How to use this worksheet
- Choose a course and duration.
- List tuition, housing, living, travel, materials, and other relevant costs.
- Mark estimates, currency, source, and the period each cost covers.
- Separate confirmed funding from possible scholarships or work.
- Discuss the gap, contingency, and a lower-cost alternative with the people involved.
Course and period
Which program, location, currency, and length of study are you considering?
Cost estimates
List categories, amounts if known, source dates, and whether they are one-off or recurring.
Funding certainty
What funding is confirmed, what is conditional, and what is only a possibility?
Gap and alternatives
What remains unfunded, which assumptions could change, and what alternative is workable?
Summarize categories and uncertainties without providing investment advice or assuming employment or scholarship income will occur.