Well what a day! As I'm sure we've told you before me and Mathilde both have the same lessons, and fate dealt us the hand of triple Psychology, all in one day. Whoopee.
I think I'm actually quite confident about my exams. I had the Media retake yesterday and I'm pretty sure that went well, it's the Psychology ones I am actually worried about. I never realised how much there is to learn, I swear there wasn't this much last year!
So if you live in the Kings Lynn area, be sure to pick up a Lynn News on Friday, because I'm in it! I don't think I've mentioned before, but I write columns for the Lynn News, this time about passing my driving test (sigh). On the right path for Journalism for sure!
How many of you have applied for accommodation at university? And if you have, how many of you stayed up all night to make sure you were able to stay in the place you wanted? That was something me and Oli did! Was knackered the next day but was well worth it.
I wasn't really impressed with the whole system though if I'm honest. On the home page of the NTU website, they stated 'we can not determine the exact time the system will be going live, but we do know it will be in the morning.' I don't really believe that for one second. Plus, morning could be from midnight till midday, hence why we were up most of the night. I woke up every hour on the hour to check Facebook, as I knew if accommodation opened at any point in the night people were going to post about it on there.
Turned out it came on at 7. I was up at 5:45 (managed to get about four hours sleep) before logging onto my computer to refresh the accommodation page every few minutes. When it got to around half past 6, I was talking to others in the NTU all-nighter world, discussing how angry we'd be if it didn't open at 7! personally, I don't know what I would have done if it didn't. My heart sank a little when I refreshed the page bang on 7 and it wasn't open. Luckily I did it a couple more time after.
I think what made it a lot worse though is it chose that time to ask for my emergency details! I mean, seriously? I bashed my mums name and details out on the keyboard before finally clicking whatever first came up to make sure I got a place. It was lucky I'd actually clicked on the right place to begin with!
But now, I've found who's going to be living near me, and the flood of relief I felt once I had my name booked and put down felt amazing. The people near me are lovely and I'm actually looking forward to going now! At least we're moving forward!
Catch you later!
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What a proud dad i am reading your blog...makes me see what you have achieved over the last 12 months...from writting in the Lynn news to spending time at KLFM and the hospital radio to working part time and completing your As levels and working towards your A levels this summer...we have had fun over the last 6 months trying to make a media video in the freezing cold of wolverton woods and Blackpool prom.spending time in Luton, Nottingham trent and Leeds uni to see which is the best way forward...going back to Nottingham firstly to pass a test and secondly to search out the best accomodation...and through all of that trying to keep a part time job going, passing your theory and practical driving test and keeping a boyfriend happy as well...not an easy 12 months but probably one you will remember for the rest of your life...i know i will...well done Ashleigh...its been a very hard 12 months but its the final straight now...a few weeks off come July for a well earned rest..xx
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