{"id":3888,"date":"2019-02-26T10:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T10:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2019-02-26T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T10:43:56","slug":"from-applicant-to-undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/business-economics\/from-applicant-to-undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"From applicant to undergraduate!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming to Loughborough has been a huge emotional rollercoaster; but one that I\u2019m loving&nbsp;absolutely&nbsp;every second of.<br><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The truth is,&nbsp;university is about getting yourself out there, making it the best years of your life,&nbsp;grabbing&nbsp;every opportunity&nbsp;by the horns and&nbsp;that\u2019s&nbsp;been&nbsp;exactly what my Loughborough experience, and so many others,&nbsp;have been like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I always knew University was for me, and&nbsp;I knew Loughborough was&nbsp;too&nbsp;after coming here in February for the second time during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lboro.ac.uk\/study\/undergraduate\/visit-us\/open-days\/\">Applicant day.<\/a>&nbsp;Fast forward 7 months and I was moving in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1-370x208.png 370w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/02\/edit4-1.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving&nbsp;in day&nbsp;was daunting, exciting, sad and a flood of other emotions that&nbsp;would take&nbsp;way&nbsp;too long to list. 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