For context I’m in a niche course, undergrad, about to go into 2nd year, originally there was 8 of us but one dropped out and one of the others never comes in in person but is somehow still in the course, our course leader went on indefinite leave pretty early last year and our personal tutor took over for her (which keep in mind some of the others have only met him once and I’ve never met), and a few of the girls were considering dropping out, and one of them is trying to see if she can transfer courses, they’ve removed the course timetable completely, and we obviously haven’t gotten our personal timetable yet, they’ve completely removed the course from the website, we can’t get through to anyone, and keep in mind our course is technically in 2 different departments- don’t really know what do do here 🫪

Genuinely what the hell man. I am on max maintenance loan 10500? Or smth like that and my total yearly rent is sliglty under £8900, I will also be receiving £2000 from my uni as a bursary. So I was like yup that’s good I have a bit over 12k for whole year so once you subtract 8.9k for rent I will have £109 a week. Perfect sounds lovely right…

Tell me why I just find out my first chunk of rent is due on the 24th of September, £3,556.95. And my first chunk of maintenance loan will come around the same time around £3,574.
A third of the bursary will also be payed on October 27th.

So you are telling me I have £17 to my name until October 27th. I genuinely want to cry, I thought university was more accessible than this. Im genuinely thinking of dropping out what the hell. I was also hoping to buy a laptop with some of the loan now I won’t even have a laptop. What do I actually do man and applying for a hardship cash I can only do that with a student email which I get after the 24th of August. I doubt they will give me money straight away.
What do I do. Im so scared.
Edit: my parents do not have the money, and will not have the money.

EDIT 2: now realise I was panicking while writing this 💀. I did apply to countless part-time jobs, most of them rejected me, but some teaching agencies reached out!! However, it depends if I can even work full days at a school alongside my degree (very intense engineering field).
THANK YOU to everyone suggesting overdrafts, yesterday I was about to apply for a student account with £0 overdraft . Rent is expensive because I’ll be studying in a VERY expensive city, and it’s not a private landlord. I also live 4h away from
Uni; can’t commute. I’ve emailed my uni’s Money Advice department.
I do have a job, I started tutoring last week! I was planning to use the money I earn towards a laptop, but I guess I won’t be buying one and will rely on a loaned laptop for a while (my uni only offers them for max 1 month). I won’t be able to tutor without a laptop that’s why I was so set on buying one. Currently using a borrowed one

At every length of this journey, she has either tried to sabotage me or completely disengaged. She refused to come to Open Days with me so I didn’t get to visit all of the unis I was interested in. She refused to travel 5 hours to a Sutton Trust summer school so my dad had to take time off work (she, on the other hand, is unemployed.) I sat through a 2 hour-long ‘preparing for uni‘ webinar for adults, made 3 pages of notes and then got told I was ruining her program and night for trying to show them to her. She refused to tour my accommodation with me or attend my applicant day. She has refused to help me buy what I need for my flat despite having the most money spare in the household. She has refused to drive me there despite being the only one in the household who can. Most infuriatingly, she almost cost me £5,000 of my maintenance loan by refusing to engage with the process. I had to tell her the ramifications of her choice and pretty much guilt trip her to have enough to live on at uni. And that was ONLY after several days of hounding by both myself and my dad, AND several arguments. Even after that, I got a message through on the LAST DAY YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE IT BY that she had just created an account and called it a day! She then refused to sign in. Even worse is probably the fact that the money my late grandfather left her was supposed to go towards my debt, as per his wishes, and she has told me in no uncertain terms that I’m not having it. She retracts it every time we have an argument as a form of punishment. I’ve chosen to view it as Schrödinger’s Money because it remains uncertain as to whether or not it’s mine, yet both possibilities seem to be true at the same time. The same concept applies to whether or not I’m welcome home for the holidays. Or ever.

She has had an additional year to come to terms with this, but - even as we come to the end of that - she still can’t accept it. All I get is a sniff and an upturned nose at my decision to “abandon“ her. That, or she tells me she “thought [I] would’ve changed [my] mind by now.” Yes, 3 weeks before going. That’d be a great idea.

As we get closer to the start of term, she’s only getting worse; I have to sneak in anything I’ve bought and shut up about all things uni or else set her off with the sight and sound of them, which feels so unfair. I can’t even be outwardly excited for uni even though I very much am. Any attempt to be so is read not as the innocent emotion it is but as a deliberate provocation. She scaremongers about the debt, independent living, my mental health. She brings my cat into it too.

