Mature Students 2017 University Applicants

Hi Damzel,

Yes, I completely changed it, my MA is in Music Business Management (what the heck), my both parents are MPharms, I really don't know why I did not choose a scientific career. Access is going surprisingly ok, however, the administration at my school is horrible, I need to write 4 assignments until 1 of March to be able to finish in June. Yay. Where do you study?

Better late than never!
[*]What can we call you? Rupert

[*]What are you currently studying/what do you plan on studying before you start Uni? Currently doing and Access to Nursing course

What do you plan on studying at Uni? Adult Nursing

Which Uni's are you looking at applying to? I've applied to Kings, Bucks New, West London, Middlesex and City

If you want to say, how old are you? 34

Anything else you want to say about your plans or dreams?
After a 12 yr career in finance and a wife and two young kids, making the life change was daunting, but it really feels like I'm following a dream. Can't wait to properly get started with uni! Offers have started coming in, but the access course at the moment is relentless!


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Hi Rupert!!
Congratulations on your offers!! Where's your first choice? How was your Buckinghamshire New interview?

Access to Social Science

nothing heard from Stirling uni yet. i have applied for Psychology but a classmate has had 3 offers from there on combined courses. i dont know anyone else who has applied for the same course at the same uni

A friend on my access course, still waiting on Psychology at Stirling uni

this is the first time i have come across anyone else applying for that course there. everyone else seems to be going somewhere else or doing combined degrees. to be fair, i am at college in Livingston since Forth Valley no longer do Social Science courses so it would be easier for them to get to Edinburgh or Glasgow instead of Stirling

He has applied to a couple of other University as well but not heard from any of them yet.

Hi! Not sure about my first choice yet - probably Kings but that offer came with some pretty tough conditions! Still have Middlesex and City interviews to go though, and I was pretty impressed by both of those on open days.

The Bucks New selection day was one of the longer interview days for me with the tests, group interview and individual interview plus lots of waiting in between. The staff and student ambassadors were very friendly though!

Are you going into nursing too?

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Napier was quick with at least 3 people on my course (8 of us are SWAP students) and someone got 3 offers a few days ago but i dont know which universities she applied for

That's really good, hopefully Stirling will get their finger out soon.

I applied for adult nursing at Middlesex, Buckinghamshire New, Surrey, LSBU and Essex

Kings would be pretty great! But difficult also!
Was buckinghamshire new difficult? Or just long? I have their interview in a few weeks and nervous for it!!

Bucks was alright. Don't be nervous -Everyone was pretty friendly. There were the tests followed by a presentation on the nursing course. Then there's a group discussion and the individual interview.

Just make sure you bring everything they've asked you to bring: ID, certificates, photocopies, and the academic health article (from a medical journal, not a newspaper article like I brought in!)

The only downside was that the offer I got from Bucks was identical to the one from Kings!

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Ahh! Was the tests hard? How did you find both of the interviews?

I'll make sure I find a medical journal article!

Which offer did you get from Kings/Buckinghamshire New? Kings would be pretty brilliant!

Hello Mike

It's nice to hear from a fellow veteran. I my self served 5 years in the army, signed up at the age of 18. I am now 29 years old and I start University this September. What I am saying is pal, you are never to old, you are not different from anyone else in terms of fitting in.

You will be surprised and yet eased to discover mature students at the ages above there 40s and beyond. I really admire people to have the courage to seek HE after so many years.

I was thinking the same as you a few months ago, but I'm confident things will be fine, and there will be people from all walks of life like your self.

Have good ventures Mike, and embrace your time in University 👍