The moment I received my first " Something has changed on your UCAS application" I was so excited and amped up after hours and hours of continuously checking and waiting for the emails to start coming through. I finally opened up track and it said " Unsuccessful" , I was absolutely gutted especially as it was from my first choice. It was shocking how fast they replied and rejected me as it was only the day before that I had submitted my application. At that point I was feeling very disheartened however I knew I had 4 more choices left. 2 days later I received another unsuccessful , once again feeling disappointed. Both of the Universities gave me a very short and vague explanation as too why I was unsuccessful. At this point self doubt started to creep up on me and the thoughts of the teachers that said I wouldn't get in was constantly at the back of my mind. Having said that I still new there was hope and that I must stay positive.
Weeks later I received 2 emails within two hours of each other. I avoided opening them for about a couple of hours but couldn't resist the temptation, whether the outcome would be good or bad. To my surprise I finally got invited to an interview by both universities. You can imagine how elated I was !!!. Anyway I started to prepare for the interviews by doing loads of research and past maths papers (I will do a separate Blog post on how I prepared for my interviews soon). Long story short both interviews were fairly similar with the day consisting of mini interviews, group interviews, tests and one to one interviews. The first university interview I attended I was very composed and confident on the outside but a nervous wreck on the inside. Overall I would say they made me feel as though I did very well until they took me to a room with other candidates and confirmed that we were unsuccessful and told us to leave. Their approach could have been much better with regards to the way they told us but hey ho! the decision was made. The second university was much better and more welcoming, I believed I did really well throughout the whole process of the day. I received an email from them a week later and it seemed like they also wanted to jump on the bandwagon of unsuccessfuls, SURPRISE SURPRISE!. 4 unsuccessful's in a short space of time, what were my chances of actually getting a place?. It became evident to me that Midwifery was tougher to get into than I thought and the chances of me getting a place were slim.
Throughout the start of the process I was getting general letters and postcards from my last choice, which I had not looked into whatsoever until it became my last option. The university started to grow on me and I really liked what they had to offer. Two months later they invited me to an interview!!! I was so relieved, excited and anxious at the same time!!. I worked extremely hard for this interview and knew I had to give it my all if I wanted to get a place. The interview day finally came and I was shockingly calm and confident. I am not going to go into detail of the day but I will say that I left the interview smiling and confident. It was the most welcoming and warm interview I have had and I just felt so at ease. Why didn't I look into this university sooner?? lol.
It took a loooong while for the university to get back to me but it was worth the wait as I finally received an offer!. Like they say save the best till last ha ha!, I was so ecstatic and couldn't believe my luck. I was given a conditional offer on the basis that I passed my exams and BTECS. Which I did and as a result my conditional offer turned to an unconditional offer to start the following April. Even although I applied for the September intake I was still happy that I even got a place, and here I am 2 more months and I will be a STUDENT MIDWIFE!!
Feedback in my comments and email will be much appreciated xx . I hope you are all enjoying my journey so far and continue to read on :) .
S x
