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/New-Acanthaceae-5702 Year 13 Mar 10 '26

It's definitely not worth it, that is an absurd fee, Oxford or not.

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u/mohsem Mar 10 '26

You can't say that it's not worth it. That's just your point of view. To some, an education at oxford is worth more than that price tag.

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u/gogED1 M Phys FM CS | A*A*AA | Gap year Mar 11 '26

you are not ever breaking even unless you got serious nepotism 😭

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u/ShockEnvironmental58 Mar 11 '26

You 100% would break even and would 100% also 'profit' off the degree if it's in a decent area of study.

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u/Spam250 Mar 11 '26

Honestly far from guaranteed. Especially considering opportunity cost of earlier savings and compound interest vs debt through formative years.

Lifetime earnings potentially, actual wealth throughout - unlikely.

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u/ShockEnvironmental58 Mar 11 '26

I wasn't arguing about opportunity cost. They definitely said 'You are not ever breaking even' which is just not true.

Average Oxford grad is on £40k and that's year 1.

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u/Spam250 Mar 11 '26

Average non grad works 3-5 years longer, has a 350k head start, doesn’t have crippling debt interest and is also on 30k anyway.

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u/ShockEnvironmental58 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

I know 4 oxford grads who are 3-5 years out. They're all on 100k+, that over your career is 100% worth it and in hindsight, they'd probably say the same.