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Stay on school or 6th form college?
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What do you think is better? Both do the kind of courses I want to dol but I don't know what's going to be better for me in the long run *shrug*
Past experiences and advice people?
(I want to do A-Levels)
Past experiences and advice people?
(I want to do A-Levels) Post edited by JustV on
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In the end it's a personal choice. Do you want to stay with whats familiar or do you want a challenge? Where are your friends going? Is it going to be easier/harder to get to college compared to school? Do you need a change? You need to ask yourself all these questions but in the end the decision is yours
Good luck:)
Starting collage in Jan:) So we'll see the difference.
If you don't like school then don't carry on to 6th form @ school. But if you don't feel ready for college then I suppose you could leave it a year & then go back when you feel ready.
Either way the decision is a hard one & it's a big step/decision to be making @ 16.
.:Crispy:.
but yeh, even if my school did have a 6th form, id rather of gone to college - meet new people n all
The main problem with staying on at school is you've got all the Lower Years running around, so the teachers tend to treat you like old students as opposed to young adults.
However, from what I'm told, the 6th Form Colleges around me were pretty rough, like taking your funky, new, boy-racer, over-sized wheels and leaving your car stranded kinda rough.
Meh, they've both got good and bad points. I preferred to stay on because I knew the place and I wouldn't get lost.
I hated 6th form, cos they treated me like a kid again and i wasnt allowed out on free periods etc, college is a lot better, more relaxed, more freedom and the like.
But thats just me. Dunno bout you.
My friends who stayed at school also had a great time though so it really has to be a totally personal decision as to whether you feel ready for the change or not.
It's all well and good saying 'if you don't feel ready for college then stay on at school', but you can't do that when you go to uni. The way I see it, college is a bit of a stepping stone to uni, so you get the whole meeting new people and tutors, being in a new place thing, and you adjust to it, so you're better prepared for uni.
Also, like other people have said, you're much more likely to be treated as an adult. I find it a much more relaxed environment too - you take responsibility for yourself more than you do in school, and I imagine the comparisons would be similar with school sixth forms.
But perhaps I'm a little biased. And I never had the chance to go to a school sixth form, so it was always taken for granted that I'd be going to college.
From what I've heard from people who went to school sixth forms, I know where I'd rather be
Edited to add: Have you checked past results for the courses you want to do, and also the course content? That might help you decide, if you haven't.
that said, i LOVED it there. i stayed three years to do extra A levels i didn't really need cause i liked it so much.
the facilities were better than my school, the teachers were better, the people were nicer. there was a pleasant atmosphere there, friendly and relaxed, whereas my school had been rife with bullying and violence. we wore what we wanted. if we acted like young adults that is how we were treated.
Its a personal choice thing though. My cousin chose to go to college n is loving every minute of it.
Take time to consider ur options. DO what u feel is right.
you don't want to be hanging round with a load of 12 year old running about, you get more freedom, you grow up.
it's a good transition from school to the real world. a halfway point. my first two years at college were the best years of education i had. (the 3rd was a waste of time, but thats another story). i'm at uni now, and its already bettered school and college.
and don't worry about 'not getting as good a reference cos the etachers don't know you as well', because after 2/3 years, they will. the teachers there are people just the same, and staying on at school can restrict you a bit.
the idea of school might seem fine for after next summer, but think of still going there when you are nearly nineteen. it would have done my head in.
If I stay on at school I get:
If I go to 6th form I get:
I think I'm going to look into 6th form colleges and see if I like them. The problem is my parents are no help whatsoever and advise me to stay on at school because it's easier / more convenient. So I'll have to arrange open days for myself and things like that won't I
the problem i found was my school was really strict and i wouldn't be allowed to go out on my free-periods but at college i could do as i please. but i turned into such a slacker, i'd stay in bed all morning and only make a few of my classes a week. but then i spose thats just like uni, you have to be responsible there aswell so it did prepare me for that.
college gets my vote!
nope. college it is for me
ima be a big girl:D
Then you should think carefully before going to college. No one is going to run after you to make sure you get it done. You don't do it, tough.
College is better for me, but then I hated my school and most of the people. They stayed, I left. School has more regular hours - easier is you want to work part-time etc. THey also have common rooms but then I'm thinking 'ooh! kettle!' is not a good thing to base an educational decision upon.
The wanker ratio will undoubtedly be higher at college, depending upon where you go. You'll also meet some great people, it's just harder sometimes to get to know them properly if you have hugely different schedules. College days can be long, and very knackering. Tutorial times etc. are oftenlovingly placed on the one morning that you don't actually have to start at nine.
There are more students which always means longer waits and lots of message leavcing to ever get to talk to the person you want at times. It's more relaxed, which means you have to be more motivated. But then it all can depend on the school college itself.
Um, yes? Picking up the phone isn't difficult. It's your education, not your parents. Ultimately, your responsibility.
Yer sorry. I am a sla\cker. But work experience is definitly motivating me
The thing I've learnt is that I don't do coursework in subjects I'm not interested in very well. For example, humanities. But in maths and science I almost always complete it on time
I'm going to Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College's open day on 22nd november so yay me
I think the new start will be good for me - it's the idea that scares me. Hanging around at Leicester Uni everyone's cool here and like normal people. I don't know why but I think that everyone is always going to pick on ya and be really pedantic and just say how you keep doing things wrong. But it's not like that at all
It's gonna help me get over my shyness too :yes: I just hope I can get in!
Oh and if anyone knows anything about further maths plz tell me, cos... I wanna kno!