Should I get a part time job at nearly 18 years old?

Just about to start year 13. Should I be getting a job to start covering for uni?

Just about to start year 13. Should I be getting a job to start covering for uni?

How much would it affect my work though.I achieve ABCD at AS and want to push those up to AAB because I've dropped D and b and C are new spec so don't count

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This is why getting a job is so important. Most teenagers can manage a part time job and college therefore you should too. It teaches you a lot about time management, managing your own finances and working with others.

I actually think paid work at your age is so much more valuable than work experience - in paid work you need to prove yourself and work hard to ensure you keep your job - those life skills are invaluable

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Just because a lot of teens can manage both doesn't mean OP should have to go get a job right this second.

OP ask yourself why you got the grades you did. If it's because even though you had the time you were just too lazy to put in the work and you're ready to do it this year, getting a job shouldn't affect you too much. If anything it could help improve your motivation.
If you did put in the work and still didn't do as well as you hoped, getting a job could be a bad idea as clearly you will need more time to go over things and make sure you know them. A2 is harder than AS so you need to establish what you need to do early rather than getting distracted by working.

Having extra money is great, but you have the rest of your life to get a job. Put your studies first or you might not even get into your uni of choice.

It's because it says a lot about you. If most teenagers can have jobs too then you're clearly missing multi tasking and time management. Not to mention you obviously won't be independent which is a big no no for grad schemes

I really can't stress how important it is to get a job.


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Yes it is important to get a job, I'm not arguing with that, but it's not the only important thing. It's very easy to say 'get a job, everyone should be able to handle it', but the truth of the matter is not everyone can. Also I'd assume it's probably going to be harder to do A2 now that the spec has changed and they have to stay on top of 2 years worth of content to get the high grades.
Personally I think it's better to ace your exams and get into a good uni without having a job than to fail your exams but have a job, but if OP can find a healthy balance then of course they should go for it.