What prep should school leavers do over Summer before uni?

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Reply 20

friendlyneutron

cookie monster

Maybe it's Medical School Application Groundhog Day?

*shudder*

Reply 21

MaryKay

I'm planning to work a little, holiday a bit more, catch up on back issues of New Scientist and Focus, read more books by Dr Tom Shakespeare, his humanity and integrity sing off the pages, hopefully pass driving test and sort out stuff to go to Uni, oh and a bit of on-line gaming as well. :wink:

Reply 22

Lecter

Connemara

*Excellent* ive been doing this for last 10 months! :biggrin:

Reply 23

michaela_banana

No, I'm with saffie, I'm so bored already and my last exam was only tuesday. I'm thinking cooking, knitting jumpers for cold winters up north, maybe some socialising, dressmaking, trying to improve my record/DVD collection, and spending far too much time on TSR. I'm in florida for 3 weeks splat bang in the middle so work is a no go. I reckon I'll be volunteering at the hospital, but boredom is going to be difficult to avoid.

Reply 24

cookie monster

michaela_banana

knitting jumpers for cold winters up north,

It's not really any colder than England up here. And if you need an emergency jumper, we have TKMaxx :wink:

Reply 25

Gizmo!

improve beer drinking capacity (if you drink).

Reply 26

joyabbott

Seriously, don't do anything 'academically' related!

Agree with what the others say, and also start a collection of fancy dress costumes!

Reply 27

Fluffy

That's top advice Joy! Can never have too many costumes! I've got a fairly healthy collection now :biggrin:

Reply 28

Saffie

joyabbott

Seriously, don't do anything 'academically' related!

Agree with what the others say, and also start a collection of fancy dress costumes!

hehehee. where do you get fancy dress costumes from? Preferably not really dodgy shops :wink:

Reply 29

RetiredAccount89

Fluffy

That's top advice Joy! Can never have too many costumes! I've got a fairly healthy collection now :biggrin:

mine is overflowing too. always did go in for fancy dress.
hell i have 6 hats alone.

Reply 30

michaela_banana

I've just spent this afternoon sorting out my jewellary collection - too take or not to take - my mother was very eager to get me to take things for fancy dress, so my collection can only further improve. The eye patch I got in my christmas cracker was the first thing to be kept.

cookie monster - I know it's not really that much cooler, but I do need new jumpers. I only have one which doesn't actually belong to the mother...

Reply 31

kiaora

prep work for uni in september - are you kidding? i'm off on holiday for 3 weeks, and then i'm doing no academic work whatsoever when i get back. since my last exam last monday, i've been in an alcoholic haze, and i will be really happy if over this summer i eventually forget how to write!

Reply 32

Helenia

Saffie

hehehee. where do you get fancy dress costumes from? Preferably not really dodgy shops :wink:

Charity shops! Just have a hunt and see what you can find (lots of it is horrible, mind)

Reply 33

Fluffy

Or pound shops! Saffie: Whitechapel High Street and Whitechapel Road is a vertiable feast of fancy dress opportunity!!! Also, there are some great costume shops in Bethnal Green and Liverpool Street too, and a trip up tp Angel is usually fruitful (some great ceapie shops and a Woolworths - kids dressing up kits a plenty!!)