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University students in the U.K. are [had / having] such a hard time making ends meet that they are resorting to desperate measures. Many have [tuned / turned] to gambling, taking out high-interest loans and [even / ever] selling their body to cover their living costs. The financial website Save the Student (StS) [questioning / questioned] 1,900 students about their [finance / finances] . It discovered that the [average / averaged] student received $750 a month from the government in the [form / frame] of a student loan. However, average living expenses [abounded / amounted] to $1,170 a month. This leaves a [monthly / month] shortfall of $420. Students have made up the difference in a variety of ways, some of which would cause parents a considerable amount of [concern / concerning] .

The StS poll found that 71 per cent of students [relayed / relied] on parents for extra income, while 65 per cent had a part-time job. Around 46 per cent turned [to / for] banks for an overdraft. Seven per cent of the students who took part [on / in] the survey said that they had "sold their body" to [yearn / earn] additional cash. Others reported taking part in medical [trials / trails] for money. Twelve per cent of students said that they had [tired / tried] gambling to supplement their income, while three per cent took out loans with [extortionate / extortionately] interest rates. One student said: "It's frustrating when you're already paying off [multiply / multiple] credit cards at 19." Save the Student said the government loans were "[out / over] of touch with individual circumstances and student [needy / needs] ".

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