by Anthony Broderick
When the time for exam results arrives how do you cope?
We all know that panicked feeling you get just before exam results day, the classic signs of struggling to sleep, worrying about the future and being scared of letting people down, but who says those few examined hours have to govern your future? Should things not go to plan there are many avenues you can go down.
If you still want to go to University you can simply go through clearing, take a gap year and re-take or see if that particular University will accept you on a foundation or different course. But whatever happens remember all is not lost. Clearing means that you could perhaps still go to your First Choice University, only to do a different course.
Or maybe you will choose tog o to a different University, either way you should look upon this asan opportunity rather than a failure. It is very important also at this time to check your actual marks from each module as firstly mistakes can be made, but also if you are very close to getting your grade requirements, as in a few UMS off then you may still be accepted into your first choice.
In this case ring their admissions office immediately, and although it will be busy- keep trying. If you have your heart set on a specific place though you may want to consider taking a Gap Year and gaining experience in travel, work and of course the opportunity to do January re-takes if necessary. Even if you were to take a Gap Year and merely spend it working in the pub down the road then you have enhanced your inter-personal skills, have had the chance to gain more responsibility as well as enhancing your CV.
University isn’t for everyone though, so if your exam results have knocked you off a particular training programme or scheme, just remember that the world is a big place and the opportunities actually are endless! You are only 18, no-one has to decide what they want from their life and career before it has even started!
So explore every possible avenue, for a snap-shot of endless amounts of careers look at www.pods4jobs.com it is a new careers website that allows for you to see an insight into the way of the working world.
It offers not only an honest insight into the pros and cons of many jobs but it also highlights the fact that many successful people in careers come from that of only a compulsory education, and they will tell you themselves; exam results do not mean everything