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6th form or college?
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Where did you go after secondary school, 6th form, or college?
What's more fun, where can you meet people to do more crap, where are you more likely to encounter parties and stuff like that?
Basically, which is a better experience before you're 18 and doing that stuff closes in fast?
What's more fun, where can you meet people to do more crap, where are you more likely to encounter parties and stuff like that?
Basically, which is a better experience before you're 18 and doing that stuff closes in fast?
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After finding it too difficult, i dropped out after 3 months and enroled in a sixth form college....and didnt look back. Much prefered the more school-structured timetables and lessons....but you get the freedom and social side of a regular college.
Maybe this was just my college but id say go for sixth form unless you really think your ready to be very self reliant.
College is great though
Yeah, it is far too much like school. And we still have to follow all the rules...
my school didn't have a 6th form attatched to it so i went to a 6th form college.
Also, we HAVE to be in every morning or afternoon whether we have a lesson or not - meaning that on a Wednesday I have to hang around for 3 hours before I actually have a lesson to go to...
see i didn't have to do that.
warmed me up nicely for uni life!
i hated it but thats because i found it very cliquey no because of the structure of it
thats weird i went to a 6th form college and i found i had quite a bit of freedom. yes, they did a register but i'm glad otherwise i wouldn't have gone very often!
Same here - we're not even allowed to miss on elesson without the teacher having a go at us, asking us where we were last lesson...
Apart from studying and signing out, we're not allowed to do anything during our free lessons - which just sucks. (I don't always have any form of work of work to do, tbh)
We're also being forced to do one hour of fitness/sport each week, however there's a terrible selection (for girls anyway) of sports to take part in. And it's on a Wednesday afternoon, when I could actually be working...
Bear in mind also that reaching 18 does not necessarily mean you'll be finished with education. I left college at 18, and chose not to stay in education. I have never regretted that choice. I think after A-Levels, (or whatever you choose to do at 6th form/college) that a break from the education system is well-advised. This is entirely a personal view.
Some would say the best times come after 18, if/when you go to university.
Colleges aren't necessarily more social (that depends on the people, really) but they do often have a lot more students...including students doing courses other than A Levels which can make for interesting friends and - depending on your college - a variety of extra-curricular possibilities.
Both depend largely on the individual school or college, it's worth visiting a few different places if you're trying to make a decision.
I'm at college at the moment, glad I did and never looked back. Some of my friends went to our school 6th form, some like it but a lot wish they had left school and gone to college! 6th form is way too much like school and if you feel you don't want to be treated like a kid then I strongly recommend college. Unless of course the college is a dump and teachers can't be arsed. I've seen a few colleges like that and they seem to get away with being bad so much more easier than schools.
But yeah, if the college has a good rep. and you feel you are ready to leave school, then college is probably best for you:)
my sister however, commuted a good while further away to go to a 6th form collage, which was about the same size as our entire highschool!
6th form collages are probably better geared towards A-levels, and year 12/13 age group, which is probably a rather good thing. You also may find they have a larger variety of A-levels on offer too
but finally, the choice is entirely yours!
my school had been quite strict and so when went to college i kind of rebelled and became really lazy. i missed lots of classes and didnt do homework. although i did come out with good a-levels in the end i would have done even better at 6th form.
at college though i obviously had the chance to meet a LOT more boys and different types of people. i think it was character building and prepared me more for university because no one checks up on you there unlike at 6th form where you had to be there everyday from 9-4 unless you had a sick note.
:yes: Totally agree. I went to 6th form at my secondary school. I liked the fact that i knew the place and the teachers, and a lot of my friends stayed on too. We saw a different side to school in the 6th form, the teachers were much more laid back with us, treated us with maturity, and the very ones who we were scard of as little ones, would come down the pub with us and get drunk! Many fond memory, and i dont regret a second of it
Have you been for taster days with your school? Or to open days? Spend a bit of time in the available places in lessons and free time, most places have a 'vibe'. See if the people there already seem like a crowd you could 'belong' to. Look at the exam results and see where/what their students go on to do etc.
Don't panic. If you get it wrong and don't like it, it's not the end of the world and you could probably even transfer.
College/6th form is fun! :thumb: You'll meet new peeps, make new friends, I enjoyed it.
we don't, but there are rules as to what we can and can't wear.
Is it just me, or do the Heads of 6th form only chase up the attendance of people who get EMA? This is what I've found and I hate it - I keep getting letters saying that I won't be paid because I've missed tutorial all week or something - they should know by now that there's a morning and an afternoon when I don't come in because I'm somewhere else... (they don't seem to know this and I know that)