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Your university choices confidence scorecard
Choosing a course, Choosing a university Jonathan Tinnacher Choosing a course, Choosing a university Jonathan Tinnacher

Your university choices confidence scorecard

So, you are making your final, firm choice of course. You read websites, chat to teachers, go to open days, and explore social media.

You want to be as confident as you possibly can be about your decision.

But decisions are complex right? And sometimes confidence doesn’t come easy. 

So today, we’ll strip back your decision, right down to the essentials with my university choice confidence scorecard.

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Five to two: Making your final UCAS choices
Applying to university, Choosing a university Jonathan Tinnacher Applying to university, Choosing a university Jonathan Tinnacher

Five to two: Making your final UCAS choices

As I write, many of you will be receiving offers from your chosen universities. It’s a nervous time, and while some of you will be getting offers promptly within days of applying, others may need to wait weeks, or even months for a decision.

So when you get all these decisions from universities, what happens next? Well, the response is now up to you.

The universities will all be hoping you’ll choose them. They’ll be sending you emails, inviting you to visit days, perhaps even sending you a brochure or two in the post. But the reality is that the power now rests with you. You get to choose which offers to accept!

So, how does it all work, and what should you be thinking about as you accept your offers?

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