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To take a year out or not??

  • 05-07-2011 9:38am
    #1
    bad_daze
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭


    Hey guys,just wondering if you think it would be a good idea to take a year out,and sort out what I really want to do.I have languages literature and film(UL) as my first choice atm-it looks good but i'm not sure if i'm 100% eager to do it...I really wanted to do a performing arts course,but the applications for those closed in february or something,so I kinda missed out:P
    So yeah,should I take some time to figure out what I wanna do?Or is a year too long to wait??
    Thanks a mill!
    Soph :)


Comments

  • #2
    LilMissCiara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭LilMissCiara


    If you are having doubts about whether or not you're going to love this course, and you really need to love something to stick at it, then I'd take a year out. Make sure you come back though because it's so easy to leave it for just another year!


  • #3
    teenagedream
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭teenagedream


    Better to take a year out and earn a bit of money then to drop out and end up paying full fees.


  • #4
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    As a word of warning
    I took a year out

    Then another.. then another... and im now 24


  • #5
    Grindylow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,919 ✭✭✭Grindylow


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    As a word of warning
    I took a year out

    Then another.. then another... and im now 24

    You finished school at 21? buzz


  • #6
    bad_daze
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭bad_daze


    Thanks guys,you're all really helpful!!Thing about me though is,I definitely definitely 100% want to go to college,I can't wait!And i'll feel lazy if I don't work or don't do a course or something in the year out too:PI just want to be sure i'm doing the right course,so i'm not wasting time.:)But a year seems like so much time to wait!!:L


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  • #7
    Gav77
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭Gav77


    not


  • #8
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,234 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Remember, in many colleges you can do an Erasmus year in 3rd year and get to improve your language of choice that way.


  • #9
    Irishchick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Irishchick


    If your unsure then take a year out. Who cares if you end up taking 2 more? I went back to college at 23 and its the same as when I went at 18.

    Even if you dont want to go then so what? college isnt for everyone. Some people are happy with a good job. Like I said no matter what you decide you can always go back.


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