Student Finance Applications - Q & A
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Student Finance Applications - Q & AHey All,
Just to inform you that you can now apply online for Student Finance for the 09/10 year.
Go to this page to apply:
http://www.studentfinance.direct.gov..._schema=PORTAL
After about an hour and a half of filling in pages and getting my parents to fill in some forms, I have successfully sent my application off. :]
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!I did look in the thread and it said that apps would open on the 9th Feb. It's the 7th today, so I'm just announcing that they have opened earlier than expected. Sorry if I misinterpreted your post before.
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!When is it asks you to choose where you are studying (and that list from UCAS comes up) do you just choose your firm/the one you plan (praying) to go to? Because there's nothing there for my insurance.
andd, when it asks you if you want the basic loan and not to apply for anymore, is it normal to just say yeah that's cool? My family earn a decent wage so I'm assuming I don't need to apply for extra? IDK, my 'rents are away and I'm doing this myself haha probably all wrong...Last edited by GrahamFromJeremyKyle; 07-02-2009 at 15:25. -
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!The information I was given by the SLC was that LEA system and all websites would be down until Monday. I mentioned LEA system was live from then and that it should be around after. I've never known them to actually release it before the functionality LEA side is available. Personal advice would be to not apply until maybe Tuesday.
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!Well I am attempting to apply now lol just because I am extremely bored.
It seems to know you my uni but not my course - but still asks for all my info. I'm like, I'm on the same course as I have been the past 2 years lol. Dear me. Nevermind.
Also the progress bar doesn't work. -
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!Yes you apply for the university you are most likely to go for. Although if you have UCAS etc. you can log in and it pulls all the info from that, so it might be worth waiting?
It asked for my course - chose it - had all the wrong info about the course (it says its BEng when its BSc and says its at Stoke when its at Stafford *sigh*).
I cannot go any further anyway because I don't know tuition fees and its asking for it, will go into uni and ask then. -
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!I don't even know. I thought it was all to do with household income but I haven't had to fill in anything about that. I've finished it and it says(Original post by Orthala)
What do you need to know?
Assessment Type - Not Based on Household Income
and I just clicked to get the maximum tuition fee loan and maintenance loan (which is normal right?)
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!One of the first questions I think is something like "Do you wish to provide details about parental income?" and you clearly pressed no lol. Therefore you won't get grants are you aren't being income assessed.
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!Meh, I think I've applied for the wrong thing, because that question wasn't there.(Original post by Orthala)
One of the first questions I think is something like "Do you wish to provide details about parental income?" and you clearly pressed no lol. Therefore you won't get grants are you aren't being income assessed.
and the OP says it took him an hour and a half to fill it all in, it took me all of five minutes
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!Yeh not sure how it took an hour and half.
Yeh its not at the beginning and I am only 20% way through and can't get any further (not sure how much tuition fees are this year for meee).
It might have been further on. Can't help you there because I can't get any further lol.
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Re: Student Finance Applications OPEN!The thing I have just been on had no progress bar... AHHH what have I done?(Original post by Orthala)
Yeh not sure how it took an hour and half.
Yeh its not at the beginning and I am only 20% way through and can't get any further (not sure how much tuition fees are this year for meee).
It might have been further on. Can't help you there because I can't get any further lol.
Have you fully submitted it yet? Usually you can complete it then theres a button which you have to press to actually submit it.
I have completely hijacked this thread, sorry.
(I am on placement so its all different to normal)
