Hi
I have applied to go to university this September to study Nursing and I have used the bursary calculator to estimate what I can expect.
The calculations were based on my parents salaries and will entitle me to about £900 a year, plus about 3.5k student loan. That won't even pay my rent for my halls let alone let me live on, and my mum and dad can't afford to give me the huge contribution that student finance expects them to.
I will be able to work in my second and third year no problem and will obviously work as much as I can in my 1st year, but because of the shift work on placements it won't always be possible, that's if I can even get someone to employ me in the first place because I will need flexible hours.
Has anyone else been in the same situation? I keep telling my parents it will be fine, but I really don't think that it will and I'm worried!