I have to a blogger confession to make, I know it may ruin the the illusion of blogging, I'm aware that blogs should just appear with no forethought or planning but sadly I have neither the talent nor the spontaneity for that and quiet often write whole blogs only to never post them. This time I started top write a blog having a bit of a winge about applying for a Student Loan starting with "like 90% of students I'm paying for my tuition with a student loan" before realizing that was a clearly inaccurate number which I had plucked out of the air and deciding to find out the actual amount. Now while I'm more than aware that my research skills are worryingly lacking I just cant find the data on this anywhere so I'm putting the request out there; If anyone has a clue of what percentage of students do pay for tuition with a loan from SLC then please let me know! This seems to be one of those facts that's going to annoy the life out of me until I can find out and out my mind at rest.
Moving on to the point of the original blog I as I mentioned last time signed up for my course [PPE BA (hons)], selected my first module (DD101; Introducing the Social Sciences) and, subject to finance I'm all ready to go for February 2013. I think the emphasis here needs to be on subject to finance. Admittedly the OU could not have been more helpful in this respect, the original call handler talked me through everything I would need to do and done a quick eligibility check and they even sent a form out with helpful accompanying notes. Admittedly I had been a bit over keen and my form had already been printed off the website and posted in by this point. The form itself wasn't too stressful but did cause much concern re my name change which I'm hoping is a small and easily understood change (literally just a good old fashioned taking of my husbands name post wedding) but nonetheless its been filled in, signed and posted for about 2 weeks now.
Today I finally heard back from them but just with a letter saying they would be in touch soon and no return of the documents I had to send in with the form? I clearly have no clue what this means whether this is positive, negative or standard but at least it confirms my application got there in (hopefully) one piece. The other positive is that it gave me my reference number which has now been sent through to OU and moved my homescreen loading bar a few centimeters closer to the end.
The other main update from today which, although not strictly related to the 'failing at being a student' theme of this blog is that I've finally signed up for next years Great North Run. I ran my first half marathon at this years run and absolutely couldn't wait to do it again, I loved the training and the day itself was an amazing experience so when I got the email to say I could sign up fora guaranteed place for the next 3 year I immediately nagged the Mr into letting me sign up as my combined Birthday/Christmas present. The amazing memories of this years run coupled with a recent family illness giving me yet another charity to want to raise funds for means I'm absolutely desperate for next years run to come around.
Next year might be busy but that's what I like and I absolutely cannot wait for it!
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