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Designing your life, where I went to university, and making your final UCAS choices early
Last week I read Design Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, and while it's probably not a book I’d recommend to those of you still at school, there are some great concepts in it that really resonated with me when it comes to university choices.
And so I’ve written about some of them today!
Meanwhile, this week’s University Snapshot is the university that I am more biased about than any other. Because I studied there.
And we finish with a thought about making your firm and insurance UCAS choices early. You can… but should you?
Your final UCAS choices, preparing for university, and making life-size decisions.
This week we look at how to make your final UCAS decisions, narrowing your choices from five, to two universities.
We look at two excellent resources to help you prepare for your big move to university.
And we look at a simple model for making life-size decisions: just be happy, smart and useful!
Just who are Admissions tutors anyway? Leaving some UCAS choices til later. And what you learn from falling over.
This week we take a closer look at how universities make admissions decisions, and find out “Just who are Admissions tutors anyway?”.
We discuss whether there are any benefits from leaving some UCAS choices blank until later in the year. And we find out exactly what you learn from falling over.
How ambitious to be with your UCAS choices, Data Protection and your UCAS reference, and smart advice on getting what you want from life.
This week, we ask the question: How ambitious should you be with your UCAS choices? How do you turn all of that research you’ve done into a sensible list of five courses for your UCAS form?
We look at how Data Protection affects your right to see your UCAS reference. And we hear some smart advice from a successful entrepreneur on getting what you want from life.
Careers advice from Dave Grohl, five choices, and falling in love with life.
In this week’s newsletter we take careers advice from Dave Grohl, discuss your five UCAS choices, and hear some wisdom about how to love life.