Gap Year - What are you doing?

aah cool tell me about it, a toddler could do this stuff...

UCL...pleaseGodplease

I have the final assessment day in January. Any advice? Whats it like working there? Which office you at? ETC.

aah cool tell me about it, a toddler could do this stuff...

UCL...pleaseGodplease

lol this really is mad - I've already got my unconditional offer at UCL! Guna be mental living in London! Don't know anyone who's going - apart from you if you get in (fingers crossed) lol x

Final Assessment day? Not sure what you're talking about. I just applied for a 6 month contract thing . It's not like a scholars scheme but its for gap yearers. London office! 2NSS!

It's got its benefits working here but I couldn't take it right now for more than 6 months.. and the main reason is, is because you're not allowed to listen to music LOL. It's just kinda quiet you hear keyboards tapping odd people on the phone. People here are awesome though, and you get free hot chocolate and twinings tea...yayyy. and cheap fruit!

Scholars is only for 7 months mind you. But yeah, its scholars I'm applying for. Assessment day 14th January Feeling confident about my interview technique now after getting past the first one

lol this really is mad - I've already got my unconditional offer at UCL! Guna be mental living in London! Don't know anyone who's going - apart from you if you get in (fingers crossed) lol x

Ah right I applied far too late for the scholars scheme. When I had my interview invite places filled ups o I never did it. Luckily I got this weird kinda fake scholar like scheme thing anyways in the Tax department. They just need help as tax returns pile on as the deadline closes in so they hire minions like us to do it! Woo!

Good luck with your interview anyhows. What sector and where are oyu appliyng?

Southampton Office. Really didn't want to have to move to London cos of the cost. Applying for audit

I am

Oh, gap year! I started mine at the end of July, spent 14 weeks working in France in a hotel. Got home at the end of October and have literally been doing nothing since. Am going to Berlin in January, Hong Kong for a fortnight at the end of February and planning some trips to Spain, France and Italy in between. Then I'm going back to my part time job in Tesco at the start of April until uni begins in September.

BAD MAN. London = higher salary though.

Not so much higher that it would be worth it though. I could either be on £14k i think it is and live at home on a rent of £15 per week. Or earn a little bit more on a rent of probably £200 a week or more

That's pretty awesome! A lot more interesting than what I've been doing! If I don't get the chance to travel before uni I'm just guna go afterwards! I can pick up some companions at uni lol and It's all groovy then! Have you applied for your accommodation yet? I've read on a couple of threads that some people have! x

Ah right yeah if you can get to soton and live at home do it. I'm renting in london and it takes 1/3 of my salary! Wait, your parents are charging you to live at home? XD lmao. at least it's small. My rent is 110 a week.

Just wondering what everyone else who's on a gap year is doing?

going to university

******* commies

It sounds more awesome than it feels at the moment! Travelling after uni sounds a good idea. I'm doing all this on my own at the moment, since all my friends are at uni, so perhaps after uni I could do it again with people this time! I've filled in my accommodation application form so it's just waiting to be posted now. No real need to rush though, it isn't first come, first served.