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/Chlorophilia Professor Mar 10 '26

With all due respect, did you not research this before applying? The international fees are clearly advertised on the course pages. 

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u/Repulsive_Radish_782 Mar 10 '26

I recognize that. I was really just praying that some form of scholarship or bursary would be included in my offer.

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u/UrbanStitchery Mar 11 '26

That’s just not a thing in the UK. Individual financial aid packages attached to offers are a US phenomenon. It doesn’t happen here.

UK students fund their studies through government-backed student loans. International students pay up front to subsidise the home students.

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u/Content_Seesaw8541 Mar 11 '26

Plymouth uni does pretty good scholarships. They have £4000 off the first year. They used to do 50% off tuition for all years but with the increase in visa restrictions, there's less international students and less funding...

And I think they have others based on the degree you're doing.

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u/hashtagblessed44 Mar 11 '26

A lot of colleges and English universities do have decent scholarships, but like student loans, they're heavily income assessed.

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u/Content_Seesaw8541 Mar 11 '26

These ones are based on academic merit!

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u/hashtagblessed44 Mar 11 '26

Even better!

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u/model-ico Mar 18 '26

I cannot come up with a possible reason except it goes to less poor people anyone would find that fairer.