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25-02-2009, 09:01 PM | #1 | |||
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If you were thinking about applying to Oxford or Cambridge you had to put in an application at my college, which 75% of people did. After a lot of talking about it (my GCSE results were quite bad compared to who goes there) I decided to put in a thingy, but then I had to decide what to dooo I put Philosophy and French at Oxford University, and when I told my philosophy teacher (Ex-theology student at Oxford) about my GCSE grade predicament, my teacher said i was indeed "borderline" and would have to get 90%+ to stand out, plus a definite A in critical thinking. He also recommended me to apply for Philosophy and Theology, instead, as that's like easier to get into because most language oxbridge students are AMAZING. This seemed a bit intense for me, and I don't really like Theology (study of god/bible). Do you reckon I should keep with French and Philosophy? I might enjoy Theology but I'm not sure. I'd always liked languages. And I'm not even definite that I want to do French and Phil. I was considering French ab initio Spanish or maybe Law. Or even something like Literature like. I wish I knew what to do HELP?!!? And, is all this Oxbridge buisness worth it, really? When I know I definitely won't get in? My careers teacher said it was because it was only 1 option on my UCAS form, but urghh all this effort could be completley in vain. Sorry for this long post, I've just been really stressed about what I want to do and have to start revising for my ASs soon because I am convinced I will fail. My backup universities include: Royal Holloway [University of London], University College London, Nottingham, Exeter, etc. But my teacher also said UCL are harsher than oxbridge on some degrees in terms of GCSEs. I'm so pissed off, I really should have revised . But nothing I can do now! I would have posted this on TheStudentRoom for obvious reasons but it's not working atm :S HELP ME TIBBERS FORGOT TO MENTION: I will be deferring my entry for every uni apart from Oxford [if I apply...] to gap it EDIT: Ohh I forgot to include my subjects/grades: GCSEs: 8As 3Bs :S A-level predictions: A*AABb |
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25-02-2009, 09:03 PM | #2 | ||
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Stick with what your good at. That's the best advice I can give you; the rest is down to you.
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25-02-2009, 09:06 PM | #3 | |||
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25-02-2009, 09:07 PM | #4 | ||
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I'm nearly 21 and i'm still unsure of what career i want to do. You're still young, don't rush into anything otherwise you could be half way through a course and end up quitting. There's too much pressure these days to decided what to do straight after school. My teachers used to get annoyed that i didnt know what i wanted to do like everyone else. I say ******* them.
Do you really wanna commit to something at this age when you'll be working till you're like 60?! I don't |
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25-02-2009, 09:09 PM | #5 | |||
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did you go to university? |
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25-02-2009, 09:09 PM | #6 | |||
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Natural duty.... Have kids, be a good mum and worship your man.
.. You dont need Oxford and all that, just leave that stuff to the men. |
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25-02-2009, 09:10 PM | #7 | |||
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Oh I just decided I quite like politics |
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25-02-2009, 09:11 PM | #8 | |||
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can't nobody hold us down
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Some people actually want a future these days~ |
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25-02-2009, 09:12 PM | #9 | ||
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I applied for a job straight out of school cos my parent were pressuring me to as i didn't know what i wanted to do at uni. With this job i went to college, as i had to! I've been doing this for nearly three years and i'm qualified in it but i hate it and i'm currently trying to decided what to do with my life! But there's loads of stuff i want to do, like maybe go travelling and stuff. I dont want to wait years before i do that and i don't want to take a break and do it half way through a degree, as i think i'd probs not want to go back to uni!
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25-02-2009, 09:15 PM | #10 | |||
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I couldn't decide what I wanted to do at uni after my A-levels so I took a year out to travel Europe and work out what I really wanted to do.
I came back and went to uni and had a good time and studied something that really interested me. |
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25-02-2009, 09:16 PM | #11 | |||
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Ooooo god Sia.
Im not sure i can help. All i know choices can be hard. |
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25-02-2009, 09:18 PM | #12 | |||
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-has a leaflet somewhere- |
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25-02-2009, 09:19 PM | #13 | |||
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25-02-2009, 09:21 PM | #14 | |||
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Join the Army! Sure they have a female army.....
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25-02-2009, 09:22 PM | #15 | ||
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25-02-2009, 09:23 PM | #16 | |||
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What did you do? |
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25-02-2009, 09:24 PM | #17 | |||
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Well i went to college, got my degree, now im thinkin of travelling for a few years or just workin anywhere, this way i always have the degree to fall back on!
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25-02-2009, 09:25 PM | #18 | |||
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25-02-2009, 09:25 PM | #19 | ||
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25-02-2009, 09:25 PM | #20 | |||
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25-02-2009, 09:28 PM | #21 | |||
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25-02-2009, 09:29 PM | #22 | |||
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25-02-2009, 09:33 PM | #23 | |||
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I'm just going to mess around with college courses until I find one I enjoy.
I'm doing Media now, and it's crap, so I'm going to change it at the end of the year (I'm only sticking to it now so I can get £30 a week EMA). The best thing about it though is that I was 15 when I left school, and almost everyone else in my year was 16. But yeah, you should just do whatever you enjoy most/are best at. |
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25-02-2009, 09:34 PM | #24 | ||
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Just get a full-time job, that way you know you're always going to get money.
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25-02-2009, 09:36 PM | #25 | |||
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I majored in English with Cultural Entrepreneurship as a minor. |
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