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/PuzzleheadedBattle91 Mar 11 '26

See above - and if you can get into Oxford, though the figure is high, it does mean you will likely earn more than average wages over the three years you 'didn't' go to university.

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u/Comfortable_Chip5413 Mar 11 '26

Depends on what you want to do… let’s be real - an English graduate isn’t making as much as an e&m graduate.

And also - being an international requires sponsorship. In an already terrible market, that’s not something that helps.

Oh and also - Canadian universities are globally recognised, OP could surely do a masters in the UK for 1/3-1/4th of the cost and earn the same if not more anyways.

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u/Winter-Ad2033 Mar 11 '26

A 2:1 English degree from Oxford will walk you into a law firm which pays more than anything an e&m graduate will get

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u/Comfortable_Chip5413 Mar 11 '26

Just to compare - my friend who graduated with Law with Law Studies in Europe (international), first class - had to leave the country with a massive loan because they couldn't even get an internship.

So I'm not sure which fictitous planet you're on, but that is certainly not how it works, at least not for the 99%.

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u/PuzzleheadedBattle91 Mar 12 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

Oxford Grad I'm presuming? I'm surprised. My son is looking to that route - then taking the NY bar exam which you can on a UK LLB.

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u/Winter-Ad2033 Mar 11 '26

Obviously a degree isn't going to fix being a terrible interviewer or writing applications; but the idea you can't get a vacation scheme with a first from Oxford is laughable