*pokes head out from under duvet* : comments [pmsumner]

..some of it here is private, some is governmnet...

depends on how you initially got your loans--mine were all private since I didn't qualify for gov't

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Just out of interest, and if you want to tell me where to go... do!

How much did you borrow, how long do you pay it back for, and what do you pay a month?

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nahh, doesn't phase me.
I graduated with about 17,000 -11,220 pounds I think--in loans (from a four year private school)and have gotten it down to 15,000 in two years without benefit of a decent job.
We have usually a ten year repayment time frame with min payments set by the lending co (not necessatily the one where the loan was issued)
I currently pay about 179 a month

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Eeeeeeeek.
Lots of money!
I'm so glad they just take a percentage of mine.

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lots of money, yes
better than a lot of my friends though. I went to a private school but had a scholarship for 1/3--would have been astronomical if not for that

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oo, what was your scholarship for? :)

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merit based, for having decent grades and SAT (pre college aptitude test) scores
wonder what I would have gotten had I given a damn throughout HS

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heheh, I wish we had that kinda stuff going on over here more often. I think it would do wonders to attract and retain good students.

I mean, had I known that I coulda got a cheaper / free education I might have done some work for my A-Levels...

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do you have any merit based scholarships there?
you have the better idea of gap year, wish we had that here
what did you study at a levels?

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Merit Scholarships do exist, but to nowhere near the same extent as they exist in the US university circuit.

I studied Physics, Mechanics, Computer Science and "General Studies" :) Tried to do German but gave that up as I was particularly crap at it. Or maybe too lazy.

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gah, all of that would go over my head, except maybe comp sci
I hated physics when I took it in HS, and I must admit I have no idea what general studies are

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General Studies is uhhm, exactly what it says. Like general knowledge. It's not a "real" course and is often excluded when requirements are given for courses and things.

http://www.nec.ac.uk/courses/product?usca_p=t&product_id=79&category_id=52

There's a decent description of it.

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ahh, that's what we call Liberal Arts
should have guesses

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