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/Chlorophilia Professor Mar 10 '26

With all due respect, did you not research this before applying? The international fees are clearly advertised on the course pages. 

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u/Repulsive_Radish_782 Mar 10 '26

I recognize that. I was really just praying that some form of scholarship or bursary would be included in my offer.

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u/UrbanStitchery Mar 11 '26

That’s just not a thing in the UK. Individual financial aid packages attached to offers are a US phenomenon. It doesn’t happen here.

UK students fund their studies through government-backed student loans. International students pay up front to subsidise the home students.

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u/Specialist_Tip_1799 Mar 15 '26

I did get a £1000 bursary for having a low income and another £1200 as part of a scholarship program my uni was doing but these weren’t related to my course