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Rejecting insurance offer and retaking - any experience of this?
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UCL accommodation
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Vice-Chancellors in trouble
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Bristol or Bath accomodation after 1st Year
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Student finance application help needed
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Oxford looking at GSCEs in context of the school - any experts?
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Is there a UCAS Extra thread?
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Imperial accomodation advice
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Criminology - worth it or not?
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Redirection due to unexpected A-level results: Loughborough or Uni of York?
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Bristol or bath for biology ? Any experience please or thoughts ? Also on the towns for a less streetwise more gentle girl.
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What do we think the future holds?
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Product design or engineering
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Brutal grad jobs market
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Any recent experiences of Sussex? Especially non-drinking and neurodivergent students
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Help me plan graduation day in Manchester …
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Anyone else’s DC seem a bit underwhelmed by University open days / offer holder days?
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No offer from Loughborough uni yet
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University Applications 2026 - Support Thread
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Is it worth switching from independent to state for A level if applying for a highly competitive subject?
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Practical and creative London college options for Year 12 courses
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Anyone else find their student has a better lifestyle at university?
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Has anyone done a degree while pregnant/ with a baby?
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UCAS Personal Statements and AI
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Best UK universities for sport
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Does anybody know anything about City University London
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Civil Engineering offers: Birmingham, Newcastle or Queen's Belfast?
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Why did DD get a contextual offer?
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Laidlaw internship abroad
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Have most people received all their offers yet and firmed their choices?
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Do top employers now want a 1st despite saying 2:1 or above?
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When is the deadline for student finance for continuing students?
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Edinburgh / Bath Chem Eng without FM A Level
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Deflated about son going to university - logistics
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UCAS reply deadline?
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Choosing between Warwick (CS) or UCL (Maths & CS)?
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How much does your DC spend on food while at uni?
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MA War Studies or similar
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Good at maths & humanities
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DC is unhappy and wants to quit uni
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Dentistry- any forums or advice on here?
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Warwick offer of Joint Maths & Physics v Maths. Anyone else in same boat?
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DD feeling despondent about getting physio job
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2026 UCAS - Offers, Rejections and Waiting to Hear
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When did you start going to open days?
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Is pricier student accommodation worth it for an autistic fresher?
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Summer Camp/ Volunteering help
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Changed mind about course- help!
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Filmmaking/ Film Production
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Question for those who are paying fees upfront (or considering it)
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