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I have done my own research so I’m not asking this to be lazy, but the UCAS website isn’t overly clear on what to do in my situation:

I finished college last June and have been working since then- I was certain I didn’t want to go to uni until a few months ago when I realised that is most definitely what I want to do in September. However, I understand to get in this September, I’m applying very late. On the UCAS extra website it says you can apply through Extra if you have used all 5 of your choices already, but obviously I haven’t used any choices or gotten any offers because I haven’t applied. If I apply now do I go through Extra or will it just go through as a normal application? And I know I won’t get equal treatment since I’m applying late, so was wondering if anyone had a similar experience and can give me any hopeful news. TIA :)

Start of the year we were assigned to a group of 6 and given a task to complete by the end of the year (last friday deadline).

Involved a lot of excel, formula etc. It contains 4 parts submitted and marks separately but combines at the end. We were finishing this final part.

We separate each part into 6 sections spread evenly among us, and the marker marks us individually based on our group contribution. I had a part I did myself, lot of math, values etc. Thursday night I finished up, typed my section, placed it in the final report, had my excel sorted. Friday morning it was submitted as a group.

I'm reading the report now, and I've noticed for my section, everything has changed, different values, different descriptions, and EVERYTHING is incorrect. Simple things like 10/15 now equal 0.3 and absolute nonsense like that. This whole section was my contribution and someone changed it. And it's all wrong. So it now looks like a fucked about and did it all wrong with 0 contribution.

What should I do? I can't change it because its too late. And reporting it marks us down together as a team. I'm so pissed off. What would you guys do?

I've been overthinking this and I need answers please.

I am a EU national and current living in the UK for the past 2 years, under EU settlement scheme from parent. Before UK I lived my life in Asia. One Parent has lived in the UK for 5+ years.

When I apply for student loan after completing 3 years in the UK, how much student loan will I be eligible for?

I don't mind not getting maintenance loan but I need tuition and accommodation to be covered preferably.

I’ve got about 8 assignments to complete, and my dissertation in 3 weeks. I’m so overwhelmed and panicked as I’m scared of the outcome. I don’t even know how to write my dissertation or plan around it. Any advice?

Long story short I want to be memorising/retaining the info of 2 lectures (1 hr each) per day. But I'm finding this so hard. I've watched the lectures but so long ago and it's not coming back to me. Does anyone have a way of quickly memorising content (very much cramming rn too)

I'm currently Averaging a 2:2 at about 57%. The 2:1 seems so close but my modules this semester are far more intense than I've previously experienced. I am that person that managed to do well up until their GCSE's doing no work and then began to see decline in grades from A level onwards.

I've worked many different jobs, held one for over a year through uni and made the most of extra curricular activities, meaning I have plenty to fill a CV with outside of academic prowess.

What are my career prospects leaving Uni with a 2:2 in a business and finance degree?

So I have gotten my offer letter for leeds however they are asking me to take a foundation year so as an international student I have to pay an extra 24000 pounds .The other option I have is Manchester metropolitan University.So I am taking sports and exercise science as my degree so will it be worth it to go leeds .I am getting mixed reviews everywhere some of them are saying going to mmu is a bad idea and the other group is saying going to leeds is not worth would like to hear from you guys.

Okay so, I'm in second year. I was initially enrolled on a 4-year course (with a year in industry in 3rd year). However, I recently realised that I really don't want to do a year in industry. So I switched back to a 3 year course.

The problem is that I got confirmation that I'd been switched back just before module registrations closed. And by the time I was able to register, a module that I really want to do had filled up.

I had backups in mind, so I know I'm fine with the ones I've got at the moment. I don't hate the look of any of them. But I've been wanting to take this module since first year. And I'd be really annoyed at myself if I didn't at least try to get on it.

Problem is, I'm not really sure the best way to go about it though lol. Emailing the module convenor is probably my best bet I know (he's also my tutor for one of my modules right now, and I've got good grades in it, and been the type to chat in seminars), and that's my plan at the moment.

I'm even considering asking if he can send me any of the materials from it, and I can just do it unofficially without the credits lol. I'm also gonna ask to be put on a waitlist if anyone drops/switches. I've not been this passionate about a module before (and I've enjoyed most of them).

Does anyone have any advice for or experience with a situation like this? I wanna make sure I'm in the best position possible.

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[Sorry if I'm coming off a bit intense btw lol. I'm pretty pissed right now cause my course change form had a section for inputting modules, so I put the ones I wanted on there (because they told me to), and then they switched me – without putting in my modules – the day that submissions were closing.]

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Also if anyone knows a better subreddit to put this on feel free to say. I don't really use it, so I just figured this would do the trick

Hi all,

I'm applying for two graduate courses at LSE, on the application it says that they strongly advise two separate personal statements to show your interest, motivations etc. for that specific course.

The courses are International Public and social policy and Political economy of late development, I feel like they are quite similar in some respects and I can just change a few things round and have two personal statements.

