So, this morning I started the school application process. In the UK this is quite different than in the US. For starters, you don't apply directly to the schools you want to attend. Instead you fill out one application on UCAS. UCAS is a university data base thingy. They receive all the applications for all the schools. Then you tell them which schools you want to apply to. They then make sure that copies of your information go to each of your potential schools. After that, there is an interview process, and then the schools decided if they want to give you an offer. The system seems great. I mean, you have one application and one application fee. Not like here, where you have to fill out hundreds of applications and pay hundreds of application fees.
Now, in order to be able to apply through UCAS, you have to register into the UCAS system... Well, that particular registration takes between 15 and 20 minutes, according to the website... So, I spent forever this morning, filling out forms online, so that I can fill out more forms online later. Yeah... Just the kind of way I like to spend my morning. Filling out forms, to be able to fill out forms. Not to mention the fact, that several of the questions they asked, didn't translate into American English. So, for many of the questions, I had to push the "help" button and read a full page in order to figure out what information they were asking for. Fun times.
After finally finishing the registration process, I was ready to begin the application. Yay! I managed to complete one whole section, before the words on the computer screen started to blur. After an hours worth of concentrated effort, I had gotten the "Personal Information" section of my application finished... hmmm. Not as much progress as I would have hoped, I mean, after all of that work, they now know my full name and my address... Oh well. Tomorrow is another day. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I'll get two more sections done! (I've always been a big dreamer.)
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