Kent Business School student Rapheal Mutu joined Kent through Clearing and immediately realised he had made the right choice.
Rapheal didn’t get the grades he needed for his chosen course when the Covid-19 pandemic impacted his studies, and little interaction with others meant his grades started to slip. After being originally predicted A*, As and Bs for his A-levels and having a university plan in place, he felt hurt that things hadn’t gone the way he’d hoped.
After advice from his father to ‘pick himself back up and make the best of a bad situation’ and to look into Foundation Year options in Clearing, Rapheal discovered Kent. The look of the campus particularly the library, the state-of-the-art Sibson building and Turing College accommodation halls, really caught his eye from his online research.
Rapheal’s challenge was that he was out in rural Nigeria when he received his A-level results and had no phone service on the day to make calls or emails to try and secure a place, luckily his family who were in the city were able to help him out. Overall, he found the experience of Clearing through Kent to be very reassuring and stress free.
Rapheal was thrilled to be accepted to study BSc Accounting and Finance with Foundation Year at Kent Business School and knew then that it was the best decision for him. The foundation course offered him a steppingstone to enable him to brush up on topics that he hadn’t studied for a while. He is now pursuing the idea of becoming an accountant upon graduation and feels the first year of his BSc, which he has just completed, is really helping him to meet his goals.
Heading into his second year, Raphael shares his thoughts on what he has enjoyed most from his time at Kent so far:
- Getting a well-rounded education from his foundation year – From mathematics and statistics, to politics and sociology
- The people he has met at Kent have given him a sense that everything happens for a reason and the Canterbury campus feels the right place for him
- Rediscovering his faith – ‘I became part of a really supportive Christian group here at the university where I’ve met so many people, from various courses and backgrounds’
- Becoming a Student Ambassador – ‘I have been enjoying tasks like running calls with new students about to start next year to give them help and advice and working on things like University Open Days’
- Extracurricular activities – which have really enabled him to feel part of university life and make the most of his time here