Oxford International Applicants

Interesting...why can't scholarships leave the country?

Hmm, it just seems odd why your own scholarships can't be used wherever you are going to school.
Does the gov't offer you loans? Or does it have to be private.

The issue is that the davidson doesn't really cover socual scientists. That's actually a larger issue in funding. There's lots of it for scientists, some for artists, and almost none for those who take an academic interest in the humanities.

Since we are on this subject, how does payment actually work?

Honest question: Do you think getting into huge amounts of debt for a degree from Oxford is worth it for an international student?

Specifically, a degree in PPE.

edit: by the way when I say "huge" I mean really ****ing huge

What do you mean by huge?
9000 Pounds per year?
Because that's what I thought the cost is.

Anyway, could someone answer my question:
Are there any other possibilities to do the PPE course at Oxford, for which you don't need an 8 average? Could I for example do some course at another university that would allow me to go to Oxford?

£9,000 per year... plus accommodation, plus food, plus living expenses, plus flight tickets back to the Netherlands (or extra residence if you choose to stay in Oxford during the vacation). The university estimate of £7,600 per year for other costs may be exaggerated, but even if you spend your money less extravagantly you'll hardly be able to manage on less than £5,500 - and that's assuming a weekly budget of around £65 for food and all other expenses, so quite a modest estimate. Plus there'll probably be inflation and rising costs for rent / food / just about everything else, over the next few years, so realistically, you'll be looking at about €60,000-70,000 for your degree. You may still think it's worth it, but nevertheless it's a lot.

I calculated about 70,000.... will it payoff in your opinion?

You mean financially? Hmm, I'm not really the best person to ask, as this isn't my subject area... Plus I did my undergraduate degree when fees were only just over £1,000 a year, so naturally £9,000 a year seems completely insane to me, and that may make me a bit biased. But for what it's worth: I'd say the question you have to consider here isn't just whether you'd be able to get a job afterwards that would earn you enough to pay back your student loan, but also whether a PPE degree from a UK university would really enable you to get a substantially better job than a similar degree from a good Dutch university with maybe a year of Erasmus thrown in. I'm sure there are many good reasons for doing a PPE degree in the UK, but I'm not totally convinced that financial 'payoff' is the most compelling one when you've got the option to get a degree at a fraction of the cost and probably not be that much worse off for jobs afterwards.

hey, thanks for the reply, but I can sort out the financial stuff myself. I really want to know if it's at all possible to go to oxford somehow, given my situation in terms of grades. Is there any way to go to oxford with an avarage 7.4 Gymnasium though the website asks for an avarage of 8.

If I have already received an offer to go to Oxford, but can't afford it at the moment, do you think they'll agree to defer my entry one year later so that I can work and earn the necessary money?

Or will I have to reapply and go through the entire process once again?

You'll need to ask your college, but they may say that you have to reapply. The financial guarantee is for the cost of your entire degree, though, not just your first year, so you probably wouldn't be able to earn that much within a year anyway.
Edit: This is based on the fact that you mentioned in one of your earlier posts that you're from Israel. If you pay fees at the home/EU rate (and are consequently eligible for a fees loan), though, you might just about manage.