1. Location - how far you want to be from home. For me I was going to live away from home as there are no unis in my home town/ too far too commute. Also for me I had to go to a uni in Scotland due to tution fees and I had Scottish Highers.

2. Entry Requirements - I knew they had to be realistic, so anywhere with AAAA was off my list.

3. Once one and 2 got out of the way I had 5 unis I wanted to go to. Went to the open day to see what I thought of them.

4. Went to the open day and I liked 2 of them. Even though I put down 2 other unis on my list just in case.

5. Got an offer from uni I liked, got rejected by the other.