Hey CC. So a lot of this won't make sense to people who aren't British but i'll tl;dr it at the end so the gist is clear xD

I got my welcome letter from UCAS, as well as a couple emails from my choices letting me know they got my application. So this is it, my applications are gone... now I just have to wait. But I'm freaking out! I'm having nightmares about getting rejected from all 5 places and I'm so nervous it's silly, but it could be a long time before I hear anything :(

So is anyone else currently applying for Uni? Or at uni, and applied through UCAS? Tell me about it, when you applied and when you heard back etc. Or where and what you're studying if you like ^^

As for me, I've applied for English with creative writing at Bangor, Cumbria, Glyndwr, Edge Hill and Newport. I've already got all my points and stuff so it's gonna be a case of a yes or no.

tl'dr I applied for uni. I'm nervous. Share your university application stories, or tell me about Uni in general!

...and uh sorry about how disjointed this post is, my hands are so cold typing is a pain!

Hey! :) i'm currently in my third year at uni in the UK (English/History of Art), but i still remember the anxiety of applying :p Honestly it is a scary time, and i remember getting butterflies whenever UCAS notified me that i had a reply from one of my choices... but for me and the majority of people i know, everything worked out fine :) You're probably lucky as well that you already have your points, since you've already proved yourself as a candidate and you don't have the double worry of finding out results and then finding out whether you've been accepted in the same day lol. Which is your first choice of uni, out of interest?

I'm in my last/third year of uni. I've forgotten exactly how it works - if you've met the requirements, aren't you pretty much guaranteed a place? As for me... well, let's say I almost failed the one subject relevant to my degree at A-Level. My first choice (Royal Holloway) still accepted me, thankfully. Uni is easy compared to A-levels hahaha. Don't be nervous! I bet they'll all accept. Just takes ages to hear back from most of them. I imagine the increased fees will put people off uni, so there'll be less courses filling up early? And yeah, what's your first choice?

cool :O I'm terrified of checking my email right now xD Even though it's been less than a week since I hit send so I -know- I won't hear anything yet. My first choice is Bangor ^^ It's Bangor, Edge Hill, Glyndwr, Cumbria, Newport. In that order ^^ How many of your choices did you get accepted into? :O I should be in my 3rd year technically (I'm 20 -.-") but I got really ill in college and messed it up... which is probably why I'm so scared too. I've got 360 points but no real decent A level (3 full a levels and 3 as levels), so I feel like I'm just not good enough to get in really... Blah.

Well, no xD A lot of it is based on the personal statement, and the reference too. I spent ages on my statement and got it looked at my several people and I got my reference from a teacher who I got on really well with... but they can still reject me. Even though technically I have waaaaay more points than is required. (The general range of what I've applied for is like 240-300 points, and I have 360). You'd be surprised lol, the demand for course places is only going up :( And in case you didn't read my reply to auteur, my first choice is Bangor ^^

I forgot we had references..hah. Yeah, some weight the personal statements pretty heavily, I suppose. My uni actually made reference to things I said in my statement when they sent me my acceptance letter! Even still, sounds like you'll do well in terms of being accepted :> Also loads of people take out gap years, or just start uni late, so at 20 I'm one of the youngest in the third year here. Most seem to be 21+

I think they'll weight mine pretty heavily since I'm applying for something writing based xD I actually feel quite a bit better now xD

I hope I'm not like the oldest person there :c I'll be 21 by next October but I still look about 15 so I guess I'll still fit in appearance-wise xD I'm gonna be living in halls (hopefully :I, unless I end up in Newport which will mean I get to stay at home, joy) so I hope I'm not considered the creepy old lady hanging with a load of 18 year olds ;-;

I pretty much applied for university on a whim. My mom wanted me to go and I was a lazy bastard in high school and I almost missed the deadline which is terrible considering I only applied to one university. I didn't really consider what would happen if I didn't go to university and so I don't think I was really capable of worrying about it too much. But I did get in and I'm so happy that I made the decision to get my dumb ass to apply for college because I don't think I would have ever discovered my full potential if I didn't go.

