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Ok..I'm coming up to my GCSEs this year and we're getting the whole lot about careers and unis and the rest of your life and I was wondering, what DID you want to do when you at my stage (or do you) and did you acheive this? What things changed? hopefully this is slightly more interesting than another random thread :rolleyes:
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To answer your question... I wanted to do a degree in English. So I am, at Leeds Uni. What do I want to do with it? Where to next? No idea. Hopefully a few years here will point me in the right direction.
Having said that... recently I've been loving the idea of doing an MA in something like Stage Management or Modern Theatre once I finish my main degree
But was far too lazy.
So ended up doing computer science.
I did an AGNVQ in Science, and buggered it up by doing sod all.
Then I did a BTEC ND in computing, which was much more interesting, I worked, managed top(ish) grades in it.
Now I'm at uni studying.
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So I quit, went back to do Business studies the year after, lasted a month and a half cos I was missing my fiance.
Anyway, that scuppered the idea of me teaching as I needed a degree. So I've been temping for just over ayear now, not really having a clue what I wanted and everyone wanting either degrees, or 16 year olds for jobs.
So in Spetember I'm going back to uni, to do something along the line of e-business, with the hope of eventually running my own internet business. Hopefully something a bit like this sort of site, but we'll have to wait and see. the other thought at the moment is to be an e-commerce analyst and have my own company doing that, but thats a few years down the line yet.
Likewise.
Sometimes i think more practical things like Hairdressing or Beauty Therapy would suit me better :chin:
I'm in my last year of my A Levels at the moment & I only decided what I wanted to do at Uni & as a career in the summer last year.
I went to Art college straight after my gcse's and did a BTEC in Graphic Design, and then I went to Uni and did a degree in it, which i finished last June
Leaving school at 16 worked out bloody well for me!
my mom always told me what a bad idea that was and all that woman power crap, so i said, ok, i'll live at home.
then she told me to go find that man.
but ever since 7th grade when we had to do some career crap, i've probably wanted to be everything. all from a cosmotologist to a chef to a lawyer to a teacher. i still don't know what i want to do ...
In the long run, I'm going to do Math at Uni (& have to decide which 1). I was thinking of becoming a Math teacher, but I may change my mind again before I finish my degree. I've thought of loads of different options before, but gone off them all eventually.
Don't worry to much about it.
Then went to colledge and did advanced buisiness studies, (wanted to do pr and advertising)
Then got job in an advertising and sales company which was ok but got itchy feet and tried my hand at being an estate agent then worked for seaboard and realised i hated working in offices, then went back to pub work and agency nursing till i found inspiration and am now at uni doing my rgn! and as for life plan i want kids!
I have so many friends who went to university staight from a levels. some got thier degrees, quite a few changed courses a couple of times, but i don't think i know more than two who are compleatly happy with their choice.
I think you should just do what ever subjects you enjoy and try not to think about the future too much, especially if you have no idea what you want. but what ever you do all the best with it:D
Ooh...good luck with that one. I hope you're exceptionally good at maths....then again I was predicted an 1 for a levels maths and only through carelessness didn't get it....hmm...maybe I was just lazy at uni and that's why I struggled and gave up. Just a warning...maths degree's aren't for the faint hearted and those who like to party constantly.
However, that didn't work out. Come September, I'll be reading medicine at UCL
Beyond that, no clue then and very little now........