Academic Thread

[Em Dott]

Where you looking to go F Kid?

[Ari Gold]

I've been hyped about uni since the day I applied.

[Dubby]

I'm hyped about uni. Shook about Thursday results.Someone fill me in on clearing, I wanna be fully prepared.

[Supernova]

Where you looking to go F Kid?

Nottingham Trent,But I wont get there so Man MetBut I wont get there so anywhere that will take meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Supernova]

I'm hyped about uni. Shook about Thursday results.Someone fill me in on clearing, I wanna be fully prepared.

This

[Rippy]

1 week already!Last 2 months flewww by. Need to take my mind of this.

[Em Dott]

Where you looking to go F Kid?

Nottingham Trent,But I wont get there so Man MetBut I wont get there so anywhere that will take meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Aight. Good luck with wherever you go, and remember, alcohol is your friend hat gets you p*ssy. Just make sure the girl willingly drinks it yourself and you'll be fine.

[Dubby]

Didn't you withdraw from UCAS?@Ripster

[Flex]

if u wana apply through clearing dont need ucas, jus call the uni directly. i never signed up for ucas, uni was a last minute decision 4 me.

[UN.Muzik]

if u wana apply through clearing dont need ucas, jus call the uni directly. i never signed up for ucas, uni was a last minute decision 4 me.

That's true but being a part of UCAS when doing clearing kinda helps since on results day you can go on the UCAS website and search for courses available at any particular uni and/or unis that have the course you're after available Basically as soon as you receive your results on the day get to a computer and go through UCAS checking the courses availableGet the number for that particular uni's admissions Enquire about a place available on the course you see on UCAS (even if you're off from the required grades/UCAS Points they'll still make you an offer..though initially they'll maintain the actual required grades but check after a day or so if the course is still available and they'll definately drop their requirements) Obviously if you had offers you'd just missed for your chosen uni then 1st call them and see if they'll still give you the place (you tend to be in a better position if this was a place they gave a conditional offer for)The key thing here is to do everything as quickly as you can, the longer you take the more courses become unavailable I didn't have any offers (cuz I didn't apply to UCAS initially) but as soon as I got my grades I called up QMUL and got a place for Maths even though they wanted an A in A Level Maths (I had a B ) and they wanted 320 UCAS Points (I had 300)Rule of thumb; if after a couple days you still see a course you're interested in is still available, even if you're missing out on the minimum required grades call up and ask for a place..these unis drop their expectations exponentially so if you choose to do a 'boring course' like Maths, Physics etc. they'll take you on with far lower required gradesHope this puts people's minds at ease, and good luck

[The Cookie Monster]

I've been hyped about uni since the day I applied.

same. u still goin sheffield hallam? u get ur accommodation sorted?

[Seymour Cake]

yo anyone got the student loans go through? obivously not paid yet, but what stage is your application at?they take the piss with mine EVERY f*ckINGGGGG YEAR. thank god its the last year for me.they don't send me the necessary forms and their website is boolshit.Always have to go in their branch and sort it out face to face. d*ckheads.

[UN.Muzik]

Bang bang getting my uni loans as early as I possibly can gang

[Alejandro Sosa]

yo anyone got the student loans go through? obivously not paid yet, but what stage is your application at?they take the piss with mine EVERY f*ckINGGGGG YEAR. thank god its the last year for me.they don't send me the necessary forms and their website is boolshit.Always have to go in their branch and sort it out face to face. d*ckheads.

What do u study akh

[FinalBawse]

The cunts still saying on the website my signed form ain't reached them.Will ring if it ain't reached by like Monday, or tuesday.

[Supernova]

Where you looking to go F Kid?

Nottingham Trent,But I wont get there so Man MetBut I wont get there so anywhere that will take meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Aight. Good luck with wherever you go, and remember, alcohol is your friend hat gets you p*ssy. Just make sure the girl willingly drinks it yourself and you'll be fine.

Safe broI am on a mad hype,I am thinking that I had a interview at Notts Trent, and they actually loved me...was expecting an unconditional, so hopefully if I dont make th eoffer and they remember me...maybearrgghhh f*ck itTitan are u fresh out of final year?

