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Clearing success story: University of Brighton
Watch Grace's story and find out how she used UCAS Extra and Clearing to get on her ideal course.
Grace's story of going through Clearing
Getting a place at Brighton to study Physiotherapy BSc
Hi everyone, my name is Grace, I am a final year Physiotherapy student, and I finished university a few weeks ago which is super exciting.
Would you recommend going through Clearing?
I wanted to talk a bit about my experience going through Clearing and using UCAS Extra to get onto my course. I love that I’m able to show you that it is possible because I’ve graduated now. You can equally have an amazing experience and get onto the course that you want to study; this is proved because I’ve finished now, and I didn't go through a typical entry like other students.
So, first of all I wouldn't call myself the most academic person by any means, I did A levels, I did sixth form, and I studied Biology, Sociology, PE and Media. Although they were hard and tough, I did all right, but I didn't get the grades that I needed to study Physiotherapy the first time.
When we were applying on UCAS I kind of knew that I didn't meet the requirements for university and that was something that what made me quite nervous, and I just wasn't sure if I would get on so after getting one rejection from a university I like freaked out and thought “oh my goodness I need to cancel all of them.”
What did you learn from making your uni choices?
Please don't make that same mistake that I did because you can only apply for five universities once through UCAS, so it meant that I was going back to square one and I could only apply for another university one time through Extra.
I applied for Brighton, I applied for Physiotherapy again knowing that I didn't have the grades, just trying my luck, that I would get on by some miracle. But unfortunately, again they rejected me based on my grades, but I was offered the chance to study sport and exercise science which I accepted through Extra and got onto the course.
I did a year of sport and exercise at Brighton and had an enjoyable year studying sport and exercise science, but I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do long term, I obviously wanted to be studying Physiotherapy.
Was it easy to change your course?
I ended up applying to study Physiotherapy after a year on the sports science course and that was a really straightforward process. Already being a student at the university, I was able to put in an internal application, so that meant that I still applied through UCAS, but I just made my one choice Brighton. I paid a reduced rate to apply, like thirteen pounds for that one application.
Don't give up on your dream
I am now finishing my Physiotherapy degree so let that be an encouragement not to give up, it took a couple of attempts for me but persevere if it's what you want to do, there's a way and I hope that encourages you. So, if you are interested in studying at the university of Brighton, I would absolutely say go for it, sign up to an open day. You'll have the best time; I’ve had the best four years here. I wish you the best.
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