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Tuition fee loan £0.00?!!

Ive applied for student finance and just checked the progress of my application, i've got to the screen where it shows you what you've requested and what you're entitled to, it says;

Maintenance Loan (Maximum requested) £3,564
Tuition Fee Loan (Maximum requested) £0.00

why is this?! I also thought id requested for the Maintenance Grant but it doesnt say anything about that. Can anyone please help? Panicking...

Reply 1

MulderMan

11

It either means you haven't applied for a tuition fee loan, or you are ineligible for it.

I would ring them to find out what has happened.

Have you sent off your parents financial evidence yet?
If not, it wont display the maintainance grant.

Reply 2

lolablue

OP

3

No, I am going sending off my parents details today, so yeah thanks that probably explains the grant bit!

But yes, i'll have to ring them (again im sure I ring them so often they'll know who it is by now...=/) quite worrying.

Thanks for you're reply! :smile:

Reply 3

StudyHard_LiveBetter

9

Hey!

The exact has happend to me! ... tuition fee £0.00 and no grant showing :frown:

and the exact amount shown for the loan aswell.

Please let me know how you get on, I'm going to also ring them today.

Reply 4

lolablue

OP

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StudyHard_LiveBetter

Hey!

The exact has happend to me! ... tuition fee £0.00 and no grant showing :frown:

and the exact amount shown for the loan aswell.

Please let me know how you get on, I'm going to also ring them today.

yeah let me know what they say to you! It cant be because ive not asked for it because it does say that ive requested the maximum amount, but how can I be ineligible for the tuition loan? :s

Reply 5

lolablue

OP

3

Wesssty

ahh what the hell, mine says HE maintenance grant, £2,906.00 :s-smilie:

I didn't even declare household income.

Thats strange! :s
what does it say for you're Tuition Fee Loan?

Reply 6

hypocriticaljap

2

What the computer says is utterly irrelevant. The only figures that count are the ones SFE send out by post showing your entitlement. When that arrives and is in error - that's the time to get worried.

Reply 7

sax gal

i applied for tuition fee loan of £0 as i don't need one for an erasmus year, but despite clicking on request maximum maintenance loan i got a letter saying i'd requested 0 so had been granted 0. phoned them up and they told me id not requested a maintenance loan on my application, i downloaded the appropriate form to apply for a maintenance loan, posted it to my LA and a week later got an amended letter from them with the correct amount on it. tip: phone the student finance department of your LA, its not a call centre so they will answer straight away and give you a straight answer, unlike SLC which you pay to connect to an 0845 number, wait around for the next operator then get told to ring back in a week because they can't see your application on the system!

Reply 8

Wesssty

12

lolablue

Thats strange! :s
what does it say for you're Tuition Fee Loan?

Tuition and maintenance loan are normal, there's just an extra one :|

Reply 9

hypocriticaljap

2

sax gal

i applied for tuition fee loan of £0 as i don't need one for an erasmus year, but despite clicking on request maximum maintenance loan i got a letter saying i'd requested 0 so had been granted 0. phoned them up and they told me id not requested a maintenance loan on my application, i downloaded the appropriate form to apply for a maintenance loan, posted it to my LA and a week later got an amended letter from them with the correct amount on it. tip: phone the student finance department of your LA, its not a call centre so they will answer straight away and give you a straight answer, unlike SLC which you pay to connect to an 0845 number, wait around for the next operator then get told to ring back in a week because they can't see your application on the system!

It isn't anything to do with local authorities in England.

Reply 10

sax gal

my local authority kingston-upon-thames assessed my entitlement for the loan, the letter showing my loan entitlement comes from them, with a contract to sign and return to the student loan company/ student finance direct in glasgow.

Reply 11

Wesssty

12

lolablue

Thats strange! :s
what does it say for you're Tuition Fee Loan?

After being on hold for half an hour, they said that someone made a mistake on one of the 3 assessments, all fixed :biggrin:

Reply 12

hypocriticaljap

2

sax gal

my local authority kingston-upon-thames assessed my entitlement for the loan, the letter showing my loan entitlement comes from them, with a contract to sign and return to the student loan company/ student finance direct in glasgow.

not happened for 2 years that way.

Reply 13

BloodyUcas

hypocriticaljap

What the computer says is utterly irrelevant. The only figures that count are the ones SFE send out by post showing your entitlement. When that arrives and is in error - that's the time to get worried.

how long does it take them to sent you a letter by post?

Reply 14

James Banner

I have the exact same number for the maintenance loan and £0 for the tuition fee loan.... Since it seems that a lot of people are getting the same figures it has to be some kind of automated figure or error.

Also, as a side note, SFE as s**t!!! Sent off my parents stuff months ago and it's still "awaiting further information"...

Reply 15

StudyHard_LiveBetter

9

James and Lolablue, have you rang SF and if so what have they told you?

They told me don't worry about it as my application has not been prosessed yet.

Reply 16

reubensutton

hypocriticaljap

not happened for 2 years that way.

Still happens that way if you first applied in 08/09.

Reply 17

Baconesque

Mine says its non income assessed even though i am estranged!!
says im getting the loan of about 3580, but no maintenance grant!!??

sent the same stuff as i didn last year, theyve not requested any further evidence and online it says its been aproved-i sent my evidence in the same envelope as my application..

has this happened to any one else? im REALLY panicking! (they were no use on the phone they say they dont no why its been non income assessed)

Thanks

Reply 18

hypocriticaljap

2

reubensutton

Still happens that way if you first applied in 08/09.

Not in the 6 LEAs that piloted the SFE project.

Reply 19

Ginsberg

Hi,

I have just applied online for income assessed student finance for the year 2010/11. However, whilst I requested a tuition fee loan of 1820, the maximum for my course, the eligibility summary tells me that I am eligible to recieve nothing, seems to be the same problem as you guys.

Did anyone call SLC in the end and find out if this is an error, or if something strange is going on? Would appreciate any assistance as I am entirely reliant on the tuition fee loan to pay my fees.

Tuition fee loan £0.00?!!

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