HELP!! - Do I go to uni or not?

Why are you so worried about moving out? It's not like you can't go back after your studies are over/in the holiday times.

I don't really know. I've always been a very family orientated person and I'm very close with my parents, I am also very young compared to other people as my birthday isn't until July. I know other people move out and go to Uni who are in the same boat as me, they also have a late birthday and are close with their family, but I just don't feel ready to move out yet.

I don't really know. I've always been a very family orientated person and I'm very close with my parents, I am also very young compared to other people as my birthday isn't until July. I know other people move out and go to Uni who are in the same boat as me, they also have a late birthday and are close with their family, but I just don't feel ready to move out yet.

Are you 17 or 18 in July? I will still be 17 when I start uni like hundreds of others. I'm excited and a bit nervous of that too. Esp when my folks tease me that they're either renting out my bedroom or moving to a new house and not telling me where it is - I think they're joking😳😄

I wouldn't worry about your age, there will be plenty of people in a similar situation I'm sure. in regards to being very family orientated, that's just a part of life. you can't live with your parents forever. I've already moved out so I can't give you first hand experience, but I imagine that moving out and going to somewhere new where you will be surrounded by new friends would be a pretty awesome situation, and you should bare in mind that there are a fair amount of holidays at university so there is no reason why you cant go to see your family during those times or they come to see you.

Yeah I thought that about the holidays and visiting too, but when I went to one of my interviews the other week they said that Nursing students only get 7 weeks of holiday a year and we basically have to carry out a full time job at the same time as Uni so we don't really have much spare time. But yeah, I know it's part of life, I will have to move out at some point, I mean I cant live with my mum and dad forever, I think about doing it sometimes now when my family annoy me hahaa..but I am just not sure right now is the right time for me to move out, everyone's different I guess, some people are comfortable with it at this age and others aren't.

It depends on the university but I would say to bare in mind that especially after 1st year those holidays might not match "normal" holidays patterns for instance christmas for me next year means being back in the day after new years. I d say wait until you feel ready to move out.

It was Southampton that told me I would have 2 weeks at christmas, 2 at easter, and 3 weeks at summer (but they wouldn't be until the end of august). Should I withdraw from my interview at UWE next week? or should I still go?

After all, there is no rush to go to university if you are not ready and why not take a year out while your still young...you have the rest of your life to focus on a career, well...that's what I think anyway...

Good luck

I would go to the interview for the experience and to get a feel of the uni, even if you don't plan on going. I was not 100% sure about going to university so I took a year out, family were not too happy, but I am happy with the decision I made.

Did you get rejected from the unis close to home because of grades, if so, could you do some retakes if you took a year out, maybe get a part time job or work experience?

It's totally up to you but I would say have a gap year, do things you enjoy during it, but also try and find work and experience. This will help you in the long term and also give you time to think, and can be talked about on cv's and future job interviews.

After all, there is no rush to go to university if you are not ready and why not take a year out while your still young...you have the rest of your life to focus on a career, well...that's what I think anyway...

Good luck

This has helped a lot! Thank you so much. I am speaking to my parents when they get home from work so we can talk about how I really feel about all of this. Because you are right, there's no rush to go straight from college to Uni, I'm on 17 I have time to take a year off and get more experience and do things I enjoy, maybe a year out of education will do me some good And I got rejected by the ones close to me because I did not do so well on the maths entry tests, I was unsure about what was going to be on these so did not revise the right things, so also having a year off will give me time to do some appropriate maths revision. Thank you again