Rose's story

Rose is about to take her A level exams in Spanish, history and English, and already has an AS level in philosophy. Rose is an academic student and knew that she would always continue with her education and gain further qualifications.

She plans to go to university to study for a Spanish degree. She enjoys languages and hopes that she will eventually be able to use her language skills in her future career.

To help plan for going into higher education, Rose researched her degree options. She checked the entry requirements for courses and found out what subjects were needed. She also found out what past Spanish degree students have gone on to do after their courses. She found the UCAS website a good starting point, as this has links to further sites and university homepages.

Rose also did some work experience in Spain at a restaurant, which she found useful for improving her language skills, and plans to do some more over the summer. Rose's advice to students in Year 11 is:

'Make sure you've done your research before choosing your A levels and ask what will this subject lead to? Make sure your subject choices are realistic to your abilities.'