If you’ve already decided you want to go to university, the next step is deciding where and what subject. With countless choices open to you, where do you start?
1. Choose your subject. What do you most enjoy? Consider how your subject choice could fit with your career path. What careers could your subject lead to? Consider all options.
2. Do your research. Check out prospectuses, visit open days, read up on different universities’ course details as they do vary.
3. Check application deadlines. For many courses – especially at Oxbridge – you must apply online by 15th October 2014! Applications for medicine, dentistry, veterinary and science courses usually have a 15th October deadline too.
4. Check entry requirements. How close are your predicted grades? With five university choices to plump for, be adventurous. Choose a course above your predicted grades (as many students do outshine their expected grades!); choose courses with achievable entry requirements; and choose one that’s under your predicted grades to open up your choices.
5. Refine your personal statement. Universities want to see your aptitude and passion leap off the application! Consider why you want to study the course. What evidence can you include to back up your enthusiasm? Perhaps you’ve done extra-curricular activities, visited events, read extra books? Maybe you’ve had a lifelong love for the subject? Universities also want to see you are a well-rounded student: what other talents or interests do you have?
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