UNIT 10

I found out how and when to apply for student finance via The Student Room forums which are really helpful. I have currently applied for student finance and am waiting for my parents to confirm their household income before I can find out how much maintenance loan I am eligible for.  I also need to set up a student bank account. I have researched student accounts at different banks and I think Santander have the best offer for me in comparison to the Barclays account. The additional 4 year 16-25 railcard will save me a lot of money visiting family/friends.

I withdrew my applications to CSM, Salford and Middlesex which meant that I didn't submit my portfolio to CSM and I didn't attend the other interviews. I did this because I knew I wanted to go to Southampton and seeing as my offer to Southampton was unconditional I decided to accept it.  Because I accepted Southampton as my firm choice I am also eligible for a scolarship depending on my grades.

I received an unconditional offer from Southampton:

I received an email from CSM requesting a digital portfolio: Dear Blaise,  Thank you for your application to  BA (Hons) Fashion Communication: Fashion Communication and Promotion  at Central Saint Martins . What to include in your Mini-Portfolio Your mini portfolio should consist of 20 images and contain artwork (still or moving) to demonstrate your individual interest in FCP. You should consider research, ideas development and your final artworks. It may include: ·           Drawings ·           Photographs ·           Illustrations ·           Graphics ·           Film / animation Full instructions and guidance about is available when you log into Pebblepad. We wish you the best of luck with your application. Y...

I received an email from LCF saying I was unsuccessful: Thank you for your application to join University of the Arts London ( UAL ). Unfortunately, we have been unable to offer you a place on BA (Hons) Fashion Styling and Production. However, the course team believe that your application is suitable to be put forward for consideration by other courses. This means you may be offered a place on an alternative course at  UAL , not the course to which you originally applied. The alternative course they offered me was Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Arts but I wasn't interested.

I created a portfolio on PebblePad for LCF made up of 20 images with short explanations - these were all taken from my Flickr portfolio for Southampton. The requirements were also the same as Southampton regarding what the content could include but a written piece of work wasn't necessary.