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What are my options?

I’m 19 and have dropped out of my A-Level course. I don’t have the money to pursue another course now that it’s no longer free for me and I’ve noticed it’s much harder to get an internship/apprenticeship nowadays. I’ll admit, I still don’t know what I want to do; I thought I did when I picked my A-Level options but I can’t tell if I hated the subjects or just hated A-Levels out right. Either way, I fear my indecision is what’ll keep me in this limbo of NEEThood and I’m lost on what options I have left
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Original post by Valerie_
I’m 19 and have dropped out of my A-Level course. I don’t have the money to pursue another course now that it’s no longer free for me and I’ve noticed it’s much harder to get an internship/apprenticeship nowadays. I’ll admit, I still don’t know what I want to do; I thought I did when I picked my A-Level options but I can’t tell if I hated the subjects or just hated A-Levels out right. Either way, I fear my indecision is what’ll keep me in this limbo of NEEThood and I’m lost on what options I have left

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Original post by Valerie_
I’m 19 and have dropped out of my A-Level course. I don’t have the money to pursue another course now that it’s no longer free for me and I’ve noticed it’s much harder to get an internship/apprenticeship nowadays. I’ll admit, I still don’t know what I want to do; I thought I did when I picked my A-Level options but I can’t tell if I hated the subjects or just hated A-Levels out right. Either way, I fear my indecision is what’ll keep me in this limbo of NEEThood and I’m lost on what options I have left


You could get a job (any job) for now, then once you decide what you want to do you could do an evening course/apprenticeship/whatever.
Is it not possible to do a BTEC or A levels with funding from the government? I don't know how it works.

@Valerie_ Are you based in England or Scotland (or elsewhere)?

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