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Moving to a new city for A-Levels.

So I live in the West of England in a small (60,00-70,000 population) city which is extremely rural. Anyway, it looks likely that I will be moving away from the area once I've completed my GCSE's in the summer. I'll probably be moving to Bristol or a surrounding town.

The area in which I live is somewhere I feel comfortable in but I'm willing to move as there's nothing to keep me here anymore. I'm slightly nervous about the whole situation as it will mean complete upheaval to a city that's 2 hours from where I currently live.

Have any of you had to move to a new city for GCSE's? Were colleges okay with late summer applications and did you struggle to adapt to a completely new environment?

Do you have any advice or tips on my situation?
Sorry you've not had any responses about this. :frown: Are you sure you’ve posted in the right place? Posting in the specific Study Help forum should help get responses. :redface:

I'm going to quote in Puddles the Monkey now so she can move your thread to the right place if it's needed. :h: :yy:

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Hello :smile:

I moved from Coventry to Reading for Sixth Form, 2 hours distance similar to you.

It is a good idea to way up the pro's and con's of moving, here are some from my experience:

+ New Friends, New Env, so you get experience of meeting people and experiencing new surroundings
+ Possibly better teaching prospects? (This was not the case for me)
+ May be more attractive to uni's because you differentiate yourself from others

- Many people already have their friends groups (Even at a college where people are from all schools, but because they know of each other they become friends) therefore it can be difficult to integrate into a new City at this stage.
- The jump to A levels is huge...yes everyone is telling you but it truly is and you'll be shocked so adding to that pressure, with an insecure environment.
- Going into the unknown, I moved to a college knowing nothing except what their website told me (could be biased) and so may not be what you expect


For me: I spent too much time trying to make friends and socialising in AS that it resulting in me getting CCDD when I was predicted AAAA from my GCSE's
Now i'm in A2 and I feel a lot more stable and am focusing more on my revision.
I miss my old city a lot and the friendships I had there.
But I am glad that I have had a different experience and met new people and had the opportunity to go to college, which prepares you more for uni.


Try to make a clever decision :smile: Really think about it and good luck!

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