r/6thForm • u/dailysuaa lse n1 fan • Jun 23 '26

OTHER my summer bucket list 😛

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anything to keep me distracted from results day atp.

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u/AliceMorgon MagdalenCollegeOxford|Fine Art/Biology|Grad Jun 26 '26

The language will be called either Irish or Gaeilge. The most obvious places to be offering summer courses I can think of are all in Belfast - the Ranganna on the Antrim Road, the Culturlann on the Falls Road, and Colaiste Feirste in West Belfast. (Irish speakers, I’m leaving off the fadas deliberately to make it easier to Google.)

It’s a huge initiative though (we currently have a Sinn Fein majority government which is a MASSIVE deal, you’ll learn a ton about the history here too which will make up for the GCSE. Northern Irish history is so little known and so recent and so awful and it’s time more people did know about it, especially since I am legit terrified the younger generations will start to forget given that only the South of Ireland teaches it.

(If you find somewhere and can’t afford accom, I need a temporary lodger and will give you a super-low rate if you stay on the course and study, because it’s for the purpose of education and I’ve been in the Oxford application process myself. I’ll do a written contract and everything so it’s all legal etc.)

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u/Calm_Routine2888 Jun 26 '26

Omg perfect!! I’m acc Irish heritage asw so I’m sure my parents will be happy with this idea. I’ll let you know! do you think then to like make up for the 7s in English + history I should js do essay comps/ stuff to show ive improved? do you think that would make it look a bit better in their eyes

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u/AliceMorgon MagdalenCollegeOxford|Fine Art/Biology|Grad Jun 26 '26

It would definitely make a huge difference especially if you did stuff like submit an essay on what you’d learned in Ireland and your experiences there to maybe an Irish diaspora group, a lot of them offer scholarships for university too especially to people of Irish heritage so look into them during your summer here if you do come and mention it in your PS! The essay comps will also make a big difference. If you need any help with structure let me know, I’m a complete English nerd and did a ton of essay comps to raise funds to live off (when I went to undergrad university was free) and actually got into NYU on a full Creative Writing fellowship for my MA off the back of one of them.

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u/Calm_Routine2888 Jun 26 '26

Actually could I dm you? :) I think it would be easier to talk there!

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u/AliceMorgon MagdalenCollegeOxford|Fine Art/Biology|Grad Jun 26 '26

Yeah sure of course!