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  • 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…

  • My Clearing Story

    4 July 2018 by Georgia
    3 minute read

    At A level, I studied English Language, French and Spanish. An interesting BUT challenging combination – I am sure you will agree! I excelled in English Language but the two…

  • 16 Hours of Clearing

    2 July 2018 by Alexander
    4 minute read

    If, like me, you believed you were destined to go into Clearing before you even laid eyes on your results, then you will probably believe that it will be the…

  • Results Day – My Story

    27 June 2018 by Katy
    3 minute read

    Hey everyone, I’m Katy and this is what Results Day was like for me. So before I actually received my results, I had a niggling feeling that my exams hadn’t…

  • Clearing: My Journey

    25 June 2018 by Nicole
    2 minute read

    My story with Clearing began when I attended a graduation here at the University of York. I was blown away by how beautiful the university was and at the friendliness…

  • My Clearing Experience

    20 June 2018 by Oluwatomi
    2 minute read

    Feelings about Clearing Before results day I was filled with anxiety, during the summer of year thirteen the fear of results day looms over you. I originally intended to take…

  • My Experience in Clearing

    20 June 2018 by Claire
    3 minute read

    The idea of Clearing was something that had always been imposed upon me by my sixth form leaders as some sort of stressful labyrinth that was to be avoided at…

  • A Festival of Clearing

    14 June 2018 by Olivia
    4 minute read

    My clearing experience can only really be described as an emotional rollercoaster of events. There were times of joy, excitement, stress, worry and overall relief as I went through the…

  • Clearing – Keep Calm and Carry On!

    14 June 2018 by Oliver
    5 minute read

    I’d finished my exams, packed up my stuff, and was driving out of the school gates. “That’s it!” I thought, “I’m off to Durham!”. Two months later I wasn’t so…

  • Historical Archaeology via Clearing

    14 June 2018 by Fionnuala
    2 minute read

    Advice for getting the most out of Clearing Contact your head of Sixth Form One of the first things to do is to contact your head of Sixth Form. They have experience…

  • Getting in and out of Clearing

    Getting in and out of Clearing

    19 July 2016 by Matt
    4 minute read

    This is a strange piece to write, because in some ways I hope that people won’t need to read it, as I hope everyone will get the grades they want…