fax machines?!? application form part 0.1 is devising somewhere to find a fax machine!
extra costs? travel to all three stages, phonecalls and postage while you do all the forms, transport to the airport when you go, stopover in singapore, medical insurance, travel insurance, loss of earnings, 00's worth it must be.
when you're there don't kid yourself - it will add up.
apparently if you spend any more time studying after A-Levels in a lifetime you'll also be down on your basic pension contributions (geared from when the government thinks you should start work) and have to make up the shortfall over the course...another expense then.