to want to re-do my GCSE's?

[MummikinsOopNorth]

I left school a long, long time ago and my teen neice is waiting on her GCSE's which i'm sure will be amazing. I left school with 11 GCSE's but they were all grades D & E. I was so ashamed at the time, but helping my neice revise before she did the exams, I realised that I knew so much and had learned so much more in the time i've left school that I ever learned while I was there.

I've therefore concluded that at almost 30 years of age, I would love to redit my GCSE's just for the fun of it, and to make myself proud that i'm worth so much more than those terrible D and E grades.

Has anyone re-sat their GCSE's as an adult?

I'm 22 do did them 6 years ago...I think !

I also got D's and E's (and F,G and U) and am desperate to redo mine!

Quite hard to find a course though (Am in London!)

Why not just sign up at an evening class-start with English Language and Maths then try a modern language,a science and maybe History or Geography-that lot would take you onward if you wanted to go on academically.

Sorry should have said it's hard to find one at a time I can do

All are about 8pm and I work until then or later unfortunately

Go for it! My mum tutors adults who've not been well treated by the school system - lots of people re-take GCSEs/update old O-Levels.

You'll have to check out your area, but in my area adults can't take nightclasses without paying for them, and they're about £250 per year.

YANBU.

I'd love to do science GCSEs and A levels because I seemed to have been pushed into the humanities at school... ... .. .

I'm 38 though so maybe that is just too late. After all, what would I do with them?

When is it too late to start a new career?

Why don't you have a look at the open university? I left school with only average GCSE's and Im now doing a life sciences (biology) degree. I'm hoping to use it to access medical school once the kids are older.

You don't have to do a degree, they have lots of what they call openings courses in all sorts of subjects, there's bound to be something you like the look of.

Lots of people older people retake their gcse's at the college where I work .. go for it ..You will have to pay though

Usual suspect - but are they older than 19 when they resit? As you say, they have to pay for them and it's expensive.

I'm a teacher in a sixth form college and we've been told that no students over 19 should be doing GCSEs - they should sign up for Access courses if they want to go to university.

I think it's a great shame - it stops people from carrying on with their education because so many can't do a full-time course.

Yes, I work in an adult education college ..the majority are over 19 ..

you can do an access to higher education course, that would be a level 2 qualification, and would enable you to get into university, you can do them part time or full time, just ask at your local college.

lots of people do. The OU also do "openings" courses which are well worth looking at - all can be done at home so no baby sitter hassle.

That's strange isn't it at? GCSEs are really useful for loads of people who've no intention of going to university.

OP - would your current work perhaps support you on the basis it's further training (slim hope I know)?

YANBU - also look at OU "openings" courses

www3.open.ac.uk/study/explained/openings-courses.shtml

YANBU. I only got 4 GCSEs at grade B, the rest were Ds (I guess I liked some subjects more than others) School out me off education until I was 22, when I went to uni' and did my degree. Now I just want to learn and learn more. Only finances stop me.

Go for it, if you can. I still feel ashamed of my GCSEs, despite having a degree.