UCAS 2022 applicants, how are you coping with the wait to hear back from Unis?

I submitted my application back in October for architecture and i’ve heard back from 2 universities, one of them was unsuccessful. I’m trying to distract myself from waiting for decisions by studying for my ISC exams which are SO STRESSFUL. Sometimes I just procrastinate by going on movie marathons lol.

Most top Unis do not make the bulk of their offers until after the January UCAS deadline and the final offers will not be made until April/May. Hang on in there - an offer is an offer whenever you get it.

I have been checking my email, TSR, and UCAS every single day recently, I can't help but obsess over it at this point so I completely understand where you're coming from aaaa

AAAAA someone who knows what its like xD when did you put in your application?

@AliceRoseGuy I just saw in the Cardiff applicant thread that we've both applied for psychology there AHAHA

I'm still waiting to hear back from Cardiff myself, as well as City UOL (I managed to substitute York early on) and Royal Holloway

Ahahaha NO WAY so we are in the exact same position as I am in with regards to Cardiff + Psychology at the moment. So far I have a hold from Bristol but every where else is kinda radio silence at the moment.

As for the constant counter offers, honestly I really do feel for you. It must be frustrating, I'm guessing you just want to do an overall Psych degree rather than one with + education or something like that?

Hello! First time UCAS applicant here. One thing that I didn't prepare for in this process, was the long, almost anxiety inducing wait to hear back from Universities.

With the UCAS deadline fast approaching, I am aware that right now admissions teams must be under such a huge amount of pressure, but the days since I've applied have felt longer than usual in the wait to hear about any offers.

I have found myself with the tabs constantly open on my laptop, waiting to hear some news from my choices and it is so aaaa. So, I know the answer here is to probably close my tabs, get some fresh air, maybe game or try to have other distractions for a few hours, but I wanted to hear about what other applicants might be doing to minimise the stress at this time?

Either way, sending the best of luck to all who have applied so far and to those who are finishing up their application to meet the deadline. I hope you all get answers swiftly and that the best possible outcome happens for you

That is EXACTLY the problem! York gave me exactly that offer and I do notttt want that DX I don't mind the other options that RH have because they seem interesting (clinical, developmental) but I'm tired of getting offers like 'psych + education' and 'sociology' -_-

I hope that you hear back from the other unis soon. Like you said, I anticipate that you'll get more offers from the beginning of February Keep me posted!

It has been sooooo hard just sitting and waiting. I'm planning on applying to at least one scholarship/grant and it's hard to do that when you've not gotten any offers. I submitted my application 4th January or so

Oh man, thats so annoying! What are your predicted grades, I wonder whether they're being strict this year at all about them? I defo would not be happy with any counter offers other than Psychology *bites nails* but will definitely keep you updated with things. I hope you get that psychology offer, like you absolutely deserve.

I'm predicted D*DD in Business national ext diploma lvl3, so I haven't got the best start as I'm not on A-levels entirely. On top of that, I have a 4 in GCSE maths and only 5 A*-C GCSEs. Although I am doing A-level psych privately, because I don't have a predicted grade for it, it's a bit meaningless at this stage D: Hopefully it ends up alright though, who knows what'll happen!

Yeah, the wait can be very long.... I still haven't heard back from Edi, St Andrews & Imperial - all of which have said they will reply in March time. I think the best thing to do is forget about it once you have 1 offer, because you know you have somewhere & refreshing UCAS every day becomes exhausting!