Can anyone decypher the student Finance website?

SFX_Student

I have applied for student finance and am checking the website. Can anyone make sense of this? I am hoping it means I will get a loan of £3145 for my fee's plus the maintenance loan of £3470. Any other ideas?

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Thank you, you have now completed your application for student finance.
The information detailed below gives you an indication of what you may be entitled to. Once this information has been confirmed we will write to you with the final details of your assessment. Please look out for this letter from us.
A summary of the information you have provided in your application is available from the My Account page. You can check the status of your application on the My Account page at any time.
Assessment Summary

Assessment Status Approved
Assessment Date 07/08/2008
Assessment Type Not Based on Household Income

Tuition Fees paid direct to your University or College
Tuition Fee Grant - Payable By Student Finance No Entitlement for Tuition Fee Grant Support
Tuition Fees Payable By Your Household £3145.00

Tuition Fee Loan paid direct to your University or College
Total Tuition Fee Loan Available £3145.00
Total Tuition Fee Loan Requested £3145.00

Maintenance Loan (paid direct to you)
Total Maintenance Loan Available £3470.00
Total Maintenance Loan Requested £3470.00

The people on the phones for SLC are completely clueless. The guy I spoke to wasn't even looking at my details for the first part of the conversation, just going on what I told him.
The automated system told me "you have taken a fee loan of £3145" so i'm talking that as a good sign. Any help would be appreciated.

Wiggynut

SFX_Student wrote: »

I have applied for student finance and am checking the website. Can anyone make sense of this? I am hoping it means I will get a loan of £3145 for my fee's plus the maintenance loan of £3470. Any other ideas?

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Thank you, you have now completed your application for student finance.
The information detailed below gives you an indication of what you may be entitled to. Once this information has been confirmed we will write to you with the final details of your assessment. Please look out for this letter from us.
A summary of the information you have provided in your application is available from the My Account page. You can check the status of your application on the My Account page at any time.
Assessment Summary

Assessment Status Approved
Assessment Date 07/08/2008
Assessment Type Not Based on Household Income

Tuition Fees paid direct to your University or College
Tuition Fee Grant - Payable By Student Finance No Entitlement for Tuition Fee Grant Support
Tuition Fees Payable By Your Household £3145.00

Tuition Fee Loan paid direct to your University or College
Total Tuition Fee Loan Available £3145.00
Total Tuition Fee Loan Requested £3145.00

Maintenance Loan (paid direct to you)
Total Maintenance Loan Available £3470.00
Total Maintenance Loan Requested £3470.00

The people on the phones for SLC are completely clueless. The guy I spoke to wasn't even looking at my details for the first part of the conversation, just going on what I told him.
The automated system told me "you have taken a fee loan of £3145" so i'm talking that as a good sign. Any help would be appreciated.

Assessment Status Approved .it means what it says... Approved!
fees will be paid - £3145 to uni for course fees.
Maintenance loan of £3470 will be paid 3 times per year.. you'll get a payment schedule soon (I'm still waiting for mine but it was posted on the 12th!)

did you not apply for the maintenance grant?

SFX_Student

thanks that's what i was hoping. Yeah I did apply for maintenance grant but i'm not entitled this year as I have had two years of support on another course. This is better than I was expecting as i was thinking I would probably have to pay my tuition fees upfront. Loan is almost as good as grant in my opinion. As long as I get to finish the course and get a job I enjoy I don't care how much i'm paying back.

Wiggynut

SFX_Student wrote: »

thanks that's what i was hoping. Yeah I did apply for maintenance grant but i'm not entitled this year as I have had two years of support on another course. This is better than I was expecting as i was thinking I would probably have to pay my tuition fees upfront. Loan is almost as good as grant in my opinion. As long as I get to finish the course and get a job I enjoy I don't care how much i'm paying back.

so is the maintenance grant only for 3 years of study?
so if you've had two years already then shouldn't you have another year left?

I'm new to all this.. starting the first year of study in sept 08.
good luck with your course
:beer:

robnye

Wiggynut wrote: »

Assessment Status Approved .it means what it says... Approved!
fees will be paid - £3145 to uni for course fees.
Maintenance loan of £3470 will be paid 3 times per year.. you'll get a payment schedule soon (I'm still waiting for mine but it was posted on the 12th!)

the maintenance loan is actually paid in 3 instalments....... oct/jan/mar
you would need to reapply again for next year for the course fees/maintenance loan

Wiggynut

robnye wrote: »

the maintenance loan is actually paid in 3 instalments....... oct/jan/mar
you would need to reapply again for next year for the course fees/maintenance loan

lol... I did actually mean that it's paid in 3 installments over the year.
worded that slightly wrong.
:rolleyes:

SFX_Student

Wiggynut wrote: »

so is the maintenance grant only for 3 years of study?
so if you've had two years already then shouldn't you have another year left?

I'm new to all this.. starting the first year of study in sept 08.
good luck with your course
:beer:

Yeah i actually have two more years available to me,(the lenght of the course plus one year is the usual entitlment, incase you change courses) but they have said i won't be eligible for the first year but afer that i will be. Confusing i know.