Year Out?

dunner :P

Okay, I know everyone is flat out talking about how great college will be next year. Just wondering is there much people like me taking a year out next year and working/travelling?

galwayman17..

dunner :P wrote: »

Okay, I know everyone is flat out talking about how great college will be next year. Just wondering is there much people like me taking a year out next year and working/travelling?

nah man im going to college, where drinking heavily and pulling 1 night stands are part of everyday life! it sounds magical!

i plan to do my work for the summer and then go to college. ae you going to go travelling? and if so, where to if you dont mind me asking!:p

LilMissCiara

I want to. I might but it will be staying at home and working! Can't afford to travel..!

It depends what course I get. I want to go to Scotland so if I don't get that course I'll take a year out and apply through UCAS again!

J_E

I'd love to go around Europe for a year but I'm worried it would just make me lazy, so I'm going to go to college.

xclw

I'm thinking about taking a year out to work and do a bit of travel, i'd love to work in fashion or clothes shops and then i'm thinking of getting an aupair job in france or spain and just doing stuff like that, i'd love to go to florida for a few months too

Dale Parish

May not even bother with college. Opening up a business on Wednesday after chemistry on Tuesday

NotExactly

LilMissCiara wrote: »

if I don't get that course I'll take a year out and apply through UCAS again!

If you do this i'd recommend doing some work experience in the area you plan on studying as experience will improve your chances of getting in next year. After going for two interviews in England I found experience to be very important.

LilMissCiara

NotExactly wrote: »

If you do this i'd recommend doing some work experience in the area you plan on studying as experience will improve your chances of getting in next year. After going for two interviews in England I found experience to be very important.

Wanting to do Maths which rarely has interviews (in any university AFAIK) but it is something I would do to get a feel for the different sectors and to decide if the actuarial finance sector is for me!

BmxNoob

Dale Parish wrote: »

May not even bother with college. Opening up a business on Wednesday after chemistry on Tuesday

Im becoming a Professional Golfer on thursday after economics on Wednesday !

dunner :P

[QUOTE are you going to go travelling? and if so, where to if you dont mind me asking!:p[/QUOTE]

I'm not going traveling, probably because I would never come back! Working for the year, it's all about the almighty dollar!:D

joshrogan

BmxNoob wrote: »

Im becoming a Professional Golfer on thursday after economics on Wednesday !

Unlucky man should have finished this Wednesday so you could've played in the US open :P.

flyaway.

I'm more than likely going to have to take a year out for health reasons... I don't really want to but there's not much I can do about it.

brian93

Planning on taking a year out after college.. if that doesn't happen because I manage to get a job straight away, I'll always have my 3 months holidays to travel.

Oh yeaaaaah :cool:

daniels.ducks

I'd love to defer my course, but my mammy won't let me. She reckons that I won't go back and then shows me examples of my cousins who took a year out and still aren't even back in Ireland after 10 years so I start to believe her.

J_E

brian93 wrote: »

Planning on taking a year out after college.. if that doesn't happen because I manage to get a job straight away, I'll always have my 3 months holidays to travel.

Oh yeaaaaah :cool:

Don't forget though, there is a chance they will ask you why you took a year off if you look to get a job after.

TanyaMay

I don't get what happens in regard to the CAO, if, you don't get your course this year, and decide to wait and reapply again next year. Is it as simple as that??

C__

BmxNoob wrote: »

Im becoming a Professional Golfer on thursday after economics on Wednesday !

Im hoping to become a semi-pro online poker player this summer

Violafy

LilMissCiara wrote: »

I want to. I might but it will be staying at home and working! Can't afford to travel..!

It depends what course I get. I want to go to Scotland so if I don't get that course I'll take a year out and apply through UCAS again!

Oooh where in Scotland? I have an offer from St Andrews, which is probably my first choice.

dunner :P

TanyaMay wrote: »

I don't get what happens in regard to the CAO, if, you don't get your course this year, and decide to wait and reapply again next year. Is it as simple as that??

I think thats how it works? If you dont get what you want this year, just apply again to the CAO next year

LilMissCiara

Violafy wrote: »

Oooh where in Scotland? I have an offer from St Andrews, which is probably my first choice.

Heriot Watts in Edinburgh.

To those wondering what to do with the CAO if you take a year out:
If you get the course you want you contact the university and ask can you defer your entry until the following year, if they agree then you need reapply to the CAO for next year and ONLY put down the course you got accepted in to and tick that you are a deferred applicant.

If you don't do that you will be up against everybody else next year.

LC2010HIS

I would love a year out to work.
But, repeating has eliminated that option, as it was a year out in a way.