I just bought a Ps3, 360, £2000 computer and a 40" plasma screen with my Uni grant!

I wish my parents could afford to support me at Uni, posting me the latest and greatest PC hardware every quarter, a nice big plasma tv and a 5 grand road bicycle :D, its never going to happen though :(.
 
Freeman said:
No, I didn't really.

But I'm planning on going to Uni next year. Working it all out I'll be in near enough 20 grands worth of debt by the end of it.

My question is, why do you hear so many people saying "I just bought a PS3 and a widescreen plasma with my Uni grant, wooop!" How do they afford this? Say they got 6k for the year, 3k for living, 3k for the course, how do they afford to spend hundreds/thousands on that type of equipment?

Is it simply because mummy and daddy are rich/they have a job so can afford to eat into their loan? Or am I missing something.
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3k for living??? I get about 7/8k in total, 3k would just about cover rent! Some people just buy it using their student overdraft (which is usually interest free) as you can get £1250+ overdraft in your first year.
 
I just about managed to live off 3k per year as a student. But I was lucky because my rent was only 46 quid a week. It was tight though. If my rent was any higher, I don't see how I could have managed other than applying to BOMAD (Bank Of Mum And Dad).
 
Ran out of things to buy with my student loans, so just going to keep a hold of it, adn hopefully Ill be able to use it agaisnt a new car maybe next year.
 
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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Hahaha, nice try but I'm not biting. Feel free to come back with a better rant though. :)
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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Spoken like a true blue Uni drop-out.

:)
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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You know whats just came out of your head and through yours hands onto the keyboard and onto here? stinky green diarrhea. Congrats you've officially made the most stupid post for today, what total **** you just typed, congrats you!
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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Is someone mad that they didn't get into uni?
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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I get the feeling someone is sour as they got rejected :p

In all fairness, yes a lot of peopel do waste their money on various things when it comes to uni, but its part of the lifestyle. A mate on mine spend £1k on drink in 4 months, personally I spend mine on gadgets and toys. Its just something you do while you can do it. I dont expect to be able to afford to spend £1k on a PC when Im older and working, i'll do it while I know I can.

On the topic of they are easy, I dont agree but I do kind of see them as a bit of a waste of time in some aspects. Im on my final year of a Computer Science degree, and whilst its gave me understanding of many programming languages, under no circumstances could I go out and do software development sheerly off what is taught, its just not advanced enough.
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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Go and do a maths degree from a decent uni and see if you still think that.
 
Its all great until you realise you gotta pay it all back eventually anyway!

I know the current earnings limit is 15k and it may raise to 18-20k but then why would you bother going to uni if you dont aim for well over that as a salary!
 
optitech-uk said:
uni students just waste money and waste their uni life really. Get themselves into too much debt and get things payed for basically for nothing. The true people are the people who work from school no matter what qualifications they have. The UK has gone mad. This is why I never will become a uni student. Anyway, qualifications for uni they give them out in christmas crackers now. Who wants to pull a cracker with me this christmas? might get a degree out of it?
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Ignorant troll.
 
MadMossy said:
Its all great until you realise you gotta pay it all back eventually anyway!

I know the current earnings limit is 15k and it may raise to 18-20k but then why would you bother going to uni if you dont aim for well over that as a salary!
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I think the point is that you should be aiming above that salary: I know I am. But still, I'd rather be in a job that I love, which is the real reason for going to uni - if I didn't I wouldn't stand a chance.
 
When I was at University, I had some help from my parents, but spent whatever else I had of my loan on all kinds of crap.

Trouble is, you end up regretting it a few years down the line when you see it coming out of your monthly pay packet and realizing that the silly thing you bought, which seemed like a good idea at the time is just collecting dust.
 
SlyReaper said:
I just about managed to live off 3k per year as a student. But I was lucky because my rent was only 46 quid a week. It was tight though. If my rent was any higher, I don't see how I could have managed other than applying to BOMAD (Bank Of Mum And Dad).
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Or getting a part time job?

Some people think it's illegal to be employed and at uni I swear.
 
pitchfork said:
Or getting a part time job?

Some people think it's illegal to be employed and at uni I swear.
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Exactly, Im happily working a 20ish hour week (Done 34 hours + uni last week) and doing my final year of uni on top. I would be seriously bored if I didnt have a job now.
 
without reading the whole thread, I've tried to explain to certain other students I know that if they have loan left over (the one's without grants) then even if they buy a TV they still have to pay it back. What angers me are the kids who get "government grants" i.e free cash, don't work and still spend it all on a TV and xbox 360, they don't need the cash. Obviously this is a HUGE sweeping genrilisation and some people couldn't do uni without the financial support.....my 2 cents
 
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