Current Year 13 Thread (2013/14) - Mark I

Getting close to finishing but it's a tad early to send it off now, is it not? I'll probably still send mine in around early October. You?


& was anybody else at Bristol today? (Other than Robbie.)

Do any of you know how recent the data on 'Which? University" is?

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I'm guessing fairly recent as it's a well known website, never really thought about it but that's a good point


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Does anyone on here have a part time job?

I've worked in a garage on a Saturday for 3 hours since I was 14. I also do maybe 15 - 20 hours there a week in holiday time. I used to work in a hotel as a waiter for about 10 hours a week during term time mostly on school days! It was far too much for me especially because of the £4/ hour wage rate, long journeys, late (very) nights, early mornings and frankly cruel working conditions especially if I was there all day on a weekend say, you'd have thought having a restaurant they'd provide food? I just couldn't do school work at the same time so I left.

I also volunteer at my local theatre/ community centre and at a Cub Scout troop, but that's not too many hours a week and it's lots of fun, I do the lights at the theatre and when no one else is, the sound as well. :-)


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Brstiol 2k13 swagtastic.

I'm joking, but its seriously a great uni with leading academics. Only downside is things felt a bit separated and there are LOTS OF HILLS, but the Maths department was great and the 'Why Bristol?' talk was reassuring given my GCSEs. And also helpful links to admissions statements etc/what Bristol want. Maths is actually a bit competitive, with Fmaths I automatically get an AAA offer and with STEP I get an AAB offer

Yeah, I am definitely applying to Bristol now. FWIW, I live 20 mins from Warwick and went to the Open Day as well. I would say, yes, it is pretty isolated; the nearest city is Coventry and to be honest it's not a particularly nice one. It's very much a campus university - everything is in one place. You may like it, or you may not. I wasn't sure but I thought it felt a little bit insular to be honest, but it depends on your personal preferences.

Where else are you applying to?

So would you say Bristol is better than Warwick as a place?

Cambs, LSE, UCL and Bath probably, what about you?

Nope. But I'm trying to obtain one. Having applied to Waterstones 10 times with no luck I'm going to expand my search . I don't think I can handle McDonalds (which seems to reel in all the students I know!) but I'm trying other places.
I'm redoing my CV now which I'll hand into a local woman's clothing store. If I have no luck there, I'll return to training at the Hospice and start volounteering at the Charity Store. I need a job. Currently my bills are subsidized partially, by social services, but I'm fastly approaching 18 but part time jobs seem to be scarce!

Edit: u're a very busy bunny how did u get ur first job?

You do the sound and lights? I love doing them, only ever done them for school productions and things though. I'd love to do them in a theatre properly more regularly, I can't unless I get a 40 minute bus journey each time though (which I could do, but I haven't got the time and I don't think they'd let me anyway!)

Yeah getting a job can be hard. Fortunately for me I live in a stereotypical old people's village so cheap young labour is hard to come by for employers here. I got my first job just by asking if he (the owner) needed any help and luckily he did, so score

I think volunteering even though it might seem useless as it's unpaid can boost a CV so go for it if nothing else.
It's not like a big theatre, just a few hundred seats and there are only maybe 4 - 6 big shows each year that I do. The pantomime being the biggest, the whole village tries to book it every year and we have to turn hundreds of people down every year even when doing 6+ shows. My favourite thing about it is designing the lighting for shows, it can really set a mood. Takes hours and hours and hours though.

Apart from that there's a fortnightly film showing although it's a few months behind the main cinemas so I get to watch a free film every fortnight then concerts mainly apart from that.

I always thought it'd be amazing to work West End or a really big theatre, but it actually sounds really dull as you do the same show tons of times in a row and you can't design or tweak anything and it's all done with one single cue button, so there's an advantage to doing school things like you do and being at a small theatre like me

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I guess, at least we get to control what we do- if we press 'bounce' then the lights go on and off and we can change things as we go along according to what we feel like doing (to a certain extent anyway!). At school it's mostly the sound system for concerts and big assemblies and things, and then there's more time spent setting everything up than actually using it

There are sometimes plays though, I know there's definitely one big one coming up that we're going out to a theatre to do so that should be good, you never know they might offer me a job!


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It's always the way that it takes longer to set up than anything else.
Why don't you ask for some work experience? I'm sure they'd love to have someone else do stuff for them

No she is a very good teacher ?? Have i typed something wrong somewhere I've been doing that alot recently

I hate the lessons, want to change to Spanish!

And biomedical chemistry I think, added to chemistry and physics

pretty much just need:

A perfect reference

A good set of predicted grades

and to smash my interview

= Offer from all 5 universities tbh

Don't think Cambz will be that easy, ngl

Oh right, I actually don't know, maybe I read it wrong

Why did you take it? Haha can you swap it?

Well that's not too bad actually

My reference should back up why I got poor ums with contextual data along with suitability for the course + self study I've undertaken, all of this considered my ums is actually quite nice.

So I would just need a perfect interview to get in if you think about it