career quest

[princessme23]

i am presently in 6th form and am studying maths biology and PE but have no clue as to what to do in the future. everyone is telling me to go to university as they say it would be a waste of my intellegence and education i have recieved so far if i didn't go. but apart from experiencing the uni life, i have no desire to contine studying.
what should i do?

[saxy_jag]

I can only say that my lad was all set to go to university, and then decided not to go through with it, because, he said, "I don't know what I'd be going for".

There are jobs out there with training for A level applicants, and your prospects won't be lessened if you don't go to uni. OK, if you do go, you might be able to fast-track to management, but you'll probably be in the same position by the time you're thirty, whichever route you choose. Neither would it hurt to take a year out to either work or travel (or both) and give yourself a little time in the real world before you decide what to do. You even have the best of both and do an Open University degree.

The most important thing is to do what you want to do, not what other people (no matter how well-meaning) think you ought to do.

[Mammar]

My daughter had just the same dilemma. She had hated school and I had to "nudge" her somewhat to even get her to finish A levels (Ok Ok - I nagged - a lot!)
I didn't push her to go to Uni because of that but just suggested she work for a bit to get some money behind her in case she wanted to go.
After a few months of seeing that there was little or no future with that sort of employment and that everyday jobs left her mentally unstimulated she changed her mind, searched for a uni and is now in her third year of a forensic biology course.
It's hard work but worthwhile.
Whatever you decide, make sure that in the future you give yourself no cause to say "If only ........."

[mosesg]

If you can afford to take a year out and travel, or go to work for a year and then you may get an idea what you want to do at Uni. I know quite a lot of people who went into jobs straight from school then went back to Uni later knowing what they wanted to do