No support from family

You can't. Unless you're classed as independent. (married, have a child, being self-supporting for 3 years, over 25, no contact with parents, etc)

Hi everyone I've got a little issue, my parents are very unhappy with my degree choice of chemistry and refuse to support me if I go to read it at university since they think its a waste and it wont get me anywhere. This hasn't put me off my degree since it is the one thing I enjoy the most and excel at

My question is that how can I get more grants and loans? Whereas others will have help from parents I'll be paying for everything myself and in the SFE details they calculate the grants & loans based on parents earning etc but this is irrelevant for me

Thanks for your help everyone

Cant he get a non-income assessed loan?

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Yes he can. But I think he was asking "if my parents don't support me, how do I get more loan and grant?"

Chemistry gets you into a lot of things.................maybe give your parents an idea of job prospect it can literally be from chemistry based work, pharmaceutical companies, energy firms to finance jobs.

The Job market has changed significantly since your parents time..........lots of jobs have opened up and accept people from all kinds of degrees. Chemistry is certainly one of those which offer a lot of prospects.

You can't. Unless you're classed as independent. (married, have a child, being self-supporting for 3 years, over 25, no contact with parents, etc)

Oh right because it seemed like he didnt know about non income assessed loans as he was talking about the calculator.

OP, youd have to take a non income assessed loan and pick up a part-time job while at uni. Maybe even take a gap year to save money. Only way tbh

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I know it's got many opportunities especially if combined with a 1st or 2:1 at a degrre that has good links and has a strong grad fair

Some parents just don't understand and are fixated on 'professional' degrees which don't really interest me and I don't want to study.

You should definitely try persuading your parents; get some stats on employability from Chemistry.

Out of interest, what degree did they want you to do that has better prospects than Chemistry? Medicine is the only one I can think of with significantly better prospects.

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I will I haven't given up it's still early days at least now I have time to bring them round to it

Pharmacy, Optometry, Medicine, Dentistry. I find it quite annoying how they listen to others more than their own son




Thanks a lot for all that advice, I'll definitely be using the latter bit when I go uni if I'm unsupported

I just find it very very annoying how the middle people are never helped out. My parents earn ok money we're not well off but they said they'd give a few hundred for each semester to me, now it's not the case atm so fending for myself will be much harder yet the SFE wouldn't really care and so I'd be poorer than those students that are oprhans or parents are not earning

http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/Search/SubjectList/025/ReturnTo/Subjects/ByGroup
http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/Search/SubjectList/004%2c008/ReturnTo/Subjects/ByGroup

Click to show average salary after 6 months - show your parents that Chemistry graduates earn more than or the same as Pharmacy/Optometry graduates.

Just tell them that Maggie Thatcher was a chemist and she was the PM . Or maybe not .

I will I haven't given up it's still early days at least now I have time to bring them round to it

Pharmacy, Optometry, Medicine, Dentistry. I find it quite annoying how they listen to others more than their own son




Thanks a lot for all that advice, I'll definitely be using the latter bit when I go uni if I'm unsupported

I just find it very very annoying how the middle people are never helped out. My parents earn ok money we're not well off but they said they'd give a few hundred for each semester to me, now it's not the case atm so fending for myself will be much harder yet the SFE wouldn't really care and so I'd be poorer than those students that are oprhans or parents are not earning

I will I haven't given up it's still early days at least now I have time to bring them round to it

Pharmacy, Optometry, Medicine, Dentistry. I find it quite annoying how they listen to others more than their own son




Thanks a lot for all that advice, I'll definitely be using the latter bit when I go uni if I'm unsupported

I just find it very very annoying how the middle people are never helped out. My parents earn ok money we're not well off but they said they'd give a few hundred for each semester to me, now it's not the case atm so fending for myself will be much harder yet the SFE wouldn't really care and so I'd be poorer than those students that are oprhans or parents are not earning

If you are not entitled to anything but the minimum loan and no grant at all your parents are on very good salaries and are in the top 5% of earners in the country. The "middle" you claim to be in is £29K a year and would qualify for a bigger loan and grant.

Just to confirm , are your parents saying they are not willing to declare income or just not willing to give you extra money ? Have you used the SF calculator to see what you are entitled to ? You have a year to get some work and save ,also you can get a student bank loan , Santander at the moment seems good . Also you should check the cost of living some areas can be so much cheaper than others .

I have never understood parents who are unwilling to support their son/daughter if they are able to , It's alien to me i would rather go without certain things than have my daughters struggle.