{"id":2884,"date":"2015-07-28T10:23:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:35:31","slug":"clearing-or-gap-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2015\/07\/28\/clearing-or-gap-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Clearing or gap year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Charlotte\"This time a year ago I had no idea what I was doing with my life. Sounds like typical over dramatic me, doesn’t it? I’d applied to university and was waiting for A-level results, so surely I was going to continue on that path – problem was I didn’t want to do that course any more. I was working a low paid, physically draining job and made the decision that I was going to stay there in September and try and work my way up. The only other option I could find at this point was an apprenticeship, which I researched, realising that I wasn’t happy to work for less than \u00a33 an hour. A wage decrease felt stupid. Then a few weeks later on results day, it got confirmed that both my first and insurance universities had declined me. I was pretty upset, I felt like I’d worked towards this for two years and to be rejected really hurt my ego.<\/p>\n

On reflection it was a blessing in disguise. It pushed me to look into other courses which I actually wanted to do, at different universities. That’s how I ended up studying Sociology<\/a> at Bournemouth! I\u00a0phoned them, told them my results and about my change of heart and they were supportive and reassuring. A month later I moved my things into halls and got ready for these new changes to feel real.<\/p>\n

First year was a roller coaster of ups and downs for me, I really missed home to start with and I found myself without a job for the first time since I was 16, but once all the background noise quietened down and I got stuck into my course, I knew I loved it. A year later and I’ve just got my confirmation letter that I passed everything this year and I’m all set for second year, something which a year ago I wouldn’t have imagined. For me, Bournemouth really was the right decision.<\/p>\n

By Charlotte Edwards Roscamp<\/strong><\/p>\n

Picture: Me and my sister enjoying Bournemouth Beach.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can find out more about Clearing on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This time a year ago I had no idea what I was doing with my life. Sounds like typical over dramatic me, doesn’t it? I’d applied to university and was waiting for A-level results, so surely I was going to continue on that path – problem was I didn’t want to do that course any… Read more » about Clearing or gap year?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1096,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1638],"tags":[877,130,48,434,214,69,40],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-undergraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-charlotte-edwards-roscamp","tag-clearing","tag-students","tag-uni"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1096"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13846,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions\/13846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}