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"Argh, Student Finance thing"

Jesus frecking christ.

Some time last year, my college told me to sign up with the Student Finance site to get information from them on when to apply for finance. So off I went and applied.

I signed up fine, got my ARTID thing and waited until today.

Seeing as things in my room come and go, the slip of paper detailing my 'ART ID' had dissapeared. Time for the phone, I thought.

After being in the 'queue' listening to some blippy bloppy R n B music, I came to this conversation: -

"Hi can I have your ArtID?"
- "Er, thats the problem, I can't remember it. I signed up with you like a year ago"
"So you've already applied for finance?"
- "Nope, my college told me to sign up with you to get information"
"We don't offer that service"
- "Er well, I haven't applied for no finance yet, I just signed up and forgot my username"
"So you haven't applied for any finance?"
- "No :@"
"We don't allow people to sign up without applying though"
- "Well it signed me up all right"

Eventually she gave me my ARTID and we completed the conversation. Great.

But now my password doesn't work. I try three different passwords and eventually I get 'locked' out of my account.

Back on the phone I go (disgruntled), waiting in the queue.

The woman basically told me my password is in the post and I won't be able to call them until I receive that password.

In the post? Have they not heard of a little thing called e-mail?. They're wasting trees just sending me a slip of paper with a password on it .

I wish I'd applied by paper now.

EDIT: Yes I realise paper based applications also consume trees.

Moral of story: Don't sign up for things that give you numerical usernames.

Just fill in the paper version, far less hassle.

Hmmm

Just attempting to fill in this form now....

It makes no sense whatsoever.

The first page asks me for my Home address, fair enough, I put it in. It then asks me for my 'Contact Address' (if different from home address), so I type in nothing and continue.

It errors out saying I need to input a contact address. So I put my home address in and press continue.

It then errors out saying I need to input a "date moved or planning to move to contact address"

Er - Wtf? I haven't moved anywhere! Not yet anyway.

Hmph, stupid form

Ah, good times, A Level Computing. 8 months of slacking followed by a rush job that managed to get full marks. You're not going to get an opportunity like that ever again, kids.

gerrid wrote:
> If you earn above £25,000 you'll have to pay the full amount, I
> think. Maybe it's £30,000. Either way, fnid out if your
> parent's colelctive income is above that, and if it is, you'll have
> to pay all £1250 per year.

Depends on the amount of dependants and so forth.

But clearly you knew that.

If the Deadline is passed don't worry. It just means theres a 40% chance you might get your money a week late.

I really wonder why I didnt get higher... Gonna get onto his back tomorrow, but it might be too late.

Nice.

Mine was a 'Students Reporting' system for my college (abeit fake however, I never really consulted them or got feedback, made it all up). It basically ran like a wizard, you inputted the values and it outputted a report (a bit more complicated then that however)

I handed the final project in on Friday, so it should be marked by now. On my last draft I got 14/15 for technical solution, my teacher said that was because I used a comprehensive OO approach to my code. Don't see how that works though, VB doesn't really offer the scope to make effective OO code.

Hopefully, I should be heading for somewhere between 55 - 65.

Anyway cool, was just wondering what everyone else did thats all.

I did a registration system for a Medical Centre, was very complicated, loads of code, loads of complex features, and I got 13 - the same as some guy who literally sat at his computer and drooled, while I helped him. I knew his system inside and out, and was noway near as good as mine, yet we get the same mark. In fact I helped most of my class get a decent grade in the programming. I have about 6 courseworks on my computer. Tho' i shouldnt admit to that...

Nice one.

What was your project about/what did it do?

gamesfreak wrote:
> Hijacking my own thread to a totally different topic.
>
> Tomm, I remember you saying you do A level Computing.
>
> Have you completed the coursework element of the course? (Well first,
> are you on the AQA exam board?)

Yes we handed it in about a fortnight ago. Got 60/65. Tho the mark my teacher awarded me for my solution is debatable.

Hijacking my own thread to a totally different topic.

Tomm, I remember you saying you do A level Computing.

Have you completed the coursework element of the course? (Well first, are you on the AQA exam board?)