What brought me to Solent!

After pondering around my room for hours, debating whether or not I was going to go to uni or not, looking into every possible option I had. I finally clicked that I wanted to be the first one in my family to attend uni. I’ve always had a passion for writing, and have wanted to be a journalist since I was little, and had gathered numerous newspaper articles and leaflets that had interested me over the years. Fascinated by the idea that the media can influence peoples views and decisions, I decided that I would further my opportunities and knowledge in media based subjects. After I achieved my media studies A level, my next step was to decide where I went from there. Do I go to uni? Do I try out gaining work experience and work for a year? Or even become an apprentice, and take a more practical approach? Or do I just sit on my arse and blog? And believe me, the last option after 13 years of education was really tempting!

After bumming around my house for almost three months doing pretty much nothing I decided that I would follow up the application I sent in the winter to look into the universities I had applied for, after all I had received offers from all 5 of my choices. Just had to pick now. After I had eliminated a few options, well, Bournemouth. After the interview I had there, there was no chance of me going back, it was far too big for me… with both my school and college being quite tiny, Bournemouth uni was a bit of a big jump. Unlike Solent, with its smaller, tighter community had a more welcoming approach. Making me feel comfortable as soon as I walked in.

 Greenwich University, my insurance, was where I was heading however, with other aspects of my decision-making leading me towards there. Although it was huge, I was still set on going there. However, after receiving my results and working out some of the finances, it was better and wiser for me to stay at home, and study at Solent. The course interested me more, allowing me to leave my options open in which part of the media I wanted to go into, and to give me all sorts of skills and new experiences. So finally settling with Solent, with its friendly atmosphere and exciting career opportunities.