[Em Dott]

Yep, completely done with uni. Glad to be done with it as well.Just need to find a job and get where I need to go. As long as I get my foot in the door of where I want to go, I will be moving further up and up.

[Supernova]

Honestly...would you reccomend it?Where did you go and do...if you dont mind divuldging

[Ari Gold]

I've been hyped about uni since the day I applied.

same. u still goin sheffield hallam? u get ur accommodation sorted?

Yeh man don't know where i'm staying yet though.. Do you?

[Em Dott]

Honestly...would you reccomend it?Where did you go and do...if you dont mind divuldging

Recommend what? Uni?Depends on what you are doing in all honesty. The way the world is now, you could work your way up or go straight and do a qualification and end up in a better position then some graduates, plus save yourself large amounts of debt.If you are doing something like engineering, medicine, midwifery, physics, animation etc. (I'm assuming these are subjects where you need university education in order to work in those fields) or know you are academically capable of achieving high results and are into stuff like Maths and Economics and the like and are going to top 10 or top 20 uni and know exactly where you want to go after uni then yeah it's good.IMO, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, but anything else to study at uni isn't really necessary unless yo want to become a teacher. This is from personal experience as well. I went Coventry University and did Media and Cultural studies basically (yeah, point your fingers and laugh if you want but I have a degree and know I could have applied my academic ability just as well to other subjects had I picked them), and though I got some decent work experience and some interesting lectures at times, if I knew what I knew now back then I would definitely not have picked it. sh*t I probably wouldn't have gone to uni at all. But assuming I did decide to go uni, I actually wanted to study Maths at uni from when I was young, but due to no real good advice available (and this is a problem I feel is present in colleges and sixth forms from my knowledge. They are too eager to get you on to uni so their institution looks better to parents) and African parents pressuring I said f*ck an extra year at college just to bump up my Maths GCSE to a B and ended up dashing those plans out of the window. Do wish I could go back in time and change that but oh well.But at the same time, I'm happy I went. Improved as a person, met a number of people I plan to keep in contact with for future ventures, and an overall sick experience.Hope that helps.PS: Sorry about the long post, tried to condense it as much as possible. Also, I figure tuppatopbreh or Gray Fox will come through to say something about my post, so just remember that it is my opinion and in now way a definitive guide to uni.

[The Cookie Monster]

I've been hyped about uni since the day I applied.

same. u still goin sheffield hallam? u get ur accommodation sorted?

Yeh man don't know where i'm staying yet though.. Do you?

Yeah, got my accommodation confirmed bcoz my place was unconditional, not waitin on any results.Im stayin in the trigon. its expensive but looks nice enuff and is central, bout 2min walk to the uni and train station.

[Supernova]

Honestly...would you reccomend it?Where did you go and do...if you dont mind divuldging

Recommend what? Uni?Depends on what you are doing in all honesty. The way the world is now, you could work your way up or go straight and do a qualification and end up in a better position then some graduates, plus save yourself large amounts of debt.If you are doing something like engineering, medicine, midwifery, physics, animation etc. (I'm assuming these are subjects where you need university education in order to work in those fields) or know you are academically capable of achieving high results and are into stuff like Maths and Economics and the like and are going to top 10 or top 20 uni and know exactly where you want to go after uni then yeah it's good.IMO, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, but anything else to study at uni isn't really necessary unless yo want to become a teacher. This is from personal experience as well. I went Coventry University and did Media and Cultural studies basically (yeah, point your fingers and laugh if you want but I have a degree and know I could have applied my academic ability just as well to other subjects had I picked them), and though I got some decent work experience and some interesting lectures at times, if I knew what I knew now back then I would definitely not have picked it. sh*t I probably wouldn't have gone to uni at all. But assuming I did decide to go uni, I actually wanted to study Maths at uni from when I was young, but due to no real good advice available (and this is a problem I feel is present in colleges and sixth forms from my knowledge. They are too eager to get you on to uni so their institution looks better to parents) and African parents pressuring I said f*ck an extra year at college just to bump up my Maths GCSE to a B and ended up dashing those plans out of the window. Do wish I could go back in time and change that but oh well.But at the same time, I'm happy I went. Improved as a person, met a number of people I plan to keep in contact with for future ventures, and an overall sick experience.Hope that helps.PS: Sorry about the long post, tried to condense it as much as possible. Also, I figure tuppatopbreh or Gray Fox will come through to say something about my post, so just remember that it is my opinion and in now way a definitive guide to uni.

