[bakefrancis]

(Original post by whooshpaddy)
Yes, you can get financial help. And as the fees are less than £1,500 a year, to work to pay them, or a loan from parents wouldn't be such a big deal.

You can get a loan to pay your tuition fees from the dutch government which you don't need to start paying back until two years after you finish your education, but again, as this will be a loan of £4500, plus interest, not 50k+ that I would come away with from studying in the UK.

http://www.ib-groep.nl/international...dy_finance.asp

If you work 32 hours a month, so two 4 hour shifts a week, not only do you get the wage (which in reality will probably be something like 140 euros a month at minimum wage, i'm sure waitressing inc tips would be higher), but you get a grant (yes, you don't repay it) of 266 euros a month. So this is an income of ~400 euros a month, doing the bare minimum. Double the amount of paid work, or get a higher paid job and you're practically covering all of your expenses, and with the tuition paid by the loan, you're doing pretty well for yourself.

The average costs of living per month whilst studying at Maastricht that are on the MU website:

Rent (including gas, water, leccy): 350 euros
Groceries: 180 euros
Books&Materials: 35 euros
Insurances: 98 euros
Clothing & personal care: 90 euros
Lesiure expenses: 100 euros

So a total cost of ~850 euros a month. Although on other websites, the quote the figure as between 600 and 1000 euros a month, so I guess that is a good average above.

Tuition fees cost really 130 euros a month, so if you didn't have a loan for that, and were being careful with money, you would need to find around 750 euros a month to live on, and pay for your studies. With the grant paid to you, you would need to earn ~480 euros, or have that from savings. So basing this on the fact that you will be in Maastricht for 10 months of the year living, and only paying for the rent while you are not there, not the other things, so this is ~8,000 euros a year, including tuition. With a tuition loan, and being careful with spending, this is ~7,000 euros a year. Considering if I was in the UK and getting the lowest maintenance loan and full fees loan, I would still have to find 4k a year somewhere to live, and that is living without many luxuries.

So that is about £5,500 a year, with the tuition fee loan. This means living abroad is going to cost me £1,500 a year more than in the UK in the short term, but with the problem based learning that really appeals to me, and the opportunity to learn new languages and live in such a beautiful and accessible place, I think it is worth it. There are also scholarships available, and I am planning on coming out with almost no debt personally, and with the experience of living in Europe.

Also, I am planning on contacting the slc to see whether I am eligible for a maintenance grant when studying abroad, or if I am eligible for any help financially. You can put a thousand or two in the bank over one summer, so I don't think that going to Maastricht is going to be a problem for me financially at all.

Personally, I think I am going to pay the first year's fees of £1,500 up front and then when I am out there worry about grants and loans - mostly because I will need an address to open a current account to receive the loan into.

Also remember you are eligible for a means tested loan and top up loan. Means tested like in the UK goes up to 240 ish euros a month and a top up loan of another 240 euros. These are only eligible if you do the 32 hours a month work. But including the grant, you can push 800euroes or more a month if grant/loan/income.

[whooshpaddy]

(Original post by soldiersixteen)
I'm gonna apply for Business and bus econ this week.
on the CV, it asks for proof for everything. Do I have to provide this for every activity i did?

thanks

I'm not sure, this is the bit I haven't done yet. I am getting written references for my jobs/work experience, but not sure how I would prove that I went on a school trip to France 8 years ago!?!?

I was going to email and check.

[whooshpaddy]

(Original post by bakefrancis)
Also remember you are eligible for a means tested loan and top up loan. Means tested like in the UK goes up to 240 ish euros a month and a top up loan of another 240 euros. These are only eligible if you do the 32 hours a month work. But including the grant, you can push 800euroes or more a month if grant/loan/income.

Do you know anything about the requirements for this?

[soldiersixteen]

(Original post by whooshpaddy)
I'm not sure, this is the bit I haven't done yet. I am getting written references for my jobs/work experience, but not sure how I would prove that I went on a school trip to France 8 years ago!?!?

I was going to email and check.

I did some volunteering work, do you think i need proof for that?
Also, is maastricht your first choice or like a backup?

[bakefrancis]

(Original post by whooshpaddy)
Do you know anything about the requirements for this?

http://www.studyinholland.co.uk/loans_and_grants.html

That's where i got the information. Similar to the UK requirements for means test.

[soldiersixteen]

I started the MY um portal process yesterday and now I feel like i should have applied for intl. business instead of econ and bus econ. I realized that bus econ doesn't have any majors which i'm interested in.
I have not sent off the application yet.
Do you think if i email them, they would be able to change my course choice in my um portal?

[whooshpaddy]

(Original post by soldiersixteen)
I started the MY um portal process yesterday and now I feel like i should have applied for intl. business instead of econ and bus econ. I realized that bus econ doesn't have any majors which i'm interested in.
I have not sent off the application yet.
Do you think if i email them, they would be able to change my course choice in my um portal?

Personally I would just cancel the application and start again?

[soldiersixteen]

(Original post by whooshpaddy)
Personally I would just cancel the application and start again?

Cancel it via studielink?
Thanks

Edit: on studielink it says 'Withdraw enrolment application'. I'm just wondering if i do that will it let me re apply to the same uni?

[soldiersixteen]

(Original post by soldiersixteen)
Cancel it via studielink?
Thanks

Edit: on studielink it says 'Withdraw enrolment application'. I'm just wondering if i do that will it let me re apply to the same uni?

I have sorted it out. On My UM, do I only need to upload the documents?
And where do I put in my predicted grades? (does it come after I have uploaded the documents?)

