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Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:27
Date: 06/12/2002
My interview preparation was split into two parts really. The first part was looking at ULC's and Oxfords prospectuses and websites, to try and get as much information about the...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:26
Date: around 16/09/2002
The first stage of my journey to universty - do I actually want to go? As it turns out the answer is yes
This was a pretty easy choice for me as enjoy my...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:23
Date: 04/12/2002
Good preparation, though I felt I did rather badly
Today, me and another guy (Kaveh) who were both applying to Oxford, had a practice interview with our economics teacher. We...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:21
Date: around ?/09/2002
I finally got the form in - on my schools Oxbridge deadline
My work on the form was pretty much complete here. I still had to get my personal statement printed onto the form...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:20
Date: February 2003
Rather than posting off my form, I could get it checked at school
To make applying for financial support easier, my school had arranged a special day where people from the LEA...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:19
Date: 26/06/2002
It didn't help leaving it this late to start going to open days
Unfortunately I dint actually get to go to that many open days before I made my choices for university - just one in...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:18
Date received: 09/01/2003
My first interview results in a nice obtainable offer
Considering the strangeness of my UCL interview, I was pleasantly surprised to be made an offer....
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:14
Date: 11/09/2003
Before I went down to Barclays and set up my account I checked out the student account section on their website to see what I would need.
To open an account we need confirmation of...
Mon, 06/04/2009 - 21:09
Date: 17/08/2003
UCL didn't have any courses available which I wanted to accept.
Now I had a better idea about what places I was interested in I would soon need to apply...
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...