01/09/2026
“I’d tell anyone starting uni to remind yourself that the nerves you have are shared.”
Hear from Thandi, a recent Psychology Graduate, as she reflects on her time at Heriot-Watt.
“When results day came, I didn’t get into my firm choice. I was heartbroken. I remember calling my best friend in tears, not knowing what to do next. She was already heading to Heriot-Watt and said, “Why don’t you come here?” I hadn’t even considered it. I called the Clearing hotline and honestly, it was so smooth.
Fast forward four years and I can’t imagine having gone anywhere else. Heriot-Watt has been everything I didn’t know I needed. The campus is small and friendly, which made it easy to settle in and make friends.
In my final year, I really enjoyed that I got a lot more involved on campus as a whole, becoming a content ambassador for the university, and spent a lot more time with my friends. Everyone was starting to talk about what they were going on to do next, hearing all of it, and reminiscing about how far we’d come together, was bittersweet and a good end to our university journeys together.
Making content for the University is what really got me into communications, right now I’m in New York, spending the summer at the United Nations doing Digital Design, which has been so exciting and I’ve learned so much in just a few months.
If you are just joining Heriot-Watt remember that the people around you have also just arrived and are hoping to make friends, so talk to people, join new clubs, and try loads of unfamiliar things.”
