yahzuk Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Just curious to know if there is anyone who does not have aspirations to go to university.People so often ask 'which university are you going to?' rather than 'do you want to go to university?' ... just wondered if people have other paths in mind - further courses at college, travelling, apprenticeship. interested to know Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherAsian Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Why the hell would you take IB if you dont want to go to university 2 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahzuk Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Why the hell would you take IB if you dont want to go to universityhopefully we shall find out if/when people reply to the post its not completely insane, you can still get jobs straight from high school with IB diploma or equivalent qualifications. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeG Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) Even though I definitely want to go to University, I do have backup plans. Coast GuardFiremanWelderOffice Drone (this could happen even if I graduate from University) I kind of wanted to take a train ride across the country, and another one into Canada before University though. I also thought of taking a "gap year" but I would probably forget everything I learned in school for the past 12-13 years. Good bye fractions... To quote The Narrator from Fight Club:May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and complete. Edited February 6, 2011 by JoeGuff 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherAsian Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 no what i meant was... Why not take easier courses, if you don't want to go to university. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iber2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 not going to university is just insane.....all the time spend in ib would just go to waste Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishup Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Will be joining the Army Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iber2011 Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Will be joining the Army seriously ?? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 I actually want a gap year too. I think it would be awesome if after I graduate from IB I could work or probably teach first for about one year and then go to university isn't that awesome? ah! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Summer Glau Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) I'm becoming a massage therapist, as a back-up plan Edited February 6, 2011 by Summer Glau Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Social_life>IB Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 im taking a gap year first, but probably going to do something constructive, like considering im living in Beijing spend another year here studying the language or something.. I think not doing tertiary education after dying through IB is pretty silly Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishup Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 I'm probably going straight to Uni but I would love to have had an opportunity to serve in the army for a year British, French or Swedish. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherAsian Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 I'm becoming a massage therapist, as a back-up plan Massage therapist is actually a great job. But I heard somewhere that in Canada you some 3000 hours or something? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummermcjohn Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 If it all works out as planned...Army --> Rangers --> High Ranking Officer --> private armaments industry = That is, if I don't die on my first real mission Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serene Z Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Well, people might not go to uni after doing the IB because they might realise that intellectual pursuits are not satisfying to them. I suppose TOK would have taught them that... some people enjoy being nerds, others become nerds to realise that they're not. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tia (: Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 I desperately wanted to take a gap year. I found all these amazing programs. Taking language courses in your country of choice, travelling, community service and conservation projects... And then my parents came down on me. Based on how much they've spent on my education already, they weren't prepared to "fork out" for me to "have fun and achieve nothing". Sigh. Only way I could take a gap year is for me to fund it myself.However, now that I'm applying to Australia (starts in Feb/March) I'll get almost 8 months off, a kind of mini gap year (: So excited for that! Be nice to breathe a bit after IB. I don't want to rush from one intense course right into another, I'd like to live a bit. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 I would like to start university from second term (skip first term) and travel Iran a little, it's insanely beautiful. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexa Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 I will apply to a boat load of high level unis and no back ups. If I don't make it into any of them I'm joining the army.That's my plan. Be jealous of it. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saransh Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Or you could do what I did. Form a band and become super popular Now guess which band I started?If music's not your forte, then go into porn *Form Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcasm is not dead Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Finally someone who asked the right question. Personally, I would love nothing more than to never see another school in my life. Then I see Why the hell would you take IB if you dont want to go to universityand die a little inside. The IB was the better option available at a lot of schools, but after doing it, I don't think that intellectual persuits are best for me. I have no idea what I will do after school, but if I have my own way, it will be as fun, exciting and non-related to school as possible. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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