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Thank You for your reply PyschiatricEnigma. I am really sorry you are having a hard time with your parents. You should give yourself some credit for actually putting things into action. All I ever done from 2008 after doing one term of college to beginning of 2009 was get the prospectus each year and obsess about what courses I could do but never brought myself to actually do anything about it. When you applied ok it didn’t go as you want it to but that’s never a waste. People keep telling me this; even if you think you failed at something really it’s never a waste. I am not saying that’s the impression I got from you or that’s what happen for you, as you didn’t fail. You can always take something from things whether it’s how not to do things next time or finding out that actually you are not suited to this or it’s really not something for you. So you are then able to better understand yourself form what may seem like set back. I hope things work out for you in mean time. Taking it you mean you are reapplying for the course you wanted to do for September 2013 instead of the September coming up. Did the college advise you on other courses you could do instead and may be still get the points you need for university? Would it be possible for you when you do the course to live in hall of residence?
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Thanks for the reply. The thing with my parents, I'm not sure they've been threatening it every few months, at varying levels of seriousness but since they've decided to attempt to move to Leeds, if all goes well, I'll be going with them anyway. I did want to go and do A-levels but the only college around here doesn't let people aged 19+ do them only 16-18 year olds and there's no way in hell I can afford paying hundreds to do them via distance learning/online learning, but for older students I learnt Access is a better route for getting into uni since it's only one year (as opposed to two years), they're accepted by most unis and they are designed to help people get studying again up to pre-university level, so I don't want to do any other course tbh.
I actually used to spend quite a bit of time reading university prospectuses in the library, deciding where to go. I'm eventually hoping to get into a good university in a city/town I like, like maybe Liverpool, Manchester or Leeds (very ambitious since I only have average GCSEs and stuff lol but its worth a try right? Only will cost a couple of quid on a UCAS form and 3 choice slots). Depending on where I am in September this year, I'll be re-applying to do the Access course for Sept 2013, yeah, and hopefully get into 2014 entry for uni. When I'm 21 going on 22... lol.
As for Halls of Residence. At college, can you even get them at college? If/when I get to uni I am hoping to go in Halls, though. Preferably in a Mature Students hall since some unis try to put people with people their own age. I am not worried about the "debt" or whatever since the student loan won't have to be paid back until you're on over 21k p/a and it's only a small percentage. A lot of people make out uni debt to be something that it's not, well not the student loan debt anyway, 50% of the reason I want to go is the experience and to get away for a while and another 50% of the reason is getting a degree is becoming more of a requirement these days anyway.
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Although I am 19 at moment I would be 20 by this September (arr so old or that’s how it seems/ feels for myself) I really should have by now finished or near finishing university if I followed all my other peers from leaving school in 2008. I don’t really have a plan to go to university. I only really wanted to go back to college so I can lessen the stress of finding near enough full time work. I just had an interview for weekend work and well my interview picked up on my anxiety and out right asked me how I honestly expected to work there at weekend and cope. So I said I was sorry and hope she didn’t mind that I went for the interview but couldn’t take it further. Luckily she was ok about it but that doesn’t help me. So I was hoping college would take the pressure off and enable me to learn something that has interest to me as well. May be this would help me lessen the anxiety and get some more confidence in that environment instead of working environment. Working has so far wiped away what little confidence I had left. However of course doing A levels doesn’t necessarily help me in regards to bettering my chances of employment. However it always leaves the door open for higher education in future if I get good grades. Maybe if I did get to doing A levels I would have a better idea once started them as to whether carrying on in education is the route for me. To be honesty I have no idea if I will apply for this September of next although I would ideally like to go back this year as it would help get my brain thinking about other things. I don’t have any idea really as to if things will still be the same next month or if things will finally start to get back on right track. I wish I was able to say, this will happen on this day like this and then that happen on so and so day. If only life was as simple as that lol. Only time will tell. Thank You once again and wish you all the best.
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Don't worry about age in all honesty, even if you want to go to uni. Most of the people in my year that went to uni will be entering their second year, and it's weird to feel really left behind and stuff, but after school nobody really cares about age as much, and lots of older students go to college and uni, not to mention most workplaces are mixed age. I have this anxiety too, but I do try not to care, since at the end of the day it's only us that would make an issue of our ages, not the youngsters. A-levels may help you more than you think, some apprentice schemes want people with A-levels (as opposed to just GCSEs) and you have to work fairly hard to do well at A-level, and it's good to have university options open for the future. It's better to be at college doing something than being unemployed and lying in bed all day. I am in that position at the moment. I think, you should totally go for it. I don't think you'll have any financial worries since when you're under 25 you can get your first Level 3 qualification for free or if you're on the dole at any age.. something a lot of people seem to be unaware of.
Good luck deciding what to do, although I think you should go for it as I said. Why not? x