might have to take a gap year
ugh im so upset that this is my reality but it has been caused by my own actions.
I sat my year 13 mock exams and skipped one psych exam.
I cannot resit tht exam so now i am capped at a C for psych - meaning i cannot apply for pharmacy (all the unis i want r asking for AAB-ABB).
I'm so upset since i don't want to take a gap year - mainly cuz i feel like i'm going to be so bored.
Those who r taking a gap year, how's it going for you?
I sat my year 13 mock exams and skipped one psych exam.
I cannot resit tht exam so now i am capped at a C for psych - meaning i cannot apply for pharmacy (all the unis i want r asking for AAB-ABB).
I'm so upset since i don't want to take a gap year - mainly cuz i feel like i'm going to be so bored.
Those who r taking a gap year, how's it going for you?
Hi there,
Sorry to hear about your exams but there are a few options that you might want to consider - some universities offer foundation years for those who haven't quite reached their grades they need to enrol on their degree. You could apply for one of those which instead of a gap year would be an additional year at university and then be enrolled onto the pharmacy course that you would like - so potentially look into different universities offering this and see whether it might be an option for you.
If you do decide you'd like to take a gap year that might be a great option too, I personally know plenty of people who did a gap year before university and none of them were bored. Some got a part time job so they could answer money and spend leisure time doing their hobbies, others focused on studying to reapply for university the next year with a few more things on their CV like extracurricular projects they chosen that relate to the degree, and one did a supplementary work experience placement which then was helpful for re applying to university proving his passion in the subject.
Don't worry! You've got a big choice but there's lots of different options for you
hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
Sorry to hear about your exams but there are a few options that you might want to consider - some universities offer foundation years for those who haven't quite reached their grades they need to enrol on their degree. You could apply for one of those which instead of a gap year would be an additional year at university and then be enrolled onto the pharmacy course that you would like - so potentially look into different universities offering this and see whether it might be an option for you.
If you do decide you'd like to take a gap year that might be a great option too, I personally know plenty of people who did a gap year before university and none of them were bored. Some got a part time job so they could answer money and spend leisure time doing their hobbies, others focused on studying to reapply for university the next year with a few more things on their CV like extracurricular projects they chosen that relate to the degree, and one did a supplementary work experience placement which then was helpful for re applying to university proving his passion in the subject.
Don't worry! You've got a big choice but there's lots of different options for you
hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
Original post by limbobimbo
ugh im so upset that this is my reality but it has been caused by my own actions.
I sat my year 13 mock exams and skipped one psych exam.
I cannot resit tht exam so now i am capped at a C for psych - meaning i cannot apply for pharmacy (all the unis i want r asking for AAB-ABB).
I'm so upset since i don't want to take a gap year - mainly cuz i feel like i'm going to be so bored.
Those who r taking a gap year, how's it going for you?
I sat my year 13 mock exams and skipped one psych exam.
I cannot resit tht exam so now i am capped at a C for psych - meaning i cannot apply for pharmacy (all the unis i want r asking for AAB-ABB).
I'm so upset since i don't want to take a gap year - mainly cuz i feel like i'm going to be so bored.
Those who r taking a gap year, how's it going for you?
Hi, I took a Gap Year from June 2022 to October 2023, when I started university. During my Gap Year, I wasn't bored at all! And this is coming from someone who gets bored easily.
I ended up:
-Working at a tuition centre from July 2022.
-Meeting up with friends, seeing a friend once every few weeks.
-Meeting up with my boyfriend.
-Volunteering at a local charity shop from October 2022 to January 2023 (didn't suit me massively, working retail for free for several hours a week).
-Working at a local convenience store from October 2022, supplementing the pay from the tuition centre (I only had 7 hours of work a week up to that point).
-Working with a youth group at my old secondary school, which I'd been in when I was there, with the youth worker who ran it, from November 2022 to May/ June 2023.
-I got involved with writing social media posts for an online mental health awareness charity from December 2022.
-I started volunteering with my local food bank from about March/ April 2023.
-I got an online tutoring job for a few hours week alongside my two others, meaning I worked up to twenty hours a week and volunteered in two places, plus wrote in person and still had time to spend with my friends and boyfriend.
-Worked on writing generally.
-Emailed my MP about issues that matter to me (would recommend doing so) and signed petitions.
-Joined the Word Tonic copywriting community online.
-I spent time with my family, and my second niece was born in June 2023 🩷
-I started preparing, academically and practically, for uni in summer 2023.
I also went to therapy in this time: I started therapy in August 2022 that ended in October 2022, did in-person counselling from March to April 2023 (couldn't do normal counselling due to being adopted) and started online therapy again from August 2023 to November 2023. I also requested access to my adoption records in the spring and summer. I think I used Duolingo at some point, but it fell by the wayside. I got four pieces of writing published in September 2023, just before I started uni in October, in addition to all of this. It was a very busy but fulfilling period of my life!!!
