Improving your grades one step at a time
March 4, 2019
With results day well and truly behind us, it comes without a surprise that some of you may not have achieved what they initially set out to; and this can really crush your spirit. As someone who consistently beat the school system to achieve high grades, having to re-sit an exam in my first year …
My Guide to Surviving University
August 21, 2017
—> For those of you who don’t like walls of text, skim over the TLDR; in bold to get the general gist of the post! I’m aiming this blog post at all those A-level students who’ve recently found out what University they’ve got into. First things first, give yourself a pat on the back because …
Results Day Emotions
August 17, 2017
The whole university experience is different for everybody, from applying on UCAS until Graduation Day. Results Day is no different… I think everybody in the lead up to starting university has an idea of how Results Day will go. Inspired by the news stories we will have all seen, students seem to fall into two …
So you’ve got into uni… Now what?
August 13, 2015
Results day 2013, I went to my sixth form to collect my A Level results, convinced that UCAS had an error when it told me I’d got in to university. Results day was more than a bit stressful and the run up to it was an absolute nightmare, with too much time spent marking my essays …
Up and Down! (the country)
June 30, 2014
Hello dearest blog readers! You probably may have noticed I have been missing for a few weeks, this is because I really have been away travelling. These past few weeks, I have been down to London then Loughborough and just recently Edinburgh! It has been a busy time for me, packing, unpacking and then packing …
On holiday in…Nottingham
June 18, 2014
I think this is the first time in my life that I have genuinely had nothing to do. Seriously. It’s pretty good. I mean sure I’m applying for jobs, filling in registration forms, washing, tidying and waiting in a nervous limbo for results. That come out tomorrow. Inhale….and exhale. But I’ve also been trying …
Gemma the Explorer
June 21, 2013
It’s so strange to think that today is my last ever day in Nottingham (bar coming back for a day next week for a wedding.) Still have packing to do, but nearly there. A bit late after having 3 years to accomplish this, but my housemate and I finally hopped on the bus to make …
Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2012
I’ve just tired out my throat repeatedly shouting, ’20p a cake guys!!! all proceeds goes to UNICEF!!’ As the day was coming to an end and we were down to our last and most miserable looking cakes, we were trying to flog them in our last few minutes. In the end, we got there though, …
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