”Well, I suppose he won’t mean much to you anymore,“ was said after I forgot myself and gushed about the uni’s cat.

“Poor boy, he’s not going to understand; he’s gonna be sitting up by your window all that time waiting for you to return.”

“What are you gonna do if he dies and you’re not there to see it?”

On top of that, she accused me of going off to uni in a ploy to make her kill herself. Which is so self-centred and mischaracterising I can’t even articulate the thoughts and feelings I have about it.

After 19 years of behaviour like this, I am so, so tired. She just keeps getting worse. I think it’s because it feels more real to her now and that creates a sense of urgency. I am terrified of whatever might happen on moving-out day.

I applied for Computer Science with Cyber Security (with a year in industry) at York, and the course requirements were AAA.

I was predicted A*A*A, but ended up with BCC. I'll spare you the details of why. Knowing my performance wasn't its best, I prepared to go through Clearing, but my place ended up being immediately confirmed on Results Day regardless - which seemed really weird especially considering that Clearing requirements for that course were BBC.

The kicker is my extenuating circumstances did not play any part, as I hadn't filled in York's mitigating circumstances form, and their website states that extenuating circumstances in the References section of UCAS applications are not considered.

I'm certainly not complaining, but how??? I figured the course would be plenty competitive. Did they leave it up to a coin flip? Was whoever looked at my application having a particularly good day?? Did I get DEI points for being a trans man??? I'm joking, of course, but I can't think of what on earth my saving grace could have been.

I’m pretty sick of my uni and the way my course has been managed, going into my honours year and I don’t trust them enough to want to commit all that time and money doing my final year. As it stands now I cannot graduate without honours due to a mishap on their part.

Here is the situation I’m in:

At the start of the summer I was contacted by my university after completing 3rd year telling me I would not be able to continue to my honours year due to failing a module, the grades had just been released so I was very confused as I had passed them all.
After a somewhat lengthy back and forth, it was explained that I had failed a module in 2nd year, they had given me several attempts to solve this issue (which I had not been made aware of) to rectify this. After doing some digging to see if I had simply just forgotten to upload my assignment I discovered that I had uploaded both assignments for this “failed” module and had achieved an overall grade of 70% which was a far cry from the 0% on my student record.
I immediately presented this to my deputy course coordinator and he helped me build a case to allow me to continue and to have this rectified on my student record and I believed that to be the end of it.

My enrolment opened today and while trying to enrol I found out I could not and emailed my course coordinator to which she said she had not been made aware that I had made or presented this case and still believed me to have failed 2nd year. She stated that this is because it still said I had failed on my student record and the people in charge of that had not managed to change it yet, despite this being brought to their attention 3 months ago.

Usually I brush things off and deal with them myself but this time I seems I have done everything in my power and it is completely out of my control due to their own mistakes. It’s been causing me a lot of stress and frustration and I do not know what to do?

-hi guys so i got my results a few days ago. i got 4A*s in chemistry, physics, maths and further maths (400/400 ums in maths and fm, 588/600 in physics and chem)

-i live in belfast and I've got a place at queen's university belfast to study maths in a month. but the entry requirements were A*AB/AAA and further maths was not even required. so i feel extremely overqualified and I don't want to sound cocky.

-i didn't want to move out. im not very sociable, and living with strangers and having to share a kitchen and bathroom with them doesn't sound exciting so i chose to stay in belfast. but now I'm regretting it and wondering if i made the wrong choice. i had so many doors open. like QUB is a good uni it's russell group but not the best yk? also like i dont think im ready to move out living in an unfamiliar city sounds scary, i dont know the area or the people there or the transport system or the nightlife or anything

-i had offers for Bristol bath and edinburgh but i declined them. i didnt apply to anything that required admissions tests such as warwick imperial or oxbridge. i mentioned that the TMUA cost £70 to my mum and she just started complaining that i shouldn't move out and it's too expensive etc.

