A-levels and stuff for slightly-mature students

[Piemonte]

To be fair it took me longer than SY to sort myself out with a job etc after leaving college

[mexico red]

try an access course, they are a piece of piss and qualify you for uni,plus they are only a year long, i did a multimedia one, was a doddle, then got into uni to do media studies.

[Dazzza]

I left for Uni at 21 so I was a proper mature student, having worked full time for a couple of years I found the whole affair a piece of piss.

Few hours a day and you will cruise it.

[Simon Pieman]

pick an easy course - my simple advice, heed the warning. uni is easier than A-Levels though

[mrs_spacey]

cool!

i'd recommend doing 2 a levels - possibly in english and something else like a language or humanity (definitely not media studies, film studies, art, sports studies  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick  drama etc) then you can have time to do some extra stuff like photography without the extra exam pressure

Unless you are really into the idea don't bother with "uni" its a waste of time and money...

[sonicyouth]

I think 2 a-levels is the maximum my laziness will cope with, so that's sorted and why can't I do film studies, I want to be the next Martin Scorsese  

[mrs_spacey]

because its not a proper a level

how about economics?

maths?

history?

geography?

[sonicyouth]

i can't count  

geography makes me want to cry with boredom. history fair enough. i'm not going to study, i want something that will get me a job of some kind. something i'm interested in.

[mrs_spacey]

film studies = a job in blockbuster!

[sonicyouth]

that'll do me!

[Onion_Jimbo]

avoid economics like the plague unless you are super clever. I did it and sat there for 2 years like this  :shock: . I struggled because im lazy and it was more boring than 20,000 aids injections to the face. I got an E  :arrow:    :!:

[Simon Pieman]

avoid economics like the plague unless you are super clever. I did it and sat there for 2 years like this  :shock: . I struggled because im lazy and it was more boring than 20,000 aids injections to the face. I got an E  :arrow:    :!:

The economics units i did in the first year were stupidly difficult. Not touching anything like that again (by choice anyway). Avoid maths as well, unless you are willing to put the effort in  :roll:

[Asher]

From a total personal view here I dont believe in qualifications etc.  Someone once said to me (and i think its a famous quote) that everyone in life gets opportunities in life, its what you do with them.

Personally I fucked up school due to not working and being more interested in scams etc..then got moved to london didnt know anyone and finished my three years with A's in Business Studies, Accountancy and Busienss Law.  I then got offered a job that I would have wanted after uni so bombed off my course and worked.  From here ive been very lucky.

On the other hand it can work very well for peoiple.  I ahve mates at uni who have excelled and found employment after.  I also have mates who after uni took jobs on less wage then I was on after college.  Monies not everythging but if you think uni will suit you go for it.  Just think carefully about what course you want.  Sometimes I wish I had gone and at other times im glad I didnt

[McLovin]

Economics A-Level was a piece of piss!
As was History and I.T.

I sometimes wish i'd gone to Uni also.

[Piemonte]

Economics A levels wasnt that hard.

I got a D with 70% lecture attendance and virtually no revision. might have been better if a question that i didnt know anything about hadnt have come up in the final exams.

I must of been having a  :doobie  when i was supposed to be taught that bit