Factoring "Maintenance Points" for UK Visa

[Jon Andrew Greig]

Greetings all,

I'm preparing to get ready to move to Scotland to start the next year at U of Edinburgh doing the MSc Ancient Philosophy program. I decided to follow through with student loans to fund my education there.

That being said, while I submitted my FAFSA a couple weeks ago (and waiting to hear back from them), I reviewed the visa requirements and saw that proof of funds for the full tuition AND 7,200 GBP were needed up front at the time of application for the visa. Just wondering, for those who haven't made their savings goal 2-3 months before making it to the UK, whether they looked into a loan for this figure via that provided by the FAFSA or some other source? Just asking around. Thanks!