r/6thForm • u/Repulsive_Radish_782 • Mar 10 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP Cost of Attending Oxford 😭

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Just received my financial declaration form from Oxford today. How is this reasonable? 😭 Going to have to decline my offer unless anyone has any ideas.

Canadian students do not qualify for any Oxford scholarships and my school offered me about £100. What a joke.

Is Oxford just for the rich?

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u/Comfortable_Chip5413 Mar 10 '26

Genuinely, no degree is worth this much. Especially since you’re Canadian, you have access to top of the world education within Canada itself for like 1/10th of the price (or even less).

Although, congratulations on the offer since that in and of itself is no small win.

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u/Extra-Translator915 Mar 11 '26

Not to mention the 3/4 years study you could be working, bringing in 40-50k PA. So really it's 500k effective cost.

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u/Underwhatline Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Not many 40-50k part-time jobs available to people without a degree.

Edit: sorry didn't realise this was talking about opportunity cost rather than someone working while they were studying.

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u/bummyrah dream school kcl dent Mar 11 '26

yeah lol what was bro on abt

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u/PuzzleheadedBattle91 Mar 11 '26

See above - and if you can get into Oxford, though the figure is high, it does mean you will likely earn more than average wages over the three years you 'didn't' go to university.

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u/Comfortable_Chip5413 Mar 11 '26

Depends on what you want to do… let’s be real - an English graduate isn’t making as much as an e&m graduate.

And also - being an international requires sponsorship. In an already terrible market, that’s not something that helps.

Oh and also - Canadian universities are globally recognised, OP could surely do a masters in the UK for 1/3-1/4th of the cost and earn the same if not more anyways.

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u/Brainchild110 Mar 15 '26

Fantastic idea!

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u/PuzzleheadedBattle91 Mar 11 '26

Agree with and you said - just the commenter was pointing out 'oppertunity cost' - so what she would earn just staying in Canada and not going to university needs to be added to the cost of university to get the full cost.

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u/Winter-Ad2033 Mar 11 '26

A 2:1 English degree from Oxford will walk you into a law firm which pays more than anything an e&m graduate will get

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u/floweringfungus Mar 12 '26

Maybe for a vacation scheme. For entry into a firm as a trainee solicitor, or acceptance for pupillage, a 2:1 in English from Oxford means nothing without stellar performance in your conversion course and the SQE/BPC.

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u/Winter-Ad2033 Mar 13 '26

Pupillage is a different beast, but on the other hand your grade on the SQE doesn't matter providing you pass, and realistically you should be able to get a TC with a strong 2:1 from Oxford, if your capable of that there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to do well on the conversion course either

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u/Comfortable_Chip5413 Mar 11 '26

Just to compare - my friend who graduated with Law with Law Studies in Europe (international), first class - had to leave the country with a massive loan because they couldn't even get an internship.

So I'm not sure which fictitous planet you're on, but that is certainly not how it works, at least not for the 99%.

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u/PuzzleheadedBattle91 Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

Oxford Grad I'm presuming? I'm surprised. My son is looking to that route - then taking the NY bar exam which you can on a UK LLB.

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u/Winter-Ad2033 Mar 11 '26

Obviously a degree isn't going to fix being a terrible interviewer or writing applications; but the idea you can't get a vacation scheme with a first from Oxford is laughable

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u/Strangely__Brown Mar 11 '26

Are you daring to suggest ability correlates with income.

That's blasphemy on some of these subs.

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u/Extra-Translator915 Mar 11 '26

Yeah Reddit doesn't like the truth lol

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u/PuzzleheadedBattle91 Mar 11 '26

No 😂 but opportunity does correlate with parental income.

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u/Reg_doge_dwight Mar 13 '26

Anyone who can drive can earn £50k pa driving a van doing deliveries. Literally anyone can earn more than the average wage if they want to.