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Passed by the skin of my teeth - Well done to TDB too. What they say about staying with it and refusing to give up saved me.

I believe TDB is writting up his POC diary at the moment.

congratualations man, i like reading about POC diaries, might go for POC myself once i get my A levels.

well done mate im looking foward to you telling me some of the details. do you know when youve got your AIB?

JCAP, do you know if you can get you're A levels once you're in as a marine? I fancy joining as a marine then maybe getting a commision if I was able to get my A levels first.

quirk: I think on the 28th but i'v got a-levels to take so i won't be able to do it.

Lodgi: I'm not really sure, sorry.

yeah i got my gcses at the moment and i cant wait in 2 weeks it will be over. then i got prom which should be a laugh then portugal, then world cup!!! then newquay im sure most of you know it, then thailand then prmc then 32weeks hard work then im in!!!!!

we normally only get 1 holiday a year so i dunno whats with packing them all in 1 short space but im looking foward to it anyway. could this year get any better?

yeah i got my gcses at the moment and i cant wait in 2 weeks it will be over. then i got prom which should be a laugh then portugal, then world cup!!! then newquay im sure most of you know it, then thailand then prmc then 32weeks hard work then im in!!!!!

we normally only get 1 holiday a year so i dunno whats with packing them all in 1 short space but im looking foward to it anyway. could this year get any better?

good luck on your A levels mate put in as much effort as you can cause you dont want to have gone through that hard POC then AIB then get told youve not got the results for an officer

Yeah you are right mate

Make sure you get the required results for your GCSEs and you'll be fine.

I was told to get my arse to university as so FEW people actually pass the 64 weeks of officer training without going to university.

you gonna tale their advice and take another 3 years out or do you feel like you cant wait any longer? if you did uni first then went in, when you come out you will still be quite a young man depending when you leave with uni degree and royal marines officer on your cv. now thats gotta open some doors

I'm going to head to university now, gain some maturity and gain some strength in my legs (my main weakness - I failed the firemans carry abysmally as I was barely able to carry my own weight). I cannot stress enough the importance of having strong legs.

Cogratulations

you got any plans of what your gonna go on to study at university?also are you now gonna scrap your AIB and do it when you come out of university or do it just to get a heads up for what you got coming when you apply to do it after uni

I'm going to study Sports Science in University as thats pretty much the only thing i'm interested in (education wise). AIB seems a little out of ability at the moment but i'll give it a go. If i fail or not i'm still going to university to get some life experience and try again later on.

yeah i wanted to move to kilburn (nw london) and get a house share a job etc and take a couple of college courses at night. i had it all planned out but i also want to be in the marines and i sorta went on that idea but id still love to do my other plan so im gonna have to make my final decision very soon

Take your time mate, you have plenty of it.