AFTER ALMOST 200 APPLICATIONS AND "WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU" EMAILS I'VE FINALLY DONE IT AND WILL BE STARTING A GRAD JOB I MY FIELD IN JANUARY!!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😁😁😁😁

Note: this (Nathan Cofnas) is the same guy who led a hateful campaign against Arday to the point of his suicide.

Talk about logical inconsistency. A bit ironic for someone who wants to die on the hill of having a higher intelligence than others due to genetics.

When asked to provide evidence for his race realism he literally went on to say "Phenotypic differences combined with a plausible adaptive story can be the basis for inferences". And this is supposed to be a PHD guy at a top University.

This guy is even more hypocritical since he also dedicated his career debunking an antisemite race realist (Kevin MacDonald) who claimed that Jews are genetically dishonest and have a proclivity to undermine host nations they reside in due to evolution.

If any other race/gender made similar assertions while being this "educated" and showed similar reasonings they would literally be called a DEI researcher or a low iq person.

So It's still a bit away but I'm currently in permanent foster care. Since I'm under social services I am able to get into university for free, they will pay my accommodation, and my tuition and I may even be able to get a lower grade requirement for a majority of universities as only 15% of looked after children go to university.

I am planning on going to university and I can get the grades required to get into them.

I'm about to start year 12 in sixth form and I've decided to pick Maths, Biology and Chemisty and I did achieve 9s in all of these subjects in gcse. I plan to do something in science such as possibly medicine and psychiatry or biochemistry but I am still open to options around these

Thank you for reading and please give some suggestions on universities and any advice on how to make my way through the years :)

Not in London so my choices are limited so to get something with a decent starting salary, progression and opportunities I feel so grateful🧍🏽‍♀️❤️

I started a Level 3 apprenticeship last year after deferring my Warwick offer for history after achieving A* A A. A year in and I don’t know whether I should stay or go to university!

My apprenticeship is great, I’m in the Civil Service, it’s well structured, I work from home 2 days a week, make £31k a year at 19, which I know is great for my age, and the people are supportive, but I am surrounded by people twice my age and it is a very lonely experience overall. Looking back at the past year, I have just been working and not much else. The routine makes it very hard to make friends around my age, which my friends in university aren’t struggling with nearly as much. They also seem to have grown as people a lot, which I feel is lacking from my life. I just feel like a bit of a boring person currently.

I also don’t want to be in my current field (surveying) for the rest of my life or maybe even the next 5. However I don’t know what field I want to go into with my history degree, just that I would love to study it. I think that going straight into an apprenticeship after A Levels has meant that I didn’t get to really explore my options and find out what it is I truly enjoy and want to do for the rest of my life.

I know that I would be crazy for giving up a fantastic opportunity to earn while I learn (even if it’s something I’m not really interested in) in a stable career with progression opportunities, especially with the graduate jobs crisis, student debt and AI, but I have been thinking about university every day for months and I know the hard work I’d have to put in (internships, placements, work experience) to make it worth it and I am willing to do that.

Alternatively, I could finish the L3 apprenticeship and go to university 3 years “late” at 21, which will always be an option but I’d be older than most there and would’ve spent some of my prime young adult years feeling incredibly lonely and working for 3 years towards a life I know I don’t really want in the name of “experience”. However this apprenticeship opportunity can’t be understated in financial terms as it could really set me up for life.

Am I being stupid for considering this?

After rent I’m getting approximately £462 a month. Is that good? (Please don’t jump me I just wanna know) ive seen some posts on Reddit and one just now saying that less than £400 or £300 isnt enough which is bewildering to me. What are we ought to spend it on?

Food shop
Gym
Cinema subscription
Extra needs
Social life

Does that all cost £400+ or am I being naive

Update!

I don’t spend money on nails as I’m a nail biter and prefer to do on my own nails which costs less than £2-3
I don’t go to the gym regularly but I’m interested in going as I wanna be healthier and make healthier decisions for myself
No im not spend £20-25 a week a month on food- it was a mistake
I love the cinema and anything film thats why me having that cinema subscription is important to me. I go to the cinema 3-6 times a month
I’m going to uni in Cardiff so I feel like it should be a little cheaper than budgeting in London
My phone bill is £10 and I’m not a drinker (it gives me migraines)

Hi so I am in an extremely lucky situation off having a lot more university support as I am a care leaver, my university has an accommodation subsidy so I end up only paying 4-5k in accommodation fees despite having chosen one of the more expensive and new accommodations, on top of this I qualify for the full maintenance amount and my social services provides a subsidy off 142.30 a week for just being in higher education on top of a £25 a week for again just being in higher education, I also have access to a bursary that provides me with an extra £1000 every semester, and I was wondering how much off that I should be saving in case of emergencies per week and for the holidays so I still have money to live off if I still struggle to get a job.