Hope this helps! A Gap Year should be well-structured, and it should play to your strengths and interests. If you want to work in pharmacy, gaining work experience or volunteering experience that's even vaguely related is helpful. I have a friend going into it I can ask, if you'd like!
Gaining money through working is great, and even unrelated volunteering can give you transferable skills. Taking a Gap Year is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I couldn't recommend it more-so long as you're able to come up with a clear plan of what to do!
Best of luck,
L x
(edited 1 month ago)
Original post by Coventry University Student Ambassadors
Hi there,
Sorry to hear about your exams but there are a few options that you might want to consider - some universities offer foundation years for those who haven't quite reached their grades they need to enrol on their degree. You could apply for one of those which instead of a gap year would be an additional year at university and then be enrolled onto the pharmacy course that you would like - so potentially look into different universities offering this and see whether it might be an option for you.
If you do decide you'd like to take a gap year that might be a great option too, I personally know plenty of people who did a gap year before university and none of them were bored. Some got a part time job so they could answer money and spend leisure time doing their hobbies, others focused on studying to reapply for university the next year with a few more things on their CV like extracurricular projects they chosen that relate to the degree, and one did a supplementary work experience placement which then was helpful for re applying to university proving his passion in the subject.
Don't worry! You've got a big choice but there's lots of different options for you
hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
Sorry to hear about your exams but there are a few options that you might want to consider - some universities offer foundation years for those who haven't quite reached their grades they need to enrol on their degree. You could apply for one of those which instead of a gap year would be an additional year at university and then be enrolled onto the pharmacy course that you would like - so potentially look into different universities offering this and see whether it might be an option for you.
If you do decide you'd like to take a gap year that might be a great option too, I personally know plenty of people who did a gap year before university and none of them were bored. Some got a part time job so they could answer money and spend leisure time doing their hobbies, others focused on studying to reapply for university the next year with a few more things on their CV like extracurricular projects they chosen that relate to the degree, and one did a supplementary work experience placement which then was helpful for re applying to university proving his passion in the subject.
Don't worry! You've got a big choice but there's lots of different options for you
hope this helps
Amber
Coventry university student ambassador
Yes, i hope to get a job at a pharmacy during my gap year since I found my work experience quite fun + it's exp points
I'm not sure any unis that do foundation years for pharmacy tbf, at least in london.
I do know manny does it, but it's under contextual offers only and I don't apply xx
Original post by Heathersrocks
Hi, I took a Gap Year from June 2022 to October 2023, when I started university. During my Gap Year, I wasn't bored at all! And this is coming from someone who gets bored easily.
I ended up:
-Working at a tuition centre from July 2022.
-Meeting up with friends, seeing a friend once every few weeks.
-Meeting up with my boyfriend.
-Volunteering at a local charity shop from October 2022 to January 2023 (didn't suit me massively, working retail for free for several hours a week).
-Working at a local convenience store from October 2022, supplementing the pay from the tuition centre (I only had 7 hours of work a week up to that point).
-Working with a youth group at my old secondary school, which I'd been in when I was there, with the youth worker who ran it, from November 2022 to May/ June 2023.
-I got involved with writing social media posts for an online mental health awareness charity from December 2022.
-I started volunteering with my local food bank from about March/ April 2023.
-I got an online tutoring job for a few hours week alongside my two others, meaning I worked up to twenty hours a week and volunteered in two places, plus wrote in person and still had time to spend with my friends and boyfriend.
-Worked on writing generally.
-Emailed my MP about issues that matter to me (would recommend doing so) and signed petitions.
-Joined the Word Tonic copywriting community online.
-I spent time with my family, and my second niece was born in June 2023 🩷
-I started preparing, academically and practically, for uni in summer 2023.
I also went to therapy in this time: I started therapy in August 2022 that ended in October 2022, did in-person counselling from March to April 2023 (couldn't do normal counselling due to being adopted) and started online therapy again from August 2023 to November 2023. I also requested access to my adoption records in the spring and summer. I think I used Duolingo at some point, but it fell by the wayside. I got four pieces of writing published in September 2023, just before I started uni in October, in addition to all of this. It was a very busy but fulfilling period of my life!!!
Hope this helps! A Gap Year should be well-structured, and it should play to your strengths and interests. If you want to work in pharmacy, gaining work experience or volunteering experience that's even vaguely related is helpful. I have a friend going into it I can ask, if you'd like!
Gaining money through working is great, and even unrelated volunteering can give you transferable skills. Taking a Gap Year is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I couldn't recommend it more-so long as you're able to come up with a clear plan of what to do!
Best of luck,
L x
I ended up:
-Working at a tuition centre from July 2022.
-Meeting up with friends, seeing a friend once every few weeks.
-Meeting up with my boyfriend.
