How much of your student loan do you have left?

Even if you don't see/speak your parents?

If you don't speak to your parents, you be classified as estranged and won't have to include their income. You'll probably receive more from SF because of this but you will have to provide evidence that you're estranged. If you are still in contact with one or both of your parents then you wouldn't be classed as estranged.

You get £6,000 busary and then £3,000 for maintenance grant. Either way she's having a fab time, basically getting a full time wage.

What would you say the average student maintenance loan is?

I go to uni in September and i'm worried that i'm not going to be able to afford to live alone. I live with my sister at the moment but i'm desperate to move out.

Cheers.

Okay moonstruck,

well I have four cards, with a total of £4600 between them. I also subscribe to experian and noddle premium. I did have more, but I spent it on cr*p. Also I have about five hundred left in my student account i think, okay thanks!

What would you say the average student maintenance loan is?

I go to uni in September and i'm worried that i'm not going to be able to afford to live alone. I live with my sister at the moment but i'm desperate to move out.

Cheers.

What did you spend it on?

... be honest

Does that go far? Is London expensive?

How is your household income less than £5k !?

Thanks,

I haven't spoken to my parents in over 3 months now. That's my only worry as I know if they were to base it on my parent's income, i'd really really struggle.

Thanks for the help.

That's low but it's possible

Eg my moms a single mom and she only gets £8k per year

Does she work?

Yes but she can only work part time plus extra private jobs she can get because she used to have to work 12+hrs a day so her health just went downhill
Although I think she gets some benefit to help with the house and bills plus she's got child benefit for me. With that its still under £10k though and we just about pull through so

If you live with your sister, is she your carer? I guess her income will be taken into account as long as she's paying tax out of it.

If you don't speak to your parents at all and receive no help from them they wouldn't be accounted for in your household income

I don't know how people cope on an income like that. I think I've got about £4,000 to live on this year and while i'm fine with that I wouldn't want to move into a house and live on that!