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More of a rant than anything else.
Uni is stressing me out at the moment. Not the classes (although hearing Shakespeare read in a non-English accent is painful in ways I never expected) but the finances.
I have no money. As an international student I've already sprung £800 for my flights out here, and now I have to pay for this semester's accommodation. Fair enough, since...I am living somewhere, and obviously you have to pay for that. I'm living on campus, so you'd expect the authorities involved there to be somewhat sympathetic with student loan structures, etc.
LOL NOPE.
As it is, I can't afford my course textbooks, something that I'm trying very hard to not make obvious (luckily all Shakespeare is available free online. God bless the public domain)...I have about £1500 for the semester, for necessities like, um, food. My accommodation bill is £1860.
If the powers that be would grant me an extension until my birthday, I'd be able to afford this. I'd cut my semester food allowance down to £700, so I'd probably lose some weight there, but it'd be doable.
The maximum extension they'll grant me? 1 week. Their explanation is that "all students have received their loan payments by the payment deadline". Lady, I come from Great Britain, and our student loans work very differently. Mine, for example, is cut into two: I'll get the second half of it in the middle of April, where it'll be as good as useless since the term here ends April 16th. Aren't there any procedures in place for students who don't get loans, and may be reliant on paychecks? Nope. Aren't there any procedures in place for international students, on different loan structures? Nope, too much fuss for such a small proportion of people. How many international students do you have again? 2600, huh? Right.
So basically fuuuuuck and I don't know what's going to happen. Er, I guess if I don't update, it's because I am homeless...!
Uni is stressing me out at the moment. Not the classes (although hearing Shakespeare read in a non-English accent is painful in ways I never expected) but the finances.
I have no money. As an international student I've already sprung £800 for my flights out here, and now I have to pay for this semester's accommodation. Fair enough, since...I am living somewhere, and obviously you have to pay for that. I'm living on campus, so you'd expect the authorities involved there to be somewhat sympathetic with student loan structures, etc.
LOL NOPE.
As it is, I can't afford my course textbooks, something that I'm trying very hard to not make obvious (luckily all Shakespeare is available free online. God bless the public domain)...I have about £1500 for the semester, for necessities like, um, food. My accommodation bill is £1860.
If the powers that be would grant me an extension until my birthday, I'd be able to afford this. I'd cut my semester food allowance down to £700, so I'd probably lose some weight there, but it'd be doable.
The maximum extension they'll grant me? 1 week. Their explanation is that "all students have received their loan payments by the payment deadline". Lady, I come from Great Britain, and our student loans work very differently. Mine, for example, is cut into two: I'll get the second half of it in the middle of April, where it'll be as good as useless since the term here ends April 16th. Aren't there any procedures in place for students who don't get loans, and may be reliant on paychecks? Nope. Aren't there any procedures in place for international students, on different loan structures? Nope, too much fuss for such a small proportion of people. How many international students do you have again? 2600, huh? Right.
So basically fuuuuuck and I don't know what's going to happen. Er, I guess if I don't update, it's because I am homeless...!
