JP Morgan London Apprenticeship vs University

You're '94 born and haven't been to uni yet?

If they've assured you that you can land a FT role in front office upon completion of the apprenticeship, then why not. Plus, JPM is pretty much the top performing investment bank atm, so having them on your CV will do wonders.

University is just extremely expensive atm and there's no guarantee that you will land a FO role, even at a target anyways. Also, it's worth researching about top-up degrees, (where you can get a bachelor's degree in 1 year if you have some previous qualfication, so you can ask those universities which offer the programme whether they would accept a level 4 nvq an acceptable entry qualification. That way if the apprenticeship doesn't work as well as you hope, you can go to university for 1 year after and graduate with a bachelor's degree.

I was in a similar situation to you, I had a big 4 school leaver programme offer, decided to go for the university route and actually landed a FO role, but it's not a guarantee.

Go to university after the apprenticeship if it doesn't work out? If you got an offer once, you'll get it again, with even greater reason for going to university, and you'll be able to stand out during the application process.

Go for JPM

When do you hear back from JPM?

I'm actually doing the tech degree for JP Morgan in Bournemouth along with around 7-8 other candidates providing I get the grades required, you've just got to think, you're getting a level 4 qualification, not having to pay anything back and will have a very powerful and respected company on your CV.

Also, from what I heard during the application process from management, there's lots of flexibility to move around the company and in many different departments/locations.

Hey could I PM you with some questions please?

When do you hear back from JPM?