To the posters on here talking about A-levels and increased applications to university - didn't you notice that Jim is Irish (hence probably the interest in PTC and Waterford College)? Before giving advice take a little time to look at the details of the original poster. This happens so many times on PPRuNe with people firing off opinions which are completely irrelevant to the situation of the poster. It can end up confusing the questioner instead of helping them!