<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

Hi /r/PersonalFinance, I'm hoping you can help me out, but I understand if this is one of those "not with a 10ft pole" situations.
(Throwaway here for personal privacy reasons)

Here's my situation: I will be starting a very expensive school program in the fall. I do not live with my parents, nor have I for some time, and my parents have zero capacity to help me. Fortunately for me, their income is low enough that the CRA doesn't consider them eligible to help.
Between a bank investment account, and my own private investments, I have approximately enough to cover the cost of tuition and living (including moving expenses, etc.) for one year. Even if my savings can completely cover my expenses, it will be a near thing. 

In applying for loans and financial aid, however, my savings are working against me. The government and school both deem that I do not require assistance, because I can (probably) afford my first year. It seems crazy to me that in order to qualify for help, I need to bleed myself dry first, and I'm concerned that if and when my savings run dry, the credit (card/LOC) debt I might run into will be all sorts of painful.

I've come across a lot of various forum posts along the lines of, "I have $60k in savings, and 30k in loans, what's the best way to pay it off?"
I suppose it's possible they somehow managed to save twice their loan amount while going to school, but I imagine it's more likely they somehow qualified for a loan while having some money in the bank, or elsewhere.

I've been searching around, but can't find anything detailing how to qualify for a loan even though one has savings. Any advice would be very much appreciated!
<bot>: I've been responsible and saved money, and have an effectively perfect credit score. How can I still get the Canadian government to give me a student loan?