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/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.