Waiting for a university response can be a daunting experience. Especially when it takes more than 2 months since you submitted your application. Things were not different for me.
There are always 3 major plot points after you send your application through UCAS. First, you will crush with joy and huge stress relief. It is quite normal, after all, you have made a great deal of work. Two weeks or so later, you will start to think when will you receive the first offer. At this moment, the sudden joy gets handcuffed by rising nervousness. The worst thing is that you become totally helpless since university's decision making is beyond your powers.
Lastly, there is another tsunami of excitement about to strike you right after you receive an offer.
The feelings mentioned above appears to guide students throughout the whole application process.
As a student, I went through this too. Honestly, it was an interesting experience. Being overly sensitive about everything did not help much either. Nonetheless, I successfully surpassed light anxiety attacks which were bothering me every now and then. The fact that I stood my ground during these uncontrollable emotional earthquakes, made me stronger.
To be fair, I am still quite overwhelmed by the number of unconditional offers that I obtained.
5! A number beyond my dreams.
Alright, now it is time to celebrate! Hold your hats, prepare food and drinks... the party is ready.
Wait- let me just say something before the glorious rejoice. You must decide what university will you apply. Oh, right!
Being an indecisive person is truly a terrible curse.
Although, five options may look fine under other circumstances, having five universities to choose from is quite a challenge. Just as choosing ice cream topping, there are few things to consider such as environment, cultural background, overall opportunities, airport distance. Another crucial factor to bear in mind is an inner personal intuition. Don't let yourself get confused. Having a strong intuition can help you more than the factual side found online. Imagine for instance the following situation, you are about to buy a new house. As expected you will go through the paperwork, talks with a sales manager and finally the tour around the house. Now, you do see how the house looks from the outside. It can either look appealing or awful. To make your final decision, you will have to probably listen to your inner voice. Is this house surrounded by a bad or a good vibe?
The same goes for picking the right university especially if you can't visit open days. Therefore it is hard to guess what does the uni look from the inside. Undoubtedly, you are advised to ask some students who are currently studying your course but one can never really rely on this since the opinions are usually distorted by personal experiences.
Therefore you have to rely on your pov and some info that you found relevant.
In conclusion, I have a rather hard decision which is waving at me with a lopsided grin.
Isn't it too late to buy a house instead of picking a university haha...
Things, however, look brighter now, because a blurry decision is materializing already.
Yet I still have a long way to go.
Have a nice day!