Don't think I can get citizenship in time for HECS... what now (2 Viewers)

[jamesfirst]

Okay so it might take 3-6 months to get my australian citizenship...


I am a PR but cannot afford the Uni fee upfront.



What options do I have?? How much do I have to pay upfront (I am doing Engineering)

 

[4025808]

Okay so it might take 3-6 months to get my australian citizenship...


I am a PR but cannot afford the Uni fee upfront.



What options do I have?? How much do I have to pay upfront (I am doing Engineering)

Can your parents pay for your uni fees??? Surely you can pay them back later.

 

[jamesfirst]

Well no... we're poor


how much is the uni fee usually ???

 

[4025808]

Probably at most, 10K, maybe for engineering it could be around 7K

 

[Timothy.Siu]

$3142.50 for sem 1 if you're doing at UNSW next year. (maths, phys, 2 engineering) (could be the same at other unis)

 

[jamesfirst]

UNSW engineering next year.


I think I pay the first semester fee and for the second semester I can get HECS because by then I will have the citizenship.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

yep, then should be $3142.50

 

[D94]

Mind you that there will be other fees such as transport, living costs, impulse shopping, and importantly, textbooks, stationery, exercise books, maybe laptop etc.

 

[brent012]

yep, then should be $3142.50

That number is suspicously close to pi * 1000 =P

 

[jamesfirst]

what's a living cost haha.


I'm worried about this because it's a fee that I must pay to go to uni.


And I calculated to be around $3700

 

[Timothy.Siu]

maths and phys (science) courses are cheaper (which you'll do for engineering)

 

[MichelleV]

Well; you could defer your coarse for a year and go and work full time.
That way you would at least have some income to pay for uni and its expenses, and when you start a year later, you could go on HECS then.

 

[xeuyrawp]

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