Saint Olave's Law Society Journal ; Issue 01 (Autumn 2013) | Page 28

Saint
 Olave’s
 Law
 Society
 Journal

  The
 interviewers
 had
 a
 little
 chuckle
  about
 this
 and
 told
 me
 human
 rights
  hadn't
 been
 invented
 then
 and
 well
 let's
  just
 say
 it
 was
 another
 awkward
  moment!

  All
 in
 all
 though,
 interviews
 aren’t
  something
 to
 be
 afraid
 or
 nervous
  about!
 They
 were
 really
 fun
 to
 me,
 and
 I
  learnt
 a
 lot!
 Take
 interviews
 as
 an
  opportunity
 to
 show
 the
 people
 at
 your
  university
 that
 you
 deserve
 a
 place
 at
  their
 university!
 Oh
 and
 dress
 smart,
  they
 always
 like
 that
 (I
 reckon).

  Getting
 results

  So
 after
 you've
 applied,
 and
 got
 offers
  and
 did
 all
 your
 exams
 to
 the
 best
 of
  your
 ability,
 there
 comes
 the
 waiting
  game.
 There
 is
 honestly
 no
 point
  spending
 the
 first
 half
 of
 your
 summer
  worrying
 about
 results
 because
 you
  can't
 do
 anything
 about
 them.
 On
 the
  day
 you
 collect
 results
 though,
 make
  sure
 you
 have
 all
 the
 right
 phone
  numbers
 (i.e.
 the
 admissions
 number
 of
  your
 university
 saved
 in
 your
 contacts)
  to
 call
 should
 your
 grades
 not
 meet
  their
 offer!
 If
 you
 negotiate
 well
 and
  prove
 yourself,
 they
 might
 just
 give
 you
  a
 place!

  On
 the
 morning
 of
 results
 day,
 check
  UCAS.
 Word
 of
 advice
 though,
 don't
  check
 at
 8,
 check
 earlier!
 On
 the
 website
  this
 year,
 it
 said
 they
 would
 reopen
  Track
 at
 8am,
 however
 I
 checked
 from
  7.20
 and
 at
 7.30
 I
 was
 able
 to
 log
 on
 and
  find
 out
 that
 I
 had
 been
 taken
 by
 my
  firm
 choice.

  This
 of
 course,
 makes
 getting
 your
  results
 so
 much
 easier!
 And
 if
 you
 find
  out
 that
 you
 haven't
 met
 your
 offer,
  then
 my
 advice
 is
 to
 go
 into
 school
 a
  little
 earlier
 to
 beat
 the
 rush,
 open
 you
  results
 and
 find
 out
 how
 far
 from
 the
  offer
 you
 were!
 Once
 you
 have
 this
  information,
 call
 up
 your
 university
 on
  the
 number
 you've
 saved
 on
 your
 phone
  and
 explain
 if
 you
 were
 only
 a
 couple
 of
  UMS
 off
 the
 mark!
 Universities
 do
 not
  receive
 UMS
 marks,
 so
 you
 could
 be
 one
  mark
 off
 the
 grade
 and
 they
 wouldn't
  have
 known!
  Even
 if
 you
 were
 quite
 far
 off
 make
 sure
  you
 try
 and
 don't
 just
 give
 up.

  General
 Advice

  Study
 hard;
 trust
 me,
 you'd
 rather
 feel
  like
 the
 Prisoner
 of
 Azkaban
 during
  your
 Easter
 holidays
 than
 panic
 after
  the
 exams.
 Always
 keep
 your
 final
 goal
  in
 mind
 if
 you
 get
 sidetracked,
 but
 don't
  fix
 your
 heart
 on
 it.
 Remember
 that
 it's
  not
 the
 end
 of
 the
 world
 if
 you
 don't
 get
  into
 the
 university
 you've
 always
  dreamed
 of,
 to
 do
 that
 course
 you've
  always
 wanted
 to
 do.
 There
 are
 plenty
  of
 other
 options
 out
 there
 and
 make
  sure
 you
 ask
 teachers
 to
 help
 should
  you
 need
 to.

  Well,
 I
 hope
 that
 wasn't
 too
 long-­? winded
 and
 boring!
 Best
 of
 luck
 you
 lot,
  I
 really
 hope
 you
 guys
 go
 on
 to
 do
  something
 great.
 Remember
 to
 take
 off
  your
 Hogwarts
 robes
 now,
 you
 might
  seem
 weird
 otherwise
 and
 I
 assure
 you,
  I
 am
 not
 a
 crazy
 Harry
 Potter
 fan.

Issue
 01

 Autumn
 2013

 28