{"id":6976,"date":"2017-08-07T13:19:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=6976"},"modified":"2021-11-12T13:08:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T12:08:29","slug":"why-im-glad-i-went-through-clearing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2017\/08\/07\/why-im-glad-i-went-through-clearing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I’m glad I went through Clearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My Clearing<\/a> experience was a little overwhelming at first. I remember the day; it was so bright and sunny. I was happy with my plan\u00a0to call my top 5\u00a0universities to see if there were any vacancies on\u00a0my favourite course (which was Nursing). Nursing at the time was ‘my thing’ you know and I was so excited to become a nurse but it didn’t go quite to\u00a0plan…<\/p>\n

I called my top 5 universities and asked\u00a0if they had any spaces in Nursing but they told me \u201cI am so sorry, there are\u00a0no vacancies\u201d. I was really disappointed and so I called my sister and my friends for advice. They told me I needed to explore other options\u00a0and after their encouragement I\u00a0started to look into different courses and began to call other universities.<\/p>\n

My best friend suggested I give Bournemouth University a ring. I called up\u00a0and asked, \u201cDo you have\u00a0any vacancies in Nursing or Occupational Therapy?\u201d, the answer was no but then one of the administrators\u00a0asked me if I would be interested in Nutrition. At first, I was like \u201cWhat the heck is Nutrition?” but it had sparked my interest and so I said \u201cyes\u201d. Then she gave the phone to a current\u00a0student who\u00a0was studying Nutrition and they\u00a0explained everything about the course and what to expect at BU. After our chat\u00a0I was like hell yes, I am interested!<\/p>\n

I will tell you all that I do not regret my decision and I’m glad I went\u00a0through Clearing because it allowed me to speak to that Nutrition student and opened my eyes to a completely new path. Today I absolutely love the course, it has really given\u00a0me sense of purpose. BU is a magnificent and beautiful University\u00a0and the communities within it\u00a0are lovely and welcoming and we all support each other academically and socially. The Lecturers are also really supportive when you ask for help with\u00a0assignments.<\/p>\n

There are hidden benefits to\u00a0coming through Clearing –\u00a0it gives you opportunities to explore other courses that you had not initially considered. It also allows you to learn more about your course and what is involved through interactions with\u00a0current students.<\/p>\n

My three top tips for Clearing:<\/u><\/p>\n

Firstly, you need to start applying from July if\u00a0you do not receive any offers or a place from any universities.<\/p>\n

Secondly, you need to see what other courses are available apart from your original plan.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, always go back to check for new vacancies.<\/p>\n

By Catherine Ojechi\u00a0\u2013 BSc (Hons) Nutrition<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Clearing experience was a little overwhelming at first. I remember the day; it was so bright and sunny. I was happy with my plan\u00a0to call my top 5\u00a0universities to see if there were any vacancies on\u00a0my favourite course (which was Nursing). Nursing at the time was ‘my thing’ you know and I was so… Read more » about Why I’m glad I went through Clearing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1658],"tags":[130,415,214],"class_list":["post-6976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-blog-archive","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu-clearing","tag-clearing"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976","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\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6976"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7054,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6976\/revisions\/7054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}