I'm sure you'll be fine though, you sound very prepared and you've applied to a lot of different places; I'm sure you'll get into somewhere you love!

I wasn't ever gonna go, I've been quite severely depressed/dealing with terrible anxiety for years and it's just such a big thing that I was going to just curl up and pretend I didn't want to go... But I'm getting help now so... yeah xD

Haha yeah, don't stress yourself out too much at this point, they do tend to take a while to reply. Ah, I was looking into Bangor myself but didn't apply, just because it's so far away from where I live.. i hear it's a really lovely place though :) I got accepted into all but one of my choices, and that was because i'd applied for a course which had higher requirement than my predicted grades just on the off chance they'd accept me... i got into the same uni in the end, just with the combined English/History of Art course instead of straight English. I ended up getting better grades than my predicted ones as well so that was a bit annoying haha, but i really enjoy doing both subjects so it worked out well :) And yeah, don't worry about being a bit older, there's seriously plenty of people who take time off/gap years/work for a bit before uni. You won't be the only one by any means. As for "not being good enough", of course you are! :) I saw that you said to Volga that you have way more points than is required, so you're a really strong candidate for all of your choices.

it's a couple hours away from where I live (I'm from south wales) but I have no interest in staying close to home xD I am so ready to be out of here. My best friend is there atm (just started his first year) and from what he says it seems really nice. (I'd been planning on applying there since way before I even knew he was going there, it's a very convenient coincidence xD)

Aha ^^ I'm glad that worked out for you :3

ty ^^ That makes me feel a lot better, I think I got a bit wrapped up in being negative before I made this thread aha ^^"

hehe yeah i wanted the security of being able to go home easily but a lot of people are just the opposite, which is understandable lol :p ohh it's great that you already know someone who goes there, must be so much easier to get to know the area and find your way around that way, and obviously knowing you always have someone to talk to xD

yeah i can understand, it's way too easy to overthink these things and start worrying about "what if's", but i'm sure everything will go really smoothly for you :)

I guess it would be nice to know I could just come back whenever, I know my friend got kinda homesick in his first couple weeks there, but man I am so done with the valleys of south wales -_- Yep xD He gets to struggle and learn his way around everything and then hopefully they'll accept me and I can just get him to take me around everywhere :D haha

yeah i'm just kind of a hermit at heart haha, but i know what you mean with being sick of being in one place. It's definitely nice to make such a big change, see more of the world etc :) hehe good plan, saves you getting lost in the first couple of weeks like most people tend to :p

seeing more of the world by going to the other side of wales! :'D heh. I would probably miss people at home (like my boyfriend... idk how that will even work) I guess :( But that's what Christmas is for! aha

ahah well.. kinda. more of wales anyway! lol yeah, missing people is hard at first but you get used to being without them, especially when you make new friends and have uni work to keep yourself busy :) it definitely makes you appreciate the holidays more, as well :p

im sending off my UCAS application tomorrow and im already freaking out! im applying for history at UCL, queen mary, brirmingham, reading, and royal holloway. im so stressed out yet excited about getting it sent off lol.

oh gosh! Good luck!

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omfg. i just checked my email.... my second choice has sent me an unconditional offer. I AM OFFICIALLY GOING TO UNI NEXT SEPTEMBER i am crying right now i am -so- friggin happy this has just made my week

huge congrats! :) hope you're just as successful with the rest of your choices, i'm sure you will be! but either way you're assured a place which is awesome :)

ty! :') I've calmed down a little bit now but I was bouncing around like a crazy person all day in work :') I'm glad I work in retail (at Argos, lol) so I'm allowed to be overly cheerful and excitable otherwise people might have been a bit worried that I was on something ^^"

Haha, i love that hyper feeling you get when something really good happens! Yeah, sounds like a good excuse, just being an extra cheery worker lol