UNIVERSITY
THE PLACE WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR DEGREE AS WELL AS
GET A JOB STRAIGHT AFTER COMPLETING THEIR DEGREE, OR TO HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE WITH
FREEDOM FROM THEIR PARENTS. I'M PRETTY
SURE YOU GUYS GET THE WHAT I'M ON ABOUT.
AS I'M
APPLYING FOR UNIVERSITIES THIS YEAR I THOUGH IT WAS ONLY FAIR IF I GAVE SOME
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN ME OR IS IN THE SAME POSITION AS ME ON APPLYING
TO UNIVERSITY.
THE
THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT UNIVERSITY IS THAT IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO
GO, IT’S COMPLETELY FINE AND IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU LESS SMART THAN OTHERS THAT DO
GO, YOU HAVE TO DO YOU, IF YOUR HEART IS TELLING YOU ARE NOT SURE OR YOU’RE NOT
READY FOR UNIVERSITY LISTEN TO THAT, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOUR HEART
KNOWS YOU MORE THAN YOURSELF.
IF YOUR
PARENTS ARE UN-SUPPORTIVE WITH YOUR DECISION ON NOT GOING TO UNIVERSITY OR
BECAUSE YOU’RE TAKING A GAP YEAR, WELL TO BE HONEST YOU JUST NEED TO ACCEPT THE
FACT YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT YOUR HAPPINESS AT THE END OF THE DAY SINCE, YOU’LL
BE THE PERSON THAT’S GOING TO UNIVERSITY AND DOING A DEGREE, NOT YOUR PARENTS,
SO IF IT COMES TO THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO BLOCK THEM OUT OF THIS DECISION YOU
HAVE MADE FOR YOURSELF. AND THERE’S MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU ARE ON A GAP
YEAR SUCH AS WORKING FULL TIME SO YOU CAN SAVE UP MONEY FOR UNIVERSITY IN THE
FUTURE IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO; OR GO TRAVELLING TO EXPERIENCE NEW CULTURES BEFORE
YOU SETTLE DOWN, OR EVEN DO AN APPRENTICESHIP WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE YOU MORE
EMPLOYABLE OR OPEN UP MORE DOORS FOR YOU FOR YOUR FUTURE AND LASTLY YOU CAN DO
WORK EXPERIENCE FOR YOUR CHOSEN CAREER IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT;
BEFORE MAKING ANY FIRM DECISIONS ON TAKING IT UP AS A CAREER.
IF YOU
ARE JUST NOT SURE ABOUT GOING TO UNIVERSITY, THEN I SUGGEST YOU TO GO ON
UNIVERSITY OPEN DAYS FOR YOUR CHOSEN UNIVERSITIES AND COURSE, THEREFORE YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHETHER THE COURSE YOU WANT TO DO IS ACTUALLY A COURSE
YOU'LL BE INTERESTED ON TAKING ON AT AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE LEVEL. UNI OPEN
DAYS WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS TO CURRENT STUDENTS AT THE UNI
AS WELL AS THE PROFESSORS FOR YOUR COURSE, WHICH COULD GIVE YOU ANSWERS TO YOUR
CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR COURSE OR JUST UNIVERSITY IN GENERAL.
OPEN DAYS ALSO
ENABLES YOU TO HAVE A FEEL OF THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT, WHETHER YOU LIKE THE
UNIVERSITY OR NOT.THIS
REALLY HELPED ME AND COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS, SINCE THERE WAS MANY OF US THAT HAD
UNIVERSITIES THAT WE LIKED WHEN DID RESEARCH ONLINE, BUT WHEN WE WENT AND SAW
THESE UNIVERSITIES WE JUST Didn't FEEL AT 'HOME' OR WE JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE
UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MADE ME SURE NOT APPLY AT THAT SPECIFIC UNIVERSITY
AND MORE CAUTIOUS ON WHERE I WHERE I APPLY, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU
ARE THE ONE THAT’LL BE PAYING FOR TUTIONS FEES FOR 3-4 YEARS SO YOU'LL DEFINITELY NEED
A UNIVERSITY YOU LOVE TO BE IN. MAKE SURE YOU AS WELL AS DO RESEARCH ONLINE
ABOUT YOUR COURSE AND UNIVERSITIES TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION ON IF THAT’S THE
COURSE YOU WANT TO GO INTO.
THE
ADVICE I CAN GIVE TO THE PEOPLE THAT DO WANT TO GO UNIVERSITY IS, DON'T GIVE
UP, KEEP ON WORKING HARD, EVEN IF YOU DID PRETTY ALRIGHT IN YOUR AS-LEVELS
DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN BE LAZY NOW, IT JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER CHANCE TO WORK EVEN
HARDER THAN YOU DID LAST YEAR, AND I KNOW YOU ARE PROBABLY TIRED WITH EDUCATION
BUT TRUST ME IT’LL BE WORTH IT WHEN YOU GET INTO THE UNIVERSITY YOU WANT TO GET
IN AS WELL AS YOU WON’T EVER HAVE TO DO SIXTH FORM OR COLLEGE AGAIN IN YOUR
LIFE SO BE HAPPY!
AS WELL
AS MAKE SURE YOU NEVER THINK YOU SHOULDN’T APPLY TO A CERTAIN UNIVERSITY SIMPLY BECAUSE IT’S TOO ‘GOOD FOR YOU’ I’M DEFINITELY A HYPOCRITE AT THIS TO
BE HONEST, BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WAS TO AFRAID TO APPLY TO ANY
PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE I HAD THE FEAR OF GETTING REJECTED, UNTIL ONE
OF MY FRIENDS TOLD ME I WOULD BE AN IDIOT IF I DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO APPLY,
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY I WON'T GO IN MY LIFE AND LOOK BACK AND SAY 'WHAT
IF?' IF I DID APPLY AND I ACTUALLY GOT IN? SO I DECIDED I'M GOING TO TAKE RISK
AND APPLY AND IF I GET IN, I CELEBRATE AND IF NOT WELL THAN JUST SAY TO
YOURSELF 'IF IT WAS MEANT TO BE IT WOULD'VE BEEN', JUST LIVE BY THAT SAYING
GUYS.
IF YOU
GUYS ARE WONDERING IF YOU WILL HAVE A SOCIAL LIFE AT THIS POINT OF LIFE I'M
GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND THE TRUTH IS YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A SOCIAL
LIFE IS BECAUSE YOU'LL BE TO BUSY WITH SORTING STUFF OUT FOR UNIVERSITY, SUCH
AS REVISION, DEAD LINES AND APPLICATIONS, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY TIME TO THINK
ABOUT A SOCIAL LIFE.
AND
DON'T FORGET YOUR BEST FRIEND THIS YEAR, THE BISH CALLED UCAS SHE YOUR MAIN BAE
FOR THIS YEAR.
ANYWAYS
GUYS I HOPE MY ADVICE HELPED YOU GUYS, AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL
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