[sweetiepie82]

Hiya

You're all amazing on here; I've had loads of advice from so many of you & you've all helped in so, so many different ways

I have, yet, another question
Basically it's as the title suggests: Which college (in case any of you have studied/are studying there) & course (subject-wise) do you think I will benefit most from & will ultimately help me in achieving my (challenging) goal of reading history at a good uni?

I've spent hours and hours researching the colleges I have applied to Luckily, I have picked 3 outstanding colleges, 1 good college & 2 satisfactory colleges I'm obviously hoping for one of the first 3. They are (with course specification -if known), in order:

Deeside:
- English
- Geography
- History
- Communication
- Information Technology
- Numeracy

Riverside:
Unknown However, I think it combines History & English

West Cheshire:
No information at all as of yet

Liverpool Community College:
- Religious Studies
- English
- History

Wirral Met:
- English Literature
- History
- Environmental Studies
- Business Studies
- Sociology
- Psychology
(You can pick your own subjects from above)

St Helen's:
- History
- Theology
- English Literature

The thing that I'm most disappointed about is that I would love to study Theology but this college really is an underperformer when it comes to level 3 grades achieved & adult courses

Any advice would be most greatly received

I'd love to know if anyone has studied at any of the above colleges, if you've studied any of the subjects & your thoughts in general

Thanks for reading this

Look forward to your opinions.

Jo x

Just to explain... The order of these colleges incorporates lots of things; the achieved grades of students & the college as a whole - at level 3 - compared to national average, ofsted reports, reviews online & distance from my house.
If anyone feels that there are discrepancies then please do let me know, it's just what I have found online

[pheonix65]

If you want to study theology dont let ratings persuade u uthawise. There is huge emphasis on independent learning on an access course, u get out what you put in, ur very much in control of ur own learning to a degree and its that which seperates us from rest of college population who may be taking alevels.

It is for this reason that rankings dont mean all too much for access students

[amyrose1991]

I'm studying my GCSEs at Liverpool Community College, currently taking Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths. Next year I'm staying on the Access course to Science, which includes Biology, Chemistry and Physics. They're quite picky on letting students take three subjects, unless you are already in the college. However, it's a really good college with a great community.

[Soule]

What period of history are you interested in? What history period does the Access courses cover, on mine we have covered Victorian period and that is it. So perhaps the next step would be to research what areas of history they study, and match it with your own interest, and chosen degree course.

I am guessing you are listing some level 2 subjects at the chosen colleges above. On mine we had 6 level 3 options, and 4 level 2 options. IT is a compulsory level 2, along with communications.