Straight from the offer-holders
The people we are actually trying to reach.
After every conversation we ask the student to rate the experience, how helpful the graduate was, and what it did to their thinking. This is what they say.
In their words
Mostly what comes through is relief.
Students are not short of prospectuses. They are short of someone they believe. Names are withheld and quotes are attributed by campaign.
★★★★★
“It took me by surprise. I was not expecting to receive a call from an alumnus of a school I had applied to, to find out how my application was going. I was stunned and I am honestly very impressed.”
★★★★★
“It helped me a lot. Having a talk with someone who is from a similar context was very useful. It definitely made me feel calmer.”
★★★★★
“We had a few concerns regarding accommodation, student safety, availability of part-time jobs and vaccination necessary. We got convincing answers to all our queries. It was indeed a great experience that somebody reached out to us to support us.”
★★★★★
“Thanks to the conversation I had with her, I was able to find out more about some grants I hadn’t known about before.”
★★★★★
“Knowing there is someone who has gone through this before motivates me.”
★★★★★
“It was super helpful, cleared a lot of doubts and questions. It feels reassuring to have someone who has gone through all this before to approach for help.”
★★★★★
“It was great. We discussed how the programme would help me later on with job opportunities back home in Pakistan, we discussed how the course was overall structured and how Bath was as a city. It was a lovely chat.”
★★★★★
“I appreciated her insight into funding avenues, given that as an international student that is the most pressing issue currently for me.”
★★★★★
“The alumni ambassador was very kind and interactive. The call was very useful to also get a sense of what university is like in London.”
★★★★★
“I’m really grateful for the opportunity to have had this call. It’s helped me feel more confident and encouraged me to keep going with my process.”
★★★★★
“It was really informative and I got a lot of insight on how UK education and the job market runs. It was wonderful. Thank you.”
★★★★★
“It was a nice surprise, and good to hear the experience from someone who is Mexican and studied at Essex.”
★★★★★
“They gave me a genuine, insightful look into the programme and shared valuable firsthand experiences about student life.”
★★★★★
“I’m really grateful for this opportunity. It has helped me to make up my mind and make a decision.”
★★★★★
“My conversation was fruitful enough and I am truly thankful to the University of Bath for this valuable support.”
The questions that decide it
Rarely about rankings.
The same subjects come up again and again in what students write back. None of them are what a prospectus leads on.
Money
Scholarships, grants, and whether the whole thing is affordable. Students repeatedly say a graduate pointed them at funding they did not know existed.
Living there
Accommodation, safety, cost of living, part-time work, what the city is actually like. Practical questions a brochure answers blandly and a graduate answers honestly.
What happens after
Career outcomes, and specifically whether the degree carries weight back home. A graduate from their own country is the only person who can answer that with authority.
Reassurance
The word that recurs is calmer. Someone from their country, who made the same decision, telling them it worked out.
What the university sees
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