Students are being sent tampons and pads in the post and they have no idea why
LONDON -- British summertime is the most glorious time of the year. ~Except~ if you're waiting to find out if you've got into university.
Students across the nation are currently enduring the excruciating wait to see if their exam results have earned them a spot at university.
During the wait, the UK's university admissions service -- UCAS -- has been sending students a surprise in the post: tampons and sanitary pads. The only problem is: students have no idea why.
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Cue: mass confusion.
Students have taken to Twitter to express their bewilderment and it's pretty damn hilarious.
While some would rather receive word about their university place...
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Others are just downright confused.
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Some think the freebies might be a portent of increased tuition fees.
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And, some people are wondering how in the hell UCAS knew they had their period. Witchcraft, maybe?
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A few anxious students are already thinking they will need something to soak up their tears on results day.
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Some students haven't received a package, however, and they're concerned it could be a very bad sign.
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Since the care packages were only sent to women, some guys feel a little bit left out.
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According to UCAS' official Twitter account, the products have been sent out to students who opted to receive "commercial product and service offers."
If only tampons and pads were free all the time!
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
