Graduation BA Hons | Part two

I DID IT

Me and My new best mate

At the Start of this month I after 4 years, lots of tears and triumphs I have actually graduated. 

My education has always been very important to me.

 Your brain is your best assets, never waste it!

 I am very fortunate to be Scottish so my education was free in this country. I have studied overseas (Montreal) so I am very much conscious of how expensive and unattainable a higher education is to so many young people these days and I am truly greatful for my education. 

It makes me very sad to think about how only the rich in so many countries can afford an education, how are we ever going to get a representative government if only the upper classes can afford the education to move into these roles. 

I am also very fortunate to have come out of University completely debt free. This is due to several factors, I saved up around £10,000 before attending university and have worked continually and lived very hand to mouth over the past 4 year... but I wouldn't of had it any other way. living on a tight budget opens your eyes to many things like the wonders of Aldi (where it is possible to eat healthy on a budget) and my love of charity shops (I can't remember the last time I paid full price for an item of clothing)

At University you will really get out of it what YOU choose to put in. 

I worked my Ass off

I've studied abroad

I made made friends from all over the world

I have made best friends that I now can't imagine my life without

I've had every type of relationship status imaginable

I have learnt from my mistakes

I have many more still to make

I've learnt where my strengths are and how to play to them

I have become more comfortable in my own skin more than I have ever been before

But what next........

Graduation BA Hons | Part One

A beautiful gift from a few of my girlfriends

'First Class' celebration drinks

Me before my Grad Ball | Dress £29 from TK Maxx

So it's taken 6 year, one collage and three universities, but I have finally finished my joint BA Hons in International Business with Hospitality and Tourism at the University of Strathclyde! 

My final exams took place in May and a week ago a got all my results and I got a 

FIRST CLASS DEGREE!!!! 

I am completely over the moon with my results, especially as I feel I have worked incredibly hard this year and due to some personal circumstances, I had to take my final set of exams under very difficult conditions. 

I have been spoiled rotten by my close fiends and family and now I can't wait for graduation to sit at the front with all the rest of the smartiepants :) 

Congratulations for any other fellow Graduates!!

WE DID IT

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Project Finish Line | #1

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It's now december; deadlines are mounting, i've not slept in months and I now have 'The Feer' of what on Earth am I going to do with my life after graduation? (If I graduate?! :/ )

 It's hard to stay positive with every newspaper giving you the recent terrifyingly high unemployment rates for graduates and you have to balance all this with dissertation research as well?! 

HOW?

All this thought got me thinking of my favourite smartie pants and life conquering fictional character Rory Gilmore! She always seems to have everything her life sorted! she was not only beautiful and naturally smart, but she was constantly working to improve her brains and focus on her career... I mean she even chose Obama over the possible marriage to some hot rich guy.... if she is not a role model for you woman I don't know who is! 

The start of my post grad prospectus pile 

In the final Season (around this time of year) Rory, and fellow academic mastermind Paris, created 'Project Finish line' : A list of everything they need to do before graduating, be it applying for jobs/internships or postgraduate courses to improving skills and updating CV's. 

So in true Gilmore girl style, I am planning my own Project Finish Line in order to create a little harmony in my life!

Are any of you graduating this Summer and panicking? 

Have any of you been through this and have any advice to give I would LOVE to hear it! 

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