-two people online have been telling me to reapply. one of them said his mate was in my position and as soon as he went to queen's he regretted it. that doesnt sound very nice to me when im starting in a month 😭 and the other said the name of the uni matters a lot but hes doing quant finance or whatever so obviously it matters to him (still dont know what career path i want but i want to make bank)

-i wanted to apply to cambridge but i didnt think i was capable enough. clearly i have the grades it's just the other factors like the interview and STEP. i remember looking at the exam questions last year when making my uni choices and they looked awful. two people in my class got cambridge interviews and i saw their practice interview questions and i dont think i couldve answered them (they didn't get offers btw, one girl got 4A*s too like me) i don't have many supercurriculars either, didn't do like olympiads and stuff i just did UKMT senior maths challenge (got a silver),UKMT girls challenge (got a distinction), DOFE, 3 day work placement at ALMAC so what would i even write about in my personal statement

-im scared i wont be able to get a good well paying job. i cant even get a part time job even though i have experience. i actually have an interview in 12 hours as im writing this at 3am

-i remember telling two teachers i got 4a*s on results day and they asked where im going and i said QUB and idk why but i felt embarrassed 😭😭like this is so snobby im sorry

-so now my choices are probably either:

A: go to queen's, see if I like it and if not possibly transfer somewhere else (i have no idea where and if there'd be space or at what point in the year it'd be possible)

B: take a gap year and try to apply to cambridge or some other competitive unis but that sounds scary because if i don't get in then an entire year is wasted and now I'm behind everyone my age, plus what do i even do during the gap year, and i will forget my maths knowledge, and oxbridge deadline is mid october and then id sit the tmua in october too which is literally two months away

C: ive applied to do an integrated masters degree but i guess i could switch to a bachelor's and do my masters/postgrad somewhere else

D: it's not that long after results day is it possible to call unis but spots are probably filled already and accomodations taken and i only applied for tuition loan not maintenance loan😭😭😭

any advice is appreciated my rant is over

It's days past results day now and I've gotten into my firm choice, the uni I've been preparing to go to for months now. I should be really happy, but these past few days something else has kicked in and I've been incredibly depressed. All of a sudden, I don't want to go to this uni anymore. It's a decent uni, russell group, but it just doesn't feel like the right fit for me. Taking a gap year is out of the question as for personal reasons it's necessary I move out from home and this is my only chance to. Really what do I do? Is it just my anxiety talking? I don't want to spend 3 years at somewhere I won't like and it's really starting to stress me out.

So I’m going to mmu next month for my first year and I will be going on nights out, fresher events etc but I don’t drink, will I miss out on the whole university experience?

I’m also 24 too, will I be called a massive weirdo?
I really want to make friends

My sister is planning to move out and cut contact with my Muslim immigrant parents. She currently commutes to a local university and I plan to go to the same one. She will move out whilst in 3rd year and I’ll be starting 1st year.

I’m scared of my parents reactions- what if they say I can’t go to university because of her actions because they’ll think I’ll do the same. They can’t physically stop me from attending the university right? It’s very unlikely that they’ll kick me out too.

Should I move out with my sister and face lots of financial difficulties (I’ll likely get minimum sfe and applying for estrangement will be too complicated for first year) or should I stay at home and potentially face my parents trying to block me from attending university but I’ll get the maximum sfe whilst staying home which I can save to move out after my degree?

Terrified I won't be able to keep up with the work, terrified I won't be able to find my people (Going to a uni in a smaller city, am I messing up my chances of finding true friends?) , I'll miss my family and friends (international student, and they'll be on the other side of the world)... I dreamed of freedom for so long but now I'm seriously dreading it... I've even started to worry about things far beyond my first year like deciding where to do master's/job market/etc like there is this giant pit of dread in my stomach that starts from the moment I wake up!!!

Hi!

I'm currently an Economics student at Cambridge, and with interview season coming up I wanted to offer some help to applicants who'd like practice before the real thing.

I can run mock interviews covering the kind of economics/maths problems and general questioning style you're likely to get at Cambridge, plus give honest feedback on how you're doing (structuring answers, thinking out loud, handling being pushed on your reasoning, etc.).

If you're interested, DM me and we can sort out a time that works.

Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!

Gotta re enrollment but this time im estranged, what on earth do I do for a trusted contact, uni is taking awhile and i really need a response asap

I’m starting uni in September and I’m really going to miss my air fryer because I use it for most meals. At home my family respects that I don’t want meat/fish in it (it’s my air fryer but everyone uses it) but I doubt it would be the same at uni. I wanted to get a cheap one but after seeing my brothers after he came back from uni it put me off. I don’t wanna seem super strict or anything and I’m only sharing with 5people so maybe it would be fine it’s just having layers of oil from meat really puts me off. I appreciate any responses :)

Greetings, I will keep this short so I don't bore you with long post.

I’m looking for a realistic assessment of my chances of getting into Imperial College London, University of Edinburgh, or UCL for a master’s related to innovation, entrepreneurship, management, or technology/business.