I was wondering if this would be fine? I wanted to keep it true to what my actual motivations are which is a story about my home country and the state it is in right now but tailor it by changing little things for each course? Would they see two very similar personal statements and not like that?

Hi,

I’m very grateful to have gotten offers to start this September from both UofE and UofG but i can’t decide which one to go to. For UofE i would be doing PPE and UofG i would be doing joint politics/economics. Personally i love Glasgow city more but i think the course at Edinburgh is better. Any thoughts?

I’m having trouble deciding between STOR-i, Lancaster and couple of options like TU Delft, KU Leuven, Leiden, UC Louvain and UBC Van. All applied/multidisciplinary math. Wanna go to industry afterwards. Intl. student (Asian)

Just started an online access course in art and design and I’m really looking forward to it, but I’m wondering about the grading process?

For anyone that has done one/ is doing one, how easy did you find it to achieve distinctions, what tips would you give to helping achieve them and are there any mark schemes/ specifications online that I could use for guidance? Thanks :)

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I'm wondering as I have an offer for a degree apprenticeship at jpmorgan, I have an offer for the pwc flying start programme with newcastle aswell as an offer to study accounting and finance at durham. I'm wondering if all fails and I miss my da offer.. would going to Durham be better then the Newcastle pwc where I am guaranteed a job at the end? The reason I want to go to durham is because I can live at home post 2nd year, I like the collage system, and it's name will have weight internationally and I hope to emergrate one day. Given I get spring weeks would I be in an okay position? Or does the work experience and guaranted pwc job outweigh all that? I'm worried hearing all the uni students not getting jobs even tho theve done so well at uni, so how many of you at similarly ranked unis have seen career success? (Or havent)

With my GCSE maths grade of a 5 instead of a 6 I can’t do undergraduate pharmacy basically ANYWHERE but most specifically good Russel group universities. So I’ve been planning to take biomed but ik most people hate on it and it won’t get me a good salary. So I was considering just becoming a pharmacist but can I just take it as a postgraduate degree after my undergrad? And what degree would you recommend doing as post graduate to become a pharmacist? I’d have retook maths GCSE at the beginning of the year if I knew what a burden a one grade difference would make, when I originally took my maths GCSE I screwed up on paper 1 DRASTICALLY because of an external event hence dropping my grade. I didn’t revise much either but I really want to make good money and am interested in pharmacy. For A levels I take biology, chemistry, and psychology and reckon I’ll get an ABB-AAB so hence the whole biomedical sciences path

I've got my final exams coming up in May, and I've just done some maths. Basically, I've already achieved a 2:1 based on the current grades I have. However, it is going to be almost impossible for me to get a 1:1, as I would need to get 80%+ in all my exams, which I just can't seem myself doing (plus I also don't want to pressure myself into that). I know that you can sometimes get a first if you're close to 70%, but even then I'd still need really high grades in my exams.

So basically, the results of my exams are only going to determine how high/low of a 2:1 I get. Part of me is therefore wondering if there is much point in me trying in these upcoming exams, since irrespective of the result, I'll likely end up with a 2:1. So, is there really is any difference between a high 2:1 and a low 2:1? I.e. is getting 67% any better than 61%?

Also, this is in no way meant to be a brag or anything like that - I hope it doesn't come off that way.

I've applied for a Healthcare professional course, which means I'm entitled to £5000 per year from the NHS. Problem is when I applied for student finance I got a very small maintenances low, like not even enough for the cheapest accommodation I could find.

Although the NHS grant and the loan could be liveable, I'm worried that I won't really have enough money for my placements if I have to travel to another city from where I'm staying, as I think that £5000 was meant to help me with the costs of placements.

So I'm just wondering whether I got screwed over by student finance, because my parents aren't very financially well off, so the maintenance loan I was given was surprising.

I am a student in year 12 doing computer science, economics and psychology a level. I originally wanted to do a a degree to do with something like finance or computer science but I know it would be harder to do these without maths a level. Any advice?

I think I can write a longer form essay (like 2000-3000 words) at a pretty good standard. We don’t get these marked but I’m not receiving as much constructive feedback anymore compared with my earlier years on the course.

The problem I’m having is exam essays (600-1000 words). I’ve never gotten a mark above the high 60’s, with my usual marks around the high 50’s.

I’ve taken some of my class essays to study skills advisors and other people in the university who help with writing, and they’ve all said there’s nothing they can recommend. So it must be the fact that I don’t have as much time to develop my points, and I can’t use references (apart from the odd few I remember).

My exams are in a month and I’m desperately trying to achieve a 2:1 to progress to a masters. I just don’t exactly know how to boost these marks.

For reference I’m studying Classics at Oxford.

Hey guys! How hard is the Management Bsc at Warwick ? Is it intense personal work? Are students often overwhelmed ?

