An offer-holder visit day allows you to spend a day at university and narrow down your choices for your firm and insurance options.
Why not experience taster lectures or seminars and explore the study spaces and cafeteria where you will be spending the majority of your time as a uni student? A realistic understanding of what the average week looks like for each course is important – and the ‘vibe’ of the university is important in factoring into how happy and fulfilling your time there will be.
You should also take offer-holder days as a chance to explore the surroundings that you’ll be living in. Check out the city, especially places to eat and relax within walking distance of your campus. If something is particularly important to you, like a good gym, it is worth seeing what facilities are available.
Offer-holder days allow you to speak to a current student. This is a great opportunity not only to learn about the course first-hand from students but also to see who your future classmates might be.
A current student will be able to give you their experience of the workload, contact hours, clinical practice, and what they personally like and dislike about studying at the university.
Importantly, enjoy your offer-holder day and learn a bit more about your chosen course and university to see whether you can see yourself studying there.
I hope these tips allow you to make the most out of your offer-holder day.
My name is Laiba Nadeem and I study MPharm Pharmacy at the University of Birmingham.
