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Category: Results day

Our current students share their stories and reveal their top tips for getting ready for results day and what to do on the big day itself.

  • Vlog: Jen’s top tips for Results Day

    29 July 2020 by Jen
    1 minute read

    Social and Political Sciences student Jen runs through her top tips for Results Day and what to do in the run-up to the big day.

  • Vlog: Lucy’s clearing experience

    14 July 2020 by Lucy
    1 minute read

    BSc (Hons) Psychology in Education student Lucy talks about her experience of coming to York through clearing. More student stories about clearing

  • My experience of Clearing as an international student

    14 July 2020 by Ginga
    2 minute read

    Clearing can be a nerve-racking experience for anyone. International student, Ginga, talks about his experience with Clearing at York and what it was like on the day. Why did you…

  • Vlog: My Clearing top tips

    10 July 2020 by Jake
    1 minute read

    BA (Hons) Politics and International Relations student Jake gives his top tips for going through Clearing. Watch and read more student Clearing stories.

  • Vlog: Malika’s experience of clearing

    10 July 2020 by Malika
    1 minute read

    BA (Hons) Politics and Economics student Malika talks about her experience going through Clearing. Watch and read more student Clearing stories.

  • Clearing – My Side of the Story

    27 May 2020 by Katy
    3 minute read

    When you’re at school and applying to university, ending up on Clearing seems like the end of the world. Before I get any further, let me just dispel this myth.…

  • Why I Chose York – My experience through Clearing

    27 May 2020 by Kirsten
    3 minute read

    Waking up on A level results day to the update on UCAS that I was in Clearing wasn’t the ideal situation I had been hoping for, to say the least.…

  • My Clearing experience: getting in to my dream university

    27 May 2020
    4 minute read

    The people on the phone were absolutely lovely, and really made me feel at ease. As soon as I realised that no one was going to judge me for going…

  • Preparing for results day

    19 July 2019 by Guest bloggers
    2 minute read

    The lead-up to results day can be a nervous time so we asked some of our current students for their top tips for preparing for the big day.

  • My top tips for preparing for results day

    19 July 2019 by Morgan
    2 minute read

    There’s no denying it, results day can be daunting. You could be the most confident person in the world that you’ve done well in your exams and still, in the…

  • Get a good night’s sleep: my results day story

    19 July 2019 by Charlotte
    2 minute read

    Hello! I’m Charlotte, a 3rd year student studying English and History here at York. Here is my results day story: What happened on results day? My results were released sooner…

  • Try to stay calm: my results day story

    19 July 2019 by Eve
    2 minute read

    Hello, my name is Eve and I have just finished my first year of Sociology at the University of York. Here is my results day story: What happened on results…