Student Finance Applications - Q & A

When is the deadline for those reapplying? I'm going into my third year and haven't reapplied yet : /

Hi, I used the student finance calculator, and I've checked many websites to find that I should be eligible for the maintenance grant and the max loan to go with it (£3250 and around £2750 IIRC).

I think something went wrong because I have this currently:

The table below shows the amount(s) of student finance you are requesting, and the maximum amounts you may be entitled to. You have chosen to provide your household income infomation.

Type Amount requested Amount you're entitled to
Maintenance Loan Maximum £2,843.00
Tuition Fee Loan Maximum £9,000.00

Any ideas?

I've sent my Student Finance application, which has been received, and the screen I get when I log in tells me I need to provide my National Insurance number, but when I go to make changes to my account, it won't let me provide it - the space on the form where the National Insurance number should be tells me I need to provide it, but there's nowhere you can type it in. Any ideas?

Hi, Can you update your bank details and where you live details after the deadline for applications closes?

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I need help. My bank accounts in a bit of a mess overdraft. Can i still apply? or will i have to clear my debt before applying? I am confused. Thanks.

You can still apply.

I'm a prospective student applying for finance for 2012/13.

I'd like to apply non-income assessed as my parents' income means I'm not eligible for more than the standard 65% of the Maintenance Loan (£3575). However, my online application is now requesting financial details which I don't want to have to submit as I won't get any more money for doing so. The site won't let me go back to the page where you can select the non-income assessed route so I'm stuck.

Should I just phone them?

Oh, dear! I've already submitted application for Tuition Fee Loan and Maintenance Loan. Does anyone know? Can I refuse just a Maintenance Loan right now or is it too late?

Yes, you need to phone them and say that you chose the household income option whereas you wanted the non-household income option, to give you the minimum Maintenance Loan, and tell them you want the application either: reset, or put back to the page where you could choose those two options again. I did this and it can take up to a week or so to update but if you are quick it may only take a few days. =)
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I'm applying for student finance 2012/2013 and I'm going to be studying physiotherapy. I'm a little confused about the NHS Bursary bit. Is it income assessed? I clicked no previously and it then came up that I wasn't entitled to any student loan. Confused

Okay thanks, I'll phone them now. Hopefully they reset it soon as the deadline is in a week! At least now I know this is possible as I wasn't sure if my application could be reset.

EDIT: The customer advisor I spoke with said that, because I have come so far with my application (entering all details except my parents' income), I should just enter '0' in every income box on my online application and then send a covering letter to the SFE office. She was really helpful and I'm glad I can sort the issue out now.

EDIT 2: After I'd entered '0' into every box and gone to the final page before submitting my application, the option, 'You can also apply non-income assessed' appeared! Needless to say I clicked it and submitted my application two minutes later. Thank goodness for that!

Oh that was good! If only I did that when I had the same problem... never got told about it. In the end I phoned them up about 5 times, cos they changed it wrong and then made a mess of it! =P