-Volunteering at a local charity shop from October 2022 to January 2023 (didn't suit me massively, working retail for free for several hours a week).
-Working at a local convenience store from October 2022, supplementing the pay from the tuition centre (I only had 7 hours of work a week up to that point).
-Working with a youth group at my old secondary school, which I'd been in when I was there, with the youth worker who ran it, from November 2022 to May/ June 2023.
-I got involved with writing social media posts for an online mental health awareness charity from December 2022.
-I started volunteering with my local food bank from about March/ April 2023.
-I got an online tutoring job for a few hours week alongside my two others, meaning I worked up to twenty hours a week and volunteered in two places, plus wrote in person and still had time to spend with my friends and boyfriend.
-Worked on writing generally.
-Emailed my MP about issues that matter to me (would recommend doing so) and signed petitions.
-Joined the Word Tonic copywriting community online.
-I spent time with my family, and my second niece was born in June 2023 🩷
-I started preparing, academically and practically, for uni in summer 2023.
I also went to therapy in this time: I started therapy in August 2022 that ended in October 2022, did in-person counselling from March to April 2023 (couldn't do normal counselling due to being adopted) and started online therapy again from August 2023 to November 2023. I also requested access to my adoption records in the spring and summer. I think I used Duolingo at some point, but it fell by the wayside. I got four pieces of writing published in September 2023, just before I started uni in October, in addition to all of this. It was a very busy but fulfilling period of my life!!!
Hope this helps! A Gap Year should be well-structured, and it should play to your strengths and interests. If you want to work in pharmacy, gaining work experience or volunteering experience that's even vaguely related is helpful. I have a friend going into it I can ask, if you'd like!
Gaining money through working is great, and even unrelated volunteering can give you transferable skills. Taking a Gap Year is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I couldn't recommend it more-so long as you're able to come up with a clear plan of what to do!
Best of luck,
L x
omg im so happy to hear how fun and activity filled ur year gap.
Hopefully mine will be the same as I do plan to get a job in a pharmacy or continue my tutoring job.
I'm just a bit scared since ik my friends will be in uni so i may be bored without my friends but I can always go out and meet new ppl ig.
Thanks xx
Original post by limbobimbo
omg im so happy to hear how fun and activity filled ur year gap.
Hopefully mine will be the same as I do plan to get a job in a pharmacy or continue my tutoring job.
I'm just a bit scared since ik my friends will be in uni so i may be bored without my friends but I can always go out and meet new ppl ig.
Thanks xx
Hopefully mine will be the same as I do plan to get a job in a pharmacy or continue my tutoring job.
I'm just a bit scared since ik my friends will be in uni so i may be bored without my friends but I can always go out and meet new ppl ig.
Thanks xx
That sounds like a good plan! And any volunteering you can do would help out with your local community, and look good on your CV! It could look like:
-Helping out at your local homeless shelter/ soup kitchen.
-Helping with a local garden.
-Reading to kids at your local library (providing it hasn't been shut down).
-Voluntarily tutoring (online or in person).
-Helping at your local food bank.
-Volunteering at a local charity shop.
I'd highly encourage doing a mix of working and volunteering. Helping others is such a meaningful way to spend your time, and you'll most likely meet new people in the process, as you've pointed out! Not to mention, if you're heading to uni afterwards, there'll be group chats you can join for your course!
I know the fear of missing out is very real. I felt a little excluded and lonely when some of my friends went off to uni. But two of them ended up doing a Gap Year, too, after chatting with me about mine and figuring out that it was the best path for them.
And I soon met others, not to mention I got myself super involved with everything I could! I think that's the best thing for it. Get a job, volunteer, get involved with your hobbies and interests, be proactive in meeting people, make the most of the time you have with your family while living at home (if you are moving away from home for uni, that is) as you'll miss them more than you know at uni, if you have a good relationship with them.
Making friends online can also help, if that's something you feel comfortable doing. For example, there might be a group for a video or tabletop game you're into on Discord or Instagram! Obviously be careful when talking to people you don't know online, but you never know! I have friends I've met online that I'm still friends with! You could also take up a new hobby-learn a new language, or play a new instrument! Money dependent, maybe, though.
It's up to you how you go about this, at the end if the day. But that's what I'd suggest, personally! As I stated above: taking a Gap Year is one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life, and I don't regret it at all. Without my Gap Year, I wouldn't have the tutoring experience I've got, some of the publication experience I have, the same social skills, the volunteering experience or some of the connections I've made. Going to therapy also helped me, although that was for personal reasons and not everybody wants or needs it, of course!
I hope, if you do end up doing a Gap Year, that it goes well, and keep us updated, if you're happy to! I'd love to hear how you get on, but completely understand the need for privacy and things. Regardless, best of luck!
If you have any questions about my Gap Year or about them in general, feel free to let me know!
L x
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