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I just want to know how do foreign students afford their fees.

bleeper

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How they are ****ing expensive especially medicine.

Reply 1

ponjavic

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bleeper

How they are ****ing expensive especially medicine.

Probably the same way as in USA, rich brats :P

Edit: Oh and I obviously don't wand to offend someone!

Reply 2

Yenna

my brother went to US with a sport scholarship so I supose there must be some scholarships for UK too. Some take loans and some come from rich families etc.

Reply 3

transient

In the US, it's expected that university is going to tremendously expensive. Families start saving for it really early. When all is said and done for US kids, state university is about $15,000 - $20,000. Private universities are about $30,000 - $40,000. Not too many schools are all that eager to give scholarships. I go to New York University now, a big private school rip off. I'm most likely going to UCL next year, and here's the best part, even being a foreign student.. I'm paying half of what I would be paying to go to NYU. Don't get me wrong, the US has a really great higher education system...the price is just obscenely inflated.

Edit: that's tuition per year. degrees are four years. then anothe four for graduate school. do the math. american graduates tend to be in student loan debt well into their thirties.

Reply 4

ylime

College here costs $40,000/year (much more than even studying medicine in the UK) so people generally brace themselves and start saving early. My parents set up a savings account for my tuition around the time I was born. And they invested money. So savings and investments and...yes, my parents make quite a bit of money. I would guess most American students going to the UK are in similar situations.

Edit: Oops, I see you've beaten me to it.

Reply 5

Taldarion

transient

Edit: that's tuition per year. degrees are four years. then anothe four for graduate school. do the math S. american graduates tend to be in student loan debt well into their thirties.

the address of the website ends in ".co.uk"

I'm so glad i'm not having to pay overseas fees. They could have made me pay it because i've been out of the country for 5 years, but my dad's on a temporary contract, so it's ok!

I know there are certain unis that offer grants. Nottingham though i was overseas (didnt really want to go there anyway) and they sent me a letter that offered a 2000pound grant, and a 3000grant if i got 3 A's. I'm sure others unis have simialr thing. Have a search on google

Reply 6

*Laura*

I believe they call it math in the USA, no s.

Reply 7

visesh

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Taldarion

the address of the website ends in ".co.uk"

I'm so glad i'm not having to pay overseas fees. They could have made me pay it because i've been out of the country for 5 years, but my dad's on a temporary contract, so it's ok!

I know there are certain unis that offer grants. Nottingham though i was overseas (didnt really want to go there anyway) and they sent me a letter that offered a 2000pound grant, and a 3000grant if i got 3 A's. I'm sure others unis have simialr thing. Have a search on google

pedant

Reply 8

Anna8674

Well I'm from Trinidad and goin to uni in England nex sept/oct. And yeh...my dad is paying 4 it hehe, well he's gona try anyways if nothing else comes up. the flight prices alone r a killer, coming from the Caribean to Britain cost a damn lot. Basically I'm not allowed to come home cept 4 summer and I will most definitly hafta get a job. But most ppl down here can't afford to go to school in the states or England, and the really bright students never want 2 settle 4 the UNi of the West Indies. So most islands offer island schols, if you get an Open schol, which is comin in the top 3 in one of ur Alevel subjects in the world, the government pays it all- flights clothes( cuz even sweaters and ting add up since i dont exactly own anything like that at the moment. and i have like only open toe shoes aha. dont work in winter hmm...) basically everything u could possibly need spend on and a partying allowence etc. Then there lower scholarships which give grants of about $200,000 TT dollars which is roughly a lil less than 20, 000 pounds. (its about $12 to the pound.) So needless to say, education is really competitive down here. u hafta lock up ur books so they dont get stolen and sh*t.
But the point is- yeh its real expensive. But coming from Trinidad I have options...once i work my butt off. And then a few of the schools in England have grants offered of about 2000pounds if u apply and get thru etc...I'll c if i get anything with those grants.

Reply 9

darealnataku

American universities are just as expensive. My parents do not make much money, but they have saved for my education since I was born so in the end I will not be in a mountain of debt, but more in a small hill of debt.

Reply 10

Anna8674

darealnataku

American universities are just as expensive. My parents do not make much money, but they have saved for my education since I was born so in the end I will not be in a mountain of debt, but more in a small hill of debt.

yeh my parents starting saving for me from when i was born 2. Thank God 4 their planning it gives me so many more options

Reply 11

danni_bella

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transient

In the US, it's expected that university is going to tremendously expensive. Families start saving for it really early. When all is said and done for US kids, state university is about $15,000 - $20,000. Private universities are about $30,000 - $40,000. Not too many schools are all that eager to give scholarships. I go to New York University now, a big private school rip off. I'm most likely going to UCL next year, and here's the best part, even being a foreign student.. I'm paying half of what I would be paying to go to NYU. Don't get me wrong, the US has a really great higher education system...the price is just obscenely inflated.

Edit: that's tuition per year. degrees are four years. then anothe four for graduate school. do the math. american graduates tend to be in student loan debt well into their thirties.

So THAT'S why there's a lot of American and Canadian students at my university, hmm *ponders again, then thinks 'Ah, I see now'* :biggrin:

Hehe, well I get an even better deal - us Aussies all get a 25% discount on our fees (if we pay upfront, which I'm doing atm - hence I can't afford a car :redface:

), but tbh I think that our standard of eduation at the ANU, acc to our subdeans, is equivalent to that of Oxbridges *apparently* Not sure, this is just what I've heard! All I know is that the ANU is in the top 20 best unis of the world list, overall, 2005.

Reply 12

Taldarion

*Laura*

I believe they call it math in the USA, no s.

read my post again and again until that bit that says "the address of the website ends in .co.uk" is firmly implanted into your brain.

Also they should call it Maths, it's the English language, therefore they should speak it like the English!! :biggrin:

Reply 13

Anna8674

transient

Not too many schools are all that eager to give scholarships.

Actually its fairly easy 2 get a schol once ur an american citizen..so 4 locals iz not that bad. or once ur into sports. they give real plenty sports scholarships and once u have 900 in SATS ur viable 4 a schol depending on the school. mainly partial schols but still significant

Reply 14

Ericz

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Well.. in my country which is Singapore.

We usually called it PMS in short.

It stands for "Papa Mama Scholarship".

Yup, similar to some of the previous replies, my parents have been saving for me since I was young and I really appreciate it very much. I will probably do the same for my children too.

Regards,
Ericz.

Reply 15

Taldarion

Ericz

We usually called it PMS in short.

It stands for "Papa Mama Scholarship".

Are you serious?

Reply 16

Fa|ique

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Hehe, it is true... You either call it PMS, or call it the PM Scholarship (that's when most people will misunderstand, and think that you've just gotten the Prime Minister's Scholarship...)

My parents are going to be paying for my education, but I'll be the one paying the student loans once I start working. It's only right that I be responsible for my education, since I refuse to go to a Singaporean University...

I just want to know how do foreign students afford their fees.

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