college or sixth form

[Gina]

hiii so i went back to school yday after work experience and the talk of my class was lit bout colleges and whatev because one of the nearby colleges close their apps on 26th of september lmao lit didnt realise we even had to do them so early omf i thought we had til like may! but appaz october/november n stuff is good time idk ANYWAY
what do you thinks better lmao sixth form or college
and whats the difference n stuff please lmao
what did you do
oh also when did you start applying for colleges/sixth forms n all that or whatev

[:odey:]

Definitely college.

It's so annoying how teachers always say 'the jump between school and sixth form is so big, no one ever really understands' its so so true omg. You just well and truly get chucked in at the deepend at school. I chose sixth form just because it was the easiest option, and the majority of my friends were doing it too, and it was literally the worst decision i've made in my life.

College was a million times better I can hardly put in to words the difference.
- Tutors treat you so much better
- Feel more like adults than just the same as everyone else
- So much more freedom

I applied for college in August & started in September, so not sure what all the deadlines thing is, maybe just to be sure you get a place etc.

[lawrawrrr]

I went to sixth form as I wanted to stay at my school and there was one attached, but I think college is a bigger step, gives you more independence! Really depends what you want to do as each one is better for different things

[lemons]

i think for vocational courses (btecs) then college but more academic subjects (a-levels) then stick with sixth form! you will also get more support at a sixth form imo and be with ppl your own age

like odey said though 6th form is easiest option and i only went here because i lived 10 mins to it at the time(now 1hr+ ) and there wasnt any formal interview or anything they basically let everyone in! colleges in my area are rough and disgusting and full of 25+ year olds who stand outside smoking god knows what!

let us know what u wanna study

[Gina]

i think for vocational courses (btecs) then college but more academic subjects (a-levels) then stick with sixth form! you will also get more support at a sixth form imo and be with ppl your own age

like odey said though 6th form is easiest option and i only went here because i lived 10 mins to it at the time(now 1hr+ ) and there wasnt any formal interview or anything they basically let everyone in! colleges in my area are rough and disgusting and full of 25+ year olds who stand outside smoking god knows what!

let us know what u wanna study

i literally have no clue whatsoever omg ahhhhh
the options i chose for gcse were
ict graphics art triple science
def wouldnt carry on with art graphics or ict though lmao as for science id only consider doing biology prob then err maths
then idk omg

[Kardan]

i think for vocational courses (btecs) then college but more academic subjects (a-levels) then stick with sixth form! you will also get more support at a sixth form imo and be with ppl your own age

like odey said though 6th form is easiest option and i only went here because i lived 10 mins to it at the time(now 1hr+ ) and there wasnt any formal interview or anything they basically let everyone in! colleges in my area are rough and disgusting and full of 25+ year olds who stand outside smoking god knows what!

let us know what u wanna study

Pretty much this, I think it really depends on what you want to study. I did academic subjects, so did my A-Levels at my sixth form which was part of my school, and it was great. I loved it.

Also in my area, the people in colleges are so much older, mainly because the majority of them dropped out of education at 16, and then decided at a later date that it was a good idea to get more/further qualifications, so have returned back to education through their local college.

At the end of the day, just go to open days, that's usually the best indicator.

I think I applied for my sixth form in early Autumn term, deadline was pretty early if I remember.

[Jssy]

i went to college then sixth form then back to college lmao

school:
- you feel like the plastics off mean girls and everyone is so ******
- you're meant to get treated like adults, nope
- my teachers never turned up


college:
- great
- treated like adults
- mix with other people your age
- my teachers are specialists in my subject areas
- ive gone in to some classes with adults as i dont want to be with ****** 16 year olds who dont give a **** about their education
- better facilities
- freedom

[Kardan]

i went to college then sixth form then back to college lmao

school:
- you feel like the plastics off mean girls and everyone is so ******
- you're meant to get treated like adults, nope
- my teachers never turned up


college:
- great
- treated like adults
- mix with other people your age
- my teachers are specialists in my subject areas
- ive gone in to some classes with adults as i dont want to be with ****** 16 year olds who dont give a **** about their education
- better facilities
- freedom

I mean, I don't understand these 3 points. The first bold point contradicts the 3rd point. Generally if you want to stay with people your age you're better off going to sixth form where you're in year groups, unlike college where you're with whoever is doing your course.

Teachers are specialists in their subject if they're teaching it at secondary in the first place.

And generally, the students that are choosing to go to sixth form and college do give a crap about their education, if they didn't, they simply would have dropped out of education. That's why I found the two years of sixth form probably the most enjoyable, because you don't have to put up with the kids that don't want to be there.

[lemons]

sixth form is fun its like an annoying *** filter

[Jssy]

I mean, I don't understand these 3 points. The first bold point contradicts the 3rd point. Generally if you want to stay with people your age you're better off going to sixth form where you're in year groups, unlike college where you're with whoever is doing your course.

Teachers are specialists in their subject if they're teaching it at secondary in the first place.

And generally, the students that are choosing to go to sixth form and college do give a crap about their education, if they didn't, they simply would have dropped out of education. That's why I found the two years of sixth form probably the most enjoyable, because you don't have to put up with the kids that don't want to be there.

the first statement was wrong it was meant to say other than your age, my philosophy teacher didnt even do philosophy at uni and she was teaching us from a revision guide, couldnt even answer questions we had and no one in our class got above a D, at sixth form people were hell they accepted anyone into sixth form and we had people distrupting all our lessons, i dont understand why they didnt just get kicked out. Apparently getting car shampoo poured through your locker isn't a bad thing?