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University?
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i am still at school but i'm not sure wether to go to university or not so my questions are:
1. should i go to university?
2. what jobs can you get if you don't go to university?
1. should i go to university?
2. what jobs can you get if you don't go to university?
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Not knowing anything about you, this is a very difficult question to answer. But I suggest you ask yourself some questions:
If you go to university, what would you expect to gain from it apart from a qualification at the end?
What would you study? Is this a subject that interests you, that would lead directly to a good job (ie medicine, engineering, etc., etc.)?
Are you prepared to get into debt, or would your parents finance you?
Are you intellectually inclined? Do you enjoy school and learning? Obviously, if you want to study maths and hate learning French at school (just to take an example) you would know that you would be studying the subject that interests you and not the ones that don't. Not everyone can cope, however, with going into further education - do you really, really want to do it? If you feel that you are unlikley to stay the course, then don't bother to start it.
There are many jobs you can get without a degree. It depends entirely on your own interests and abilities. There are plenty of graduates nowadays going into jobs that don't need a degree because the market is saturated with graduates. In a lot of cases going straight into a job after A levels gives you a head start over those that go to university and you don't go heavily into debt with tuition fees. Why not try researching the sort of jobs you could and would like to do?
If you go to university, what would you expect to gain from it apart from a qualification at the end?
What would you study? Is this a subject that interests you, that would lead directly to a good job (ie medicine, engineering, etc., etc.)?
Are you prepared to get into debt, or would your parents finance you?
Are you intellectually inclined? Do you enjoy school and learning? Obviously, if you want to study maths and hate learning French at school (just to take an example) you would know that you would be studying the subject that interests you and not the ones that don't. Not everyone can cope, however, with going into further education - do you really, really want to do it? If you feel that you are unlikley to stay the course, then don't bother to start it.
There are many jobs you can get without a degree. It depends entirely on your own interests and abilities. There are plenty of graduates nowadays going into jobs that don't need a degree because the market is saturated with graduates. In a lot of cases going straight into a job after A levels gives you a head start over those that go to university and you don't go heavily into debt with tuition fees. Why not try researching the sort of jobs you could and would like to do?
I didn't go to university, but to a teacher training college, (this was many years ago), but the one thing that stood out the most at college was that the students who had worked for a year before coming to college were -by far - much more mature, in every way. This might be a good compromise for you? - and have a bit of money in the bank?
my son left school at 17,first interview he got an apprenticeship at the university and also studied there,done open university,he has been there 8 years and just handed in his notice as he has been offered a very good job in dundee,try an apprenticeship if you can find one as its very hard to get one nowadays
It entirely depends on what you want to do doesn't it? I mean, if you want to be a doctor then yeah, you'll need to go to uni but if you want to be a mechanic then you'd be wasting your time at uni.
I know tons of people that left school at 16 to go straight into work and now have very successful careers. My sister is a good example. Never went to college or uni but in her mid 30's is now one of the financial heads of Bupa.
I also know a lot of people who did go to uni and although they had a great time, they've spent years since leaving trying to find a job any way remotely connected to the course they did with no success.
I know tons of people that left school at 16 to go straight into work and now have very successful careers. My sister is a good example. Never went to college or uni but in her mid 30's is now one of the financial heads of Bupa.
I also know a lot of people who did go to uni and although they had a great time, they've spent years since leaving trying to find a job any way remotely connected to the course they did with no success.
i don't think Evian was laughing at you wanting to be a sheep farmer. I didn't go to University and neither did a lot of my friends. I am happy in my job but perhaps could have done better but never enjoyed school and studying so Uni wasn't for me. It is a difficult time for you with perhaps not a lot of jobs available but I feel that these days people seem to go to university for the sake of it - without really knowing why they are going and end up changing courses or dropping out so in some occasions this could be considered a waste of time and money (although I know not all!). Depending on your maturity it may be beneficial to spend some more time studying but there can be some very mature school leavers out there.
