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Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:08
Date received: 20/08/2003
The same day that my clearing offer arrives from Essex so does one from Reading
Today I got a clearing offer from reading, this was as well as the once I receive from...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:00
Date received: 23/10/2002
Today I was told my Oxford College - it would be Pembroke
Today I got my a preliminary letter from Oxford. Firstly they sent me a little card confirming that I wanted to...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:59
Date: Late 2002
A 72 page booklet on economics at Oxbridge
Sometime in 2002 after I had expressed interest to my economics teacher in applying to Oxford, I was given an information booklet...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:57
Date: February 2003
My school gave me lots of help with applying for financial support
Now I had got my university application sorted out, it was time to think about student finances. I didn't have...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:51
Date received: 05/09/2002
A massive pack of stuff from Essex arrives - most of which requires attention
Today I got my registration pack from Essex, this seemed to contain all the import ant things...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:47
Date received: 29/08/2002
The acceptance letter from Essex arrives, along with a pack of other stuff
The acceptance pack was made up of around eight separate items. The first was an acceptance...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:37
Date: around ?/09/2002
Now I had decided I was applying to Oxford I could start filling in the form. I had decided I was applying for economics and maths but as this was unavailable at Oxford I...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:35
Date: February 2003
Applying for tuition fee support and a student loan
The first section was pretty easy to fill in - just a few personal details, with the exception of which...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:31
Date received: 31/08/2002
I got the Essex accommodation form along with the acceptance pack which Essex sent me. I knew I had to get this filled in and back to Essex pretty quick, as even...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:29
Date: 20/08/2003
Everything about Essex seemed ok so I thought this might be where I ended up
Today I went to the open day at Essex University. Essex was on my shortlist along with Reading and...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 20:28
Date: around ?/09/2002
After being given the application form I still hadn't made up my mind
The decision to apply to Oxford was quite a difficult one to make. Originally I would say to people that...
Sun, 05/04/2009 - 12:50
Date: 15/08/2003
I narrowed down my options and stated to concentrate on clearing
It was now the day after results day, and I had to decide what to do next. I worked out I had four options:
Go...
Sun, 05/04/2009 - 12:47
Date: 10/09/2003
A table from MSN money made it pretty easy to compare accounts
Having received a letter from the Student Loan Company, updating my course details, I thought it was probably time to...
Sun, 05/04/2009 - 12:46
Date: around ?/09/2002
By thinking about my own preferences and opinions I chose six universities from eleven
On the UCAS form there were six spaces to fill in the universities...
Sun, 05/04/2009 - 12:44
Date: around ?/09/2002
I singled in on economics and maths combining two of my favourite subjects
Now I had an idea of what universities I might want to go to from the Decide...
Sun, 05/04/2009 - 12:42
Date: 16/08/2003
Time to see what's available in clearing
I now started contacting universities on my initial clearing list, to see if they could offer me places. The first universities I contacted...
Sun, 05/04/2009 - 12:40
I am keeping a record of my passage to university on this page. I have tried to list every important event and talk about what I did and why.
These pages are generally a personal description of...
Wed, 01/04/2009 - 21:47
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Wed, 01/04/2009 - 21:30
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Wed, 01/04/2009 - 21:28
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