Well for me its been a year on since my results. My first choice of University, I had a place at Nottingham to study Veterinary Medicine, needless to say I didn't get in I missed out on the grades by literally the odd question here and there, and quite simply it was crap. We all know it is, and the endless list of platitudes people make don't really help, but nevertheless they are true, I can say this from experience.
At first I had a very simple quick decision about it, do I re-take my A levels and try again or look in clearing. Quite honestly for me when it came to it, I couldn't face another year of my life on A levels. So I decided to have a good look through clearing I had good grades and managed to squeeze myself onto a course at Queen Mary College, University of London! Admittedly I knew very little about the university but the course looked good (Biomedical Science) and kept my options open, aimed at grad entry into Medicine but it would suite for entry into Vet Med as well.
I hope it works out for me, but I do beleive things happen for a reason. I have thoroughly loved studying in London. The University is well known, established and respected, yet vibrant with such a varied mix of people making it such an interesting place to be. Some of my close friends are from France, Canada and even Brazil. I beleive if your one of those people in this sort of postion really go through clearing and see which Unis are offering good degree places. Phone around, look on their websites etc. Check everything out most importantly just don't stop for the next few days. If there isn't anything, really consider whether you want to resit A levels its a big commitment again, some of my friends didn't necessarily improve their results.
Anyway I think if your going through clearing right now, Queen Mary is one of the best bets, its a good University with spaces on a number of its courses. I know I am plugging my Uni eek. This is the link for its clearing list http://www.qmul.ac.uk/clearing/list.php. It is in the top ten highest graduate earners 7 i think? , its 11th in the reasearch paper and though ranks consistently just outside the top 30 Its a really great Uni in London so give it a look! Definitely look around there are many other red brick Unis offering spaces, such as Kings College, Manchester, Liverpool and many others. It's honestly not a bad idea, and with the state of the current world climate jobs are hard to find. So I either suggest re-applying and taking a year out or get a clearing place.
use this to find stats on unis
oops thats queen marys page notice how its 160 IN THE WHOLE WORLD!
i wish everyone the best in whatever they decide its not an easy time, but honestly you will love the University you end up at! You will Love it.
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