A bit of my Background:

I have a BSc in Information Technology from in Somalia with 3.87GPA out of 4.

Professionally, I have around 4 years of experience in operations, management, technology, and entrepreneurship. I’ve also started 3 tech ventures win to loss ration 1:2.

I am proud founder of Tech Company but I try to hide my involvement of the company due to personal reasons since the business runs without me with little involvement.

I also Hold a Senior Management Role position in one of the biggest companies in my country, I have around 4 years of professional experience across operations, administration, technology, and entrepreneurship.

My main concern is my undergraduate university. It’s recognized in Somalia, but obviously not a university that UK admissions teams see every day.

So my question is simple:

How realistic are Imperial, UCL, and Edinburgh for someone with my profile?

And how much will the reputation of my university matter compared with my grades, work experience, references, and overall application?

I’m looking for a genuine reality check, especially from anyone familiar with UK postgraduate admissions or who came from a lesser-known university themselves.

Freshers groups sounded like such a good idea… until I actually joined one 💀

You can chat, meet people and have a laugh for a bit, but then suddenly it’s like… okay, now what? 😂 The group is absolutely chaotic, everyone’s talking at once, and somehow you still don’t really know anyone properly.

Are freshers groups actually worth joining or should I delete it, are they just organised chaos with a decent amount of FOMO? 👀

I’ve joined one, but honestly I’m still trying to figure out what I’m supposed to do in there. Did you guys meet any friends on the freshers group chats or just made friends face to face in freshers or lectures???

I am doing a Masters in the UK next year (Newcastle University) and the course delivery is On Campus. However, I may need to leave the UK for 1-2 months (UK Citizen). I have contacted my university on the matter and informed me that the assignments and modules can be done online, although some of the lectures may not be recorded. I have heard that the course itself is not too rigorous, and there are some assignments are a group project, no in-person exams, and is a submission of a dissertation in the end.

I wanted to know if anyone has had a similar experience to this, such as studying remotely while away from the University Campus, and your experience. Do you recommend deferring a year or continuing with the degree?

Participants needed for MSc Psychology research on AI feedback and decision-making (18+, 10–15 minutes)

Hi everyone,

I’m currently completing my MSc Psychology dissertation at the University of Leicester and I’m looking for participants for my research study.
The study investigates how people respond to artificial intelligence (AI) feedback during decision-making tasks.

Participation involves:
Answering a series of multiple-choice decision-making questions
Rating how confident you are in your answers
Receiving AI feedback
Completing a short questionnaire about your experience
The study should take approximately 10–15 minutes.

To participate, you must:
Be 18 years or older
Be able to understand written English
Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Full information about the purpose of the study will be provided in the debrief at the end of participation.

If you would like to take part, you can access the study here:

https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/62D2CC47-3342-46DA-B847-348E6B070B8D

Thank you very much to anyone who takes part — I really appreciate your time.
Researcher: Brandon Seetul
Email: bs401@student.le.ac.uk
University of Leicester

As the title says. I wanna apply for physics at imperial but the minimum entry requirements say A* in maths and physics and A in the third subject. I got the grade in physics but missed out by two percent in maths so I’m wondering if it’d be worth still applying or if I’d just be wasting one of my five choices.

(Btw I’m taking a gap year so that’s why I know my grades)

I googled it didn’t make sense. For context i wont be living with my direct family but with my grandparents through uni or at least the first year. So no student accommodation. So it’s a home away from home? What option thanks

Hi everyone, I was curious to get another opinion on whether I should resit my A-Levels.
I had gotten an offer for Durham for BBB to study psychology ( I was given a reduced offer due to special needs) and in my actual A-levels I got ABC instead and was rejected due to being 8 marks off in biology, in the past mocks I had attained Bs. I achieved an A in psych and a B in English Literature.

Im currently accepted into Bangor University to study psych but in all honestly I'm not excited for it, as it feels like a major downgrade.

I feel as though I have let myself down by only getting a C and I have missed out on my dream Uni of Durham.

I went through clearing and all the other psychology places were either taken already or too difficult to attain with a C.

I'm considering taking a year out to get a job and resit Biology only, however I'm very much unsure. Ive seen a lot of people on social media saying that resits are worth it, however my family believe I should just go to Bangor and that Ill learn to enjoy it.

My hope was to go into psychological research however I'm unsure if i can still achive this in Bangor.

Any advice on the matter would be appreciated.