Have you got your EMA yet?
 

Im getting mine in a few days :lovedup:

I'm applying tomorrow.

Yes there's been no problems with mine :]

*feels retarded*

Whats an EMA? :conf2:

Education Mantinance Allowance

We get £30 a week (or less depending on parents wage)

Nope
Applied mid-august and all i've got is a letter saying that i've been processed and will receive another letter shortly :\

It annoys me though.
I really need the money.
I've turned up everyday and college are saying they'll only pay back 4 weeks, and only if i got this sheet signed by all my tutors, everyday.
It's not fair because I've been in everyday, every lesson and the registers reflect that :\
I should be backpaid for everything.

I applied in late September, its strange how I have mine so early

Nope I don't qualify for it as my parents earn too much or something. Nearly everyone in my year gets it though.

haha, a girl in my class was complaining because she doesn't get EMA and I'm like 'that's a good thing! it means your family earns enough to support you' lmfao.

LOL yeah true, but they aren't giving me thirty pounds a week! What do/are you meant to spend it on?

Ohhhh right :blush2:

Then no, I don't but it sounds goooood.

College stuff/lunch I suppose.
I only need Lunch one day cos the rest are all half days so i can eat at home.
Most of mine would go on clothes [hard to dance/move in skinnies ++costume stuff for shows that college can't provide] and general stuff like that.

For someone doing A Levels, I suppose it'd be for stationary, text books etc.

i dont get an ema i dont think.. well my sister never.. so i presume i dont?
i want it though because then people will actually have money and i wont as my mum and dad seem to get in the biggest mood if i ask for some its like yep i do want a social life thank you

*feels Irish* No but we get 'free' fees for 3rd level,they increased the registration fee already but theres a HUGE protest in Dublin tomorrow against full fees.

Seriouslyy?! Everyone always speaks about spending it on stuff not so educational. :hugesmile:

I think it also acts as something to keep students on the course

what is the max your parents can be making to get ema still?

10 pound per week.

Na, sommit like 28k?
I'll look!
x

If your parents own £30,000+ a year, you cant get it

darn lol not even close to getting it even one parent exceed's

Nope , I get mine in 2 years :bigsmile:

IT SUCKS!

3 people in my class are getting theres on friday; nobody elses has come through or anything yet

Snap...

I finally get mine and all the back payment next week
one good thing to come out of my parents getting divorced, its the EMA lol

I'm not eligable.
damn it.

Still only in year ten you see, if only we could get it nowthough, booze and fags :angel:

Doesn`t mean they hand us 30 quid a week though

EMA is the biggest joke going.

Outta interest, does anyone know of anyway I can make sure I get all my payments backdated from September?
I probably won't start getting it till Xmas at this rate but surely I deserve every £30 a week all the way back if I've never been absent?

Just make sure you keep all the timesheets, i'm doing that and my college is going to give me everything I am entitled to
Also there is somewhere you can phone to tell them that you have been at college all the time and are entitled to the money

That's the thing, I missed timesheets for the first few weeks cos I thought I'd have to wait until my entry was submitted to get them signed and most of mine are missing an entry or two.
I'll try that phone number though, they must have records on the registers =| thankyouu.

Yeah me and my friends missed the first few weeks but we got someone from the college to phone somewhere and we are going to get what we are entitled to. If the number will be useful for you then I will try and find it out later

I finally have my EMA meeting tomorrow to get my contract complete... Excited for money to begin haha. Im not sure if I get pack paid from september, if I do its going straight into my audition fund.

HBRGLRENGJKRN NO
I DONT
ITS SO ****KING ANNOYINGGGG
they sent me a letter the other day.
also im only gonna get £30 backpayments because I've only been to one whole week.. that's awful :blush:

you've just gone up very highly in my estimations young man

Have I? Why?