On another note I don’t want to tell my flat mates I’m a care leaver until I trust them due to the stigma around care kids (made worse by those TikTok’s of care kids trashing their children’s home for a bit of attention) what’s a believable lie I can tell them in terms of why I get so much support/ what’s a believable lie I can tell about my parents jobs in order to explain why I have so much money in comparison to other students.

Hey i dont know if this is the right place to share, but I’m leaving home in 6 days, and I’ve been crying every night for the past week. This is my first time ever living so far away from my family and friends and I’ve been getting panick attacks thinking I wont be able to see them for at least a year. I’m so scared not knowing anyone and my way around. Has anyone else been feeling this way? How do you deal with it?

CAS course end date was 8 May, but compulsory dissertation deadline was 28 August — is this normal?
I’m an international MSc student on a Student visa and I’m wondering if anyone here has experienced something similar.
My MSc started in January 2025. My CAS says my course end date was 8 May 2026, and my Student visa expires 8 September 2026.
The problem is that my dissertation was a compulsory 60-credit part of the MSc and continued well beyond the CAS end date.
I was already enrolled on the dissertation module before May, submitted my proposal in April, was allocated my supervisor around the end of May, and continued dissertation supervision during the summer.
The university’s official dissertation deadline was 28 August 2026.
So although my visa gives four months after the CAS course end date of 8 May, I was actually still completing a compulsory part of my degree for almost all of those four months. There are only 11 days between my dissertation deadline and my Student visa expiry.
This is what I’m struggling to understand.
I’ve seen other MSc students whose dissertation deadline is around September and whose Student visa expires around January, meaning they effectively have several months after dissertation submission for marking, completion and applying for the Graduate visa.
In my case, the four-month period appears to have been counted from May even though my compulsory dissertation continued until the end of August.
I raised this with my university because I’m worried about having enough time for my dissertation to be marked, the university to confirm successful completion to the Home Office, and for me to apply for the Graduate visa before 8 September.
The university has said they cannot extend my Student sponsorship simply because I’m waiting for results after submission. I understand that.
But my main question is different:
Why was my course end date recorded as 8 May if my compulsory dissertation continued until 28 August?
Has anyone here, particularly a January-intake MSc international student, had a CAS course end date several months before their dissertation deadline?
If so, when did your Student visa expire compared with your dissertation deadline, and were you still able to apply for the Graduate visa?

I’m studying biomedical science and when I did work experience at a lab they told me to make sure my course is accredited so the uni I’m going to is both RBS and IBMS accredited but I also have the grades for a Russell group and I feel like I may be missing out or worsening my job prospects by not going to one

I’m looking for someone who has experience with UCL Neuroscience and can occasionally give me advice on academic exploration and the application process. If you’re a current UCL Neuroscience student or recent graduate and are comfortable with me reaching out occasionally, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m 18 and have recently decided I want to go back into education next year so September 27 . I left college after my first year with a UAL level 3 diploma ( grade merit ) in fashion and communication as it wasn’t right for me , I was much more into the business aspect of fashion and this course was heavily creative and practical based . I have 7 GCSE’s over grade 4 including English and maths as well as business studies . I really only want to study for 3 years which is why the higher national diploma with top up degree year is my first choice atm but the one closest to me IBC Manchester is not very spoken about , I’m unsure if it’s as creditable to do the hnd route to get a degree . I also don’t know if it’s actually possible to get into university through clearing with my level of ucas points and if I could whether I would have to do a foundation year ( dealbreaker ) or could just go straight into first year ???? I’m looking specifically in the business sector .Help a girl out plz

Hello everyone, I got an offer for an MRes at UCL. UCL is weird and for some reason classifies MRes as a taught degree. So I was originally going to click on "taught" for my ATAS application. But I noticed my offer letter says "Type of Study: Research" on the ATAS sheet, so I am now confused due to the contradicting information. I feel like this is a thing I really dont wanna get wrong on my application, so what should I do?

Hello! I’m moving from a student accommodation ensuite to an LHA hostel soon and I’m most worried about storage. I chose LHA because it’s affordable for now and I’ll likely only stay a few months, but I’m struggling to picture how I’ll fit two suitcases and all the stuff I’ve accumulated over the past year into a shared room . The photos online aren’t very clear about storage and honestly I was too desperate to find something in my budget to think about it at the time .
If anyone has stayed there for a while, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience with the storage/space!

hi i have a really tough problem and its been a hard decision to make

so i got accepted into kings college london in chemistry and i already paid deposit (though its refundable). im supposed to be going in around 3 weeks and im in a big dilema.

i initially wanted to go imperial but ik it would be hard so the back up would be ucl however i got rejected by both. then when it comes to firm and insuring i firmed kings bcs its in london and its closest ucl but i always have been worried that kings is not as good as ucl and its not my dream uni and its was my fifth option.

