{"id":3518,"date":"2015-12-03T12:40:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T11:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:34:37","slug":"a-parents-view-of-the-application-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/12\/03\/a-parents-view-of-the-application-process\/","title":{"rendered":"A parent’s view of applying to uni"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all love reading Jessica Alexander’s blogs. Now Jess’s mum has kindly offered to share her story about what it’s like to support someone\u00a0as they go through the uni application process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\"Clare<\/a>\n

Helping your child through the university application process is exciting but not without its moments of tension. Thinking about it now, a few years after doing this with my children, I remember it in four main stages: the research, the open days, the application and the results.<\/p>\n

Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first stage is to help them with their research.\u00a0 Gathering prospectuses and reading about the courses each university has to offer \u2013 the course content and how the course is assessed \u2013 is a valuable exercise and can help narrow down their options.\u00a0 Who knew that an English degree could vary so much from one university to another?<\/p>\n

Open Days<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once the research is over, the visits to open days can begin.\u00a0 This too is a valuable exercise, as it gives you and your child a chance to get a \u2018feeling\u2019 for a place, that no amount of statistics can provide (although still an important source of information and not to be ignored).\u00a0 Open days give your child the opportunity to speak to people who are doing the course they want to do and living in the town\/city they are thinking of living in. There\u2019s nothing more reassuring for a parent than speaking to someone who is living the life your child will be living in a year\u2019s time.\u00a0 So as tiring and time consuming as open days are, they really shouldn\u2019t be missed.<\/p>\n

Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next comes the application, the numerous deadline dates to remember and the all-important personal statement.\u00a0 This has to be their own work, but it\u2019s a great time to remind them of their positive attributes and skills.\u00a0 These skills, their academic achievements and their extra-curricular activities provide the university with a picture of your child and their potential as a future student \u2013 it\u2019s definitely not the time for them to hide their light under a bushel!<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, after they\u2019ve made their choices, received their offers and sat their exams comes the long awaited results day. Logging on to the results website at dawn, crashing, logging on again until at last the single page which is going to change their lives (one way or another) comes into view. Thankfully for my children all their hard work paid off and they got accepted into the university of their choice.<\/p>\n

This is the application process as I remember it.\u00a0 But don\u2019t be fooled into thinking it\u2019s all over for you as a parent, because I can assure you it\u2019s only just beginning\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

By Clare Alexander
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