How did I pay? Well, the bank of mum and dad fortunately offered very competitive interest rates on loans and long repayment periods (read never).
In all seriousness though, I went to university in London and I reckoned i spent about 10k a year, of which the loan covered about £3.8k , the rest came from my parents or summer jobs. I absolutely hated taking money off my parents, and consequently spent every summer working 50 hours a week doing nights, which brought in about 5-6k, so in general I didn't have to take money off them.
I think under the new system going to London is much more feasible although you'll saddle yourself with more debt. The loans seem to have gone up a lot, my loan was only about £3800, now the minimum in London seems to be more like 4800, plus you don't have to pay fees up front which is another £1.2k better off than the old system. Couple that with student overdrafts and a willingness to work flat out during the 3 month summer vacation and I think you should be able to do it quite easily, as long as your willing to accept your student loans will probably total about £32k. Question then becomes, is the degree you'll get worth £32k of debt?
In all seriousness though, I went to university in London and I reckoned i spent about 10k a year, of which the loan covered about £3.8k , the rest came from my parents or summer jobs. I absolutely hated taking money off my parents, and consequently spent every summer working 50 hours a week doing nights, which brought in about 5-6k, so in general I didn't have to take money off them.
I think under the new system going to London is much more feasible although you'll saddle yourself with more debt. The loans seem to have gone up a lot, my loan was only about £3800, now the minimum in London seems to be more like 4800, plus you don't have to pay fees up front which is another £1.2k better off than the old system. Couple that with student overdrafts and a willingness to work flat out during the 3 month summer vacation and I think you should be able to do it quite easily, as long as your willing to accept your student loans will probably total about £32k. Question then becomes, is the degree you'll get worth £32k of debt?