uni

[Zak]

Ok first off 280 Ucas points is DMM or ABB..

Also you don't have to pay back the loan until you are earning £15,000+ a year. Also the monthly repayments are stupidly low, depending on how much you borrow.

:eusa_danc

[Fifteen]

Most courses need so many UCAS points

i'm planing on going to uni after i finish college

[JackBuddy]

Most courses need so many UCAS points

i'm planing on going to uni after i finish college

most of the unis im applying for needs around 300, which is basically straight C's. (3 a levels 2 as levels)

[Mitch4?]

im doing 4 A levels, at physics chemistry, maths and further maths
no idea what i want to do.

[Suspective]

I have a long time to go , so alott can change - for when its my time to go to uni. So hopefully, yes I will go and hopefully will!

[RandomManJay]

I started at Staffordshire University on September 15th, I'm doing Psychology and Criminology BSC (Hons), its a three year course so I'll be finishing in 2011 hopefully

[Ramones]

That was the case until the Credit Crunch... Our generation will find it seriously hard to borrow money because of what's happening...

The student finance system is government run, i'm pretty sure the government aren't gonna go bust. And are gonna be pretty happy to give out student loans and keep kids in education and get skillz and all that economics rubbish.

[FlyingJesus]

Can you explain why "degrees [mean] a lot less than they did a decade ago"? Seriously, I'm intrigued.

more and more people are getting degrees meaning there is more educational competition and saying you went to university on your CV has less prestige.

^ For that reason. It's like anything really, if more people have something then its value is decreased. If you get a specific degree that goes right into a certain area of work like medical or engineering degrees then sure, you're going to have a good chance of placement somewhere, but in less specific job lines experience or connections will serve you far better. I'm not saying degrees are useless, but they guarantee nothing.

[Ramones]

^ For that reason. It's like anything really, if more people have something then its value is decreased. If you get a specific degree that goes right into a certain area of work like medical or engineering degrees then sure, you're going to have a good chance of placement somewhere, but in less specific job lines experience or connections will serve you far better. I'm not saying degrees are useless, but they guarantee nothing.

Couldn't you also look at it and say, degree's are getting more common so most employers expect them nowadays. Therefore if you don't have one you're less likely to be employed?

The university course i'm hoping to get on is a sandwich course with a year in industry, 92% of graduates are in full time employment after 6 months on that course. I'm pretty hopeful

[Abbie.]

Ok first off 280 Ucas points is DMM or ABB..

Also you don't have to pay back the loan until you are earning £15,000+ a year. Also the monthly repayments are stupidly low, depending on how much you borrow.

:eusa_danc

no.. 280 ucas points is BBC.

and 300 = BBB