Best loan option for Canadian students

[covarubious]

what branch did you go to?

Originally Posted by woods

The interest rate is set at prime lending rate during the program and during repayment of the loan. Right now, prime lending rate is 6%.

[Articulate]

I have applied to canhelp. No reply for a week now. For a credit score of 684, do u guys think i would be approved?

[Shwinster]

Do we apply for osap like regular online even when going abroad? When is the first day for the 2008-2009 application to be available online. How many weeks do you put as your study period? Thanks very much.

[Alz84]

So I had my meeting with RBC on Wednesday...not feeling that optimistic about it...

They pulled my credit history which was fine, but said they will get back to me in the next few days, and that IF they choose to go ahead with the application I will definitely need a cosigner. The woman who was helping me has gone on vacation for a week and left me a message saying she chose not to give the file to someone else but will contact me when she gets back (real nice...)

I'm definitely going to start looking into other banks...

Also don't know if there are any other Canadian students on here that are NOT from Ontario (ie not getting OSAP)...but FYI you can apply for student loans through the government of Canada just like you did for Canadian schools...SABA is on the list...the application for 2008/2009 is not available until Mid-May though...just thought I would pass that along if people are unaware...

[maserati]

Has anybody with NO COSIGNER been denied by CanHelp?

[Articulate]

Hi do anyone get the email about the tuition assistance programme? They said it is ffor people who did not qualify for TEri or Davenport. Anyone know what this tuition assisatnce thing is?

[dr. anon]

whats davenport? I went to rbc and teri loans....it doesn't look promising looking for other options...osap not giving very much

[Articulate]

Davenport i suspect is for US people. I have tried 5 BRC braches with good cosigner, no show. I am presently conditionally approved for Teri. I dont know how good that is. But the school said i should enrol for the may semester and everything should be fine. But am scared, dint wanna get stucked.

[Articulate]

So anon, did u pay out of pocket for this semester? (May) or you are gonna pay the late fee of 200 dollars?

[Articulate]

llol forgot something again. Osap only gave me 9,200 canadian dollars. Dunno if i can make them increase it.