University.

A lot of people do not have the chance of going to university at the moment due to the raise in fees.

My best friend taught me, when I got stressed out about getting in to university, to thank my lucky stars that I even had the chance.

After getting an offer from Leeds Metropolitan, I did just this. No wonder she's got an interview at Oxford.

I don't quite understand the thoughts of David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

Surely they would want more kids to get into university, get education, start business' and turn this shambles of an economy around. Instead, though, they'll sit on their high chairs and take away the huge advantage of education to our modern-day teenagers.

I find it sickening. I can't believe how lucky I am to have been born a year earlier. How can one person just say 'at this point, we shall be raising the fees'. So, basically, every 16/17 year old is out of the loop. It makes not an ounce of sense to me.

For current A level students this year rests on the grades they get. If they don't succeed in getting into university this year, they will have to pay the thousands of pounds that no-one, in this economy, really has.

My mum even talked about possibly losing her job on Monday. Imagine, if I don't get the grades I need and my mum is out of a job and has to pay around £20,000 for me to go to university if I get the grades when I re-sit the year. Disastrous.

Yet, to be honest, I'd like to say I was as committed as other students to protesting against the rise in fees, but I'd rather work as hard as I possibly can now and get to university this year.

I'll leave the protesting to the next generation and carry on thanking my lucky stars I'm in the situation I am.