
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Saying that, at Sussex unless you live in the pits the maintenance loan won't even cover the cost of each term's rent
brightn'ove
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I was pretty unlucky when I applied for my accommodation, because of the ridiculous system York use, it is first come, first serve, however this means all of the gap year and international students can pick and choose the best/cheapest digs. I was stuck with the worst AND most expensive block on campus 
. It will actually be cheaper for me to live in private accommodation next year 
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In answer to the question, maintenance loan is for living and accomodation, if no other help is being given, get a job.
. It will actually be cheaper for me to live in private accommodation next year .In answer to the question, maintenance loan is for living and accomodation, if no other help is being given, get a job.
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Its all about east slope at sussex uni, a year I will never forget!! :guitar::safeway:
Yeah I won't forget that place either, my stomach is still suffering from all the diseases - although I was number one, right next to the pub!
Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
My rent at University was £3,000 for the year.
My student loan came in at a whopping £3,100 a year.
Beans on toast baby!
My student loan came in at a whopping £3,100 a year.
Beans on toast baby!
cw00
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is there a deadline to apply for this year? what/where you studying out of interest
East slope starts of the cheapest then places like norwich house/york house in the middle and lewes court/swanborough the most expensive. Bar far the best for social life is east slope ( I was 47!!) even if it was a bit of a shit hole, the intermediate hall are also quite good also however got the impression that all the rich international students stayed in the most expensive and therefore was dull at best. In my opinion east slope is the best and cheapest, however being a season ticket at the withdean may have prepared me for it.
My rent at University was £3,000 for the year.
My student loan came in at a whopping £3,100 a year.
Beans on toast baby!
MY student loan this year (I'm currently in halls at Sheffield) comes in at £3600.
My halls this year cost me a grand total of £4600. So yes, thanks to the parents I covered it, and can pay them the grand back after the 3 years, but this is why people have problems. My tuition loan is £3600, exactly what my fee's cost, but add in living costs and books (already 300 quid ish i reckon after 6months) and it's clear why you'd need some savings before you go.
I was pretty unlucky when I applied for my accommodation, because of the ridiculous system York use, it is first come, first serve, however this means all of the gap year and international students can pick and choose the best/cheapest digs. I was stuck with the worst AND most expensive block on campus
I found the best way to pick your college at York was to have a brother that had already been there and go for the family tradition angle
I'm pretty sure it wasn't first come, first served though.