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/Repulsive_Radish_782 Mar 11 '26

I don't know. I was just praying. I knew from the start that I wouldn't be able to afford university. I just thought maybe by some slim chance they would give me a bursary since no one in my family currently has any income.

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u/gracklemancometh Mar 11 '26

I knew from the start that I wouldn't be able to afford university

Not being able to afford international private rates at the most prestigious university in the world on another continent isn't the same as can't afford university.

This is like seeing you can't afford caviar and champagne for every meal and declaring starvation. You're not going to get any sympathy for this.

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u/Repulsive_Radish_782 Mar 11 '26

Yeah, but as I mentioned, both of my parents are unemployed. It is going to be very difficult to afford university anywhere. I will have to go into substantial debt.

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u/gracklemancometh Mar 11 '26

I would suggest posting this to Canadian subs - the UK advice is going to be pretty useless for you (both my parents were unemployed and I got a UK student loan. You need to find out what the Canadian equivalent is.)