Improvements if any in Financial Assistance
Met with some colleagues also from Uni, and we came back to the club house as 1 of them had membership… wanted to avoid going but took in good faith
Memories of pain floods my mind while we were there chilling…
Close to 2 decades ago from BA – graduated with just a Degree…
From the very beginning made attempts to get financial assistance and not right off school loans from Banks as we all know how those interest kills us later on in life.
Was a Tanglin Halt HDB 2 rm mixed flat kid… with lower tiered income family background and the parents slogging daily 6.5 days week to make ends meet.
Coincidence of parents making slightly more with (OT) Overtime (couple of hundreds more not even 1 grand extra in combine cpf) at point of Application, thus surpassing the poor income tier bracket.
It was gruelling and hard, working and studying trying my best to get through. It was tough, so tough that a bank loan (unsecured) was applied on yr 3 to ease the split of time between part time works and school.
Has things changed and became more flexible or humane?
How is irregular extra OT pay a path to rejection when the actual with a company letter proves otherwise?
How is OTing to give more for the family a wrong?
Is it so difficult for a student needing help to be rendered with in a case by case basis?
Has things changed for the better?
Here are what netizens think:
- I empathise with the OP. Busting backs to gather numerous supporting docs, jumping through different hoops by multiple aid sources and get declined on seemingly arbitrary requirements. Only those who had to go through this again and again know how dehumanising the process is. Not sure if things are better today, just hopefully there are even more sources (hoops) available
- I dun get wat you’re trying to lament abt? Things not changing in your old alma mater? Or you’re comparing your old self with the new? Or comparing yourself to your old schoolmates and having a little bit of self-pity?
- A degree 2 decades ago would have been much more valued and high paying. Things don’t change in the sense that success never comes easy.