Hi everyone!
Sorry to create a thread which I feel may be rather repetitive on TSR - but I feel I
need to ask as I have no idea at the moment.
I left college 10 months ago, without applying to any universities at all. The reason is because like now, I was not sure at all what I should do. I procrastinated a lot, and by the time applications were due... I didn't send one.
Now though, 10 months later I am again in a similar predicament. Apart from the fact that for those 10 months I haven't done anything remotely productive apart from learning a little on my own. The bottom line is at the moment I am on the dole and looking for retail work (which I cannot get because no employers want to employ me) - and I absolutely hate it. I feel counter-productive, in the sense that I could be achieving so much more if I had chosen a different path at the epitome of my time at college.
At college I was studying a BTEC in IT which was an Extended Diploma at Level 3 - of which I finished with a final grade of D*D*D. I worked hard at it, and achieved a decent grade (I could have had a triple D* but I was pretty lazy - which I regret). I just feel as if my time at college was a waste because I chose not to go onto any HE?
You see - what I want to do is programming, particularly programming which I could later use to create/design video games. I don't have a huge knowledge of programming my self, but I do know HTML, some standard CSS, Java and limited C++ (I don't remember much). I am currently watching videos of game programming entirely with Java - which I do maybe once a week but lately I haven't done at all.
I guess I am so indecisive because I believe that I would not "stand out" to any Uni's and because I am somewhat undecided on the direction I want to go in my life.
If you read the whole thing I am greatly appreciative and hope you have anything to say which would help me make up my mind.
I can post my grades achieved in secondary school too, if you would like.