Would I be mad to quit my apprenticeship to go to Uni?

I am 19.
Been on an electrical engineering apprenticeship since I was 16

Got another 17 months to go to finish my apprenticeship, I don't enjoy it, I want to go to uni to find myself, have fun, socialise and work out who I really am.

My life has become too much of a routine and I'm not even 20 yet, I'm fed up.

If I hang it out for another 17 months then I will end up with a HNC in Electrical Engineering, my company won't push me on to a degree or anything and there's not much progression. I'll end up on 40k P/Y by the time in about 27- but I want to leave my course, resign from my job and go to a university THIS year and do a foundation degree in telecommunications engineering at Essex Uni, already got an UnCond. Offer.

Would I be stupid to walk away from my apprenticeship before I'm qualified, even though I don't enjoy it and just want to go to uni to have fun, lose the boring mon-fro routine, enjoy myself and work out what I want from life?

Should I hang my apprenticeship out for another year and a half or call it quits and do what I want to do?

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Reply 1

Butterfly92xo

Personally, I would hold on until you qualify from your apprenticeship. You've come this far - why throw it all away now?

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Reply 2

Samwin

If you feel able to stick it out, I would try, though at the end of the day you have to do what makes you happy :smile:

nowadays, especially with the changing government, Uni places are pretty hard to get, and also you never know what's going to happen regards Uni tuition fees.. Why not draw up a list of pros and cons of staying on at the apprenticeship and then another for leaving it and uni and see which one looks better for you? :smile: