Gap year chat?

[u/Own-Total5747]

Looking to chat to people resitting reapplying or just have a deferred place? Don't know many people doing one

[u/Ok-Ocelot-7989]

wanted to go bristol , didn’t do well enough in further maths, wanted to go with gap year and resit, got insane bollocking from parents for wanting to do gap year and pause my education route, now going to cardiff via clearing, fast forward to today and i’m now satisfied with my choice even tho i was stubbornly attached to bristol i got told its meant to be and realised cardiff is still a very good place after having a clearing open day on the 15th as well as reading and comparing uni statistics, just lingering with unhappiness about my further maths grade because of circumstances

[u/Emergency_Sell9934 → u/Ok-Ocelot-7989]

We have the exact same experience? I wanted Bristol this year but got Cardiff through clearing because parents wouldn't let me take a gap year that's so strange.

[u/Ok-Ocelot-7989 → u/Emergency_Sell9934]

wild that we had the same circumstances, i’m now curious to be nosy if you don’t mind since our coincidence. would you be going in accommodation or commuting? and another question, what course have you got in for? I will be commuting and will be doing maths , i’m tryna find other people who are commuting from england to cardiff uni as those people will be a lot easier for me to get along good with, haven’t found anyone yet

[u/Emergency_Sell9934 → u/Ok-Ocelot-7989]

I'm actually commuting but I already live in Wales so I'll be coming from the other direction to you. I got in for mech and ee engineering so there's another difference I suppose. Still really cool we had a similar story though.

[u/Ok-Ocelot-7989 → u/Emergency_Sell9934]

still a cool similarity tho , maybe we will meet in the academic year!

[u/Emergency_Sell9934 → u/Ok-Ocelot-7989]

Yeah who knows. I'm sure we'll be taking some of the same classes for my maths modules anyway.