Quick updates.

It's Chinese New Year in Malaysia and we're all on a week long break to usher in the new year. With trials coming up in a month and A2 looming close in May, it's going to be difficult to keep my eyes on both my studies and my wonderful holiday.

However, for a little good news to encourage me along, I've finally gotten my second offer with an AAA requirement :D This means I definitely have my insurance school, which isn't only reassuring, but lifts a huge load of pressure off my shoulders in case I don't meet my firm's offer of A*AA.

For those still waiting for offers, hang in there! I submitted my application ages ago in September and still haven't heard from LSE. It's totally normal to have universities take their time to reply (according to The Student Room) and hey, at least it isn't a rejection!

However, who those who have received rejections instead of offers, keep your chin up! There's always time for the rest of the universities to respond positively and you don't know what great things lie ahead of you! :)

I wish you all the best and a very prosperous Chinese New Year.

Wait- Hmm…

I’m sorry, UCAS, but I’m not happy with you.

Every time you send me an email, I get irrationally excited, only to realize that rather than it being another offer from UCAS Track, you’re sending me an update from UCAS Media or UCAS Connect (heh?) and as useful as the information may be, it’s just another reminder that universities really can’t seem to make up their mind about taking me in.  

Rather than emails titled ‘Thank you for your application..” or “Latest news..” which although I rationally know isn’t about an offer, how about start every other email with ‘NOT OFFER RELATED – Latest news, etc.”

Now wouldn’t that be a little less misleading?

Jokes aside, it’s been a little quiet from my universities and whilst no news is good news in terms of it not being a rejection, it’s also fuel to this ridiculous flame of suspicion I have that somehow, my application must’ve gotten lost… somewhere?

As I’m still waiting for replies from two London universities and with one London conditional offer in hand, I’m starting to think that I’m better off studying in London than anywhere else. After all, it is the city centre.

I’m compiling a list of pros and cons of London universities versus places in the outskirts so stay tuned and I’ll get that up as fast as I can. Meanwhile, if you do have any reasons as to why you would choose London over other parts of the UK, do let me know in the comments!

Till then!