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Anyone NOT going to Uni?
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I'm in my final year of college, I turn 18 this year, and in October I WAS going to go to University, but now I have almost certainly changed my mind. I'm just not sure I could really commit myself to the course for 4 years. I also hate being away from my friends and family, and having to juggle a full-time education with a part-time job. Now I think I just want to have a good full-time job, train up, settle down with a flat and have a good steady income. I've spent nearly 14 years in full-time education and it's stressing me out.
Am I the only one here, or is anyone else my age and decided not to go to University?
I'm not looking to be persuaded to go to Uni, just want to hear from others going through the same thing.
Am I the only one here, or is anyone else my age and decided not to go to University?
I'm not looking to be persuaded to go to Uni, just want to hear from others going through the same thing.
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Bopz
University isnt for everyone, and you can get much further ahead more quickly if you work from the bottom than try and jump in with a degree in some lines of work. (For the line of work i want to go in, i want a degree to ensure that i get as high up as i can because due to sexism it may be a lot harder for me otherwise)
But as i said, a degree isnt always an advantage.
I have about 30 mates who arent going to uni, about 4 who have gone already so thats a lot of people not wanting to go to uni, so youre nto the only one out there
Not really answered your question, im sorry, just adding my views.
You can always defer for a year/take a year out and see then.
There's always open university things
The way I look at it though-I still have my A-levels when I finish uni. I just have a degree too.
I ended up working as a waitress (was only helping my best mate's boss out of a pickle at the time) which was only meant to be a temporary thing just for the money, but I was still there 11 months later! In that time, I'd decided I wanted to be a PA but never found any suitable vacancies (and was getting rather confortable in my job anyway, so didn't put that much effort into looking!), then a job just fell into my lap and I've been there for the last five months and am loving it!
Don't regret not going to uni for a second! I don't need a degree to do what I'm doing or to climb higher, so I'm happy
thats so similar to my situation, only the police is my fall back if i fuck up uni!
well yeh, there's always that!
but...hopefully, I won't fuck up :yeees:
It's not about what they want and if your at the age of going to uni you should be taing more control of your life. They want the best for you and that understandable but there is no point in doing something you dont want to do.
You do have to ask yourself why you feel so bad, a job may not be better but think about your future and doing a degree is still only jusat worthwhile academically. The socail side is fun, but you can do that if you still have a job. A gap year working or something really may help ya
Bopz