St Andrews - Ask A Current Student Thread

Hi,
I'd like to ask about finance at St' Andrews. How much do you spend per week including your accomodation fees? Is it possible to get a part-time job and how much you can earn per week? Is there any financial help (in the form of grants, bursaries or maintenance loans) for students from EU?

I thought Id resurrect this post before it gets lost.

You need to give more information before anyone can answer how much you will spend per week as it depends on a lot of things, will you be in catered or self-catered halls or in private accommodation, do you drink, how much, do you buy the best food you can get or dont mind cheaper alternatives, do you plan on eating out ect. No one can psychically give you a prediction based on what you have told us. Yes you can get a part time job but again the pay depends heavily on what type of job it is, it ranges from some bar or shop assistant jobs paying minimum wage (£5.35 an hour I think), to a job selling things on commission where wage depends on how good at selling you are.
Finally all information on ALL the grants and bursaries available from the university are on the university site, and information on loans ect if there are any will be found at http://www.saas.gov.uk/

I thought it was fairly easy to get your fees paid by SAAS? Not that I've tried, but I know a couple of people from the EU who get their fees paid by SAAS.

Probably you're right that my question was not concrete. However, the main thing, which was bothering me, was the possibility to get a part-time job at St'A. If it is really easy to get as it sounds from your post, then I'm really happy and I can try to get in this university.

Talking about financial help for students from EU, I've found out before that it is almost impossible to get any financial help from SAAS - only local students are eligible for it

Another piece of advice: don't take any money to freshers' fayre on the Sunday, or you'll end up paying to join a load of societies that you'll never go to. Just sign up to the mailing list, and if you end up going to the meetings etc, you can pay to join later. And try to grab as much free stuff as possible You'll never have to buy a pen ever again.

I can't enter my modules! Whenever I put down a choice, it tells me the module is not available in Year One (they're all level 1000 modules)! I'm absolutely perplexed... also, I'm doing a joint Philosophy degree and they've changed the module names from last year, which means that the online handbook doesn't tell me the course requirements! Does anyone know what I need to take?

Just a quick question - will we need to take up our A-level certificates to present at matriculation?

ILL SECOND THAT! I spent over £20 on societies of which few I ever went to and some I didnt even hear from again, I recommend the mailing list every time even if you are really interested as it might not turn out to be what you expect.

I dont think anyone has an orientation pack yet, If I remember correctly you get your accommodation information first and the rest of the information 1 or 2 weeks before you start (though I could be wrong). What have most people received so far?

If the orientation pack is the fairly big one with all the pre advising and registration information, then I have it, got it last week.