Could you apply to join the army, if you like a militaristic structure?

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Down is the other direction.

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Clearing is still going and you can still get into courses. It's not too late.

Could you apply to join the army, if you like a militaristic structure?

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How does clearing work? How would I get a degree now?

I want to work though I think, b/c from looking at the police I saw no advantage to going in with a degree.

I know quite a few guys in the British army and I have and have had family members in the Brit army and theyre not enjoying it, none of them are. And it would break my mother's heart if I joined the british army.

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Most are open until end of August. It's frantic planning and such, but can be done.

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From a distance you look like my friend,

even though we are at war.

Basically, universities want to fill up their places and so might be willing to take you with grades that are slightly lower than you would have wanted. You might not get the perfect offer, but it's likely you'll get something.

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Quote: from deaths door14 at 1:56 pm on Aug. 18, 2008

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 where do you live now? can't you do police there :S i mean why does it have to be britain?  
 i'm doing a degree in care community and citizenship this year and i get to work within youth offenders and such, and there are degrees to do with being in the police force you know? i'd say look it up before you say no to it because it might actually work out better for you when you try and apply as well, if you have a degree and it's in that area.

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I live in Ireland now. I was born and raised in London and I just like it better there. Its too easy to get in the police here and the majority of their work is rural. Theyre too relaxed and work on a warnings scheme, whereby they let you off for drink driving and stuff. I dont like that. Plus the pay and perks arent nearly as high. And the Brit Police are more militarily run with a good solid structure and team work and I like that.

But I applied for a degree, just 1 in the UK and was unsuccessful. Its too late to apply for degrees isnt it?

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not if yo go through clearing, you need to ring up uni's and ask if they have any spaces left on thecourse you want etc.

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Don't let the sun go down on me.

I mean whats most likely to get me into the police force?

...the idea of getting a student loan has never appealed to me, and would be a last resort. I would much rather work full time. I can do volountary work and do that community officer thing...

I could possibly join the TA. with full time employment or community officer.

What should I do? Cos on the websites it said there was no advantage to going in with a degree, and degrees cost money and time...

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If you don't think there's an advantage to getting a degree, then I personally would guess that the best thing (short of joining the police in NI, which would probably be a really good start) would be to try and get experience in a related field or another area of interest.

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Yeah I guess youre right, but my only concern with NI is that effectively I am an Irish Catholic. My surname gives that away. Secondly I dont like the accent, or the weather up there.

Eventually I want to end up in the Met anyway.

I genuinely dont know what to do... I guess Ill let an application out to PSNI, but I really dont want to go to Northern Ireland. At least if I worked id be near my gran and cousins in London...

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Have you considered looking for a job in a similar field to the police? There are a lot of community support jobs you could apply for, or you could always try and get some work with your local council. It would look great on a job application and it would be really worthwhile getting some sort of stable income going until you can apply for the police.

It means you can at least get started with your adult life - maybe get a flat to rent with the money you earn, and start to make something of yourself by saving up some of your salary, so that you'll always have something to fall back upon if the police option takes longer than you might have expected.

Good luck!

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Id like to have a plan made up by the end of this week.


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