[soldiersixteen]

ANyone?
Do I need to get a letter from my school stating my predicted grades? If not, then where and how do i enter my predicted grades.
Thanks

[whooshpaddy]

(Original post by soldiersixteen)
ANyone?
Do I need to get a letter from my school stating my predicted grades? If not, then where and how do i enter my predicted grades.
Thanks

You have to upload your predicted grades on headed paper, signed and stamped by your head teacher, and also upload scans of your GCSE and AS certificates.

[soldiersixteen]

(Original post by whooshpaddy)
You have to upload your predicted grades on headed paper, signed and stamped by your head teacher, and also upload scans of your GCSE and AS certificates.

Ok thanks. I'll get those documents.
I dont exactly have my AS certificates. Just the result sheet(dont really want to submit that since i didnt get the best marks on some of the modules).

Would predicted grades serve as a substitute for AS certificate?
Also, I did the SAT exam and I didnt get too good of a score,am i obliged to put the score?
Thanks

[Alexgadgetman]

(Original post by soldiersixteen)
Would predicted grades serve as a substitute for AS certificate?
Also, I did the SAT exam and I didnt get too good of a score,am i obliged to put the score?
Thanks

Ha, I did the SAT as well. No you arent obliged to put the score. But if you mention you did the SAT.. then you should put it. (thats personal opinion.. not fact ).

And anyway, it shows you can multitask the boredom of Alevels with the randomness of SAT

[soldiersixteen]

(Original post by Alexgadgetman)
Ha, I did the SAT as well. No you arent obliged to put the score. But if you mention you did the SAT.. then you should put it. (thats personal opinion.. not fact ).

And anyway, it shows you can multitask the boredom of Alevels with the randomness of SAT

****.. i clicked on step 4 and it sent my application. I could have filled it in. iS there any point in uploading the document without having selected the SAT score option in the step 3?

Thanks

[Alexgadgetman]

No idea

Ask on the fbook group? They might have a better answer for you there. Which course are you applying for now? No more change of heart's?

[soldiersixteen]

(Original post by Alexgadgetman)
No idea

Ask on the fbook group? They might have a better answer for you there. Which course are you applying for now? No more change of heart's?

applying for international business.you?

[Alexgadgetman]

(Original post by soldiersixteen)
applying for international business.you?

Knowledge engineering

[soldiersixteen]

When I have uploaded all the necessary documents, do I need to do anything after or does the application automatically goes to the uni?

Thanks

[TheHaylio]

(Original post by whooshpaddy)
Yes, you can get financial help. And as the fees are less than £1,500 a year, to work to pay them, or a loan from parents wouldn't be such a big deal.

You can get a loan to pay your tuition fees from the dutch government which you don't need to start paying back until two years after you finish your education, but again, as this will be a loan of £4500, plus interest, not 50k+ that I would come away with from studying in the UK.

http://www.ib-groep.nl/international...dy_finance.asp

If you work 32 hours a month, so two 4 hour shifts a week, not only do you get the wage (which in reality will probably be something like 140 euros a month at minimum wage, i'm sure waitressing inc tips would be higher), but you get a grant (yes, you don't repay it) of 266 euros a month. So this is an income of ~400 euros a month, doing the bare minimum. Double the amount of paid work, or get a higher paid job and you're practically covering all of your expenses, and with the tuition paid by the loan, you're doing pretty well for yourself.

The average costs of living per month whilst studying at Maastricht that are on the MU website:

Rent (including gas, water, leccy): 350 euros
Groceries: 180 euros
Books&Materials: 35 euros
Insurances: 98 euros
Clothing & personal care: 90 euros
Lesiure expenses: 100 euros

So a total cost of ~850 euros a month. Although on other websites, the quote the figure as between 600 and 1000 euros a month, so I guess that is a good average above.

Tuition fees cost really 130 euros a month, so if you didn't have a loan for that, and were being careful with money, you would need to find around 750 euros a month to live on, and pay for your studies. With the grant paid to you, you would need to earn ~480 euros, or have that from savings. So basing this on the fact that you will be in Maastricht for 10 months of the year living, and only paying for the rent while you are not there, not the other things, so this is ~8,000 euros a year, including tuition. With a tuition loan, and being careful with spending, this is ~7,000 euros a year. Considering if I was in the UK and getting the lowest maintenance loan and full fees loan, I would still have to find 4k a year somewhere to live, and that is living without many luxuries.

So that is about £5,500 a year, with the tuition fee loan. This means living abroad is going to cost me £1,500 a year more than in the UK in the short term, but with the problem based learning that really appeals to me, and the opportunity to learn new languages and live in such a beautiful and accessible place, I think it is worth it. There are also scholarships available, and I am planning on coming out with almost no debt personally, and with the experience of living in Europe.

Also, I am planning on contacting the slc to see whether I am eligible for a maintenance grant when studying abroad, or if I am eligible for any help financially. You can put a thousand or two in the bank over one summer, so I don't think that going to Maastricht is going to be a problem for me financially at all.

Personally, I think I am going to pay the first year's fees of £1,500 up front and then when I am out there worry about grants and loans - mostly because I will need an address to open a current account to receive the loan into.

Hi! Thanks for all that info!
I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of the infomations on loans/grants/scholarships?

What course were you thinking of doing? I'm looking to apply for Business Economics or Econometrics for 2013 entry

[volvicstar]

I have applied for the science programme and I have a skype interview next week,
does anyone have any experince of advice they could share please?