Dear friend
I went to university about 11-12 years ago. It was a good time, met some people, and learned a few things. However during my second year, I reached a point in my mental health which forced me to withdraw from my course.
I'm going back.
When I first studied, I took an HND in Computer Games Development. While this degree sure is valuable, it's also very restricting. I think it's in my best interest that I get a degree in something that opens more doors for me. I'm into game dev now, but I may not always be. So I've applied for a BSc in Computer Science to give me more options. It'll allow me to slip into software dev or, god forbid, mobile dev. *Shudder*.
I got accepted almost the very next day. Contingent on the fact I could prove the grades I got in college back in 2012. This was a problem as I had to find my old qualification documents. Try as I might, alas I could not. I think they're lost to time. I had to spend 50 fucking pound on a replacement 12-year-old certificate.
Once that certificate finally arrived, I was able to send it to the university and confirm my placement. I'm now officially a student I guess? The only barrier I have to break down now is my student finance application. All of this now comes down to whether or not SLC will award me a second round of funding for a new course. I'm apprehensive about this, part of me thinks I'll be declined because I had dropped out of uni in the past. But I have it on reasonably good authority that this isn't going to happen, so I'm planning and banking on the assumption that, holy shit, I'm going back to uni.
That fact still hasn't really set in yet. It still feels like something to deal with in the distant future. But it's 2 months away, and those 2 months will fly by.
All this to say, I guess I might be a student again. This is weird.