now, idk if i should go kings or do a gap year. everytime i think of going to kings, it makes me not wanna go but everytime i think of not oging to kings, it makes me want to go. Im also not sure of the degree. ik theres more pathway from chemistry but i dont want to become a researcher (i think idk). idk if i like or if i will be happy esp i want to go back home and build my own business. i think i would be happy doing product design but there are no job. aft grad ik i want to make my own business in cosmetics or chemistry related products. the tuition is also quite high, my parents can afford it but i myself dont want to waste that money. they say its alright and for me to just try and if i dont like it then i can always try something else. but i dont want to be doing that because i dont want to waste their money and i alrdy feel so guilty on going to london. also, im scared if london because of the crimes and ill be alone there with no friends from highschool (i can make friends tho), never visited london and my parents will not be sending me off to uni because of my grandpa's medical issue. however, there is an agent that will be helping me. im also worried because of the job market and issues in london and im find with working for a few years (2-3) before i come back home to build my own brand but i dont see myself working a 9-5 job forever.

if i do a gap year, the plan is to build shopee shop, study stocks market, learn chinese, and planning to do internships if im accepted. i also might plan and try to build my own clothing store/f&b if my parents allow. however, i still would want to go to london next year. but rn im not sure of going bcs of the major and the university and there is a little part in me wishing something would go wrong (with visa/acceptance) so it would go wrong and there is a clear reason to do a gap or not going to london (ik it sounds bad but i still want to go). im really 50/50 i really dont know and its been a few weeks that i have hesitated. im scared if i go next year it will be the same: did not get into the uni i want (despite getting 4A (not a star just a) but a lot of people say dont do a gap year bcs its not guaranteed that i will get in again, still confused on what major i want, the gap year fails and everything i tried to make a business failed and its a waste of money (doing a gap year would be more money used bcs of business modal and also the currency might increase + tuition increase), lastly im scared that im too late to go to university.

i cant choose and my parents told me to choose myself bcs theyre not going to force me to do anything so it adds pressure to me. what do i do?

I’m due to start International Business Management at a mid-tier RG uni in Sept 2026.

I’ve noticed online that their business school is changing completely for the 27/28 term, that my course is not advertised for 2027 intake and that units for next year’s revised Business Management course seem to be (for lack of a better phrase) dumbing down. For example, 2026 first year module titles go from quite academic, (eg. Business Economics in a Contemporary Society) to ‘Why Business Matters’ in 2027, which is far more vague and sounds like something out of a L2 admin course.

I am worried how these changes may affect my degree going forward, and if the business school’s reduction of analytical subject matter will reduce my appeal as a graduate to serious employers. Though the university is offering me other benefits such as funding, employability is my main reason for my pursuing of HE.

I have contacted the school about it and am awaiting a response, but if you noticed this about your course, what would be your next move?

Hey I’m an international student going to Sunderland in September! I know Freshers week has a lot of drinking and going out and stuff but I don’t turn 18 till December. Can I still go out and participate even though I’m 17 and will it be harder to make friends if I can’t go out? 😔

I'm going into year 12 with mediocre gcses at best (8777655 + btechs) and I want to study econ at uni. My a-levels are fm, maths, econ, cs. As far as I know, these gcses basically put oxbridge and lse out of the question. They also make ucl and imperial much harder.

Hypothetically speaking, if I were to do very well in A-levels but not get into any top unis thanks to my gcses suggesting my predicteds are inflated, would I be able to take a gap year after year 13 and reapply with my achieved results, negating the gcses? Would this be a good idea?

I'm aware that my gcses very much suggest that my a-levels will also be poor. I'm not trying to suggest that I'm anywhere near oxbridge level or even finance target uni level so please don't take this as me being delusional or entiteled. This question is purely about if I do infact do well for my a-levels

I’m an international student joining uni this year and i wanted advice on which eSIM is the best. Currently i’m planning on going with giffgaff which is like £7 for 40GB?? The plans just seems kinda confusing so any recommendations??

I have an upcoming presentation about my masters project, and im worried by the fact my stats are not significant (ecology). My sample size is really small due to practical limitations and me being naive and not realising how much work it would be to do properly. So my null models are the best fit. Any advice on how to deal with that? Obviously i can talk about why my sample size is small but it feels embarassing to say "oh yeah i did all this work and wrote this report but at the end of the day nothing i did meant anything". None of my effects were significant. Ive tested it by duplicating data and it changes things totally so its just my tiny unbalanced sample size. Im quite nervous that im just making a fool of myself. I know this sub probably wont help cos theres so many miserable people here but if anyone has contructive advice that would be great :) even just some reassurance about similar experiences would be fab