The University Countdown-Part #1

Now that Year 13 (the 17-18 year olds) have been receiving offers, and basically 'just' need to receive the grades their Conditional Offers desire them to have school have moved on to us Year 12s to depart their wisdom.

Or just terrify us all.

Today's lecture basically went through the application system...which is something like this:

1. End of Term 6 (July)-Prepare Personal Statement (aka THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF
WRITING YOU WILL EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE)

2.Term 1 (September)-Complete UCAS application form
Complete Personal Statement/Hand in for School Reference
End of term-my school's personal deadline of applications

Basically, from today, we have roughly 7 months until we have chosen where we want to go, what we want to do, have written our statements AND got good enough grades.

Argh.

At least I have vaguely got some idea of where I want to go and what I would like to do...


1. Warwick University-Politics & International Studies
2. London School of Economics & Political Sciences-Government & Social Policy
3. Lancaster University-Politics (Study Abroad) OR Politics & International Relations
4. Birmingham University-Political Science

And...that's about it at the moment. My predicted grades as of now stand at 2 definite A's, one maybe A and a B. Plus my Extended Project (which Warwick can take as a grade...yes).

LSE's Open Day is on March 24th and my place is booked for that.
Warwick's Open Day is May 8th, two days before my French speaking exam, but it'd be crazy to miss it.

The future is now stupidly close. It's terribly scary but also terribly exciting.