{"id":4736,"date":"2016-08-11T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:32:03","slug":"what-to-expect-from-a-clearing-open-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/08\/11\/what-to-expect-from-a-clearing-open-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect from a Clearing Open Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, don\u2019t panic! You\u2019ve probably just had some of the most stressful days of your life. I know exactly how you feel because that was me last year. You\u2019ve done the difficult bit; getting offers through Clearing and now you\u2019re coming to have a look round Bournemouth Uni to see if you can see yourself here, or maybe you\u2019ve already accepted your offer and are coming to see where your next few years will be spent.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2016\/07\/BU-site-map.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4739\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2016\/07\/BU-site-map.jpg\" alt=\"BU site map\" width=\"596\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The most important thing is to keep an open mind. University is what you make of it &#8211; if you put a lot in, you\u2019ll get a lot out. Remember to bring a little notebook and a camera\/phone to the open day so you can note down any important details that you need to remember or that will help you make your decision. The camera is to take pictures of things, try to get one with Sulley from Monsters Inc. in Weymouth House, perfect for Instagram but also looking through the pictures you took will get you excited to start your university journey!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2016\/07\/BU-flags.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4738\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4738\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2016\/07\/BU-flags.jpg\" alt=\"BU flags\" width=\"427\" height=\"757\" \/><\/a>\n<p>During the day you\u2019ll get to meet current Bournemouth students who, like you and me, went through Clearing. Make the most of this by asking any questions you have about any aspect of university life or the Clearing process, I found it helpful to ask about accommodation, societies and about the weekly spend of a Bournemouth Uni student so I could start budgeting!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also have a presentation which will tell you about everything that goes on in and around Bournemouth and that\u2019s when you\u2019ll need the notebook! You\u2019ll get a lot of information but it\u2019s all useful so note it down. This should cover funding, accommodation, opportunities available and you\u2019ll be able to ask any questions which you need answered.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2016\/07\/Alice-Philpson-beach.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4737\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/files\/2016\/07\/Alice-Philpson-beach.jpg\" alt=\"Alice Philpson - beach\" width=\"1136\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Last summer I didn\u2019t even know that Bournemouth had a university, but looking back it really couldn\u2019t have turned out better! I\u2019m really involved with both the university and local community, I feel so at home here in Bournemouth, and I\u2019m sure you will too! Hopefully the Clearing Open Day will resolve anything you are unsure of, but if not there\u2019s loads of info online as well as loads of blogs and vlogs about university life in Bournemouth. Or you can email any questions to our askBU team at <a href=\"mailto:askBUenquiries@bournemouth.ac.uk\">askBUenquiries@bournemouth.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Alice Phillipson, 1st year<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.bournemouth.ac.uk\/study\/courses\/llb-hons-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LLB (Hons) Law<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firstly, don\u2019t panic! You\u2019ve probably just had some of the most stressful days of your life. I know exactly how you feel because that was me last year. You\u2019ve done the difficult bit; getting offers through Clearing and now you\u2019re coming to have a look round Bournemouth Uni to see if you can see yourself&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/08\/11\/what-to-expect-from-a-clearing-open-day\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about What to expect from a Clearing Open Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1638],"tags":[877,215,758,130,48,214,459,69,42,40],"class_list":["post-4736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-undergraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-adjustment","tag-alice-phillipson","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-clearing","tag-open-day","tag-students","tag-ucas","tag-uni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736","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\/1096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4736"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13751,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4736\/revisions\/13751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}