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EPQ or Young Enterprise

Hi everyone,
I start 6th form this week and was wondering, what is better, an EPQ or Young Enterprise...
For a little background info:
I want to run my own business and I'm not sure whether I want to go to university.

Also, is there anything that you wish you knew before you started year 12?
Original post by wills21
Hi everyone,
I start 6th form this week and was wondering, what is better, an EPQ or Young Enterprise...
For a little background info:
I want to run my own business and I'm not sure whether I want to go to university.

Also, is there anything that you wish you knew before you started year 12?

Why not do both?

Also, how hard you work correlates to exam success, no matter if it's GCSE's or A-Levels. You just need to adjust your exam techniques as A-Level exams require a different style of answering, but you'll get used to this by doing more practice question.
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Original post by Grade A
Why not do both?

Also, how hard you work correlates to exam success, no matter if it's GCSE's or A-Levels. You just need to adjust your exam techniques as A-Level exams require a different style of answering, but you'll get used to this by doing more practice question.


I would want to do both but I feel that if I want to do well in my A-levels, I need to provide more time towards my subjects than extra activities... and my school only lets you take one.
Original post by wills21
Hi everyone,
I start 6th form this week and was wondering, what is better, an EPQ or Young Enterprise...
For a little background info:
I want to run my own business and I'm not sure whether I want to go to university.

Also, is there anything that you wish you knew before you started year 12?


I would reccomend YE if you want to go into business/make your own unless your business idea is pretty technical then you could discuss it in your EPQ.
Original post by wills21
I would want to do both but I feel that if I want to do well in my A-levels, I need to provide more time towards my subjects than extra activities... and my school only lets you take one.

If you're not too sure on going to uni, then I think it's best to do Young Enterprise as I gives you great skills for employers and will help you to start your business :smile: I'm hoping to get my school to do YE this year.
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I would reccomend YE if you want to go into business/make your own unless your business idea is pretty technical then you could discuss it in your EPQ.


Ok cool, if worst comes to worst, I can write an EPQ based on businesses and then hope I do alright in it haha.
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If you're not too sure on going to uni, then I think it's best to do Young Enterprise as I gives you great skills for employers and will help you to start your business :smile: I'm hoping to get my school to do YE this year.


Ok cool, I guess it is something different and I am awful at essays so I feel that my EPQ will just be a dragged out mess which repeats the same statistics time and time again. However, I hate working in a team if someone isn't cooperative - maybe YE will give me the skill of teamwork which is a good skill to put on your CV.

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