Half way through Year 13 and the last school year.

Thanks UrsulaPandress!

There is a calculator on the government website. It is based on household income on a siding scale.

Be careful sending original copies to SFE, they aren’t known for their care and lost mine. Heard of lots of issues there.

Dd1 has applied for accommodation all under £5000 a year. Can’t bekieve how much they vary

I stupidly presumed that the maintenance loan of £8,700 was available for everyone and we could top it up. Gulp as someone who knows nothing about loans etc..(with a DS in Year 12). Who qualifies for the maintenance loan????

Ursula
We are also working on the assumption of 12k per year. Agreement we have with ds is that we will pay and he will need to repay half when he starts work, but we will not charge any interest.
fondly thinking back to the 1980s and my full grant!

I suppose I should ask on a thread with those who already have DC at uni. The careers woman at school mentioned a figure of £12,000 which didn't seem so bad with a nearly £9,000 loan. Now I have discovered she will only get £4,000 I have realised I will have to carry on working.

Any idea how much in general they will need to live on when in self-catered halls? I stupidly presumed that the maintenance loan of £8,700 was available for everyone and we could top it up.

Snow day today. DD is thrilled, she had a lie in, I made her pancakes and she has a good clear run at her English and History coursework.

My school also has a snow day. Enjoying the treat!

I have several friends from uni years who went there all loved it (1984 onwards); admittedly parents of son who went had not been there themselves, but they just said the halls were very international/ impersonal and lectures/seminars enormous and he felt lost. But if your mum is there, well that is a big bonus.

I went to Edinburgh myself so I am a bit biased. We know the city well as my mum lives there. Admittedly I don't know what the university is like now.

Fantasy your poor daughter

nohaudin my cousin's son found Edinburgh quite difficult, beautiful city but so many thousands of students/impersonal experience/over hyped, whereas York seemed much friendly and "cosier" for his contemporary (my nephew)same subject, admittedly a humanity. Also so hilly!!

Had good chat with friend today about unis, listening to her story of someone changing their mind about what subject they wanted to study during their gap year, was quite instructive...

We are waiting until she has been to the Edinburgh offers' holders day in the Easter holidays. If she is still unsure after that I will encourage her to contact admissions.

Dd is another one with exams going on until 25th June.
We did York offer holders day last week. I must say it was well organised and useful - didn't repeat Open day and had a parents' question forum without the students present.

However we discovered that the joint degree she has applied for has always had very few students (never more than four) and there are rumours that it may not be offered after 2018 entry.
There aren't any modules specific to this degree; students just take modules from those offered by both subjects but I am slightly concerned that she might get lost if she is only one of two or three on that particular path and not the concern of either department.

Dd has range with usual issues of Periods including the usual not been able to wee, she sounds stressed. Fortunately she has frees all afternoon as one of her teachers isn’t here so hopefully she will be able to go up to house and stay in bed.
Thankfully doctors has referred to gynaecology

It's starting to all come together in a terrifying way isn't it? Can't believe I was on threads about starting secondary school (under a different NN) with some of you!

Gutted for you Ursula, although I understand 100% their reason for the strikes when you have planned something and it's so important for their choice it must be frustrating to be delayed.

TheSecond I did the same as your DS2, was actually late going on the leavers school outward bound trip because of it! I think if they do that much music already it's not disruptive because the music is part of day to day life.

Ds1 has his application for finance almost done. He doesn't have a passport so has to send off his birth certificate. Dh and I have done our bits.

He has his interview on Wednesday, as far as we know it's still going ahead at the moment.

Leeds applicant day for Wednesday has just been cancelled. I presume due to strikes.

DS2 wants to take his Grade 8 clarinet in July, a month after his GCSE exams finish.

DD & Ds1 fitted Grade 8 exams in at the end of March before GCSEs and A2s respectively. Glad we aren't doing that this time round!

Incidentally DS1 plays a lot at uni, despite not doing music. It's a brilliant social activity. DD is hoping to be able to play too.

Kitten presumably your DD will end up with her A2 s and an extra AS in Maths?

Applicants day done, confirmed choice and hopefully encouraged better study! Student finance approved, and accommodation applied for.
Just needs to work!