I applied for a new credit card. It was really easy, and feels like you've got an extra 500 to spend. But now I can't afford to pay them back, and the companies are making money out of me. MasterCard says that as long as students budget, then money should not be such an issue. German sociology student Connie Geyer thinks that the attitude towards money in the UK is very different to the German attitude.
British students hold the opinion that university only lasts three years.
During those three years, they'll have the time of their lives, and will spend lots of money, and have the frame of mind that when they start to work for a living they'll pay it all back then. In Germany it is different, because many university courses last for seven years. It is also very difficult to get a student loan, so German students calculate their finances and budget. The NUS advises students to be careful with their outgoings. Andrew Barrett, with the wisdom of experience, would be the first to agree.