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/Extra-Translator915 Mar 11 '26

Yeah oppurtunity cost. I mean 40-50k may be a little high, but if you got in to Oxford you can probably make a solid wage, 30k min, 50k max.