Hey!
I can understand that thinking about whether or not to go to university can be an anxious decision to make, but I can assure you that here at Swansea University we would welcome you with open arms. Swansea has really good
disability support, ensuring that all reasonable adjustments are made to allow your student life to be as easy as possible. For example, one of our medical students has cochlear implants and can find large group situations and lectures quite overwhelming, but the Medical School and Disability Team have provided the lecturer with a microphone to wear that is synchronised with her implants to allow her to hear them. Swansea have also been recording many lectures lately, off the back of Covid, with closed captioning functions able to be used on recordings/zoom to help facilitate your learning. Swansea is such a friendly place, and you would fit right in in our diverse community of students. If there were any adjustments that you felt you needed specifically, these would be things that you could talk to the Disability Team about, to see if they could put it in place for you.
In terms of worrying about fitting in and making friends, I think this is a very common emotion felt by all students who go to university, often with many leaving home for the first time. We have written some forum posts on
'Making Friends and Finding New Experiences' and
'Leaving Home for the First Time' which you should definitely check out. These talk about things like joining societies, making the most of Swansea as a city and all of the wellbeing support services that Swansea has to offer, amongst other things.
Finally, just be yourself and I am sure people will love you.
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Hope Henry - Swansea Student Ambassador - Second Year Graduate Entry Medicine.