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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Worthing, Brighton.
Posts: 994
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Worthing, Brighton.
Posts: 994
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I applied last year, unfortunately I only applied to the one university out of plain stupidity because we were planning on moving house, and I wanted to stay living in the general area...
Hence applying for the nearest uni possible.
I got accepted but later found the accomodation was awful and the people there were rather patronising due to me having a northern accent and living down south. I was treated unfairly due to my accent alone, and the assumption that my common accent = im dumb.
I acheived more than enough UCAS points to enter the course, yet the professor interviewing me wrote some random scribbled science questions on a piece of paper specifically for me...
Since I hadn't been in school for years at the time, the information was a little lost from me and I didn't get all the answers right on the quick test he literally drew up on a small piece of paper in five minutes, right infront of me.
Because of this he proceeded to make flipant comments and generally talk down to me.
Anyway...
Ive finished college now and acheived almost flawless marks of Distinction, Distinction, Merit and have well over the required amount of UCAS points already..plus a keyskills certificate which adds even more on. So shock horror, perhaps my accent doesn't define my intelligence afterall.
Im going to apply again this week but just have one question...
Is it possible to apply purely from home? without the need of college?
I remember there being some form of password to enter your application and needing to post £15 first before being allowed to apply to multiple universities. Do UCAS receive the £15 then just one random day later you're able to send off your application online because they've enabled it?
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