Long story short, I took a break in studies in my 2nd year due to mental health reasons. I thought I was going to be fine but turns out I struggle with planning, organising and managing my projects. I failed both term 1's assignments, then I failed one in term 2 and barely scraped a pass in the other. I think I'll do better this term with my current assignments, though one of them is going slow at the moment. I had to resubmit my term 1 assignments within 3 weeks from the end of term 2. I failed both, because I overscoped one of them originally. As a result, my course leader said I can't continue to level 6 because I only get 1 resubmission chance and my break in studies prevents me from retaking the year.
I also struggle with procrastinating getting support and being overly optimistic thinking I'm fine. I don't know how to assess if something is wrong or I'm behind. I only just got assessed in February by someone at the Student Inclusion team and diagnosed with dyslexia. I then applied for DSA some weeks later because my term 2 assignments were a higher priority. Unfortunately, Student Finance Wales take their time in approving the funding... will be too late to help me much in term 3.
During my break, I got a counsellor who cares a lot. We had met up last week and he said he thinks I'm not getting enough support. He described me as "atypical", suggesting I may have conditions affecting my work, but he's not qualified to diagnose me. He acknowledged the NHS waiting lists would hinder me getting assessed for autism, ADHD, etc. and suggested seeking support from the uni somehow anyway. Haven't been able to get that done yet, but I hopefully will tomorrow.

I was told by the Student Support team that I can appeal the decision by the award board after my results, but even that seems to have restrictions so I feel my chances are low.
What I don't understand is the fact that this is in big contrast to what some people have said in the following post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UniUK/comments/14xj8lm/repeating_a_year_twice/
Several have retaken years multiple times. Why can't my uni be like this? But no, they prefer to stroke their egos and protect the uni's image by pretending to care about the student getting into debt over getting more money. I couldn't care less about the loans. Most students don't pay it off in their life time anyway. I especially wouldn't. It's like the uni thinks working a dead end job with a load of unpayable debt is better than letting the student try again at getting a degree.
For context, I go to Staffs. I study games design.

Honestly, my life sucks. I came to uni to succeed in life, not to get a load of debt and a good time with new friends only to then say good bye to them all forever. I even started developing feelings for one (she doesn't know yet though; she's a really good friend). If I end up getting kicked out because a bunch of bureaucrats said they don't want me anymore, then I'll have wasted 3 years of my life essentially, time and money. I was really upset earlier when I got home.

Anyone got any ideas for me? I booked an appointment with a SU advisor to discuss my issue, as well as filled in the Student Wellbeing form to vent my frustrations to them. I'm just trying anything at this point in hopes something sticks. It feels like the only one who cares and actually has my interests in mind is my counsellor. My mother's not great at advice. Neither is the rest of my family. My family's also not very stable so I don't have great connections with most of them. My dad also passed away in 2022.
I just want someone on my side. I want practical solutions. I feel lost.

Oh, forgot to mention. I'm aware of "compelling personal reasons" with Student Finance. A friend of mine is also using a private student loan (long story) which I thought was a good idea for me, until I was told they'll basically force me out. I was also thinking if I retake a year, then I can use my spare time to work a job to get a good amount of cash to pay my tuition in my final year. That + a loan could help.
Sorry for the huge post, I like being thorough.

Hi. I plan on doing mechanical engineering Beng then after that I might change to something else like computer engineering for masters. Does this mean I have to do 4 year of computer engineering meaning I have to study 3 years for Beng mech eng then 4 years for comp eng Meng (overall doing 7 years)? Or do i do the 3 years of mech eng then only 1 year of comp eng (overall doing 4 years)? I hope i made this question clear idk how to phrase it. Thanks!

I’m going uni soon and so far sixth form has been hella stressful for me. I usually have 3-4 50 minute lessons per day 5 days a week. I wanna know if the workload is less during uni and if it’s more relaxing. From what I’ve heard you only have around 4-5 lectures per week which are only like 1-2hrs long which is crazy to me

Hi everyone!

I got an offer for an MSc at LSE and I have a couple of doubts about financial proof for the Graduate Support. Does anyone know what documents specifically they request as proof of what I put on the form? I'm an international student so I don't know what they normally use, and I have some money in my account that isn't mine and won't be available to pay for Uni (obviously), so I don't want to paint the wrong picture and appear as if I'm lying with about my funds to request financial assistance (which I need).

I asked them directly about this, but they gave a vague answer that was like "we'll let you know later what we need".

Any help will be much appreciated.

Hello, iam not British nor I live in the UK. Iam in the second year of high-school, and I've been wondering if I wanted to apply for a university in the UK after HS, do I have to be a gsce student since iam obviously not?

I'm a degree apprentice. Started during peak Covid times (2020). In a couple of months I'll be getting my degree.

I can honestly say, I have no idea what the point of University is. Apart from maybe one or two exceptions, all of my lecturers just read off their PowerPoint slides.

At least I'll get that pretty piece of paper in a few months time to say I'm free of this bullshit.