Review: Sussex Uni Admissions Day

Jubilee Building - Sussex Campus on Admissions Day

As you can see from the picture, we were lucky enough to experience the campus at it's finest and were reminded at various points throughout the day that Sussex had won the award for "Sunniest Campus in the UK" (although there was some debate amongst current students about the accuracy of that factoid). Anyway, the aim of the day for me had nothing to do with deciding whether or not Sussex was the place for me, but I was there with the intention of finding out more about the course I had already firmed and getting more of a feel for the campus. 

The day was pretty hectic, arriving at 9.30 to 'sign in' and receive a full schedule for the day which started off with a presentation of the School of Law, Politics and Sociology. After that the politics and sociology students were taken off for their subject-specific courses whilst future Law students stayed on for our talk.  

After that I had a look around the campus again, and went to look around the student accommodation because I didn't bother to that during the Open Day in September because I didn't think I'd actually get any offers from them...

Then, I went to a talk about American Studies which was great and made me really look forward to starting that too. There was lots of talk about the year abroad that comes with the course which made me certain that it's the right course for me. 

All in all it was a really great day, but again like I said, I didn't need convincing. If you did though, you were more than welcome to ask any of the students/staff about whatever you needed to know about and everyone was really approachable. 

I'm pretty sure you will all have finished pre-decision visits by now, but if not, I would advise you to:

• Go with a plan in mind: work out what matters to you (accommodation, location within a city...) and work out what you're going to do during your day with that in mind.
• Don't be afraid to ask questions: whether they're questions that have been bugging you for ages or that you come up with during your visit just ask someone, it's what they're there for. 
• Have a look around the town as well as the campus: you won't be staying on campus 24/7 and chances are you'll have to move off campus after the first year so get a feel for the local town whilst you're there.

Let me know about your experiences of admissions days and how they influenced you're final decision below!

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