{"id":27284,"date":"2025-01-06T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=27284"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T10:38:52","slug":"things-to-consider-when-choosing-which-university-to-go-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2025\/01\/06\/things-to-consider-when-choosing-which-university-to-go-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to consider when choosing which University to go to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deciding what University to go to can be tough, it&#8217;s such a big decision and there are so many things to think about! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this blog I will explain how I made my decision and the things I did to make the process easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>My top tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Do your research<\/strong> &#8211; It is so important to do your research beforehand so you can be sure you are making the best decision for you. <\/span>Here are the things I looked for\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The courses on offer in my subject area of interest, the modules covered and how practical the course was overall (I wanted something hands)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The facilities at the University relevant to my course of interest\/department e.g. Bournemouth has <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.bournemouth.ac.uk\/explore\/media-film-tv-music-production?study_level=not-sure&amp;subject_area=media-film-tv-music-production\">Poole Gateway building<\/a> with incredible facilities for media students including TV Studios, edit suites and a green screen<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reputation of my subject at each University &#8211; I read student blogs and forums to see what universities were ranked highly for media courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whether a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/students\/careers-employability\/placements\">placement<\/a> option was offered &#8211; I knew real working experience was really important so looked for somewhere that offered this opportunity<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What societies were on offer &#8211; I always knew I wanted to do student radio so it was important for me to join a Uni with an active student station<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/why-bu\/accommodation\">Accommodation options<\/a>, the prices and their distance from the University campus<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Distance from the University to my home, and the travel options and costs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What public transport was like in the area so I knew how I would be getting to uni and how much this was likely to cost me, see if the Uni\/local transport companies offer discounts e.g. Uni bus annual pass<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amenities\/things to do e.g. shops, restaurants, a gym etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. <strong>Attend an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uFABuQtTLDQ\">open day<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Universities normally run a few open days each term and these are a great way to get a feel for the uni by speaking to the teaching team and current students as well as seeing the campus, accommodation and surrounding areas.<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27285 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A group photo of some BU student ambassadors\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/files\/2025\/01\/5ce68479-9bd8-40ea-ac41-6608d55480b4.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3.<strong> Check out the social media pages\/content of the Universities you are interested in<\/strong> &#8211; this includes the uni run social media but also there may be students producing content for their own channels about their life at uni, particularly on TikTok and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@bournemouthuni\/videos\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Think about what you like and where you&#8217;d like to live<\/strong> e.g. would you prefer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theuniguide.co.uk\/advice\/student-life\/should-you-choose-a-campus-or-city-university\">city or a campus uni<\/a>, are you someone who likes the outdoors and wants to be by the beach or would you prefer a busy Uni in the heart of a major city.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Take your time<\/strong> &#8211; there is no rush to make a decision, it is better you spend time looking at all your options and asking questions as that is how you&#8217;ll be able to make the best decision for you, the more informed you are the better and there is so much advice and many resources out there to help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding what University to go to can be tough, it&#8217;s such a big decision and there are so many things to think about! In this blog I will explain how I made my decision and the things I did to make the process easier. My top tips: Do your research &#8211; It is so important&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2025\/01\/06\/things-to-consider-when-choosing-which-university-to-go-to\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Things to consider when choosing which University to go to<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3841,"featured_media":27286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,1642,12,217,1649],"tags":[537,3000],"class_list":["post-27284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accommodation","category-applying","category-open-days-events","category-student-blogs","category-students-union","category-top-tips","tag-choosing-a-uni","tag-moving-to-uni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27284"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27292,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27284\/revisions\/27292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}