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Important Re Bursaries

NukeChem
edited June 2007 in General
NOTE -

Beginning Fall 2007 SFU Financial Aid will no longer let you apply for a bursary unless you have a student loan. In particular international students are being advised to prove they have "high financial need".

http://students.sfu.ca/financialaid/bursaries/index.html
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  • Malakaiii
    edited June 2007
    Interesting!

    Bursary applications bother me because they assume that if you can manage to apply for everything, you are okay financially. When really, it's just the fact that I've learned to manage what little money I DO have, and if an emergency popped up, I'd be screwed. It's a joke... Having $5 left at the end of the month, as well as the worry that if you lose your job you'd have to quit school to make ends meet, isn't exactly wonderful!
  • Broken Lizard
    edited June 2007
    i haven't even paid for my summer tuition yet cuz i got no money... lol
    my first paycheck goes to that which i get on friday... and after i pay insurance and phone bill i'll have 40 bucks, woo lol

    anyways, when do we apply for fall bursaries, lol
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    ^ :O I know who you are now!!!! Blondie!!!!

    I think priority is given to the SFU students who have kids or some shit and live on their own. 
  • Kevin_CMNS
    Holy shit bump from the ages.
  • NukeChem
    This is also no longer applicable. SFU reinstated the pre-2007 rules in 2009.
  • MXC
    I got a bursary ^.^
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Yeah GOOD JOB @lakerfanatic bringing up historical threads.

    @mxc how much? 
  • Whydoihavetoregister
    Yep I didn't apply for a student loan yet I got them
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    ^Or you could just move in with me and I can provide for you and support you and cook and clean for you. And do your homework (possibly).
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Well can you ask him to move out.
  • Whydoihavetoregister
    @lakerfanatic Just make the personal letter convincing and make yourself sound desperate and poor, you should be fine....
  • MXC
    i have a student loan alrdy, then I applied for a bursary, i got close to $1300
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    @Whydoihavetoregister What personal letter? The application only assesses your resources/needs.

    @MXC HOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
  • MXC
    I gave them the information and they gave it to meeeeeeeeeeeee, I probably made myself look piss poor though.
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    How is that possible... Were your student loans maxed out?
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    How is that possible... Were your student loans maxed out?
  • MXC
    yes i think they were maxed
  • MXC
    wait what do u mean maxed out?
    I mean i took the most they could fund me for the semester
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Yes that's what I meant. Ah that makes sense now. You must be a business student.
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Yes that's what I meant. Ah that makes sense now. You must be a business student.
  • MXC
    Science
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    How the hell did you max out your student loans. Are you taking 12 courses or something lol cuz max student loans is like 10k per year
  • MXC
    Well I took 14 credits in Fall and 15 credits in Spring and now 14 credits this summer about to finish 1st year
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    And that cost you 10 grand?
  • MXC
    edited August 2013
    yeah if u include living costs

    probably more than that actually
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Ah I see. Yeah living on your own is expensive. Probably 50-60% of expenses nowadays.
  • MXC
    wtf!? that's sooooo cheap
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Lol $300. I thought that was the total. A dumpster behind McDonald's isn't even that cheap in Vancouver.
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    You can always live with me if $300 is too much though. You can sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the floor beside you and tuck you in at night and read a bedtime story for free.
  • MXC
    Can I get that deal? :D 
    where do u live?

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