Question about Oxford graduate application

cupcake
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:14:48 +0000

I know I’ll probably end up taking out a lot of private loans, but I don’t want to write down such a large amount that would result in jeopardizing my possibly getting a scholarship that would cover a large fraction of my expenses. The total amount of money i’m borrowing to finance my undergraduate studies is already too much. lol

Don’t worry, scholarships are merit based. Writing about loans won’t affect them. I don’t think you need to to detail the costs in detail. Just put something like “using private loan if no scholarships availabe”. As laylah says, sometimes acceptance is conditional on a bility to pay (always in the case of internationals as far as I know) so this is why they want to know. So if they decide to accept you they can work out if they need to help you find money.