It has been quite some time since I last posted a blog entry. School has been so busy for the past few weeks and things were happening so quickly. I have had my mock exams, had my exam papers checked, had my official exam practice papers done…and many other things I can barely recall. I don’t even dare imagine how quickly February has passed, like a gust of wind.
There’s been some good news: I’ve received four conditional offers from the five universities I applied to through UCAS. This is encouraging in face of the intense preparation for my public exams, which start just 26 days from now. Adding to that, logging onto UCAS Track is probably my most exciting activity so far this year. My heart races every time I wait for the webpage to load, which is at times intolerably slowly.
Despite nervous anticipation over the fifth response, I’m overjoyed just looking at the offers I’ve received. It’s amazing: only two months ago I was still worrying all day and night about whether my university applications would go well. And now, I’ve already received four offers. Four offers it is. It may be a cliché, but words can hardly describe how delighted I feel.
There was also good news for everyone in Hong Kong who has questions about education in the Just last Saturday, 25 February, I visited the Education UK Exhibition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. I gained a great deal of insight into UK universities, which kind of compensated for the disturbing fact that I can’t visit the universities in person as a student outside the UK Hong Kong students.
Wandering form stall to stall, I actually had some trouble looking for the locations of the stalls I intended to visit. And it took me quite some time before I could seek all the answers for my very long list of questions, from questions as simple as admissions requirements to questions as abstract as details of life on campus.Honestly, I was rather nervous when I entered the doors of exhibition hall. I had so many questions and doubts which perhaps no one could help with after all. To my relief, everyone was extremely helpful and enthusiastic. All the uncertainties were explained and doubts were cleared. Thinking about how colourful and fruitful university life could be, I can hardly wait till September when university starts.
As the day progressed more and more people flocked into the hall. Everybody got really, really busy and almost every stall was surrounded by groups of worried parents and students. Miss Stanton from the British Council, in particular, was especially occupied. Though I happened to pass by the British Council stall, it was flooded with so many people that I nearly could not even say “hi” to her.
Shortly after meeting Miss Stanton I had to leave for another batch of tutorial classes, which had filled up the rest of my day. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the exhibition. It has helped me a lot as well as given me great insight into tertiary education in the I highly recommend international students, not only those from Hong Kong but from all over the world, to attend exhibitions like this and learn more about tertiary education in different places. I can definitely assure you that you’ll be amply rewarded.
