Fast track June 2017

Hi Sarah no I haven't, I contacted them last week and they said it will work today but just tried to log in and still not working. I'll leave it a couple hours and if it doesn't let me log in I'll contact them again.

A couple of you have said you've done the finance? I thought you couldn't submit until May?

Yes, my student finance has been submitted & approved

Sarah7mac
When did you do your student finance?
And has it been approved already??
That's fast isn't it?mine has been submitted and I get my letter end off March so should be sorted then 😂 👍
Maybe because I have kids and it's my first time 😂
How come yours was approved so soon? Have you done this before?

Kim

Yes, I applied and two days later it was approved.
The reasons why was approved so fast -
One, I have worked for the company so I know how it all works.
two, The reason why it was approved so fast is because mine was a straight forward application.

To break it down.

You can get tution fee and maintenance loan approved at basic amounts or apply for the higher amount, but that has to be means tested to be awarded. If your income for tax years 14/15 was lower than 25k you'll be award the full amount of loans. The higher the household income was the lower the loan will be awarded.

If the student is 25 years old or over you are classed as non dependent so you don't need to send in evidence for means testing to get the higher loans. -
the household income will be just be based on the student themselves. So it's just a straight forward application. (Like mine)

If you're younger than 25 years old and want to apply for higher loans and not just the standard amount you send in evidence of household income which will be from 14/15 tax year (it's always a year behind the evidence they need) it takes time to process the evidence and be applied. Usually takes 2 weeks to scan evidences onto your account and then about 6 weeks to be approved.

And it's the same process if you have children or adult dependents or disability- because you need evidence it needs time to process and all go through.

Don't worry once you've done this, the years after you just reapply and it'll be more simple because they already have details from this year.

Hope this information helps!

Hiya Sarah7mac
Thanks for that
Just got a little worried then haha
But yeah all the evidence was send in a day later when I applied lol
So yeah mine should be done end of this month..

Thank you for that feel better now lol


Kim

Not a problem at all
If you have any other questions about it, just give me a shout.
If you've sent it in, I wouldn't worry - it's just annoying that it can take so long. I would jut keep an eye on your online account mid to end of the month, under correspondences, as it'll say in there if you need anything else before you'll receive a letter informing you.
I would also print off and send in the signed declaration now if you haven't already. Just so that's out the way, so when it's all approved you don't need to do anything else

Also just a heads up, even if it's approved on time. Don't rely on the payment dates they give you for the first payment. (Second and third are usually on time) It still will be usually a week after for the money to get into your account for the first payment only. That's why it's good the make sure you get everything in before may to avoid it being even later.

Anyone been able to get into the accommodation application thing yet? I called them up earlier and was told I'd get a call back but that was around half 11 and not heard anything.

Hey, I've just tried and managed to get logged on finally!

Accommodation for Fastrack applied for finally!
Noticed there was an option to apply for Sept accommodation also, anyone know if we're meant to do that? I thought I saw somewhere that the opportunity to apply for the degree accommodation comes about during the course..

Hey guys, well done on being accepted I've just been accepted also. Is anybody doing Environmental science/geography?

Hey guys, well done on being accepted I've just been accepted also. Is anybody doing Environmental science/geography?

Haha yeah I was a bit like that :P the tutor told me in the interview that they don't get many doing geography through fastrack.

Hello fellas and ladies,

Thought I'd join just to see if anyone else is starting the Fast Track in June! I have read the previous posts and it's good to see that you have been accepted, I was really happy when I got that email haha!

It would be cool to talk to people who are going to be doing this too. Is this you guys first attempt at going to Uni?

I'm doing History by the way ;-)

Daniel.