This co incides with alot of other opinions,One thing I am always hearing is you cant go uni and study sh*t like Psychology, English, Geography...its like you have got to do something practical and hands on if you want to have some sort of future use

[Guest M12 Part 2]

Honestly...would you reccomend it?Where did you go and do...if you dont mind divuldging

Recommend what? Uni?Depends on what you are doing in all honesty. The way the world is now, you could work your way up or go straight and do a qualification and end up in a better position then some graduates, plus save yourself large amounts of debt.If you are doing something like engineering, medicine, midwifery, physics, animation etc. (I'm assuming these are subjects where you need university education in order to work in those fields) or know you are academically capable of achieving high results and are into stuff like Maths and Economics and the like and are going to top 10 or top 20 uni and know exactly where you want to go after uni then yeah it's good.IMO, and I'm not trying to offend anyone, but anything else to study at uni isn't really necessary unless yo want to become a teacher. This is from personal experience as well. I went Coventry University and did Media and Cultural studies basically (yeah, point your fingers and laugh if you want but I have a degree and know I could have applied my academic ability just as well to other subjects had I picked them), and though I got some decent work experience and some interesting lectures at times, if I knew what I knew now back then I would definitely not have picked it. sh*t I probably wouldn't have gone to uni at all. But assuming I did decide to go uni, I actually wanted to study Maths at uni from when I was young, but due to no real good advice available (and this is a problem I feel is present in colleges and sixth forms from my knowledge. They are too eager to get you on to uni so their institution looks better to parents) and African parents pressuring I said f*ck an extra year at college just to bump up my Maths GCSE to a B and ended up dashing those plans out of the window. Do wish I could go back in time and change that but oh well.But at the same time, I'm happy I went. Improved as a person, met a number of people I plan to keep in contact with for future ventures, and an overall sick experience.Hope that helps.PS: Sorry about the long post, tried to condense it as much as possible. Also, I figure tuppatopbreh or Gray Fox will come through to say something about my post, so just remember that it is my opinion and in now way a definitive guide to uni.

This co incides with alot of other opinions,One thing I am always hearing is you cant go uni and study sh*t like Psychology, English, Geography...its like you have got to do something practical and hands on if you want to have some sort of future use

This is true but only to an extent.Plenty of people can do a degree in geography, english, International Relations or any of what i call sometimes unfairly " the waste courses" and still get a good job after. Its all about how u spend ur time. if u do work experience or get involved with some kind of development scheme while ur still in uni u can easily land a nice job. the problem is when guys come out of uni with a 2:1 and in the relevant experience section of their cv all they can write is i work shifts in jd sports. If u dont go to a top uni or do a respected course, your degree alone will most probably not be enough. You need to show some kind of dedication to the field you apply in and not just be applying to jobs cos they offer the most cash. Like Titan said its the standard pitfall of colleges and 6th forms, they just try to push out people who go to uni. Instead of people who actually know the career path they want to follow and understand how their specific uni course will help them achieve that.On the other hand though uni is an experience that i feel helps u grow and understand the world and people from different backgrounds better. Regardless of whether ur course is good or not i think most unis do help u mature and get out of the childish mindset that most people have when they are 18 and fresh outta college.

[Em Dott]

Yeah, M12 basically said what I may not have got across.Also, be aware with a 2:1 you have graduate schemes open to you which are catered to students who haven't got experience, and some don't care what your degree is involved in. Make use of your time there and uni shouldn't feel like a waste of time. Like I said, I would pick something else or not go uni if I could turn back time, but I'm still happy I went. Definitely matured a whole lot, grew as an individual, and learned I definitely can learn to live by myself (I think this is very important because chances are you will do stupid stuff with money when you first live by yourself, better IMO to get this out of the way in first year of uni. I managed to save over a grand in second year from my loan and grant).

[JGGB]

Hope I get into Sheffield UniCan't be asked with the drama of a private flat at Trent or drama of clearing.Can NOT be staying in London for another year so flopping badly is not the one