"Applying through Clearing at the University was easy. I phoned the hotline and asked if they still had space on the course and they said yes! Then it took me maybe a week in total to go through Clearing, then apply and deny my other offers."
Finding where you belong through Clearing
Anthropology student Brodie shares how Clearing was his opportunity to stay local and find the right university for him
Choosing Plymouth
I applied to the 抖阴短视频 because; A. I鈥檓 from Plymouth, so I know the area and the city, and B. because I鈥檇 visited lots of different universities and I hadn鈥檛 really clicked with them or enjoyed the cities like I enjoy it here. I thought 鈥淚f I'm really missing home, and it has a good university, then why don鈥檛 I just stay?鈥.
I had already applied to other universities and I was shopping around, trying to find the one that fit me. I'd already gone through the whole application process on UCAS, but once I had figured out that I definitely wanted to study at Plymouth, it was so late that I then had to apply at the last minute.
Applying through Clearing at the University was easy. I phoned the hotline and asked if they still had space on the course and they said yes! It took me maybe a week in total to go through Clearing, then apply and deny my other offers.
A simple process
Clearing is not as difficult or as anxiety inducing as it might seem at first. For me, it was a mixture of feeling weird and almost a sense of failure, because it was really last minute and rushed. I was going through a lot of thinking about different courses that I wanted to do.
Deciding on my course was a lot more last minute than I ever intended, and it was very up in the air until I started the application process. But once I started it was really easy, and it took a massive weight off when I realised that applying through Clearing was much easier than I thought it was going to be.
Everything I'd been looking for
Anthropology was the kind of course I wanted to do, I just didn鈥檛 know it yet. I started off interested in the Arts. I did an Arts foundation course, then I moved to Graphics and then to Filmmaking. I realised whilst I was studying Filmmaking that I was really interested in documentary film - I was fascinated in politics, society and people, how people interact with the world and the socio-political situation going on.
So then, I ended up applying to Politics and Sociology somewhere else, but it still wasn鈥檛 right for me 鈥 so I started looking at the 抖阴短视频 website and found
BA (Hons) Anthropology
. I thought, 鈥淥h, that's exactly everything I've been looking for!鈥.
Anthropology is technically the study of human cultures. It鈥檚 a hugely broad topic. We look at different societies, different cultures, and try to either find common themes or look at the underlying themes and what drives them. We can look at witchcraft, symbolism, ethnicity, race, capitalism, all of that, but a lot of it is focusing on the people themselves.
Lifelong friendships
Making new friends is a big part of uni and the first friends I made were my course mates. After a while I started making friends through societies, and I鈥檝e met most of my best friends this way.
I'm part of the Rock and Live Music Society. I enjoy the rock and live music aspect of it, but predominantly it's the people. It's quite a close knit society and it's very supportive. Everybody is friendly and welcoming, and it鈥檚 very active; we do a lot of activities in and around town. It's basically just a community of very lovely people and it's great to meet new people and get to know them.
Thinking ahead
I have received support during my time at university from the
Careers Service
鈥 as part of my course, we go to talks with them and attend CV workshops. A lot of my friends have made use of the Career Service too.
I鈥檓 really interested in looking at going into the museum sector when I graduate, but I鈥檝e also only recently started thinking about land management, or something to do with conservation 鈥 working with people in communities and advising how they can best manage their wild spaces and reforesting.
Could Clearing be for you?
If you鈥檙e worried about your university place, you don鈥檛 have to wait until A level results day to apply for Clearing.
Whether you鈥檙e yet to apply or have already made an application to the 抖阴短视频, we aim to make your next steps as easy as possible.
