To the future
In the next couple of weeks I'm going to make a final decision on University courses, although I think I've mostly come to that decision now.
I've spent the last couple of weeks deciding whether to study History or International Relations. History had been my choice for a couple of years, but I recently went to a few international relations lectures, and I do, if all goes very well, want to one day work in international law or something of that sort. But history's my passion (plus I do love showing off a vague historical knowledge when some sort of historical event comes up in family discussions/debates/argument) so I'm probably going to apply for straight History at two universities, and History and International relations at two, and I'm undecided on my fifth.
I did think about Law for quite a long time over the summer, but I can do a postgraduate Law conversion, if I decide that's what I really want to do, and history is competitive, but compared to Law, it's not so hard to get into.
I'm undecided on whether to take a gap year or not, I would've loved to, and I had a couple of plans, but all my friends who are a year older than me have left for University in the last couple of weeks, and it's just made me realise how much I can't wait to be in that position. I think it would kill me if my friends, the ones who are my age, were going to University and I was going to wait another year, even if it would be an amazing year. Plus I'm probably going to do a year abroad at University anyway, and the two of my cousins who took gap-like years, both did it after graduating, and they said that they felt better- safer, more experienced- doing it at 21/22 than they would've at 18.
I am however, probably going back to Moldova again this year, which will make up for the lack of gap year.
It's very weird, finally getting close to sending off my application. I'm not sure exactly when I'm going to send it, guyfriend, Claire, three others from my year have to have all their application details sorted out in school by Thursday, because they're applying to Oxbridge or Medicine. But then I'm ready to get my stuff sorted, because I am one of the few people in my year who knows where they're applying, and what for. I've already done most of it, I just need to sort out my references.
It's so, so weird. I can't believe I'm at this stage in my life, the last few years have been a blur.
In the mean time, I need to finish my English coursework, or my teacher is going to murder me before I can even send off my application.
I've spent the last couple of weeks deciding whether to study History or International Relations. History had been my choice for a couple of years, but I recently went to a few international relations lectures, and I do, if all goes very well, want to one day work in international law or something of that sort. But history's my passion (plus I do love showing off a vague historical knowledge when some sort of historical event comes up in family discussions/debates/argument) so I'm probably going to apply for straight History at two universities, and History and International relations at two, and I'm undecided on my fifth.
I did think about Law for quite a long time over the summer, but I can do a postgraduate Law conversion, if I decide that's what I really want to do, and history is competitive, but compared to Law, it's not so hard to get into.
I'm undecided on whether to take a gap year or not, I would've loved to, and I had a couple of plans, but all my friends who are a year older than me have left for University in the last couple of weeks, and it's just made me realise how much I can't wait to be in that position. I think it would kill me if my friends, the ones who are my age, were going to University and I was going to wait another year, even if it would be an amazing year. Plus I'm probably going to do a year abroad at University anyway, and the two of my cousins who took gap-like years, both did it after graduating, and they said that they felt better- safer, more experienced- doing it at 21/22 than they would've at 18.
I am however, probably going back to Moldova again this year, which will make up for the lack of gap year.
It's very weird, finally getting close to sending off my application. I'm not sure exactly when I'm going to send it, guyfriend, Claire, three others from my year have to have all their application details sorted out in school by Thursday, because they're applying to Oxbridge or Medicine. But then I'm ready to get my stuff sorted, because I am one of the few people in my year who knows where they're applying, and what for. I've already done most of it, I just need to sort out my references.
It's so, so weird. I can't believe I'm at this stage in my life, the last few years have been a blur.
In the mean time, I need to finish my English coursework, or my teacher is going to murder me before I can even send off my application.