Retaking A Levels For a Better University Experience

The transition from college to university is often a difficult one for young people. The feelings of homesickness, social anxieties, and difficult academic expectations can be a shocking change of lifestyle to undertake. This isn't helped by the fact that for many young students, university study is their first time away from home, but spending a year at a boarding college is so similar to a university experience that it gives students many of the independent living skills that their peers they attend university with will be yet to acquire. These skills will give students increased confidence in their own abilities and a sense of self-reliance they can take use in their lives beyond a university experience.
Boarding college is made even more attractive by its offering all the wonderful social opportunities that a university campus does, including swimming pools, gymnasiums and sports grounds for students can stay happy and healthy. They also contain a range of exciting social recreational facilities, such as dance halls, cinemas, and art studios. These outstanding amenities are located on campus for easy student access. Boarding colleges also provide many of the clubs and societies that are synonymous with life at university.
Even if you plan to take a gap year after retaking your A levels, a boarding school will prepare you for working life too by offering an extensive range of employment preparation practices, like on-campus job interviews, career and job search classes, CV support, interview training, and internship opportunities. There is also a number of course lengths to choose from to ensure all learning developments are catered for. This ranges from yearlong intensive courses to longer study lengths like eighteen months or two years.
The university aesthetic of a boarding college is aided by its living quarters which find students living alongside each other in accommodation very similar to university halls. This is a chance to meet new friends and even be exposed to new cultures, as many boarding colleges have international programmes that foreign students can join. The term 'boarding school' might have connotations of discipline, but this is certainly not the case in 21st century accommodation. You can forget about wearing uniforms and unfairly strict behaviour, at boarding colleges students are on first name terms with teachers to create a learning environment of equality and mutual respect. There are always staff members resident on campus to ensure the safety of all students.