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Agreed completely. There are more important things to worry other than you student loans.
Well, 5 years at uni and about 3k of loans a year (on average) plus my student overdraft brings it up to that quite easily. It's very easy to mount up. Just take what you read and do the maths. And a lot of people's courses don't last for just 3 years. I have been at uni a total of 6 years.
Seriously though, how long are you gonna be there?
I changed my course after one year. The degrees in Scotland are all 4 years. So, my first year was a waste of time (sort of), then my 4 year course and I am currently doing a PGCE so that's another year.
I shall (hopefully) be finished in June for good
i get about £3300 loan a year. 3300x3=9900. then i have overdrafts totalling £1950.
but seriously, where is worrying going to get you? there is no way i could get by without a loan. and in no way do i believe i'll enter a job that pays that much! go ahead and laugh then, but until you go to uni you're not in the right situation to comment, imo.
Ilora x
Except of course your 'degree' from your local college wont be worth as much as one from a proper Uni.
Student loans are just like tax, you pay a bit more than other people after you get a job, you never see it so you dont miss it.
Noticed this from the original Daily Mail link.
Why indeed, why should the fact that noone would be willing to pay me stop me being a professional footballer, I demand Tony Blair take action!!!
Morons........
If people are worried about debt than they shouldn't go to university.........
Ilora x
On one level you are right, most employers will appreciate a degree, full stop. But in a highly competitive employers' market, they can afford to pick and choose the candidates whom they may consider have a more 'prestigious' degree. Obviously this won't be the case for a lot of jobs, but it would be naive to assume that it doesn't happen, because it does. Otherwise why would people bother going to Oxford? :chin:
I'll be freelance eventually, so as long as I don't care where my degree came from, no jobs are lost :yes:
Plus, I'd never apply for a job where they make 'where I studied' the main criteria for actually getting a job :yuck:
Ilora x
wait there, you went to uni for what was it...10 minutes?
you had a student loan AND your parents took out a £10,000 loan? wtf.
I had no intention of leaving uni when the loans were taken out, I didn't think for one minute that I was going to 'quit'.
I had to leave due to unforseen circumstances.
Ilora x
...then surely you didn't go to college because you didn't want to be in debt, as you said in your original message?
i never asked why you left or anything, you didn't have to get all defensive.
after a week at uni you really cannot say you know what it's like having the loans etc.
If only it were that simple, we could all save ourselves the hassle and just apply for a cheap and cheerful online 'degree' from East Skegness 'university'.
going to uni is stressful trying to settle into a new place, but you'll get used to it, and you WILL have fun
thinking about it, it's not really a lot of money considering your future earning potential and average graduate starting salaries. i regret not seeing this and not going away.
How long have you got left? Maybe you could transfer?
yeah, in my first year. am making enquiries about transferring, but don't really want to end up having to repeat a year. at 20, when everyone else in my year seems to be 18, i feel old enough now!
thanks for the thought.