Straight A* student, cannot afford Universirty; What do i do?

The engineering firm sponsorship sounds like a good idea! You just gave me an adrenaline pump lol. Who should i contact, any ideas?

Thankyou!, appreciate it. A lot of officials in the Uni and Student Finance acted as if they did not understand what i was trying to express.

Atleast you guys understand

Seems like an option. The only problem being i am due to recvie home student status by December 2016. Which means i need to defer by 2 years. Everybody is telling me you will forgot all about wanted to study at a Uni if you work for 2 years. More importantly i signed up for Engineering. 2 years without studying will disadvantage he from what i hear.

i doubt i will get a decent job merely on Alevels. All the odds against me aha

You don`t have many options and the options are :
*Wait one more year until you apply for an indefinite leave to remain and then you can apply for the funding .
*Options 2 : you try to find a sponsor , you can try this http://www.studyin-uk.com/uk-study-info/scholarships/

*Option 3 : go back to Pakistan and study there , I checked on the internet and there are some safe places in there and if it wasn`t safe your parents should`ve applied for asylum in the UK from day 1 they came to this country . Going back to Pakistan to study at uni and getting a degree is a big sacrifice but it is worth if you want to study so don`t give up on your studies .

Good Luck !!

So can't he get a loan from somewhere? There has got to be somewhere he can pitch his case because those A levels are amazing and for a university to not even help someone with those sorts of results is out of order.

International fees are almost double or even more at most universities, medicine at Cambridge is about £35k a year! That is just course fee, if you add accommodation, college fee and living cost it could easily be £50k a year.

So your family is here on a business visa which means they had money to invest and that amount required is quite large which most UK people could not pay, now you want the UK tax payer to provide you with free further education that many english people cannot get themselves. Go work in your family's business and stop moaning. If you were doing A levels then you knew you were planning on uni. Your family can take out a loan or pay themselves for your prized further education.

My daughter is 9 and we already talk about uni just so its in her head. You didnt come up with this overnight just got yourself shot with no more free education. Yeah I am a single disabled mother and struggle from morning to night but I support my daughter no matter what. You are not a refugee fleeing war you are here on visa grounds.

Yeah I'd say take a year out to get some work experience maybe and then look to apply the following year. That way you'll gain an advantage as you'll have amazing results AND relevant work experience - an absolute no brainer for top universities. I mean, you only have to wait another year until you become a UK resident and are entitled to student loans... Right?

What about the BP Stem Scholarship? That would take 5 grand off your back a year for free if you apply with grades AAA or better.

two years is not too long. Try finding a job you enjoy/relevant to what you want to. Experience will also look great on your CV.

So your family is here on a business visa which means they had money to invest and that amount required is quite large which most UK people could not pay, now you want the UK tax payer to provide you with free further education that many english people cannot get themselves. Go work in your family's business and stop moaning. If you were doing A levels then you knew you were planning on uni. Your family can take out a loan or pay themselves for your prized further education.

My daughter is 9 and we already talk about uni just so its in her head. You didnt come up with this overnight just got yourself shot with no more free education. Yeah I am a single disabled mother and struggle from morning to night but I support my daughter no matter what. You are not a refugee fleeing war you are here on visa grounds.