Final Destination:
I went to Barclays for my career development loan -
They were great. Had never owned a house/had a mortgage (lived with parents at the time), held one credit card that was very much full from great college life, and never had to pay a utility bill in my life.
The interview was so simple:
1. What do you want the money for?
2. Get the school to complete the form
3. When do I plan to start paying the loan back?
4. What were my qualifications?
And that was it!!!!!
8000.00 and I don't start to repay it until 2 years after my training with no interest!
Very positive experience - have since paid it off with no interest at all. Therefore I would suggest that you check this option out. I think that the maximum has gone up a little (my loan was about 8 years ago)but I think the basics are still the same.
Good luck!